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Tonight, News Five is saddened to report on the passing of a trailblazer, an icon, whom we have reported on since the inception of our news station. Over the almost three decades, we have shown you how Sharon Matola has advocated for the conservation and protection of Belize’s wildlife. Matola, the founding director of the […]
Written on March 22, 2021 | Posted in
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Last week’s gun violence ended on Saturday night when a resident of Rivero Street in south side Belize City was gunned down inside his yard. Clifford Anthony Lorenzo was walking inside his yard when someone approached him and fired several gunshots in his direction. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting Just after […]
Written on March 22, 2021 | Posted in
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A criminal and an internal investigation are being conducting on a police-involved shooting that occurred outside the Raccoon Street Police Station on Saturday. Reports are that the victim, Ryan Foster, had been detained, but fled. An officer pulled out his service issued weapon and fired a single shot catching Foster to the neck. It was […]
Written on March 22, 2021 | Posted in
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Last week Wednesday, Dennis Trapp was shot and killed just after four a.m. in Punta Gorda. At the time, police said that Trapp’s murder may have been connected to gang warfare in that southern municipality. Today, ACP Joseph Myvett says that while they haven’t arrested and charged anyone for this killing, they are actively pursuing […]
Written on March 22, 2021 | Posted in
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Opposition Leader Patrick Faber has come out in support of teachers and public officers in light of the proposed ten percent salary cut. For years, the former Minister of Education has had a contentious relationship with the unions, but now that the shoe is on the other foot he is once again in their corner. […]
Written on March 19, 2021 | Posted in
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To make matters worse, the cost of living, particularly fuel, continues to inch upward. In the past four weeks, the price per gallon of regular, premium and diesel gasoline has increased considerably. Faber’s sharp criticism, however, comes after twelve years of the United Democratic Party being in office. During that time the Barrow administration was […]
Written on March 19, 2021 | Posted in
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Earlier this week we saw the branches of the Belize Nation Teachers Union hold simultaneous motorcades across the country to make a statement against the government’s proposed salary cut and increment freeze. Today, the Public Service Union staged its own motorcade in different parts of the country. The collective effort is to express their dissatisfaction […]
Written on March 19, 2021 | Posted in
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The prescription by the International Monetary Fund for Belize to implement stringent measures to turn the economy around is being rejected in favor of a homegrown economic recovery plan. While the Briceño administration intends to do things its way, Opposition Leader Patrick Faber says that the ideal approach to breathing new life into the dying […]
Written on March 19, 2021 | Posted in
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The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination program continued today at various stations across the country, including the S.J.C. gymnasium where the leader of the United Democratic Party was inoculated. This morning, Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber showed up to get his shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Not only was he eligible to get a jab, […]
Written on March 19, 2021 | Posted in
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Two days after gun violence claimed the lives of a mother of eight and a youth on Logwood Street in Belize City, Police have charged a mechanic and another minor for the killings. This afternoon, Police escorted Richard Mervin Bennett to the Magistrate’s Court where he was arraigned before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford. Bennett, who gave […]
Written on March 19, 2021 | Posted in
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Also in court news, three men were remanded to the Belize Central Prison on a slew of gun charges as well as for being members of a street gang. Travis Herbert, Shakeem Ortiz and Shawn Nunez were read four separate charges of possession of a gun, to wit four pistols, and four other charges of ammunition, loaded […]
Written on March 19, 2021 | Posted in
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Twenty-four-year-old Percival Pilgrim expired around two-thirty this morning from injuries he received during a shooting incident on Banak Street several hours earlier. The incident was a catalyst that sparked a reprisal on Vernon Street on Wednesday night that left two persons dead. It’s all part of a beef that has been brewing in the Mayflower […]
Written on March 18, 2021 | Posted in
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The gun violence in Belize City ended with the double murder of a mother of eight and a youth from her neighborhood. Reports are that both victims were gunned down when a lone gunman opened fire, then simply walked away. It is not yet known what triggered the attack, but the killings have devastated yet […]
Written on March 18, 2021 | Posted in
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About an hour before the double murder of Conorquie and Garcia on Logwood Street, police had responded to another shooting incident in the city, this time on Iguana Street Extension. The victims were rushed to the K.H.M.H. and a rapid response by police led to the interception of a vehicle and alleged gunmen. News Five’s […]
Written on March 18, 2021 | Posted in
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams spoke with the media late this evening and confirmed that the murder of Percival Pilgrim was indeed the result of an internal conflict within the Mayflower Street area. Likewise, the shootings on Iguana Street Extension are also part of an ongoing feud within a particular gang in that neighborhood. The […]
Written on March 18, 2021 | Posted in
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The double homicide involving Cynthia Conorquie and Allen Garcia may be related to the fatal shooting of Percival Pilgrim that occurred several hours earlier. That’s the angle that investigators are probing. While they were processing the scene of that shooting incident, police were able to nab three Belize City men whom they believe were involved […]
Written on March 18, 2021 | Posted in
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A barrage of bullets signaled the break of dawn in Punta Gorda today. The sound of gunshots woke up the sleepy coastal town to the news that a well-known resident had been murdered. He was shot multiple times as he sat in the driver’s seat of his vehicle to report for work at the Punta […]
Written on March 18, 2021 | Posted in
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Late this evening, Police Commissioner Chester Williams briefed the media on the leads they are pursuing about Dennis Trapp’s murder in Punta Gorda. According to police, two killers approached the unsuspecting victim, killed him and then sped away on a motorcycle. ComPol Williams says they believe that this latest murder is gang related. Chester […]
Written on March 18, 2021 | Posted in
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Within the past twenty-four hours, youth have been both the primary victims and the main suspects detained in connection with the spate of violence in Belize City. Since Wednesday, the Behaviour Modification and Conflict Management Services, formerly the Conscious Youth Development Programme, has been on the ground trying to connect with the actors involved in […]
Written on March 18, 2021 | Posted in
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The Behaviour Modification and Conflict Management Services falls under the scope of the Department of Youth Services which finds the urban gun violence flare up concerning. But Deputy Director and Officer in Charge at D.Y.S., Kevin Cadle says that while they are providing wraparound services for at-risk youth, those who want to live a life […]
Written on March 18, 2021 | Posted in
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News Five has confirmed with the family of Sir Colville Young that he will be retiring as the Governor General of Belize. According to the family, they were consulted and agreed, along with his doctor, that it is time. A message from the family to News Five says, “We have been planning for this eventuality […]
Written on March 18, 2021 | Posted in
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First, the unions said both the U.D.P. and the P.U.P. had not done their jobs properly when in opposition. Now, they have called out the financial secretary for his own contribution to the fiscal disaster now confronting Belize. Joseph Waight has been the FinSec for three consecutive administrations. Despite this, the unions want him out. […]
Written on March 17, 2021 | Posted in
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The unions also referenced the Ministry of Natural Resources which has been famously described as a “hotbed of corruption.” They called for the replacement of Central Bank Governor Joy Grant, whose critical role, they say, is to ensure that the country does not lead down a path of debt unsustainability and mismanagement. Also, they are […]
Written on March 17, 2021 | Posted in
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The press conference held by the Joint Unions of Belize covered its counterproposal to G.O.B. as they fight cuts to public officer and teacher salaries and a three-year increment freeze. But the unions also raised the issue of the high cost of government vehicles and the thousands of dollars in allowances paid to senior government […]
Written on March 17, 2021 | Posted in
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The unions believe that enough time has not been given for them to properly respond to the proposals since the budget presentation is scheduled for next week Friday, March twenty-sixth. They are asking that the proposed increment freeze and salary cut be “put on hold to allow for proper consultations and negotiations.” In its counterproposal, […]
Written on March 17, 2021 | Posted in
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