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Also in Mahogany Heights Village, a family of four was busted with forty-one grams of marijuana. On Wednesday, police visited the home of Stephanie Copious and executed a search warrant for drugs and illegal firearms. During the search of the kitchen area, police say they came upon a strong aroma of marijuana coming from a […]
Written on September 28, 2023 | Posted in
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In tonight’s installment of Belize On Reel, we take you down to Independence Village to find out more about a comedian who has become a familiar face to many Belizeans. At nineteen-years-old, David Morey has been captivating his supporters with his witty commentary and skits on social issues. Morey has made a name for himself […]
Written on September 28, 2023 | Posted in
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The conch season officially opens on Sunday, October first, and will run through to the end of June 2024. If the production quota is realized earlier, the conch season will be declared closed. Tonight, however, seven fishermen from various parts of the country have been charged jointly for possession of conch during the closed season. […]
Written on September 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Twenty-three-year-old Walter Martinez, a Honduran national pleaded guilty to failure to produce a visitors permit on demand when he appeared before a Senior Magistrate earlier today. On Tuesday, Martinez was caught walking along Coney Drive in the vicinity of Body 2000 when it was discovered that he was in violation of an immigration offense. The […]
Written on September 27, 2023 | Posted in
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The United Democratic Party is celebrating a milestone today as it turns fifty. The political organization was founded on September twenty-seventh, 1973, as an amalgamation of the National Independence Party and the People’s Development Movement. The establishment of the U.D.P. was a response to an otherwise weak political opposition in those days, against the People’s […]
Written on September 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Additional data coming out of the Statistical Institute of Belize also shows that the G.D.P. growth for the second quarter in 2023 was two point six percent. This is the lowest G.D.P. growth since 2018. So, is the nation’s economic growth beginning to slow down? This is what reporters asked the Prime Minister today in […]
Written on September 27, 2023 | Posted in
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It was an outrageous story two days ago when it broke: a man embroiled in an argument with a woman over food, another man stepped in to part the fight, but ends up killing the man who was arguing with the woman. Well that is what reportedly happened on Sunday and today, the police informed […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Ronlee Petillo, a Belize City resident who is well known to law enforcement, has been committed to stand trial for rape. When he appeared before the Chief Magistrate earlier today, she revoked his bail for sexual assault after noticing that he violated the conditions of his bail for another offense. Back in May, Petillo was […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-one-year-old Jose Luis Eguizabal appeared unrepresented before the lower courts today where he was fined for being in possession of fifteen pieces of conch during the closed season. On September nineteenth, the fisherman from Sarteneja Village was busted along the seawall behind the High Court Building where he was in possession of the illegal fishery. […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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The next municipal elections are slated for March 2024 and both major political organizations are putting together their respective lists of candidates who will be taking part in the upcoming vote. While the United Democratic Party has already identified aspirants across all nine cities and towns, it has not formally shared those names with the […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Last night, we told you about the People’s United Party’s meeting at Independence Hall where the national executive discussed the municipal elections slates for March 2024. As many as one hundred and twenty-five applications were submitted, including twenty-four applications for mayor and one hundred and one for councilor candidates. On Monday, Prime Minister Briceño was […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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When a high-level U.S. delegation visited Belize in early August, discussions were held about the likelihood of Belize joining a multinational security mission to Haiti to help stabilize the country. On Saturday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Eamon Courtenay told the United Nations that Belize is prepared to contribute to the multinational mission. Only a day […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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The leadership of the People’s United Party met at Independence Hall this morning where the national executive discussed a number of issues as it relates to the municipal elections slated for March 2024. According to the chairman of the ruling party, as many as one hundred and twenty-five applications were turned in, indicating a growing […]
Written on September 25, 2023 | Posted in
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On September twenty-first, Pollard and his supporters, donning his campaign shirts, joined the Independence Day Parade in Belize City. His participation in the procession rubbed several of his fellow councilors the wrong way, as it was seen as the deputy mayor doing his own thing, despite the party’s intention to endorse the sitting mayor. But […]
Written on September 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Prime Minister John Briceño has also weighed in on the situation involving Deputy Mayor Pollard. It is an interesting scenario as, on the one hand, the party is appealing to younger candidates to participate in governance, but on the other, Pollard is essentially being told to wait his turn. Prime Minister John Briceño “I […]
Written on September 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Briceño also responded to questions on Minister Andre Perez’s salary. The last time reporters caught up with the PM in San Pedro he indicated that Belize Rural South Area Representative was on a leave of absence without his ministerial salary. But three weeks after his leave of absence was granted a Government of […]
Written on September 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Briceño was also asked about the hold up with the twenty-two thousand signed petitions that Oceana delivered to the Governor General back in June. The petition is to trigger a referendum before the moratorium on offshore drilling is ever lifted. By law, those signatures should have already been reviewed and either verified or […]
Written on September 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Tonight, it appears that the sickout that has hindered the October session of the High Court is coming to an end. Earlier today, Attorney General Anthony Sylvestre and Financial Secretary Joseph Waight met with the aggrieved crown counsels in Belmopan. Since Monday, several prosecutors have called in sick amidst demands for better pay and increased […]
Written on September 22, 2023 | Posted in
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According to the Fin Sec, the issue concerns compensation that prosecutors have raised should be adequately addressed by the end of October. We also heard from Attorney General, Anthony Sylvestre. We asked him why is it that prosecutors had to stage a sickout for their concerns to be addressed in the manner that it was […]
Written on September 22, 2023 | Posted in
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Following today’s meeting, News Five received credible information that all crown counsels who called in sick this week will return to work on Monday, as they are now feeling well. The National Trade Union Congress of Belize has issued a release stating that it stands in solidarity with the prosecutors. The release says “the NTUCB […]
Written on September 22, 2023 | Posted in
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The official ceremony commemorating Belize’s forty-second anniversary of independence was held in Belmopan on Thursday morning. Before an audience of government officials, members of the diplomatic corps and other invited guests, Prime Minister John Briceño and Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow presented speeches that reflected on the state of Belize’s nationhood. Those addresses looked at the […]
Written on September 22, 2023 | Posted in
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Belmopan Mayor Sheran Palacio gave the welcome remarks at the start of the Independence Day ceremony on Thursday. While the primary addresses were delivered by the Leader of the Opposition and the Prime Minister, respectively, Palacio’s statement during her speech was also of particular interest. That’s because she took square aim at her detractors at […]
Written on September 22, 2023 | Posted in
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There was a fatal road traffic accident on the Philip Goldson Highway in front of New Horizon Apartments on Tuesday evening. It is believed that a motorcyclist who was travelling towards Ladyville crashed into a dump truck that was parked on the side of the road after running out of diesel. The impact of the […]
Written on September 20, 2023 | Posted in
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On Tuesday, Attorney General Anthony Sylvester reiterated a firm belief that the prosecutors who called in sick at the start of the October session of the High Court were genuinely indisposed. Their absence from work meant that the Director of Public Prosecutions had to appear before several judges requesting the adjournment of cases that were […]
Written on September 20, 2023 | Posted in
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In the lower courts today, twenty-five-year-old Tyrek Tyrone Gillett, a police officer, was granted bail after being charged with assaulting his ex-girlfriend and threatening to kill her. Gillett, a resident of Curl Thompson Street, appeared unrepresented before a magistrate where he was read two charges: one count of common assault and another for use of […]
Written on September 20, 2023 | Posted in
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