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The Public Service Union is calling for a commission of inquiry into the sale of government assets, including vehicles and pricey furniture, that were disposed of at rock-bottom prices ahead of the November eleventh general elections. The P.S.U. has issued a statement requesting that the newly-formed Briceño administration look into a recent fire sale in […]
Written on November 23, 2020 | Posted in
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Three persons were murdered within twenty-four hours as Belizeans celebrated Garifuna Settlement Day. Two men were cold bloodedly killed in the south and one in Belize City. The madness started on Wednesday night here in the city where a well-known employee of Bowen and Bowen was gunned down as he smoked a cigarette on Lancaster […]
Written on November 20, 2020 | Posted in
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The second murder takes us to Dangriga where a twenty-one-year-old fisherman was shot and killed on nineteenth night. Roger Blanco and another man were reportedly walking to a shop when two men approached them, one of whom fired shots in their direction. The bullets caught Blanco as he ran away from the scene and later […]
Written on November 20, 2020 | Posted in
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Today, ACP Joseph Myvett of the National Crimes Investigation Branch says that they are looking for one man in connection with this fatal shooting in Dangriga. Myvett told reporters that investigators are unable to say whether Roger Blanco was the target of the shooting, considering he was in the company of another man when the […]
Written on November 20, 2020 | Posted in
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Further south, thirty-year-old Eden Mejia was shot and killed in Punta Gorda Town shortly after midnight on November nineteenth inside the home of someone who is also well known to police. Mejia’s bullet-riddled body was found lying face up on a mattress inside a room. It was identified by his sibling, a police corporal who […]
Written on November 20, 2020 | Posted in
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The death toll related to the COVID-19 pandemic continues to go up with two additional casualties being reported on November nineteenth. Both persons are elderly, a man in his eighties from the village of Santa Cruz, Orange Walk and a woman in her seventies from Duck Run community. The octogenarian had been feeling ill while […]
Written on November 20, 2020 | Posted in
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Torrential rains over the last few days have water levels along rivers, streams and ponds way above normal and floodwaters are gushing into yards and in some cases, seeping into homes. News Five has received reports of flooding in the cayes, once again in the west at Roaring Creek Village and across urban and rural […]
Written on November 20, 2020 | Posted in
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On Garifuna Settlement Day, Prime Minister John Briceño and Agriculture Minister, Jose Mai visited Maypen Village in the Belize District; this is one of the many villages in the Belize River Valley area that has been tremendously affected by flooding. Briceño and Mai were accompanied by area representative, Marconi Leal. Now, the residents in that […]
Written on November 20, 2020 | Posted in
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Violence erupted in the Ladyville community on Monday night. Delroy Chaplin was gunned down as he approached his house. Police have said that it was the result of an alleged robbery that went wrong; but his wife admits that he was no saint and was a robber. Chaplain was waylaid by the gunman near his […]
Written on November 18, 2020 | Posted in
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Jareth Tablada was known to many in the community of Holy Emmanuel Street as “Hail Di I” and was described as a mild-mannered individual who tried to earn an honest dollar during the pandemic. There are others who say that the thirty-seven-year-old may have gotten involved with the wrong group of individuals in the neighborhood […]
Written on November 18, 2020 | Posted in
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Late this evening, the owner of the property which Tablada had been occupying and had been ordered to vacate on Tuesday, visited our office to set the record straight that his demise was not the result of a land dispute with her. In speaking with News Five off-camera, the property owner said that Tablada reportedly […]
Written on November 18, 2020 | Posted in
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As the Briceño administration settles into office, the dire economic situation facing Belize is coming to light. On Tuesday, Briceño received briefings by senior officials at the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Belize. Late this evening, PM Briceño issued a statement on the very alarming state of the economy. For months, government […]
Written on November 18, 2020 | Posted in
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That briefing was with senior officials, including Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, Central Bank Governor Joy Grant and Financial Secretary Joseph Waight. Another big challenge facing the government is the COVID-19 pandemic. PM Briceño says after meeting with Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin Manzanero, it was realised that the previous administration had no real […]
Written on November 18, 2020 | Posted in
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Since Tuesday, there has been rampant speculation on social media and everywhere else about the appointment of Chief Executive Officers. Names have been flown left, right and centre and it has been causing an uproar. Tonight in a recorded statement, Briceño says that C.E.O.’s have to go through a process of appointment and that has […]
Written on November 18, 2020 | Posted in
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Details are beginning to emerge on the charges made to the B.T.L. corporate credit card by its former chairman, Net Vasquez. These were racked up generally for personal matters and not for company business. When it came to public attention, Vasquez resigned and the former government appointed Allan Slusher to lead the probe at B.T.L. […]
Written on November 18, 2020 | Posted in
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There are two additional COVID-19 deaths to report tonight, bringing the total deaths to ninety-six and the fatality rate to one point nine-five percent in Belize. On Tuesday night, a female in her late fifties from Orange Walk and a man in his seventies from Belmopan succumbed to the virus. There were also thirty-seven new […]
Written on November 18, 2020 | Posted in
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The newly-formed Briceño administration continues to take shape with the appointments of Chief Executive Officers to various government ministries. What we know thus far is that Channel Five’s C.E.O. Amalia Mai has been tapped to serve in the same capacity in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration where Eamon Courtenay and Ramon […]
Written on November 17, 2020 | Posted in
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The new government under Prime Minister John Briceño held its inaugural cabinet meeting on Tuesday and the first order of business was to be updated on national issues affecting the country. Sixteen elected ministers, six elected ministers of state and three senate ministers were briefed on four important topics. On matters of national security, Cabinet […]
Written on November 17, 2020 | Posted in
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The Briceño administration is assuming office in difficult times, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage on and industries struggle to bounce back. The P.U.P. government has promised to realize progress and development in all sectors. But for there to be the development that Prime Minister Briceño has promised, there must be money. The P.U.P. […]
Written on November 17, 2020 | Posted in
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The ballooning wage bill stands at six hundred and eighty-eight million dollars for sixteen thousand public officers and teachers. One of the recommendations that the Public Service Union has offered as part of its belt-tightening is to reduce the government’s bill by releasing contract officers. P.S.U. President Gerald Henry also recommended that the government cease purchasing […]
Written on November 17, 2020 | Posted in
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On the day that he was sworn in as the country’s new Prime Minister, John Briceño sent a subtle warning to all U.D.P. political appointees, asking them to tender their resignations. There are reports that some of those individuals are refusing to step down, while others are expected to be fired. On Monday, we asked […]
Written on November 17, 2020 | Posted in
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There were four more COVID-19 related deaths reported on Monday night, three males and one female. According to the Director of Health Services, two of those deaths were registered in the Toledo District, one in the Orange Walk District and the fourth death reported in the Corozal District. The COVID-19 fatality rate now stands at […]
Written on November 17, 2020 | Posted in
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There were two murders reported overnight in Belize City and Ladyville where a well-known deliveryman from Gungulung lost his life to gun violence. Another man, thirty-five-year-old Delroy Chaplin met the same end when he went to purchase marijuana on Perez Road. Tonight, police are investigating both incidents and while the first is said to have […]
Written on November 17, 2020 | Posted in
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Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa kicked off his first day on the job with a tour of two Belize City precincts this morning. The initiation began with a meeting that was held at the Queen Street Police Station with the brass of the Belize Police Department. There, he sat down with Commissioner of Police […]
Written on November 17, 2020 | Posted in
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While the mandate of the police department balances community police and active crime-fighting, in charting a new course more emphasis will be placed on community policing, an area in which ComPol Williams has extensive training and experience. Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs & New Growth “We need to emphasize more the importance of […]
Written on November 17, 2020 | Posted in
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