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There are two sides to the use of gillnets. In some quarters the use of the fishing gear is said to be harmful and dangerous but among others, the traditional form needs to be retained. In Dangriga today, members of the Belize Fishermen Cooperative Association who support the use of gillnets, held a rally. Their […]
Written on November 13, 2019 | Posted in
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Ernesto Lewis, better known as ‘Caddy’, was involved in a serious RTA on Tuesday night. His Nissan Altima car was totaled as an eighteen-wheeler crushed it at the Dead Man’s Curve in Teakettle Village, Cayo. The quick response from people in the area got Lewis out of his car by the time the ambulance arrived. […]
Written on November 13, 2019 | Posted in
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A News Five team was doing its job at the Mahogany Street police station today when our crew came under attack. It happened when a witness was giving an interview about the unwarranted use of force against a father and son when the officer turned on our crew. The witness identified the same officer as […]
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On Tuesday, the names of this year’s brilliant students were released. We start with Liyan Moralez and Randel Pate; both are at the University of the West Indies Saint Augustine Campus in Trinidad and Tobago pursing their bachelor’s degrees after receiving a professional and technical scholarship offered by the Government of Belize. Moralez pursues a […]
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On November twenty-ninth in Independence Village in the south, Moralez and pate will be honoured along with some four hundred plus students including those who sat the CSEC. Edward P. Yorke High School is walking away with bragging rights after three of its students topped the regional exams. The Most Outstanding Candidate for 2019 is […]
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Encroachments by Guatemalans are well-known within the Chiquibul. But now, embolden Guatemalan nationals are setting up permanent structures closer to the western border and well within Belizean territory. For years, Belizean businessman, Jorge Espat has been battling with Guatemalans settling in his land. Espat says that as of late, the situation has not only persisted, […]
Written on November 12, 2019 | Posted in
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Espat wrote to the C.E.O. in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pat Andrews on the issue of Guatemalan squatting on his land. Espat tells Andrews that he has waited four months for this issue to be resolved and does not see the end of it. While the land is privately owned, Espat recognized the implications […]
Written on November 12, 2019 | Posted in
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On Monday, the Belize City Council filed an application to appeal a decision handed down by Justice Courtney Abel on October fourth, in favour of former city administrator Candice Miller. The judgment in which Miller was awarded over four hundred thousand dollars in compensation will be challenged in the appellate jurisdiction; however, recent developments at […]
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Upon exiting the Supreme Court victorious on the evening of October fourth, attorney Magali Perdomo, who represents Miller in the wrongful termination suit, reiterated the fact that a contract, in this case a formal agreement between the previous city council and Miller, is legally valid. So, if the Court of Appeal upholds the decision handed […]
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With an application for appeal setting the backdrop for CitCo’s next move, has a preemptive strike by Miller to crowfoot its assets, backed City Hall into a corner? Here’s how the buildup that led to the drama at the Works Department on Monday afternoon all unfolded. Bernard Wagner, Belize City Mayor “Yesterday we were […]
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The historic Swing Bridge in the heart of the city is undergoing repairs to ensure the safety of thousands of pedestrians who traverse the bridge every day. But the state of the bridge has deteriorated so much that the scope of work has also grown significantly. Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner says that now more […]
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The National Awards Ceremony takes place later this month in the south. The ceremony will recognize students that excelled in the CSEC regional exams and the CAPE. Students from the Corozal Junior College and the Edward P. Yorke High School proved they are worth their salt. A release from the ministry recognizes the outstanding students. […]
Written on November 12, 2019 | Posted in
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Late this evening, bailiffs rolled into City Hall’s compound on the George Price Highway where the council’s heavy equipment are kept to crowfoot its assets. Candice Miller reportedly filed an Execution of Judgment only fourteen days after Supreme Court Justice Courtenay Abel ruled in her favour in her lawsuit against the Belize City Council. The […]
Written on November 11, 2019 | Posted in
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The life of Lee “Bambino” Lopez was cut short on Sunday night in Ladyville, Belize District. Lee was hanging out with three persons he knew, on the street in front of his house. An argument between the friends escalated and the forty-one-year-old constructor worker was stabbed to death before nine o’clock. While he was known […]
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Tonight a Belizean, forty-year-old Carlos Cirilo Chayash is recovering in a hospital in Felipe Carrillo Puerto, in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico after being stabbed on Sunday morning. Mexican media report that Chayash, a resident of Orange Walk Town was ambushed by robbers and left on a streeta. He sustained a gash to his […]
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In the city, four persons, including a nineteen-year-old female, were shot and injured over the weekend. Gunshots rang out on Friday night on Neal Pen Road where Lemar Lamb and Daniel Lopez were injured when they came under fire from a gunman. Then on Saturday night, Alrick Smith and Alidia Morey were targeted in the […]
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A Ladyville resident is clinging to life at the K.H.M.H. Myron Martinez was involved in an accident as he headed home on Saturday morning. He collided into a trailer transporting a house on the Philip Goldson Highway. His wife, Myron did not hear about the accident until much later and questions why is it that […]
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There was a road traffic accident in Saint Matthews Village on Sunday night. Police were called out to miles thirty-eight and thirty-nine on the George Price Highway where they observed two damaged vehicles off the highway but fortunately no one was seriously injured. ACP Joseph Myvett tells us more about what the police saw on […]
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In political news, two weeks ago, the U.D.P.’s Belmopan Area Representative John Saldivar brought out thousands of supporters, including many of his political colleagues, for the launch of his leadership campaign. Saldivar is going up against the Deputy Party Leader Patrick Faber whose campaign launch did not match Saldivar’s numbers. But Faber is not fazed […]
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Missing teen, Jaswant Brooks has been found. He was murdered and dumped in some shallow waters in a patch of mangroves off the George Price Highway. As we’ve reported, eighteen-year-old Brooks went missing on Monday morning after he left home and was later seen riding his bike on Police Street. His family has been searching […]
Written on November 8, 2019 | Posted in
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Twenty-nine-year old Alrick Carcamo was shot after eight o’clock on Thursday night but his lifeless body was not found until two years later in the south side of the City. Carcamo was visiting with friends on Racoon Street Extension when he was ambushed by a masked gunman. He ran for his life but succumbed on […]
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Belize has been removed from the list of non-cooperative jurisdictions following a meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the European Union which was held in Brussels today. The change came after the recent amendment to International Business Act as well as the promulgation of the Economic Substance Act of October. The government […]
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The ruling United Democratic Party is gearing up to select its new leader and the process is causing a major rift within the party. Belmopan Area Representative John Saldivar is going up against the Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber. Faber launched his campaign in September with support from members of the party’s central executive and […]
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Comments Off on Get Your Popcorn and Enjoy the Show, says Opposition Leader
Orange Walk North Area Representative Gaspar Vega continues to enjoy all allowances made available to him by the Government of Belize, despite no longer being assigned a portfolio. Since he was stripped of his ministerial responsibilities, amid a land scandal involving his son back in 2016, Vega maintains twenty-four hour police presence at his Clark […]
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Opposition Leader John Briceño has also commented on the re-emergence of Gaspar Vega, his political opponent in the north. Vega appeared on Sunday in support of John Saldivar at Saldivar’s launch for the bid to the U.D.P. leadership. As we said there is speculation that Vega might be making a comeback and Briceño says he […]
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