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Earlier this month, the Global Status Report on Road Safety for 2018 was released. The report shows that the burden is disproportionately borne by pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, particularly those living in developing countries. It suggests that the price paid for mobility is too high, especially because proven measures exist. These include strategies to address speed […]
The family of twenty-three-year-old Ivor “Iverson” Neal has scoured the outer limits of Belmopan, near El Rancho, in search of him. He was last seen at that location a week ago. Since then, there has been no contact with the K.B.H. security guard and tonight, the fear is that he may have been harmed, as […]
Written on December 19, 2018 | Posted in
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As with the case of Anisha Young, who is also missing, the family says it has reached out to the police department for assistance, but the response thus far has been unsatisfactory. Neal describes his son as a cool person, despite being a bit quick-tempered. Isani Cayetano “As a parent, what is your worst […]
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Final farewells were bid today to the late Jane Usher. The day started with her last trip to the Holy Redeemer Credit Union where her credit union family paid their last respects. The pioneer of the credit union movement spent sixty-five of her hundred and one years at the H.R.C.U. from where she helped thousands […]
Written on December 18, 2018 | Posted in
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A family in the island of San Pedro came under attack over the weekend. Their home in the San Pablo area was shot multiple times and police have recovered numerous expended shells. The investigation, which involves the U.S. Federal Bureau, is ongoing at this time, but points to Lucinda Turley’s husband who resides in the […]
Written on December 18, 2018 | Posted in
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In the Supreme Court this morning, two men were sentenced in high profile cases. Justice Adolph Lucas sentenced Ernest Thurton Junior, known as “Dangalang,” to life imprisonment, but the twenty-six-year-old must serve twenty-nine years before he is eligible for parole for the double murder of Robert Young and Frank James. The murder goes back to […]
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Also in the Supreme Court….thirty-five-year-old Bert Vasquez learnt his fate today for a second sexual assault case. Justice Colin Williams imposed the sentence ordering that it run consecutively with his previous ten-year conviction for the offense of forcible abduction, sexual assault, and harm against a sixteen-year-old minor, which was imposed on him by Justice Adolph […]
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A police officer lost his life in a road traffic accident in Punta Gorda late this evening. Sometime between four and five o’clock, Police Constable Kenyon Pandy and WPC Zuniga were travelling in a vehicle when they met in an accident near the dump just outside of Punta Gorda. Pandy succumbed to his injuries, while […]
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The education campaign in Belize has attempted to cover the extensive history of the Belize/Guatemala dispute. The over two hundred-year-old dispute hinges on a few pivotal moments in the history of both countries. One of those moments is the signing of the 1859 Treaty. If Belizeans vote ‘YES’ to the I.C.J., the 1859 Treaty is […]
For Belizeans, a decision to vote “YES” or “NO” to the I.C.J. depends on understanding what exactly is Guatemala claiming. During the education campaign in Guatemala earlier this year, some paraphernalia showed a claim of half of Belize, but there have been times when it has been the entire country. While in Guatemala over the […]
A few weeks ago a delegation of Belizean media travelled to the Netherlands on a U.S. Embassy sponsored trip to learn more about the International Court of Justice. The second part of the programme began today as the delegation travelled to Guatemala City to get an update on the pulse of the Guatemalans on the […]
Written on December 17, 2018 | Posted in
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Two-year old Tevin Cacho remains at the Karl Huesner Memorial Hospital where his condition has improved slightly. The toddler was crushed by a police mobile on Thursday evening as he crossed the street to meet his mother who was in front of Kim’s Shop on Iguana Street extension, Belize City. While he is not out […]
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There were a number of shooting across the country but we go south where two men were murdered in separate incidents. A motorist giving a hitchhiker a ride to Independence was murdered this morning near the outskirts of the village. Marcus Ack had just pulled over to the side of the road to give a […]
Written on December 17, 2018 | Posted in
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The other murder in southern Belize involved a Guatemalan national who was viciously hacked to death in Bladen Village on Friday evening. Police say forty-one-year-old Marcus Chen was chopped multiple times by a group of siblings with whom he had gotten into an altercation while walking towards the river to go fishing. According to Assistant […]
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Twenty-three-year-old Anisha Young remains missing over a week after she was last seen catching a cab on the entertainment strip. With every day that passes by, the glimmer of hope that the young woman may still be alive continues to fade. But her loved ones aren’t giving up the search for her just yet. Earlier […]
Written on December 17, 2018 | Posted in
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Two residents from Roaring Creek, Cayo, are recuperating tonight following a shooting over the weekend in the village. The two victims of gun violence were among a group of persons when they came under attack by a lone gunman. The families of Amner Morales and Celio Ogaldez say the two were not involved in any […]
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Gender-based violence remains a constant issue; the Domestic Violence Act was strengthened in 2007 to deal with the issue but its implementation remains a challenge. Over the past couple of months, there has been a rise of domestic violence reported across the country. In most cases, if not all, the female in the relationship is […]
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Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales arrived in the country on Thursday evening via the P.G.I.A., in a private jet and departed today. He was here on an official visit for the fifty-second SICA Summit which we will tell you about later in this newscast. But first, we go to the very short interview President Morales afforded […]
Following President Jimmy Morales’ departure from the summit, we got a chance to speak with Prime Minister Dean Barrow, who symbolically handed over the Tempore Presidency of SICA to President Morales. With regional matters concluded, Barrow and Morales held bi-lateral talks. One of the topics they discussed is the Belize/Guatemala dispute, specifically the rising tensions […]
On Thursday, Foreign Affairs Minister Wilfred Elrington suggested that if Belizeans vote “NO” in the April tenth, 2019 referendum, it could lead to an invasion by Guatemala. It’s the second time he has made such an assertion. News Five asked PM Barrow about Elrington’s comments. He did not agree with the sentiments of his foreign […]
As we said earlier, Prime Minister Dean Barrow and President Jimmy Morales held bilateral discussions ahead of the SICA summit today. Leaders of both countries spoke on the upcoming I.C.J. referendum scheduled for April tenth 2019. Guatemala held its referendum in April last year. The vote there was a “YES” and the turnout was twenty-six […]
Belize handed over the Presidency Pro-tempore of the Central American Integrated System, SICA, today to Guatemala, ending a six-month rotation of the presidency. The fifty-second meeting of the Heads of State of SICA took place at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City. At least four presidents traveled to Belize for the event. For six months, […]
A two-year-old-boy was gravely injured and is hospitalized tonight at the Karl Huesner Memorial Hospital. Tevin Cacho sustained severe injuries to the head after he was crushed by a truck on Iguana Street Extension. The accident happened almost at the blink of an eye. Tevin was running across the street to his mother who was […]
Written on December 14, 2018 | Posted in
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A fisherman from the King’s Park area of Belize City remains missing and his family and friends fear that he is lost at sea. Thirty-two-year-old Greg Dillon left home on Saturday on a routine trip to his fishing camp. He went diving for lobsters on Sunday and by Monday left the camp at Turneffe en […]
Written on December 14, 2018 | Posted in
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Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales is in Belize. President Morales touched down at the P.G.I.A. at twenty minutes passed three o’clock this afternoon and is here for the 2018 SICA Summit which Belize is hosting. This is the second time, as far as we know, that Morales has been on Belizean soil since he was elected […]
