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Over the weekend, the family of Kyle Latchman were out in the Port Loyola area searching for closure after they received information to suggest that his body was disposed of in the area. The twenty-three-year-old was last seen on Boxing Day, 2022 and is believed to have been murdered and his body buried. Today, Assistant […]
Written on February 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Former Police Constable Dion Bellini has been sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of drug trafficking. The conviction comes a little over two years following a bust near the outskirts of Orange Walk Town. Sometime around midday on December twenty-fourth, 2020, Bellini, a resident of a San Martin address in Belmopan, […]
Written on February 27, 2023 | Posted in
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The long-awaited press release that the Belize Bus Association had demanded the Ministry of Transport issue on Wednesday is out, but the B.B.A. says that the release contains a few points that they never agreed to. B.B.A President Thomas Shaw had told the media on Wednesday that following their meeting with transport officials, the B.B.A. […]
Written on February 24, 2023 | Posted in
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April first is the deadline imposed by the unions for the return of annual increments to teachers and public officers. But is it likely that the Briceño administration will acquiesce and set aside roughly twenty million dollars to further adjust salaries for persons who qualify for increments? Earlier this week, the National Trade Union Congress […]
Written on February 24, 2023 | Posted in
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On Tuesday, Prime Minister John Briceño, in speaking with News Five, also broached the issue of pension reform which goes in tandem with increments for teachers and public officers. According to Martinez, government’s intent to introduce pension reform by April first, is unrealistic considering the necessary research, consultations and work that need to be done […]
Written on February 24, 2023 | Posted in
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An Orange Walk resident is tonight clinging to life at the Northern Medical Specialist Plaza after he was shot multiple times this morning just outside of his house on Cuello Street in that northern municipality. Even as he was shot, Bradford Hall got into his pickup truck along with his son, but loss control of […]
Written on February 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Residents in Roaring Creek Village are still reeling from a deadly Wednesday afternoon attack that claimed the life of a high school student. On Wednesday afternoon, fifteen-year-old Dane Matute Junior and a group of his teenage peers decided to go for a swim in the village. While socializing along the creek side the group was […]
Written on February 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Back in December, thirty-two-year-old Corporal Arturo Leal was charged for driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Today when he appeared in the lower court, the officer was read another charge stemming from the incident in 2022. This is after his urine sample was returned from the lab and tested positive for […]
Written on February 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-one-year-old Cobrado Lewis Cole, a construction worker, and twenty-nine-year-old Alicia Courtenay Tec, a babysitter, both of a Tibruce Street address, appeared unrepresented in the magistrate’s court today where they were each read a single charge of possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply to another person. That is after they were found with […]
Written on February 23, 2023 | Posted in
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The post-mortem result is out – Elrick Vairez died by drowning. Today, an autopsy was conducted on the body of the thirty-five-year-old father of one and just after four p.m., police says that the cause of death was certified as “asphyxia due to inhalation of fluid as a consequence of drowning.” Vairez was reported missing […]
Written on February 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier this week, the Belize Bus Association issued an ultimatum to the Department of Transport that was sure to result in strike action had those demands not been met. Tonight there is good news to report as both parties have met to negotiate and agree on certain conditions. Plans for the burning of tires on […]
Written on February 22, 2023 | Posted in
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During the dispute, the B.B.A also demanded that its members equally enjoy whatever duty exemptions were granted to Floralia to import its fleet of buses. Today, Minister Ferguson said that all the bus companies are entitled to the same privileges. Rodwell Ferguson, Minister of Transport “Every Belizean has a right to apply to the […]
Written on February 22, 2023 | Posted in
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Following the lengthy meeting, B.B.A. President Thomas Shaw made an appeal to the smaller bus operators to work together with the bigger companies so that there will be a smooth transition to having only two bus companies running the three routes. Thomas Shaw, President, Belize Bus Association “We agreed on the transformation of the […]
Written on February 22, 2023 | Posted in
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A teenager is dead and another is hospitalized, following a shooting incident in Roaring Creek Village. Information to News Five is that just before one thirty p.m., fifteen-year-old Dane Matute Junior and Kaylen Wade were swimming with a group in the vicinity of Guanacaste Park when at least three shots were heard. Moments later, the […]
Written on February 22, 2023 | Posted in
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The result of a post-mortem examination is still pending in the death of thirty-five-year-old Elrick Lee Vairez. His body was discovered on Tuesday evening near Montego Bay Caye, located approximately eight miles north of Belize City, and one day after he was reported missing by a fisherman with whom he travelled to the private island […]
Written on February 22, 2023 | Posted in
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A man and a woman are dead after they were knocked down on Monday night as they were traveling across the Beaver Dam Bridge between miles thirty-eight and thirty-nine on the George Price Highway. The offending vehicle was an ambulance based in southern Belize that had made a trip to Belize City and was returning. […]
Written on February 21, 2023 | Posted in
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It’s been just over a week since we’ve reported on a murder or even a case of gun violence across the country. That is until this morning when the body of a man was discovered inside the Lord Ridge Cemetery in Belize City. He had been executed and his body believed to have been dumped […]
Written on February 21, 2023 | Posted in
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A recent report by Insight Crime suggests that the murder rate of Belize has decreased from one hundred and twenty-five homicides recorded in 2021 to one hundred and thirteen in 2022. That brings Belize’s homicide rate to twenty-five point six per hundred thousand. It’s good news for the country and the work of the Belize […]
Written on February 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, the Belize Police Department issued a missing person’s bulletin for Elrick Lee Vairez. The thirty-one-year-old was reported missing on Monday. He was reportedly last seen walking on a private island eight miles off the coast of Belize City. The details shared so far is that Vairez and fisherman Douglas Gill departed from Conch Shell […]
Written on February 21, 2023 | Posted in
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The clock is ticking pending the removal of the chair of the Transport Board, based on an ultimatum issued by the Belize Bus Association on Monday. It is the latest round in a clash between bus operators and the Ministry of Transport and threats have been made that industrial action is imminent should the request […]
Written on February 21, 2023 | Posted in
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A devastating late-morning fire on Simon Lamb Street in Belize City has left up to twelve individuals displaced. A two-storey wooden apartment building occupied by eighty-five-year-old landlord Neftale Martinez, his son and at least eleven other persons, caught fire just after eleven a.m. The fire moved through the building so quickly that there was no […]
Written on February 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Late this evening, we heard from Kenneth Mortis, the Station Supervisor at the National Fire Service. According to Mortis, a preliminary investigation has revealed that the house fire was unintentionally set by one of the tenants. He gave us an overview of the destruction the fire left in its wake. Kenneth Mortis, Station Supervisor, […]
Written on February 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Mortis also responded to criticisms that the department’s approach to fighting the fire contributed to its spread. There was also disapproval coming from onlookers over the fact that the fire truck ran out of water and had to leave the burning building to go and refill. Here is how Mortis responded. Kenneth Mortis, Station […]
Written on February 20, 2023 | Posted in
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There has been a seismic change at the top of Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital tonight. Chairman of the hospital’s board, Doctor Andre Sosa has been removed from that position. The news came on the same day that the K.H.M.H. Workers Union decided to abort its plan to take industrial action against the hospital. However, our […]
Written on February 17, 2023 | Posted in
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And now to the latest in the transport sector, last night’s news about tax exemptions for the importation of Florala’s fleet will undoubtedly keep the bus operators critical about the government’s improvement plan for the sector. While this is a long-standing issue, the cancellation of the permit for Ritchies was a turning point for this […]
Written on February 17, 2023 | Posted in
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