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Despite assurances that Belizeans and the B.D.F. can freely traverse the Sarstoon, News Five has obtained a video of another, more recent confrontation in the river between a Guatemalan gunboat and a B.D.F. patrol. The incident occurred as recent as October seventeenth, but there had been no official comment until today when we approached B.D.F. […]
That incident occurred on the same day when a group of Belizean fishermen were held briefly by a Guatemalan coastal patrol vessel. The fishermen were fishing in the Gulf of Honduras when they were intercepted by the Guatemalan patrol at a point between the mouth of the Moho River, Toledo and Punta de Manabique, Izabal, […]
Belize City police say they are armed with sufficient evidence to charge gun-toting Douglas Grant Junior with a firearm offense. But, will a warrant be issued for the U.D.P. henchman’s arrest? A criminal investigation into an incident which occurred on Sunday morning, a short distance away from the Sit and Sip Nightclub, reveals that Grant […]
The department disputes the presence of a mobile patrol in front of the Sit and Sit Nightclub, but says that police officers arrived on the scene moments later. But Grant was never taken into custody. Instead, Ferguson was detained and taken to the Queen Street Precinct and held for a few hours. According to ACP […]
The impasse between the Ministry of Education and the Belize National Teachers Union came to a head on Friday when B.N.T.U. National President Luke Palacio firmly stood his ground, following a meeting of the Council of Management. The decision coming out of those discussions was that if the twenty-five member delegation cannot meet with Deputy […]
Saint John’s College and Junior College produced one of the best crops for this year’s CSEC and CAPE Examinations. Over at the high school Riki Alegria is the most outstanding student for the CSEC while at the junior college, Jose Guerrero was the top scorer and the Open Scholarship recipient. In fact, the top six […]
Written on November 1, 2016 | Posted in
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G.O.B. is poised to bring an end to a long-running story – signing and ratifying the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). In September, Prime Minister Dean Barrow agreed to form a working group with the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry to set the framework that would see Belize join more than one hundred […]
And our question for tonight is: with additional information on crooked land deals surfacing, should Area Rep Gaspar Vega, resign from office? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com
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The murder statistics went up by four between Friday night and this morning. Aside from a slew of other acts of violence, four persons were killed at different locations: three in the Belize District and one in the Orange Walk District. Early this morning, police were called to the scene where the body of a […]
Written on October 31, 2016 | Posted in
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In another murder in the Belize District, thirty-seven year old George Young was shot multiple times to his chest, back and leg on Saturday evening. The father of three was getting a haircut at Bucks Barbershop when his life was snuffed. The murderer entered the barber shop and opened fire on Young; the victim expired […]
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On Friday night, San Pedro recorded its fourth murder for the month of October. Antonio Paguada, a forty-four year old father of two, was killed a short while after he visited his family. San Pedro police believe that the San Pedro resident’s murder was a revenge killing for well-known drug peddler Jason Gillett who was […]
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So far this year, there are a hundred and twenty murders recorded by the police. In Orange Walk on Saturday night, a man acquitted of murder was found dead. Police have identified persons of interest, but no suspects thus far, in the fatal beating and stabbing of twenty-five year old Manuel Alejandro Toloza. Four years […]
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A Nightmare on Fort Street. It’s the name of a Halloween weekend event that took place at the popular nightclub Sit and Sip. An incident which occurred outside of the establishment following the dance could have easily resulted in a real-life frightening experience. That’s because well-known U.D.P. supporter Douglas Grant Junior was seen brandishing a […]
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Grant has since issued a release refuting the claims made by Ferguson. In the statement issued by Grant this afternoon, he says, “luckily, a police patrol arrived on the scene at which point Chicken Dread was restrained and an officer requested my licensed firearm which I immediately gave to him. He asked if I had […]
He was charged with six counts of aggravated assault of an indecent nature in February of 2015, a few months after deciding not to seek re-election in his Orange Walk East constituency. In August, a charge of carnal knowledge, as it was then known, was added. All the charges stemmed from acts of alleged inappropriate […]
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Across the country today, teachers formed long lines in various banks and credit unions and collected a full month’s wage, despite an eleven-day strike a few weeks ago. That’s because government has chosen to pay their total salaries for October, while respective school managements put together a list of names for whose income will be […]
So, why can’t the union give in to Faber’s request and reduce its attendance to five executives? According to B.N.T.U. President Luke Palacio, government does not have a bearing on who can or cannot participate in the meeting when the council of management is the representative body for the various branches of the union. The […]
In speaking with Minister of Education Patrick Faber over the past week, he has expressed a concern for fairness to teachers who were present in their classrooms during the strike. Should they be subjected to makeup time when they reported to work every day for the duration of the industrial action? Another consideration is the […]
Contextualizing the argument on behalf of the teachers who took part in the strike was Nadia Caliz. She’s a member of the council of management representing the Stann Creek District. According to Caliz, there are teachers who abstained from the walkout who will also benefit from a five percent interest on the deferral of the […]
The Government of Belize secured a significant legal victory this morning in the Supreme Court, where Justice Michelle Arana dismissed an application brought by Belize International Services Limited. The suit followed the compulsory acquisition of the International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize and the International Business Companies Registry in June, 2013. The decision of the […]
Written on October 28, 2016 | Posted in
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The foundation on which government presented its argument and the subsequent decision taken by the court is that a binding agreement of that magnitude ought to have been put to tender. Since there was never an offer made by a competing entity through a tender process, the court found it appropriate to cancel the contract. […]
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Financial Secretary Joseph Waight welcomes the Supreme Court ruling, despite being uncertain whether an appeal will be filed in the days ahead. Joseph Waight, Financial Secretary “I’ll have to say that it is good news for the government, it is a position we maintained all along. We are glad that the court found it […]
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Tragedy in Conch Shell Bay as another minor loses her life in a midday fire. It is the third such incident involving children for the month of October. This afternoon, residents of the canal-side neighborhood were inconsolable upon learning of the death of two-year-old Kaylee Alvarez. The little girl was at home with two other […]
On Wednesday afternoon, a fire gutted the bedroom of an elevated wooden structure on Hunters Lane. According to Carla Jimenez, she left her son and his father at home around one o’clock only to be alerted sometime after that the bedroom was ablaze. It was later discovered that the child got a hold of matches […]
Our news crew was back on the island of Ambergris Caye today, following another fatal shooting in the San Mateo area of San Pedro Town. Around six-thirty on Wednesday night, a well-known drug peddler was executed a short distance from where he lived. But, was thirty-year-old Jason Gillett murdered in a drug war on the […]
Written on October 27, 2016 | Posted in
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