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According to U.D.P. Chairman Mike Peyrefitte, whatever decision is arrived at by the special committee tasked with deliberating John Saldivar’s political future, will done in the best interest of the party. He says that the designation of the former Minister of National Security cannot simply be the result of a bad decision to use a […]
Written on November 29, 2022 | Posted in
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Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber has been frozen out of his constituency by his own party, notwithstanding his track record as a five-time parliamentarian. The row between the former party leader and the U.D.P. executive has resulted in a relative newcomer being fielded as standard bearer for that division. But where does Faber stand in […]
Written on November 29, 2022 | Posted in
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As we reported on Monday, police discovered a body in the Lemonal Village; believed to be that of Owen Tucker Senior. The charred human remains were retrieved and transported to the forensic lab where a post-mortem will be conducted. Today, News Five revisits the case of the missing man turned murder. Reporter Duane Moody files […]
Written on November 29, 2022 | Posted in
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Petrocaribe, a regional oil procurement agreement between Venezuela and Caribbean member states, is back and Belize is among the beneficiaries of the revitalized program under President Nicolas Maduro. During Prime Minister John Briceño’s visit to the South American nation, President Maduro announced that Petrocaribe was being renewed and expanded to cover products, in addition to […]
Written on November 28, 2022 | Posted in
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A Belize Defense Force soldier is hospitalized after being shot in the buttocks during an incident that may have international implications. According to a release from the Belize Defense Force, on Saturday afternoon B.D.F. soldiers at the Valentin Conservation Post along the Belize/Guatemala border heard a single gunshot. One B.D.F. soldier soon realized that he […]
Written on November 28, 2022 | Posted in
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The body of sixty-six-year-old Owen Tucker Senior was discovered today in Lemonal Village. Reports are that the Belizean/American businessman, who had purchased the Crocland property, was murdered and his body dumped in the village. Even before his body was discovered, this morning, Jerome Crawford, his driver with whom he had a recent squabble, was charged […]
Written on November 28, 2022 | Posted in
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There was a murder recorded over the weekend in Belize City. Twenty-five-year-old Jerome Bennett was at his home on Pitter Street when two persons approached and took turns executing the young man. It was caught on surveillance camera, but the identities of the shooters remain unknown. By the time family members came out of their […]
Written on November 28, 2022 | Posted in
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An official correspondence between the Department of the Environment and the Ministry of Sustainable Development, regarding a recent decision taken by the National Environmental Appraisal Committee, NEAC, is yet to be delivered. It has been published elsewhere that NEAC did not give its stamp of approval for the Port of Belize Expansion Project which would […]
Written on November 28, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, the search officially began for missing Belizean American businessman Owen Tucker Senior. A group of police officers, relatives and friends gathered at the Washing Tree Eco-Park and Resort, formerly known as Crocland, to look for the sixty-six-year-old man who was last seen alive on Tuesday afternoon leaving the property. But in an interesting twist […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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A group of eleven persons, many of whom are family and friends, walked free from charges that were brought against them in August 2021. They were arrested following an alleged party that was held on a boat during the State of Emergency which was associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, they appeared before Chief Magistrate […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Twenty-four-year-old Nicholas Trapp, a fisherman of Chunox Village, appeared unrepresented before the lower court today where he was charged with a single count of fishing in a conservation zone. It is alleged that on November eleventh, he was caught fishing within the Blackbird Caye Conservation Zone. In his possession were nineteen conchs inside a canoe. […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Another fisherman, also from Chunox Village, was equally charged for the offense of fishing in a conservation zone. Thirty-five-year-old Leonardo Mesh, however, is challenging the allegations brought against him by the Fisheries Department. On November eleventh, Mesh was discovered in the vicinity of Dog Flee Caye where he was found in possession of forty-two conchs. […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Mum’s the word at the Ministry of Sustainable Development, in the wake of a decision taken by the National Environmental Appraisal Committee on Thursday. Following a final round of public consultations earlier this month regarding the construction of a cruise terminal as part of the Port of Belize Expansion Project, NEAC convened a meeting to […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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This afternoon in Belize City, former Belmopan Area Representative John Saldivar broke his silence, following a lengthy absence from facing the media. The erstwhile Minister of National Security convened a press conference at the Belize Institute of Management, sans his attorney, to discuss the latest development in his political career. As many are aware, he […]
Written on November 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Designation aside, Saldivar’s political future hangs in the balance. The defeated politician is offering himself as a candidate in an upcoming U.D.P. convention where he is running against several others, including George Lovell, Khalid Belisle and Emil Torres. But at what point is he prepared to throw in the towel amid all the allegations of […]
Written on November 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Can embattled politician John Saldivar mount a legitimate legal challenge against the United States government and what would it take for him to be successful in court? It’s a question that many are asking in the face of his designation, notwithstanding the absence of evidence from the U.S. State Department. But Saldivar told the media […]
Written on November 24, 2022 | Posted in
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John Saldivar, during his time with the media this afternoon, also spoke about the use of the coast guard vessel, under his tenure as Minister of National Security, to ferry Lev Dermin to so-called coast guard installations. Here’s how he responded when challenged by reporters on that issue. John Saldivar, Former Minister of Government […]
Written on November 24, 2022 | Posted in
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An Orange Walk resident is admitted at the Northern Regional Hospital tonight, after he was struck multiple times to the head and abdomen with a metal bat just after eight o’clock this morning. The frightening incident took place on Liberty Avenue in Orange Walk Town, in front of a number of residents. Fortunately, Diego Armando […]
Written on November 24, 2022 | Posted in
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There was a mid-morning shooting incident in Belize City that brought everything downtown to a screeching halt. Vehicular traffic was diverted away from the Swing Bridge, where the body of a knife-wielding man lay motionless near its northern approach. He has been identified as forty-eight-year-old Francis Ramos Junior, an individual who is believed to be […]
Written on November 23, 2022 | Posted in
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In the wake of the shooting, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams spoke with reporters. He outlined the sequence of actions taken by the responding officers, according to the amateur footage that is being widely circulated. ComPol Williams also revisited two previous injuries during which Francis Ramos Junior, inflicted and attempted to inflict injuries on members […]
Written on November 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Was the police officer that fired the fatal shot that neutralized Francis Ramos Junior justified in using lethal force? It’s a question that many are asking in the aftermath of this morning’s deadly shooting. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams outlines the steps that will be taken by the Belize Police Department before turning over a […]
Written on November 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, normal court proceedings at the Public Building that houses all the Magistrates’ Courts, the cellblock, some of the Supreme Court chambers and offices had to be put on halt, following the continuous collapse of portions of the ceiling. The building had lost a significant portion of its roof on November second, when Hurricane Lisa […]
Written on November 22, 2022 | Posted in
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The collapsed ceiling of the Magistrates’ Court building put a damper on the progress of the court’s operations with current cases, but it did not result in any losses of manual records that are still being used. But going forward, Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser said that there was already a plan in place to go […]
Written on November 22, 2022 | Posted in
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A little over four years ago, a Belize City family was beset by tragedy when a distraught former in-law rammed a piece of heavy equipment into a home, killing a five-year-old boy, his fifty-three-year-old grandmother and a teenage minor. The frightening ordeal made headlines as the single-flat residence occupied by Louise Young and her grandchildren […]
Written on November 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Former Prime Minister Dean Barrow has launched an application for judicial review before the Supreme Court on behalf of his clients at the Caribbean International Brewery Limited, in Orange Walk District. As we have reported, authorities seized over three million dollars in cash from the brewery’s compound near Carmelita Village during an operation on October […]
Written on November 22, 2022 | Posted in
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