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There is a report that surfaced earlier today in Caribbean news outlets, about billions of dollars being stashed away in Swiss Banks. The report claims that the funds were deposited by citizens of thirty countries in the wider Caribbean. The information was contained in a throve of sixty thousand internal Swiss Bank documents, leaked by […]
As far as municipal electoral politics go, today was about as important as it gets – well, with the exception of election-day…that is. Across the country, in every municipality, candidates aspiring for office were officially nominated and their names officially entered at the Elections and Boundaries Department. It’s an occasion for mass political parties to […]
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This afternoon at one, the United Democratic Party flexed its Nomination Day muscles, and answer to the P.U.P.’s respectable showing that morning. Mike Rudon was in front of U.D.P. headquarters at one for a political spectacle which did not disappoint. Mike Rudon, Reporting If the P.U.P. brought out a sea of blue for the […]
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One point three million dollars paid in legal and professional fees – that’s the claim in an audit done of the Belize City Council for the period 2013 to 2014. But while it’s spelled out clearly in the audit, Mayor Darrell Bradley says that it’s wrong. He claims that one point two million dollars of […]
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Today, in the midst of the melee surrounding Nomination Day, the incumbent Mayor and the businesswoman, who wants to unseat him, also spoke on the issue of a mayoral debate. Both have markedly different stories where that debate is concerned, but here’s one story you can take to the bank – there isn’t going to […]
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In the capital city of Belmopan, the field is crowded with as many as five mayoral candidates, who were nominated today for the upcoming elections. While the U.D.P. is the incumbent and has been in office at city hall for three consecutive terms, it is Khalid Belisle’s first run for office and so is newcomer […]
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The political race in Belmopan is seeing the endorsement of mayoral candidates by powerhouses from both major parties. The U.D.P.’s Khalid Belisle, as we mentioned, is supported by area representative John Saldivar and Jose Chacon is backed by P.U.P. Deputy Leader Julius Espat. While campaign finances are another matter entirely, Espat told News Five that […]
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A fatal traffic accident in between miles eighty-five and eighty-six on the Phillip Goldson Highway has claimed the life of a UB graduate. Around six-thirty on Tuesday, twenty-five year old Iris Mabel Chicas lost her life when the grey 2006 Ford Fusion car she was driving slammed head on into a Toyota Tundra truck coming […]
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In Monday’s newscast, we broke the news of the second murder in twenty days in Roaring Creek, just outside Belmopan. The details tonight are that an elderly man, John Smith, was shot once in the head by a gunman who simply walked up to him and fired the fatal shot. While Smith grasped for his […]
Written on February 10, 2015 | Posted in
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There was another shooting on Monday night. It happened in San Pedro where a well-known alleged drug peddler, was shot to the foot. Kareem Eagan is no stranger to the police on the island, in fact, less than a month ago he was the intended target of another shooting at his apartment. San Pedro Police […]
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Today was the first day of a case which will draw much national scrutiny. Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega is suing Ramon Cervantes Junior for libel. In November, the Cervantes family released the recording of a phone call which shocked the nation. The caller, allegedly Manuel Castillo and the man wanted for the brutal murder […]
B.T.L. and MMR Belize Limited, the company that owns the game-show Mek Mi Rich, are currently being taken to Court. It’s a highly technical case, but in a nutshell – one young programmer, Curtis Swasey, is alleging that B.T.L. used his concept and intellectual property without legal authority or permission to partner with MMR in […]
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According to Musa, the non-disclosure agreement between B.T.L. and Swasey specifically says that no information can be shared within two years of the termination of the agreement. The relationship between the parties was terminated by email in August 2014 so Musa says it is quite clear the agreement was breached. But while that’s the technical […]
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Curtis Swasey was present today, but declined comment. Still, the case in which he is suing for damages is based primarily on his expectations after more than two years of delivering his concept and product to B.T.L. Today, his attorney outlined those expectations. Kareem Musa, Attorney for Curtis Swasey “Certainly to be where MMR […]
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And tonight’s question is: should the use of marijuana be legalized in Belize? 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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There is breaking news: a few minutes ago, a Roaring Creek resident was murdered in the Hattieville area of the village. At this time, we cannot reveal the name because family members have not been notified. But we can say that he was found with a gunshot wound. We’ll have more on this murder in […]
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A father of two and a teenage friend from the Belmopan area lost their lives instantly in a terrible traffic accident. Both Leonardo Ramos and Rigoberto Cabrera Junior were riding on Ramos’ newly acquired motorcycle when a car crashed into them on a stretch of the Hummingbird Highway in Belmopan, early on Saturday morning. As […]
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A fire quickly spread through the house of the Ford family on Allenby Street in Belize City last Friday night. Tanya Ford, a single mother, was at work when she received the bad news by text. While no one was injured, Ford lost all her belongings in the blaze which was caused by a lit […]
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The People’s United Party launched its manifesto over the weekend…we’ll have that story coming up. But at the event, we caught up with successful businesswoman and aspiring Mayor Yolanda Schakron. Schakron also has some queries for her opponent in the upcoming Municipal Elections, and it has to do with one point three million dollars paid […]
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On Saturday, the P.U.P. Belize City municipal team officially launched its manifesto, as it prepares to contest elections less than a month away. The launch was done at the ITVET compound in Belize City and the manifesto is entitled Change Begins Now. That’s a message that the team, and certainly the party, hopes will resound […]
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On the podium, successful businesswoman and aspiring Mayor Yolanda Schakron also made a commitment that if she is elected, she would work for free. In the past we’ve heard aspiring teams commit to taking a cut in salary, but we’ve never had a Mayor agree to serve pro bono. Schakron says she’s made up her […]
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Business owners and vendors are being asked to exercise vigilance for counterfeit currency. According to the Belize City police, around eleven o’clock on Friday morning, they visited the Michael Finnegan Market where several fruit vendors handed over seven-twenty dollar bills with six notes having the same serial number: DL-two-eight-seven-six-five-five and one with serial number: DL-one-eight-three-one-five-six. […]
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The Novelo family has been a political pincushion for more than a decade, and the saga continues. Today, attorneys for the Development Finance Corporation are set to jail Antonio Novelo for a long unpaid multi-million dollar debt to that institution. The Novelo family got the eighteen million dollar loan sometime in 2003, and since then […]
Written on February 6, 2015 | Posted in
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Today’s intent to apply for a committal became necessary when Antonio Novelo was also unable to pay the fifteen hundred dollars a month ordered in 2013. Nazira Miles, Attorney for Development Finance Corporation “Since February of 2014 no payment has been made, and therefore we are once again taking the step for a next […]
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Last week, attorney Michel Chebat was endorsed as the P.U.P.’s Standard Bearer in Cayo North. He replaces Richard Harrison, selected in December 2014 to contest the by-election in that constituency. Chebat had also expressed interest in contesting the by-election, but says he made the decision to step out because it was felt by the Party […]
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