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The Kingdom of Morocco is all the way in Africa, but that huge country with a population of thirty-two million plus, shares commonalities with Belize. This week, representatives from Morocco are in Belize to collaborate on issues involving the marine environment. A first of its kind study tour between the two countries is being coordinated […]
It’s been one month since seventeen-year-old Erwin Paulino Rodriguez of Grown Dove Street in Belize City has gone missing. The teen was last seenin the Jane Usher Boulevard area on Thursday, August twenty-fourth after three o’clock in the afternoon when he went to his mother’s work place. But since then, there has been no word […]
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The People’s United Party’s National Party Council met on Saturday at the Saint Catherine Academy multipurpose center in Belize City. The Council is the party’s second highest authority after the National Convention. But the major news coming out of the meeting is that the surprise convention has been scheduled for November twenty-sixth and that party […]
The party leader took questions on several national issues, including one that dominated most of last week’s newscasts. We are speaking of the disappearance and return of seventeen-year-old Kelvin Usher, who fled the Gang Suppression Unit after they went shooting into a farm in Lucky Strike village where a marijuana plantation was located. Usher’s family, […]
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The Integrity Commission is under fire for two reasons. The first is its reversal of a prior position that persons in public life were to submit five years of declarations for review, later reduced to one. The second is its list of persons who violated the law in terms of late declarations, including no shortage […]
The country is battling an outbreak of conjunctivitis – or what is better known as ‘pink-eye’. The outbreak is also affecting Mexico, Panama and Costa Rica. And while the Ministry of Health has put out a number of announcements to raise awareness to avoid the spreading of the pink-eye – there are still hundreds of […]
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Nearly two months after the incumbent United Democratic Party held a contested convention for the Belize City Council slate; the People’s United Party is planning theirs for mid-October. It will be the last slate to be named by the P.U.P. since the other eight were introduced at Saturday’s national party council meeting. Party Leader John […]
Belize’s top two judicial courts are seeking to fill posts. In the case of the Court of Appeal, Prime Minister Dean Barrow is proceeding with the appointment of former classmate Franz Parke to a five-year term beginning with the current session. Leader of the Opposition John Briceño’s has opined that Parke is not qualified, but […]
Over the weekend, OCEANA in Belize formally recognized two Belizeans as the 2017 Ocean Heroes. They are eleven-year-old student Madison Edwards and career tour guide and conservation educator, Luz Hunter. Both have inspired and encouraged others to be conscientious about the marine environment as well as the flora and fauna. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. […]
Tonight there is another missing person to report. Karen Baptist, the mother of murder victim Erica Wills, last saw her daughter Kenisha Wills as she was leaving to go to a party in Kings’ Park on Saturday night. She has not been heard from since and Baptist has reported her missing to police. The situation […]
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It’s more than twenty-four hours since seventeen-year-old Kelvin Usher emerged from the bushes near Lucky Strike where he went missing and returned to his family in the city. While Belizeans are expressing relief at the safe return, the narrative of his friends and family desperately searching for him after he went missing during a Gang […]
To the cynical, the events of Thursday and indeed this entire week seem to have played out like the most sugary movie script this side of the Hallmark Channel or maybe Lifetime. And the old adage still holds true that something too good to be true usually is. But for others, to hold that view […]
Another major question being posed in the aftermath of Kelvin Usher’s disappearance and return is what business did the Gang Suppression Unit have in Lucky Strike on Sunday? It’s very name indicates that the G.S.U. has the narrow focus of undercutting gangs and criminal activity involving them, but very frequently in the past few years […]
There will be a country-wide shut down of the Chinese community on Sunday, October first so get your groceries and boledo before then. Chinese businesses will close its doors in response to two recent separate armed robberies, one which left Chinese businessman Bainan Wu dead on Monday night. Bainan was inside his small grocery shop […]
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The Kelvin Usher story appears to be over for now. But prior to his safe recovery, tension on the streets had ratcheted up considerably. Students from Saint John’s College Junior College had taken to the streets on Wednesday afternoon against police and had threatened more protests. A march was held on Wednesday evening and the […]
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On Thursday, News Five received information that a school in Ladyville had been affected by the ongoing outbreak of conjunctivitis, commonly known as “pink eye.” The viral or bacterial infection causes severe discomfort and is known to spread rapidly, forcing victims to keep away from contact with others. The Ladyville S.D.A. primary school raised the […]
Since 2007, the Ministry of Education has been rolling out revised curriculum for schools to reflect on the changing knowledge in the various subject areas, including health and science, mathematics, social studies and English. But there are some teachers who have taken to social media to express their discontent with the new curriculum, saying that […]
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The International Monetary Fund in its latest country report noted that Belize remains affected by issues with correspondent banking. The IMF cites the withdrawal of correspondent banking relationships and low capital buffers as key risks to financial stability. As you would know, several local banks in Belize and small jurisdictions in the region lost their […]
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A sign that the economy is sluggish can be seen by a flip of the pages of local newspapers. Weekly, there are long lists of houses and properties on the auction block since property owners are unable to meet respective mortgage payments and banks end up foreclosing on their accounts. The media asked Scotiabank’s Managing […]
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Scotia Bank Belize is supporting efforts to promote literacy among the population. Today, the bank handed over a set of computers as well as a cheque to the Ministry of Education as a first phase. The bank will also be gifting computers to schools to be identified by the ministry. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. […]
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It is not intended to be competitive but the five-kilometer walk and run organized by SAGICOR insurance in Belize City on Saturday evening is intended to be both fun and for a good cause – two causes, in fact. Up to ten thousand dollars in funding will be raised on behalf of the Kidney and […]
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At this time, a vigil is taking place at Battlefield Park where family, friends and peers of Kelvin Usher have gathered to give thanks for his safe return. Usher surfaced this morning on the Old Northern Highway just as his father, Cameron Usher Senior, was driving by. While Usher only sustained minor injuries, he is […]
As we said, tonight Kelvin Usher is safe at home, reunited with his family. Missing since Sunday, the teenager surfaced this morning, according to police, not far from where he disappeared when the Gang Suppression Unit busted a marijuana farm on Lucky Strike, Belize District. The Saint John’s College Junior College student was with his […]
At a press conference held by Prime Minister Barrow this afternoon, Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams recounted parts of Kelvin Usher’s disappearance, following a debriefing at the Raccoon Street Police Station. The teenager admitted to police earlier today that he simply got lost in the wilderness of Lucky Strike after fleeing from gunshots, fired […]
During the interrogation by ACP Williams this morning, Usher was asked several questions pertaining to the incident, particularly whether he was roughed up by the officers or had been held against his will. According to Williams, the unfortunate experience, as well as a subsequent investigation into what unfolded on Sunday will prompt changes in the […]
