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Three years and four months ago construction worker Steven Buckley was shot twice in the face by an Inspector Dennis Lopez on April twenty-eighth 2010. Buckley, his employer and another worker had just retired from work in the Port Loyola Area when a police patrol headed by Lopez intercepted them. Before they could exit the […]
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That disappointing trip to the St. John’s Credit Union was taken at a little after midday. But just after two this afternoon Buckley got the news from his attorney Dickie Bradley that payment had been made – fifty-thousand dollars to be exact. News Five was there as Buckley made his second trip to the credit […]
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There is an ongoing dispute tonight within the executive council of the Belize Ex-Services League, despite a recent Supreme Court ruling in favor of the organization’s membership. The problem is the result of a proposal to sell to the proprietors of Golden Princess Casino, the property where the existing headquarters has stood since its establishment […]
Former NBA player Derek Anderson is currently on a working visit to Belize during which he is sharing his life story, both as a professional athlete, as well as an established businessman, with the Belizean public. Anderson, who has also embarked upon a career as a motivational speaker, gave a stirring presentation to an audience […]
The Sitting was mostly a stone-throwing exercise, but amidst the taunts, heckling and jeering there was a brief moment of agreement between members on different sides of the House. It came over a presentation on the proposed Norwegian Cruise Lines project by member for Toledo East Mike Espat. He listed out some of the concerns […]
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There were over a dozen bills passed in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. You wouldn’t realize that since most of the day was spent discussing a Caribbean Court of Justice ruling. But among the bills was one concerning flour which was passed and allows for the free importation of flour. Anyone could import flour […]
As it stands tonight, both the popular Expo Belize Marketplace and the Carnival Road March have been scheduled for the fourteenth of September. Now both events attract huge crowds and are an integral part of the national celebrations calendar. This is giving rise to unease in the private sector who believe that the carnival will […]
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The members of the House did manage to get some of work at Wednesday’s House meeting. The government is borrowing over ten million dollars from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). The project is intended to reduce vulnerability of youth and children to crime and gang membership in Collet, Lake Independence, Pickstock and Port Loyola areas […]
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You probably already know of the annual Unsung Heroes Program which recognizes persons who selflessly serve their communities. That is a well known community programs initiated by CIBC First Caribbean Bank. The Adopt-a-Cause Program is another which is shared among all seventeen countries across the Caribbean in which CIBC First Caribbean Bank is located. The […]
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The House of Representatives had not met for five months, but it did this morning in Belmopan. Several motions were introduced but the primary business had to do with a recent ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice in which the court found that a settlement deed signed by the former Prime Minister Said Musa […]
Another hotly debated motion was presented by Cayo Central Representative, Julius Espat. It dealt with the changes to the composition of the Public Accounts Committee. Prime Minister Dean Barrow last Friday called the motion idiotic; saying he will rain fire and damnation on it. And today, before the House of Representatives, the motion was rejected […]
Earlier in the newscast, the motion presented by Julius Espat for changes to the PAC was denied. News Five spoke to the Espat after the speaker rejected the motion. Espat was surprisingly optimistic and intends to bring back his motion as many times as it takes to get it passed. Jose Sanchez “There were […]
On Tuesday newscast, we brought you an exclusive view from the inside of the old San Ignacio Hospital. There was evidence everywhere of gross neglect and from the Ministry of Health. The building was closed in August 2009, but left behind were hazardous medical wastes, syringes, needles, vials of medicine and thousands of confidential patient […]
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The September celebrations are just around the corner and the calendar of activities will surely include two major celebrations: the Battle of St George’s Caye and Independence Day. To ease the Celebrations Commission, the government of Taiwan, through its embassy, made a generous contribution this morning. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, Reporting […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow has lashed out at the previous P.U.P. administration following a ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice. The CCJ struck down a settlement agreement signed by the former prime minister and attorney-general, stating that they should have taken it to parliament for approval. P.U.P. Leader Francis Fonseca is one of the […]
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The bramming and jamming of the September celebrations are less than a month away, but this weekend the National Institute of Culture and History will be putting off what is dubbed its single biggest event for the September celebration season….It’s the national song competition 2013. Some nineteen artists will compete in segments such as the […]
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San Pedro town councilor Carlos Barrientos was reportedly detained by police on the island, following a brawl at the Reef Village Resort over the weekend. Barrientos was purportedly at the establishment socializing with a male companion on Saturday when it is alleged that the two got into a heated argument which resulted in blows being […]
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Stephen Buckley was shot in April 2010 by an on duty police officer, Inspector Denis Lopez, in the Port Loyola during a police operation. Buckley was not armed, but was shot twice to the head through the windshield of his boss’ vehicle despite complying with the instructions of the police. He almost died, but a […]
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Buckley was thirty-seven years old when the shotgun blast penetrated his skull and the shrapnel embedded in places that surgery would not help. Doctor Joel Cervantes, the neurosurgeon in his report said that the injuries permanently injured the right brachial plexus. Since the shooting, Buckley has been unable to make a living and it has […]
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Much of the media attention over the past few years have focused on Buckley’s recovery and mounting medical bills, but little has been heard of Inspector Dennis Lopez. Lopez is the officer who is accused of shooting Buckley with a sixteen gauge shotgun to the face. According to Bradley, that is a separate criminal matter […]
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Earlier in the newscast, we told you about the Luke Espat bid and Cordel Hyde’s possible return into the P.U.P. The Party Leader, Francis Fonseca, also spoke about other pressing issues including the fifty million dollar tourism project for Harvest Caye. He says the Opposition does not support the cruise tourism project proposed by Norwegian […]
On Friday, News Five aired comments by Prime Minister Dean Barrow on a variety of pertinent front-line issues. We’ll have some more from the PM tonight, but first to the reason he was at the George Price Center on Friday morning. Barrow was part of a very important meeting with pastors from every district in […]
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Norwegian Cruise Line’s mega-million dollar destination in southern Belize is one step closer to a done deal with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between G.O.B. and N.C.L. The signing took place on Thursday, but up until now, government had been tight-lipped on details of negotiations over the past month. But the two parties […]
The Norwegian Cruise Line’s memorandum of understanding has been signed. Industry stakeholders, including the well established hotel sector, have not been consulted regarding the long term effects on the environment. On Thursday, the Belize Tourism Board’s Director of Tourism, Laura Esquivel Frampton and the C.E.O. for the Ministry of Tourism, Tracy Taegar Panton, dismissed the […]
Krohn was not the only one who threw a few punches at the architects of the M.O.U. and the press release. President of B.T.I.A., Herbert Haylock, spoke of a political need to inject cash into the economy. Rather than thinking of the long term future of tourism for Belize, Haylock postulated that that the government […]
