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It’s official, teachers and public officers will be receiving their annual increments as of April first, at the start of the new fiscal calendar. The decision to remove controls on wages has been the objective of the Briceño administration ever since increments were frozen and teachers and public officers also took a ten percent salary […]
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Leader of the Opposition, Moses “Shyne” Barrow marched in solidarity with members of the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association during a protest in Belmopan on Tuesday. He was there with Deputy Party Leader Hugo Patt, who is also a sugarcane farmer in the north. Today, we caught up with Barrow in Belize City where we […]
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Not long ago, news surfaced of a high school teacher who had sent indecent WhatsApp messages to one of his students. It resulted in the girl’s parents transferring her to another high school after they discovered that prompt and appropriate action had not been taken against the teacher. The office of the Special Envoy for […]
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Moses “Shyne” Barrow will lead the United Democratic Party into the next general elections. That is, at least for now, the understanding he has been able to reach with the members of his party, including John Saldivar’s Caucus for Change. While a U.D.P. leadership convention was scheduled to take place in the coming months, the […]
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Municipal elections are one year away and the major political parties are already in the process of determining their respective slates. News Five caught up with P.U.P. Chairman Henry Charles Usher today who spoke about the process in his party. Henry Charles Usher, Chairman, P.U.P. “The party has started the process of engaging with […]
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A Belize Defense Force captain finds himself in all kinds of trouble with his job and with the law after he allegedly assaulted a lieutenant in the force. The incident happened on Monday at Fairweather Camp in the Toledo District, where the inebriated captain pounced on his junior, who has also filed a police report. […]
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As Belize prepares to present its case to the International Court of Justice at the Peace Palace in The Hague, flare-ups along the Sarstoon River, usually caused by Guatemalan military personnel, have reportedly waned. That’s according to B.D.F Commandant, Brigadier-General, Azariel Loria who spoke with the media today. Brigadier-General Azariel Loria, Commandant, B.D.F “Everything […]
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Meanwhile, operations in the Chiquibul have also been uneventful, as far as confrontations with Guatemalan civilians go. The B.D.F continues to work along with the F.C.D to keep illegal intrusions into that national reserve to a minimum. Today, B.D.F Commandant Loria explained how those operations are progressing, at least as far as the narco-cattle activities […]
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The Belize Defense Force lost two of its soldiers to suicide in a matter of months last year, and a subsequent assessment of its enrollment yielded that a significant percentage of its soldiers had suicidal tendencies. It was alarming news for a nation whose military personnel number fewer than two thousand. But since then the […]
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This afternoon, a Belize City couple arrived at the residence they have been occupying for the past four years to a demolition crew tearing apart the concrete structure with most of their belongings still inside. Caroline Jones manages a primary school cafeteria in Belize City. Just after midday she received a call that the house […]
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A Belizean couple living in Taiwan is tonight making a public plea for assistance after trying for almost two years to acquire their two-year-old daughter’s Belizean nationality certificate from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Belize. Jonathon Amaya travelled to the Republic of China, Taiwan, over five years ago on an I.C.D.F. Scholarship. One year […]
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Campaign financing legislation continues to be an issue proposed by the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry. But will it be tabled under the Briceño administration? It falls within the scope of the United Nation Convention Against Corruption and since Belize signed on to the convention under the Barrow administration, there are key pieces of […]
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Today was celebrated globally as International Women’s Day with the theme: Embrace Equity. To coincide with the occasion, a luncheon was held at the Belize Defense Force headquarters at Price Barracks for the women soldiers and officers who make up the rank and file of the military. Fittingly, on this occasion, cheers were made to […]
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And on Saturday, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at is hosting a Women’s Day activity here in Belize City where a variety of services will be provided free of cost to women across the country. It’s an open invitation to celebrate Women’s Day with the faith-based organization at its headquarters on the George Price Highway. Khadija Hassan […]
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The ongoing dispute between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and the American Sugar Refinery/Belize Sugar Industries culminated with a protest today in Belmopan under the scorching mid-morning sun. A.S.R/B.S.I was making a presentation to the Cabinet on its position and what it can and cannot afford to pay the B.S.C.F.A. for sugar cane. And […]
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If the protest staged in Belmopan today by the B.S.C.F.A does not result in a palatable agreement for them, Committee of Management Chairman Alfredo Ortega said they are prepared to go further. But Ortega stopped short of saying what their next step of action will be. Alfredo Ortega, Chairman, Committee of Management, B.S.C.F.A “This […]
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While the government is lending its support to both sides to reach a happy medium on a commercial agreement, earlier today we asked the Chairman of the Committee of Management for the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association, Alfredo Ortega, to explain his association’s position to the suggestion among some farmers to raise the price of […]
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A bar fight in the early hours of Sunday has left one man dead after he was stabbed multiple times by an individual whom witnesses say was visibly intoxicated inside Jeemar’s Nightclub. The incident happened in the San Pedrito community and today, thirty-two-year-old Alvaro Tun was arraigned for murder. News Five’s Isani Cayetano was in […]
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On Friday, we told you about the murder of thirty-eight-year-old Brian Perez inside his Gill Street residence in Belize City. As we reported, Perez had just arrived home with his family when they were accosted by two men. His mother and sister were struck with what is believed to be a metal pipe and in […]
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There were two shooting incidents in San Ignacio Town on Saturday night and Sunday morning that police believe are connected and drug-related. Just before midnight, officers responded to reports of shots being fired on Domingo Cruz Street. There, they received information that nineteen-year-old Alfredo Rash was socializing on his verandah with a friend when they […]
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Police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the body of a man who died as a result of a road traffic accident along the Hummingbird Highway. The victim was flung off his motorcycle after losing control. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood told us more. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, B.P.D. “The John Doe has not […]
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On Monday, a missing person’s report was issued for a resident of Hopkins Village. Twenty-four-year-old fisherman, Marlon Martinez was last seen on Friday, March third. His mother informed police that he was last seen wearing a black t-shirt and camouflage pants. He is five feet, seven inches in height, medium built and of dark complexion. […]
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On Saturday evening, a fire broke out inside the upper flat of a two-storey wooden structure on Taylor’s Alley. Brent Garoy and his family of five resided in the upper flat, and on the lower floor is the business space for the Taylor’s Alley Industry Zone. The fire consumed the little Garoy had, including the […]
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A fire spread quickly to consume two structures in the Lake Independence area around ten-thirty on Sunday morning. The property in which the fire broke had an illegal electrical drop and within minutes, an adjacent two-storey concrete and wooden structure that housed two families began burning. Fortunately, everyone got out before the buildings were gutted. […]
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A house fire on Curassow Street in Belize City has left a mother of seven publicly pleading for assistance. Judith Parham was paying her sister a visit at the hospital when she received a phone call informing her that her home for the past sixteen years was on fire. There are speculations that the fire […]
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