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Former Ports Commissioner, Retired Major Gilbert Suazo succeeds Lionel Arzu as ombudsman, but he won’t be sworn in until parliament meets to vote on his appointment. But that does not mean that the former Mayor of Dangriga hasn’t hit the ground running. Despite his pending induction, Suazo has been preparing for the new post by […]
Written on January 24, 2023 | Posted in
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The 2023 sugar crop commenced earlier this month after much back and forth between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and A.S.R./B.S.I. Notwithstanding the start of the new season, a commission of inquiry is being requested by the People’s United Party’s northern caucus to determine what transpired that stalled the negotiations between both parties, and […]
Written on January 24, 2023 | Posted in
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The Toledo Alcaldes’ Association swore in a new executive over the weekend at a ceremony in Blue Creek. During the handover ceremony, the former executive transferred authority and knowledge to the new executive. Seventy-three out of seventy-eight alcaldes and deputy alcaldes took over roles within the Maya governance system. Andres Kus of San Miguel Village is […]
Written on January 24, 2023 | Posted in
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A four-year-old resident of Valley of Peace lost his life in a traffic accident on Monday night. Jayveen Alvarez was reportedly travelling along with his father on the Valley of Peace Road when the red pickup truck they were in overturned. The minor received multiple injuries to the head and body was rushed to the […]
Written on January 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Forty-three-year-old Elvis Polanco, a businessman from San Pedro, was shot and killed in November 2022 by a pair of men, including a former police officer, as well as a police constable who was on interdiction from the department. The motive of the deadly attack on Polanco is believed to have been robbery, as he was […]
Written on January 24, 2023 | Posted in
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A Colombian student on vacation in Belize found himself in trouble with the law after he was charged with failure to produce himself to an immigration officer upon entering the country. But the charge was dismissed and the student, thirty-two-year-old Ivan Gonzez remains in custody until he can leave Belize on his own. Gonzez was […]
Written on January 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Attorney Norman Rodriquez is tonight speaking out against the Belize Police Department for allegedly infringing on the rights of his client. According to Rodriquez, his client, Louis Martinez, has been in police custody for the past ninety-six hours. Furthermore, Rodriquez claims that Martinez was abruptly transferred from the Raccoon Street Police Station, after officers at […]
Written on January 24, 2023 | Posted in
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As we reported on Monday, police discovered what appeared to be the skeletal remains of a man in a shallow grave behind the Customs Department in Belize City. Along with the bones were a green camouflage shirt and a pair of black jeans pants. The remains have been sent off to the National Forensics Science […]
Written on January 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Every year, Belize loses thousands of acres of forests to wildfires, threatening human livelihoods and property – they destroy forests and endanger wildlife. And so, wildfire management training for the Maya Forest Corridor, which encompasses the Belize Zoo, the Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, as well as surrounding villages, has been taking place over the past […]
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It’s been almost six weeks since the Belize Zoo reopened for visitors after the property received damages from Hurricane Lisa. There were fallen trees and structural damages, but following weeks of cleanup and restoration, the zoo reopened on December seventeenth. Earlier today, News Five caught up with Conservation Program Manager Jamal Andrewin Bohn and got […]
Written on January 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Is the Briceño administration seeking to rescind an exclusive license that was granted to Brads Gaming Group Limited in 2020 to conduct the Government Lotteries? That question arises out of recent correspondences between the Lotteries Committee and B.G.G.L., whose managing director is Kim Chee. The most recent letter was written to Prime Minister John Briceño […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Senior Counsel Dean Barrow is the attorney for Brads Gaming Group Limited. He also represents Countach Technologies. The contract to conduct the Government Lotteries was awarded to B.G.G.L. during the final year of his term as prime minister. It is his firmly held opinion that the existing contract with Brads will be voided. Dean […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Countach is an offshore concern registered in George Town, Grand Cayman with shares in Brads Gaming Group Limited. Earlier today, P.M. Briceño had a go at his predecessor for purportedly giving the company control of the Government Lottery. Prime Minister John Briceño “How can you give the Belize Boledo to an offshore company? Who […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Revoking the Brads contract will likely result in a long-drawn-out legal battle between the principals of B.G.G.L. and the Government of Belize. As it stands, Brads has filed for judicial review against a statutory instrument that was passed in March 2022, imposing an additional twelve and a half percent monthly tax on the company’s gross […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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It’s not often that we report on crimes in the north, but on Saturday night, a man was murdered in Yo Creek Village, in Orange Walk District. Eufemio Garcia was among four persons that got shot while in front of a store in the village. Garcia died on the spot while three others were rushed […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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A man reportedly killed himself inside the San Pedro cellblock in the wee hours of Sunday, just minutes after he was detained for a domestic incident with his common-law-wife that morning. The police say they were alerted of the incident by other inmates in the cellblock. But while police are saying it was suicide, the […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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A road traffic accident on the Phillip Goldson Highway has claimed the life on an elderly man. Eighty-year-old Augusto Acosta was riding his bicycle between mile seventy-six and seventy-seven on the highway when a motorcycle collided into him. He received extensive bodily injuries and died while undergoing treatment. The driver of the motorbike, thirty-two-year-old Misael […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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In another fatal accident, this time on the Southern Highway, a man was flung from the back of a pickup truck. According to police, Luis Constante was travelling in the pan of a Nissan Frontier pickup when it collided into a Nissan Rogue. Constante’s injuries were fatal. ASP Yearwood tells us more. ASP Fitzroy […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Last Friday, seventy-six-year-old Joy Quale, a Belizean-American retiree fell to her death at the Serenity Shores Resort in San Pedro. It happened when the hoist she was using to move from the fourth to the first floor gave way and went crashing to the ground with the woman inside, leaving her severely injured. Security and […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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This morning at the Biltmore, the government of Prime Minister John Briceño unveiled a medium term development strategy that will carry through to 2026. The approach draws heavily from the People’s United Party’s Plan Belize manifesto which was introduced back in 2020. The Briceño administration, with input and guidance from the ministries of Economic Development […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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On Saturday at the Radisson, a Youth for Change Symposium was successfully organized by the Justice for Laddie Foundation. Family and friends, as well as persons concerned about killings at the hands of law enforcement officers, gathered for the forum. There was space provided for persons to express their grief and to determine the way […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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There is reportedly a move afoot to redefine the municipal borders of Benque Viejo del Carmen and San Jose Succotz Village. The issue dates back to more than three decades ago when the village’s borders were redefined to expand the neighboring town. At the time there were protests from villagers, but the new borderline was […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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This afternoon police were summoned to an area behind the Customs and Excise Department on Caesar Ridge Road where they recovered what appeared to be the remains of a man. Police did not indicate whether there were any identifying objects, such as clothing found at the scene, but informed that the remains were transported to […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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On Saturday, police cadets engaged in a cleanup campaign across Belize City. It included the planting of trees in select neighbourhoods such as the Yarborough and Pickstock areas and the Lopez Mateo Park. The objective is to use community service as a means for young people to give back to their communities and make a […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Those poorly ventilated police vans, one of which claimed the life of twenty-year-old Derrick Uh in August 2022, are still in operation. In fact, only recently, accused murderer Elmer Nah was transported to the Belmopan Magistrates Court inside one of those vans. But, the Commissioner of Police had committed to replacing those vans following Uh’s […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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