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An alleged burglar lost his life over the weekend when he was attacked by a property owner in Santa Rosa Village. Jeremiah Ack was found motionless when police arrived on the scene; his purported killer was the one who led the responding officers to the location. According to Manuel Bo, his home was burglarized by […]
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A customer service representative was shot on Monday morning, shortly after midnight as he was socializing with a group of men on Bocotora Street here in Belize City. Cory Popper was struck once to his body when someone from inside a black, four-door pickup took aim at them with a firearm. Multiple shots were fired, […]
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A thirty-four-year-old Belize City resident met a tragic end over the weekend on Caye Caulker. Rashaad Gillett, a well-known Belize City traffic officer, was at The Split on Sunday when he decided to go for a swim. Unbeknownst to his relatives who were on the beach, Gillett was facing serious difficulties in the water. Minutes […]
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Day four of the Belikin La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge was almost a snapshot of day one, with Team PACT dominating the event. The race started last Friday at the foot of the Hawkesworth Bridge in Santa Elena, Cayo, and travelled one hundred and seventy-five miles to the Belcan Bridge in Belize City on […]
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Prime Minister John Briceño is heading a delegation to Taiwan this week. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China, Taiwan, in a release, welcomed the Prime Minister’s visit to Taiwan. The statement goes on to say that Prime Minister Briceño will be welcomed with military honors and a state banquet before receiving […]
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At its last meeting, Cabinet also recommended that the Cannabis Control and Licensing Bill be introduced at the next Sitting of the House of Representatives. Upon adoption of the Cannabis Control Bill, the licensing of the Cannabis industry and the establishment of necessary legislative framework will be undertaken. This is to govern and control how the […]
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She was put to death in 1963, after a skewed justice system condemned her for the death of her abusive policeman common-law-husband. Now, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, Cabinet has announced that an application be made that Nora Parham – the only woman to ever be sentenced and put to death in Belize […]
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As to the historic wrong that Cabinet is seeking to correct, Minister Garcia says no right thinking member of society today would have wished for Ms. Parham to be convicted. Minister Garcia contends that a decision today would have seen a different outcome. Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, Minister of Human Development “First of all, even if […]
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A fatal mishap on Friday afternoon in Orange Walk District has claimed the life of twenty-seven-year-old Abner Magana. It is reported that Magana was riding a scooter along the Yo Creek Road when he collided into a bridge. The impact of the collision flung Magana under the concrete bridge. Despite being rushed to the Northern […]
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Fifty-four-year-old Ermin Basto was seriously injured on Sunday afternoon in Xaibe Village when he was allegedly chopped during an altercation with another individual. The incident took place on an unnamed street within the village. It is reported that Eulogio Nah Jr., who is on the run from police, inflicted the machete wound on Basto. […]
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A Belize City resident is lucky to have escaped grave injuries when he was fired upon by an unknown assailant as he stood near a grocery store on Freetown Road. The incident happened on Saturday night and has left Charles Reid recovering from gunshot wounds he received during the attack. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood “Sometime […]
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A Belize Electricity Company Limited employee reportedly fell from a high post and died over the weekend. Reports are that San Jose Succotz resident, Carlos Rodriquez, was working at the Chalillo Dam when he plunged to his death. He was reportedly transported to the K.H.M.H. where he was pronounced dead on arrival. A release from […]
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The World Monuments Fund has announced that the Lamanai Archaeological Reserve and its wider Cultural Landscape has been named to the 2022 World Monuments Watch. This is a selection of twenty-five heritage sites of worldwide significance whose preservation is urgent and vital to the surrounding communities. According to Heritage Education Network Belize, the Watch sites […]
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A Belizean contestant will be featured in the forty-second season of the long-running C.B.S. show “Survivor”. Romeo Escobar is well-known in the world of pageantry for his work with the Miss Universe Belize Organization. Well, he decided to put aside the glitz and glamour to rough it out in the unforgiving wilderness of Fiji, in […]
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The lives of five families in the Orange Walk District were changed when they received the keys to their new homes. The families received the homes through the Ministry of Infrastructure, Development and Housing under the Ministry’s Pilot Homes Project. Present to hand over the homes were Prime Minister John Briceño, Area Representative for Orange […]
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A Gulf Stream jet, laden with an unknown quantity of cocaine, touched down in a remote area of the country in the wee early hours this morning. The Joint Intelligence Operations Center was notified of a flight pattern originating in South America that indicated that the aircraft was headed to Belize. Immediately, law enforcement teams […]
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According to ComPol Williams, the responding officers were once again met with spikes that punctured their vehicle tires. While a Mexican air asset was aloft, the coast guard vessel that was dispatched to the location did not arrive in time to intercept the fleeing go-fast boats. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police, B.P.D. “We had […]
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The aircraft landed successfully on a marshy island and is intact; however, removing it from the location, says the Commissioner of Police, will be a challenge. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police, B.P.D. “Through J.I.O.C., coast guard assistance was requested because the information was relayed by the Mexican air assets. We knew then that it […]
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The Supreme Court has struck down an application for judicial review by the United Democratic Party in connection with the Microsoft contract awarded to SMART Belize Limited by the Government. On Wednesday, Justice Sonya Young found that the three point four million dollar contract awarded to SMART for Microsoft 365 licenses for a period of […]
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After a two-year interruption caused by the COVID Pandemic, and very short notice, the Annual Belikin La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge is on. For the next three days, forty-six teams competing in eight different categories are paddling from Santa Elena Town, Cayo, to Belize City. Our news team of reporter, Marion Ali, and cameraman, […]
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And while the La Ruta Maya race is an event that has survived more than two decades, protecting the health of the river where the race is conducted is where the challenge lies. Here’s News Five’s Marion Ali with a report on how organizers plan to keep the river and its banks clean and safe. […]
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Why should Belizeans care about what happened in San Pedro at the CARICOM and SICA meetings over this past week? Was it just another high level political meeting with all talk and no action? News Five’s Paul Lopez was covering the story and has important moments that could indeed matter for Belize. Paul Lopez, […]
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A trio of men, including two police officers, assigned to the security detail at the recent CARICOM/SICA Summit in San Pedro has been remanded to the Belize Central Prison after they were arrested for discharging firearms in the vicinity of Grand Caribe. It happened in the small hours of Wednesday morning when a sergeant and […]
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Tonight we hear from the sister of Andre Sanker. Eighteen-year-old Sanker was seriously injured during a shooting in Corozal on Wednesday night. The situation is very real and frightening for the entire family and more so for Marlyn Galvez because the incident happened on her birthday. So what triggered the gun violence? Galvez says that […]
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Andre Sanker was struck to the back and was transported to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in a critical condition. He has since been stabilized, but he is still not out of harm’s way. This morning, when we spoke with his sister Marlyn Galvez, we got an update on his prognosis. She says that her […]
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