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The Prime Minister also reacted to the record sugar cane price that stakeholders in the industry realised this year. On Monday, A.S.R./B.S.I. announced that all cane farmers’ associations with whom it conducts business received eighty-six dollars and twenty-eight cents per ton of cane. It’s the highest in eight years, which the PM says is good […]
Written on November 1, 2023 | Posted in
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If you’ve been going to major supermarkets in several municipalities, including Belize City, you would find that there is no sugar on the shelves. As early as the beginning of October, residents had been complaining of a sugar scarcity, despite the millers saying that there is no shortage of plantation white sugar. It is because […]
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Earlier today, the High Court of Justice Genevieve Chabot handed down a decision in respect of a matter filed by Deputy Commissioner of Police Bart Jones against the Security Services Commission. DCP Jones applied for permission to seek judicial review of a decision taken by the Security Services Commission to promote Doctor Richard Rosado to […]
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The amendment to the Firearm Act was passed in the House at the last sitting and is expected to have already been signed into law. So anyone who wants a gun license must wait a bit until the board is constituted. Today, the Minister of Home Affairs told reporters that the board, which will now […]
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Police reported today that on Tuesday night around seven-thirty, while they were conducting patrols in the Wilson Street area of Belize City, they saw four persons walking on the street and stopped and searched them. The search of nineteen-year-old Erak King, eighteen-year-old Jadaey Williams, and two minors, aged seventeen and sixteen, yielded nothing incriminating. But […]
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As we reported in the last story, Commissioner Williams presided over a conference of the Regional Commission of Chiefs of Police and Police Directors of Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Colombia to which he was elected president several months ago. Today, Williams told the media where they identified their strengths and weaknesses. Chester […]
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Minister of Home Affairs, Kareem Musa, says that he and Commissioner Williams will review the details of the two-day conference. On the face of it, one of the challenges of arguably all police departments is the issue of finding adequate resources to address matters of crime. And, as far as Belize’s challenge on that issue, […]
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Brothers Tyrone and Ellis Meighan have beaten yet another case in court. In October when we reported that the brothers were found not guilty of being members of a gang, we also told you that they had a pending case of aggravated assault to answer to. Well, today the brothers received more good news. The […]
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We’re witnessing it in the present administration and we’ve also seen it in the last administration – that elected parliamentarian refuse to attend House meetings and represent the people who put them there. The Area Representative for Queen’s Square, Denise ‘Sista B’ Barrow, remains absent from House meetings for almost every session since she was […]
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As we reported earlier in the newscast, the prime minister is on a tour of southern Belize and among the many stops was a visit to the Stann Creek Institute for Technical and Vocational Education and Training located in Hope Creek Village. The school is located in a flood prone area and is affected even […]
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Twenty-four women entrepreneurs from Belize City are on their way to improving their businesses and increasing their profits. Today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the United Women’s Group and the Taiwan Technical Mission in Belize, held a closing ceremony for its three-week women in business training course. Upon completion, each entrepreneur received […]
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Across the country today, various branches of the National Garifuna Council launched their respective itineraries for celebration events in the month of November. In Belize City, there was a brief launch at the Luba [loo-bah] Garifuna Museum this morning, where a calendar of events extending to December second was also presented. Beyond the schedule of […]
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It’s been fifteen days since a leased Maya Island Air plane was stolen from the Placencia Airport and crash landed seconds after taking off, killing a Venezuelan and an Argentinean pilot in the process. The Belize Police Department continues to work with its counterparts in those relevant countries, as well as the DEA, as the […]
Written on October 31, 2023 | Posted in
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The border dispute between the communities of Yemeri Grove and Laguna is arguably one of the most publicized land disputes in southern Belize. Following their press conference in Belize City on Thursday, leaders from Yemeri Grove invited the media to their village for a tour of some of the disputed areas. Today a News Five […]
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As the boundary dispute rages on between Yemeri Grove and Laguna, the future hangs in the balance for youths on both sides who are hoping to own a parcel of land one day. Last week, we told you about the Yemeri Grove youths who publicly stated their fear of not having any lands available in […]
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And, Yemeri Grove Village leaders want Greg Ch’oc gone as the Commissioner of Indigenous People’s Affairs, at least when it comes to their boundary dispute. Arden Edwards says the mediation process has been unfair. He is requesting that a more neutral party be included in the discussion. Arden Edwards, Former Village Councilor, Yemeri Grove […]
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As we reported on Monday, the boundary dispute between the people of Laguna and Yemeri Grove dates back several years. Both sides are accusing the other of encroaching on the other’s property or farmland. When News Five visited Laguna Village on Saturday, Chairman Sebastian Iche told us that the dispute between the two villages has […]
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Deputy Alcalde of Laguna Village, Monica Coc-Magnusson explained to News Five that they are convinced that Yemeri Grove has no grounds for its claim to the lands near the Laguna access road. She said that she is, as well as the rest of the village, open to sit down with the people of Yemeri and […]
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If you were in the vicinity of the Biltmore Plaza today, you would have thought that heads of government were in country because there was high security presence in the area. Senior men and women of police forces dressed in their uniforms could have been seen. They were police chiefs and directors and senior commanding […]
Written on October 31, 2023 | Posted in
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Among those in Belize for the regional security meeting is a representative from the National Police of Haiti. As we’ve been reporting, the issue of gang violence in Haiti is volatile and Belize has agreed to send a mission to assist in the intervention being led by Kenya. At least fifty soldiers and coastguards will […]
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Last week, we told you about information received by our newsroom that Commissioner of Police Chester Williams was going on pre-retirement leave as of December of this year. Well today, ComPol Williams reiterated that he is nowhere close to retirement age and he will, at the least, remain as commissioner until the end of 2024. […]
Written on October 31, 2023 | Posted in
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According to the handbook, all police officers must engage in forty hours of training per year. If they do not comply, they will not receive their annual increment. This was confirmed by Commissioner of Police Chester Williams during an interview with the media this morning, where he spoke of the need for officers to be […]
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Will Kevin Arthurs remain as C.E.O. in the Ministry of Home Affairs? Come next month, the three-year contracts for Chief Executive Officers are to expire, but is Arthurs contemplating a return to legal practice? Today, when the media caught up with Minister Kareem Musa, he was asked if he is losing his wing man in […]
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Minister Kareem Musa also gave an update on his other portfolio, New Growth Industries. The concept of developing a cannabis industry and its accompanying referendum was shelved back in 2022, after there was overwhelming pushback by various groups. It’s been almost three years in office and Minister Musa says that there are many new private-sector […]
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We are two months away from the end of the year, but it is safe to say that major crimes are down significantly. Despite the five murders that were recorded last week, the murder count is still at its lowest in over a decade. There is a downward trend in other crimes such as robberies […]
Written on October 31, 2023 | Posted in
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