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Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte is off to Taiwan for a three-day international conference on anti-corruption in the Republic of China (Taiwan), representing Belize as focal point for the United Nations Convention against Corruption. He joins colleagues from Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. Other meetings are planned with counterparts from the Taiwanese Justice Department, […]
The Ariel Rosado Foundation held its annual ride along the George Price Highway this past Saturday. The riders traveled from Galen University Campus in Central Farm and ended at the Hour Bar Field in Belize City. The ride is used to generate funds for scholarships for at least forty students for the upcoming school year. […]
Written on April 24, 2018 | Posted in
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Belize’s Under-eighteen Boys Basketball team left the country today to compete in a tournament in Akron, Ohio. The Dru Joyce Classic runs from the twenty-seventh to the twenty-ninth of April and the all-star team is hoping to be scouted by college coaches so that they can get athletic scholarships. The last time Belize participated in […]
The body of thirty-year-old mechanic Leonel Velasquez, from Paraiso Village, Corozal District, was found on Saturday. He had been reported missing at sea since last week Wednesday. Police have confirmed that the Coast Guard found the body of Velasquez between Middle Caye and Alligator Caye. A post-mortem examination found that he drowned. The Turneffe Island […]
Written on April 23, 2018 | Posted in
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Aside from the two deadly traffic accidents, there were two other traffic incidents. In the early hours of Sunday morning in Maskall Village, Transport Officer Roderick Jones was crushed between a concrete house post and a bicycle by a vehicle driven by businesswoman Paula Chen. The incident happened outside of C&R’s shop where Jones was […]
Written on April 23, 2018 | Posted in
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A pair of families in San Jose, Toledo District lost everything to a house fire this afternoon at around two-thirty. Wilfredo Coc, along with his wife Gabriela and six children, including twenty-three-year-old Venusiano Coc are tonight seeking public assistance after an inferno gutted three properties. Of the six children, Venusiano was occupying one of the […]
Written on April 23, 2018 | Posted in
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In his weekly message, Opposition Leader John Briceño discussed the recent referendum result in Guatemala, in which nearly ninety-six percent of participating voters agreed to support the Guatemalan government’s filing a claim against Belizean territory at the International Court of Justice. Briceño directly responded to the charge laid by Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber that […]
Written on April 23, 2018 | Posted in
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As of news time, a team of seven young men from Stann Creek Ecumenical College in Dangriga Town are on their way to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to participate in the world-famous Penn Relays later this week. The Penn Relay Carnival, as it is also known, is the oldest and largest track and field competition in the […]
Written on April 23, 2018 | Posted in
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News Five tonight reports the passing of well-known proprietor and Belizean icon in the meat pie industry, Dario Hernandez. He died Saturday night shortly after ten p.m. Hernandez’s bakery had been in operation on Hyde’s Lane for more than three decades, supplying beef and later chicken meat pies not only across Belize, but to places […]
Written on April 23, 2018 | Posted in
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Back in February, the Belize City Council, then controlled by the United Democratic Party, hosted a free concert at the B.T.L. Park marking the anniversary of its remodeling. The event boasted appearances from international artists Baby Cham and Ce’cile and Belizean heavyweights Supa G and Ernestine Carballo among many others. But as you must have […]
Millions of dollars, as much as seventeen, were spent on the overhaul of the Sir Barry Bowen Municipal Airstrip which was launched with much fanfare in November 2016. But a week ago, which is less than two years since its renovation, the runway had to be closed because it needed repairs. Imer Hernandez was the […]
A thirty-year-old mechanic from Paraiso Village in the Corozal District is missing at sea since Wednesday and his family fears the worst. This afternoon, Anna Leticia Revolorio came to News Five studios on Coney Drive asking for assistance from boaters and pilots to help in the search of her husband, Lionel Velasquez. The Turneffe Island […]
Efforts to locate him were immediately conducted by the captain to recover Velasquez, while a ‘man overboard’ distress signal was radioed in to the resort. According to a release issued by the resort, the Belize Coast Guard was contacted within minutes and two additional vessels from the resort were deployed to aid in search and […]
As of news time, Belizean fisherman Iginio Canto Bacab of Caledonia, Corozal District, remains in custody in Livingston, Guatemala, charged with illegal capture of lobster. His hearing is set for Monday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that Canto along with Alejandro Rodriguez Ortega, a Guatemalan who was born in Belize, and Julio Rodríguez Blanco, […]
The popular magazine The Economist has weighed in on the results of Guatemala’s referendum on Sunday. Nearly ninety-six percent of participating voters agreed to filing a case at the International Court of Justice concerning the country’s claim to over half of Belize. It gently mocked Belize’s congratulatory response to the result, which it described as […]
The Organization of American States has had a central role in finding a solution to the territorial dispute. As we have been reporting, Guatemala held its referendum on Sunday and even though the voter turnout was at a low twenty-seven percent, the Guatemalans voted overwhelmingly saying YES to take the claim before the International Court […]
During the Budget debate in March, member of the Public Accounts Committee Patrick Faber made note that the last three meetings of the Committee to that point had been canceled. It prompted a response from chairman and Cayo South area representative Julius Espat. Now comes news that a meeting scheduled for Thursday, April nineteenth, including […]
From the deep south comes a story of unfair treatment in one of Belize’s oldest and most well-known villages. Five residents of the village of Barranco say they have applied for logging licenses, but were all rejected. However, there is said to be logging going on in the village without the consultation and agreement of […]
Elections at the Cycling Federation of Belize are scheduled for next Saturday, but there is growing concern that all is not above board. The federation is currently led by former U.D.P. councilor Dion Leslie who is seeking election now as a vice president to Orson Butler. The contending team is led by Alexi Ordonez, a […]
The news around the world on Thursday was the installation of the new Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel. He became Cuba’s first leader sans the Castro surname in over fifty years. Diaz-Canel served as Vice-President of the island nation since 2013 under Raul Castro. He was picked to ascend to the presidency as Castro steps down. […]
What does a new leader mean for the CARICOM region which depends heavily on Cuba for health, education and other forms of aid? According to Ambassador Lissette Perez, the regional assistance continues. Perez says that their cooperation with other countries is indicative of the Cuban values and culture and their support for Belize and other […]
Ambassador Lissette Perez also spoke about the Cuba-U.S. relations in light of a new leader. She said that while Cuba remains open to relations with the U.S., they will not allow a capitalist model change. Cuba and U.S.A. began mending fences under the Barrack Obama Administration, but President Trump has reversed policy changes and just […]
The University of the West Indies is celebrating its seventieth anniversary with a bang. University Singers are in Belize to mark the occasion with the UWI Belize Open Campus. The chorale group will be holding two shows over the weekend in Belize City. Today, the President Andre Bernard told us why you should attend one […]
The Miss Universe Organization started the search for its Belizean beauty ambassador to represent Belize in the 2018 Miss Universe Pageant. The auditions, which started today and continues on Saturday, saw Belizean women between the ages of eighteen and twenty-seven try out to make the cut for national pageant which will be held in August. […]
Written on April 20, 2018 | Posted in
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There is another issue to add to the mounting troubles in the judiciary. Last February, the Director of Public Prosecutions Cheryl-Lynn Vidal was elevated from vice president to President of the Bar Association. Her election was uncontested; it was a first for Belize, and as we understand, for the rest of the Caribbean region. Wearing […]
