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Alda Ramos is a resilient and determined woman whose journey from janitor to university graduate is nothing short of inspirational. Alda initially began as a caretaker at the University of Belize. For nineteen years, she diligently ensured the cleanliness of the campus, while quietly holding on to a dream of pursuing her education. In this […]
Written on January 26, 2024 | Posted in
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The Belize Police Department continues to investigate the murder of thirty-year-old Margaret Cleland that occurred on Tuesday evening in Willows Bank Village. As we reported, her common-law husband, fifty-two-year-old Emeterio Reyes, was detained by police for questioning. His alibi, however, will likely be that he arrived home on the same bus with his neighbor who […]
Written on January 25, 2024 | Posted in
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The Belize Defense Force is celebrating its forty-sixth anniversary on Friday, but the military organization is doing so with the likelihood that salaries for the men and women who serve in the security services may be decreased going forward. That’s because there seems to be a confusion regarding what should have been a salary adjustment […]
Written on January 25, 2024 | Posted in
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Earlier this week, while announcing the start of a new basketball season, the BEBL raised serious concerns regarding the cost of renting the Civic Center on game nights. Each team is required to pay for the use of the sporting facility for every night that it has a home game. The cost, according to the […]
Written on January 25, 2024 | Posted in
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Cabinet has pledged to continue its Boost program under the Ministry of Human Development. That decision made today’s Cabinet brief. The release stated that the program is an important pillar of social protection for the neediest Belizeans. But, was the announcement made as a political ploy to curry favor with voters only forty days before […]
Written on January 25, 2024 | Posted in
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Today, fire officials cut the ribbon at a spanking new fire station in Dangriga. Funding for the station was provided by the U.S Embassy and the facility consists of offices, amenities, as well as space for two full-sized fire trucks. Today’s ceremony marked an accomplishment of a plan conceptualized twenty-four years ago when the location […]
Written on January 25, 2024 | Posted in
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The Dorothy Menzies Childcare Center will have a new facility in Belmopan, in the near future. Today, ground was broken for the center. Upon completion, the operations of the center in Belize City will be moved to Belmopan. It is a huge move for childcare services in Belize, because the facility will be much more […]
Written on January 25, 2024 | Posted in
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Today marks the first anniversary of the sudden loss of William Dawson, the former chair of the Leadership Intervention Unit. The department, an arm of the Ministry of Home Affairs, works closely with community leaders and at-risk youths in various neighborhoods across Belize City. During his time as head of the L.I.U., Dawson became a […]
Written on January 25, 2024 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, Wesley Methodist Church hosted its one hundred sixty-third annual meeting of the Belize-Honduras District of Methodist Churches in the Caribbean and the Americas. The meeting was attended by nearly one hundred delegates hailing from northern and southern regions of Belize, as well as various parts of Honduras. It is part of a week-long […]
Written on January 25, 2024 | Posted in
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This week, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is celebrating its ninth annual Jalsa Salana convention in Belize. The purpose of the event is to gain a nearness to God and develop ties of brother hood, within the community. This year, the event carries the theme of “Peace” and will be held on January twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth. […]
Written on January 25, 2024 | Posted in
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Former Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte also chimed in on the matter, echoing the sentiment of the NTUCB. Senator Peyrefitte uses the example of other jurisdictions within the region, including Jamaica, that employs only native judges to the High Court. Mike Peyrefitte, Former Attorney General “I’ve always had a difficulty with foreigners occupying most or […]
Written on January 24, 2024 | Posted in
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The municipal elections are less than two months away and various city and town councils will be meeting with the media to speak of the projects they’ve been able to complete or at least begin since taking office. But for the San Pedro Town Council, headed by Mayor Wally Nunez, the last three years was […]
Written on January 24, 2024 | Posted in
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When we met with Belize Rural South Area Representative, Andre Perez, we asked him what he has been doing since he has not had the need to visit Belmopan anymore. That is since he lost his ministerial portfolio for the Blue Economy, amidst allegations of a sexual misconduct brought forward by a female attorney. Perez […]
Written on January 24, 2024 | Posted in
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In fact, Perez said that not having his portfolio has afforded him quality time with the people that put him in office in the first place – that is the electorate of Belize Rural South. He said that he has spent the past several months engaging with the people, whose support he believes he still […]
Written on January 24, 2024 | Posted in
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United Democratic Party Chairman, Michael Peyrefitte has shared his opinion on the allegations that have been brought against is party colleague and fellow attorney. He began by stating for the record that the accusations being made by a pair of women, one from Belize City and the other from San Ignacio, do not involve him […]
Written on January 24, 2024 | Posted in
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Leader of the Opposition, Moses “Shyne” Barrow says former Port Loyola Area Representative Anthony “Boots” Martinez enjoys his support in the attempt to recall sitting area representative Gilroy Usher. As we reported last week, Martinez delivered over one thousand, seven hundred signatures to Governor General Froyla Tzalam requesting the recall. The petition to trigger a […]
Written on January 24, 2024 | Posted in
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Over the past week we have been following reports of Belize Defense Force soldiers complaining about low food rations. According to the complaints, items such as chicken, baking powder, sugar, and rice are no longer being provided to deployed troops. In response, the Belize Defense Force issued a release saying that it, “takes these allegations […]
Written on January 24, 2024 | Posted in
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If you are a resident of Mahogany Street, you may have noticed the upgrade in quality of several street vendor stalls with the post couple months. This is a direct result of a project operated by the Minister of Tourism Anthony Mahler, in collaboration with the Belize Tourism Board, and the Belize City Council that […]
Written on January 24, 2024 | Posted in
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On Tuesday, the Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams responded to questions from the media on topics separate from the Oscar Selgado abetment charge for which he gave testimony. One of the topics posed had to do with gun licenses, particularly pertaining to security companies that hold gun licenses that were issued when he was authorized […]
Written on January 24, 2024 | Posted in
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Who pays for those expensive vehicles that the police department uses for mobile patrols when they are involved in accidents? That was another question that Commissioner Williams was asked. Williams said that many times the accidents are no fault of the police driver, but civilians who crash into them. But when it is the police […]
Written on January 24, 2024 | Posted in
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Fourteen NGO’s have gathered at the Belize Zoo for Wildlife Empathy Training. Over the past week, the organizations were participants in a workshop hosted by the Belize Zoo team, as well as a team from the Milwaukee Zoo in the United States. The workshop’s goal is to foster collaboration in wildlife conservation between communities and […]
Written on January 24, 2024 | Posted in
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News Five continues to follow rape allegations made against a prominent Belizean attorney. As we have been reporting, two women made a police report claiming that the attorney allegedly raped them. So far, the Belize Police Department has put together a report, which has been forwarded to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. […]
Written on January 23, 2024 | Posted in
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Barrow noted that while the U.D.P. has conducted its own investigation into the allegations, the party condemns any acts of violence against women. On the other hand, he stated that the accusations are not consistent with the behaviour of the accused, as he knows him. Here is how Barrow puts it: Moses “Shyne” Barrow, […]
Written on January 23, 2024 | Posted in
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The allegations of rape against a popular Belize City attorney are still just that, allegations, and today News Five got a chance to ask the Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams, for a status report on where the police are with that investigation and charges, if any. Williams indicated that the case file is still with […]
Written on January 23, 2024 | Posted in
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Since the allegations have surfaced, Hot Off the Press, a Facebook platform that reports primarily on incidents of news, has gone on the offensive in an obvious attempt to discredit the credibility of the alleged rape victims. The page has gone ahead to even post surveillance video taken from inside the establishment where the alleged […]
Written on January 23, 2024 | Posted in
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