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Last week the government announced that it had successfully sold its remaining shares in Belize Electricity Limited. Today News Five learned that around fourteen hundred Belizean organizations and individuals took advantage of the twenty-one day offering with the three largest purchases made by Belize Sugar Industries, the Development Finance Corporation and the Holy Redeemer Credit […]
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A visit from someone she knew sent one Belize City woman to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound to her head over the weekend. Just after two on October thirtieth, twenty-two year old Kenisha Murillo was at home on Nargusta Street when a sixteen year old youth put a gun to her […]
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The body of a man found two weeks ago partially wrapped in black plastic, has been identified. Earlier today Noel Martinez identified the body to be that of his cousin, Wilmer Nathan Reyes Salinas Martinez, a twenty-five year old from Orange Walk Town. Noel Martinez says Wilmer Martinez left for Placencia on the twenty-second of […]
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Barbadian Elliot Motley was sworn in this morning as Justice of the Court of Appeal for the session that began today. After the ceremony at Belize House in Belmopan, Justice Motley paid a courtesy call on the Acting Solicitor General, Edwin Flowers and spoke with the Attorney General Godfrey Smith. He was accompanied by fellow […]
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The forensic aspect of fighting crime in Belize has gotten more ammunition. Reynold Budnah has returned to Belize with a Master’s Degree in forensic science from King’s College in London. Budnah completed his postgraduate work and has already begun working with Belize’s forensic services. But before any advanced methods can be put in place, the […]
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When all options in Mexico failed, the Marine Mammal Stranding Network found help for Woody the orphaned manatee calf right here at home. The Belize Zoo has offered to help with his care and he will be taken care of there by zoo personnel and stranding network members until he is two years old, old […]
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While Americans and an increasing number of Belizeans celebrate All Hallow’s Eve or Halloween on October thirty-first, throughout Latin America the spirits of the departed are remembered on El Dia Del Los Muertos, or the “Day of the Dead” on November first and second. Today the Embassy of Mexico and the Institute of Cooperation and […]
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This morning, Belize Courts Limited held its fourth Millennium Mania Draw. This time, however, the money will not be shared. A single winner, Sheridan Petillo of Belmopan, took home the prize money. Anamarie Bennett, Advertising Executive, Courts Belize Ltd. “This draw was for ten thousand dollars to one single winner. I am always happy when […]
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The Belize Arts Council invites you to see Budd Bank Wedding… the Dance, which goes on tour later this week. The performers include the Belize National Dance Company, the Vista Dance Group and the Ugundani Dancers. News Five was invited to a special preview on Sunday Night. Budd Bank Wedding… the dance required a lot […]
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this serving of Sports Monday. Both the local and the foreign weather media categorized the tropical depression crossing the “Jewel” over the weekend as very serious which left the sporting leadership with no alternative but to scrap all scheduled events. First to announce this decision was the […]
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