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This morning, an environmental group from Placencia accepted a well-needed donation from the United Nations Development Programme and Global Environmental Fund. At a brief ceremony on the peninsula today, head of Friends of Nature–formerly Friends of Laughing Bird Caye–Brian Young, received just over thirty-one thousand Belize dollars towards various projects for the national park. According […]
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For Punta Rock fans in Belize and beyond, the musical stylings of Chico Ramos is reason enough to get out of your seat and work your way to the ground. The artist has been in New York for the past three years compiling a new album entitled “School First”. Currently in the country promoting the […]
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If you have driven into Belmopan lately, you might have noticed some activity at the Hector Silva airstrip. The work is part of an expansion project being completed by the British Army and as News 5’s Jacqueline Woods and George Tillett found out today, the additional tarmac will serve the country in several ways. Jacqueline […]
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Tonight a primary school student is still in severe pain after he was viciously beaten and left with a broken jaw more than a week ago. On March twenty-third, fourteen year old Jermaine Arnold, a student of Saint Ignatius School decided to spend his first day of the Easter holidays washing cars to earn spending […]
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In an update to a strange bombing incident we reported on Tuesday, tonight police say a Belize City man has been charged. According to police, a man identified as Dennis Acosta of a Zericote Street address has been charged with committing a mischievous act. Police press officer G. Michael Reid says Acosta told them that […]
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A Belizean delegation is currently in Guyana attending the third United Kingdom Caribbean forum. Head of the Belizean mission is Minister of Foreign Affairs, Assad Shoman. While in Guyana’s capital, Georgetown, Shoman and other foreign ministers will meet with the UK’s Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Jack Straw. Topics on the table […]
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Minister of Local Government Valdemar Castillo is currently on a familiarisation tour of the country’s town and city councils. Castillo travelled to Belmopan on Tuesday where he visited several sites including the proposed locations for a new bus terminal, orphanage and expansions to the University of Belize campus. While in Belmopan, Minister Castillo also swore […]
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He is an inspiration to athletes across the country and a constant source of amazement for his coaches…and he’s only fifteen. Local track and field star Jaheed Smith is making headlines again by becoming only the second Belizean athlete to bring home a medal from the CARIFTA Games, held over the weekend in Nassau, Bahamas. […]
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This Friday, Belize joins countries across the world in celebrating World Health Day, under the theme “Move for Health”. In an effort to promote better health practices in Belize, the Ministry of Health is staging a national media and public open day on Friday, at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital from eleven in the morning. […]
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It might have been divine intervention or simple God given talent, but whatever the case, the winner for week seven of Karaoke Television is a Catholic priest. Father Oliver Smalls impressed the standing room only crowd–not to mention the judges–Tuesday night with his version of “Can You Feel the Love Tonight”. William Neal, KTV Host […]
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For many Roman Catholics across the country, this week marks an important event in the diocese. For only the second time in the history of the religion here, a Belizean will be named as Bishop. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods went to the presbytery earlier this week and found out how such an honour is handed […]
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By midday on Saturday, cycling fans across the country knew that the Santino’s Jamis team had claimed victory in the most prestigious race of the year. But as the team basked in the glory of their win, little did they know what today would bring. According to team owner Santino Castillo, around nine this morning […]
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Four men lost their lives while swimming in a lagoon in the Corozal District as family members watched helplessly. According to police reports, thirty-five year old Anastacio Uck was with friends and family members cooling off in the waters of the Four Mile Lagoon just outside Corozal Town on Saturday afternoon. Uck began having trouble […]
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In another drowning incident, a Belize City woman died while in the water just off the beach on Caye Caulker. Police reports indicate that on Friday afternoon, sixty-five year old Viola Brakeman was in the water near the “split” when she appeared to be in trouble. Eyewitnesses told police she was then seen floating in […]
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In midst of all the recounts of tragedies involving water, there is at least one happy ending from a swimming session that almost went wrong over the weekend. According to P.C. Michael Roches, on Sunday he was bathing in the Moho River near Boom Creek Village in the Toledo District when he had to rescue […]
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An argument over a football game was the apparent motive for a murder in the Orange Walk District on Saturday. According to police, around eight that night Pedro Gonzalez Jr. and Sylvino Blanco, both residents of Douglas Village, got into a fight over a game. Blanco says he thought the incident was over when Gonzalez […]
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A police officer from Valley of Peace is tonight being investigated after he shot and killed a man on Thursday. According to reports, around 6:30 Thursday evening, P.C. Valentine Uk responded to a call for help from a villager who claimed he was being threatened by a man identified as nineteen year old Erasimo Rodriguez. […]
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Two people are dead tonight as a result of a traffic accident on the Hummingbird Highway late Thursday evening. According to police reports, around 7:30 p.m., police went to an area near mile twenty-one where they found an overturned Gray Nissan with one passenger trapped inside and two others lying on the ground outside the […]
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If you took a road trip over the weekend, you might have noticed you had to put out a little bit more for gas. That’s right, there’s been another price hike in fuel prices. News 5’s Ann-Marie has been visiting the gas stations around Belize City today and here’s what she found at the pumps. […]
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Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday on a Tuesday. Elston Kerr, who won the first ever Cross Country Classic began a wonderful tradition that extended into its 74th edition this Holy Saturday. Riders from as far away as North American and Colombia lined up at the starting gate, joining some eighty […]
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