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A new exhibition of paints, sculptures and photographs opens this Thursday at the Mexican Cultural Institute. It is showcasing the work of new and upcoming artists in black and white photography as well as the more traditional works of an older generation of artists. Entitled Beyond the Border, New Visions from Belize, the exhibit’s first […]
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This coming Friday, boxing aficionados will convene at the Biltmore for what is intended to be a revival of the very physical sport. This station is closely following the comeback and will air the matches after the evening news. Tonight we feature twenty-three year old Max ‘Pain’ Williams, an up and coming boxer who signed […]
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Thousands of miles away in New Delhi, India, a contingent of Belizeans are competing against top athletes in the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Controversy shrouded the games when they started because the facilities were either not up to par or had not been completed. But the games are now well underway and News Five got an […]
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There was also some bad news about the females who competed in athletics. Meighan told News Five that two of the three runners were injured and had to drop out of the competitions while the third didn’t qualify to move ahead. Owen Sonny Meighan, Public Relations Officer, National Olympic Committee “Kina [Martinez], she is our […]
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The final night of competition for Duets Season Three wasn’t without its share of laughter and energy. The audience held their breath as the names of the three top duos were revealed. When the show got underway, the Sittee River duo of Ava Kelly and Patrick McPherson did their best impersonations of Mr. Peters and […]
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Eyannie Nunez was killed exactly one month ago. She is the innocent eight-old girl that was murdered as she slept at her house when gunmen opened fire indiscriminately and took her life. The murder of the All Saints school girl sent shock waves throughout the community to the harsh reality of the level of crime […]
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An immigration scandal of major proportions continues to unravel, but how many heads will roll and at what level? Last Tuesday News Five broke the news that Chinese Nationals were being smuggled through Belize. And in fact three planes; the first two on September eighteenth and nineteenth, followed by the third on October third, landed […]
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Four of six persons detained, have been charged at an unusually late court appearance. More on that later, but at a press conference at the Raccoon Street Police Station, the Minister of Police along with the Minister of Defense and Immigration laid out a series of plans to tighten security at the airport. It was […]
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The ministers pointed out what we had reported last week; that the visa numbers were real but not yet issued, which means they were fraudulent. While he listed out measures to improve security at the PGIA, Carlos Perdomo singled out one particular Embassy from which visas for the moment won’t be issued for Chinese Nationals. […]
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Earlier today we caught up with Marcelino Miranda, who is responsible for border affairs at the Embassy of Mexico. Miranda responded to reports that surfaced over the weekend that the group of Asian nationals might be held up in Cancun. Marcelino Miranda, Press Officer, Embassy of Mexico “At the moment the immigration authority in Mexico […]
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Tonight’s question is: Do you believe there is a cover-up by authorities in the immigration scandal? Share your views by sending an email to questions@channel5belize.com or a text, using SMART phones only, to 8686. You can also log on to our website at www.channel5belize.com and vote on our e-poll.
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Even before the extended holiday weekend started, two men were murdered in gruesome fashion. The homicides took place in rural communities; the first body was found on Roaring River Road about two miles off the Hummingbird Highway on Friday. Francisco Villanueva, a father of two who lived with his family in Las Flores Village on […]
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The second murder was reported just before nine on Friday morning, this time in the village of Red Bank about thirty-two miles off the Southern Highway. The victim, forty-two year old Francisco Galeas Montayo, was originally from Honduras. On September ninth, Galeas was freed from the Hattieville Prison after charges of Rape and Carnal Knowledge […]
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As we said earlier, four immigration officers were charged late this evening in connection with the immigration scam. They are twenty-nine year old Candra Wade, thirty three year old Jason Daly, thirty year old Lindsay Wade and forty two year old Angelica Lima. Candra is charged with a total of twelve counts. Eight are for […]
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According to Attorney Simeon Sampson, who is representing Jason Daly, Lindsay Wade and Angelica Lima, because of the unusually late session, only one of his clients was able to meet bail. Simeon Sampson, Attorney “I have three clients that were arrested and charged by C.I.B. this morning for various charges for forgery of official immigration […]
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A police officer, who was interdicted for extortion of a hundred dollars US, walked free today. Twenty-five year old Andre Almendarez was charged on January twelfth, 2009 for allegedly extorting the money from a Salvadoran Consultant, but it was dismissed when he appeared before Supreme Court Justice Adolph Lucas Sr., this morning. No reason was […]
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One month and a half after they disappeared, Benjamin and Onelia Rash are still missing and neither the cops nor residents of Punta Gorda Town are any closer to finding them. But there is still hope that the brother and sister are still alive. An anonymous group, going by the name “Good Samaritan League”, is […]
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A reward is also being offered for another incident that happened in southern Belize. Early Saturday morning, employees of Belize Electricity Limited’s Dangriga substation discovered that the plant had been burglarized. Six utility grade batteries that power equipment used to monitor and control the system were stolen. Batteries may not sound like much, but these […]
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The winning numbers in last Wednesday’s Lottery draw were 02, 05, 07, 20 and 21. Two persons got lucky and hit the jackpot, which stood at fifty-five thousand dollars. Today, a hard working mother of five from Belize City picked up her share of the money. Julia Singh took home twenty-three thousand three hundred and […]
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At the Bliss Auditorium tonight, only three duos will compete in the final round of competition in Duets. Who will that be? The auditors have tabulated the results and the last three couples will be appearing on stage when the curtains are drawn. We have seen them through numerous rounds but tonight is their final […]
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Team Belize dismounts the tour bus that took them to the Estadio Municipal Julian Tesecum at San Jose Petén, Guatemala on Saturday for its big international friendly against the Guatemala national football team under heavy scrutiny by the media and fans. As our team takes […]
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The three planes with thirty-two passengers that landed after closing hours at the Philip Goldson International Airport from Haiti and other Caribbean countries are the subject of a major investigation by the Criminal Investigation Branch of the Police Department and the Ministry of National Security. Missing forms, public officers rotated off their shifts and duplication […]
Written on October 8, 2010 | Posted in
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In an interview on Thursday night in this newscast, attorney Arthur Saldivar, who is representing some of the persons who were on duty when Air Century landed in Belize on Sunday night, recalled that in the past administration, the government had removed the minister who was, at the time, heading Immigration when a smuggling ring […]
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Police still have no clue as to who shot and killed twenty year old Carlos Sucuqui early Thursday morning. Sucuqui had just arrived on West Canal and was about to set up his bicycle cart when he was shot. A youth reportedly rode up and fired three shots, hitting Sucuqui in the back, abdomen and […]
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Thousands marched against crime earlier today, but this afternoon the partially burnt body of forty-four year old Francisco Villanueva was discovered at a garbage dump near mile fifty on the Western Highway. Police are still in the preliminary stages of their investigation into Villanueva’s death and so far have not made any arrests. Villanueva’s body […]
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