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With the rise of urban warfare, particularly in Belize City Streets, Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting dealt extensively on crime and security issues. It was agreed that three legislative changes will be introduced at the next sitting of the House of Representatives. But two of those changes are controversial because one allows for preventative detention of persons […]
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Tonight we premiere the first in a two part series on a young boy who embarked on a mission to raise funds for a charity. Rowan Garel’s face can be seen in many superstores across the country, on tip jars, that are labeled for the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired. Garel, not even in […]
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of El Salvador, Hugo Roger Martinez Bonilla, is on an official visit to Belize. During the two-day visit the minister held meetings with Prime Minister Dean Barrow and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington during which a memorandum of understanding was penned to […]
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A man who claims he is a private consultant with the government is in all kinds of trouble with the law after he was charged with two counts of Obtaining Property by Deception. Twenty-six year old Michael Rodriguez, a resident of Ladyville, also has five previous convictions for the same charge, and an outstanding fine […]
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A Neal’s Pen Road resident is suspected of running an illegal driver’s license operation inside his apartment. The police Gang Suppression Unit closed in on thirty-three year old Rayford Benguche at around on two o’clock on Sunday afternoon. In a search of his apartment, they recovered a rubber stamp and ink pad, which is property […]
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There have been numerous disturbing cases of carnal knowledge, where older men have taken advantage of female minors. Well the cops have one more of those incidents to investigate after an eleven year old student of Belize City made her report on April fourth. The child claims that she was home alone at around eight […]
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Since the start of the week, the news has been dominated by the spiraling crime and proposed legislative changes to tackle the epidemic. But while the streets are infested with thieves and murderers, First Caribbean International Bank wants to show that there is still hope for this country in the people who have chosen to […]
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On February twenty-eighth of this year, nineteen year old Daisy Cerda, a promising fourth form student of Mopan Technical High School in the Cayo District, attempted to take her life. She wasn’t successful because her boyfriend arrived in the nick of time. We followed her story because she offered advice to other troubled youths at […]
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Tuesday night was KTV Latino night and the Bliss auditorium was jam packed with a lively audience; some of them came in from the cayes, some from the districts and others were from the city. It was all in a show of support for the five contestants that remain in the season two semi-finals of […]
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A daring early afternoon heist inside Heritage Bank Ltd. in the heart of Orange Walk Town has netted armed robbers an undisclosed sum of money. Sometime around one-thirty today a pair of men casually entered the bank located on the Belize/Corozal Road where they proceeded to rob both its customers and employees of what is […]
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There were four murders that occurred over the weekend. Two of the victims were women, who were shot at their grocery stores. The Chinese Association has been vocal with a protest staged on Monday in front of the courthouse that marched across the swing bridge to the police station. Their fury and indignation at the […]
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But what about the other two murders that occurred over the weekend? Well-known food vendor, Joe Hamilton, and a construction worker Abner Rodriguez were also slain. Police Press Officer Fitzroy Yearwood says many suspects are being questioned. Jose Sanchez “Was there some pressure because of that protest because we don’t hear any arrests for the […]
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While the Heritage Bank robbery was taking place, Cabinet was meeting in Belmopan on crime and security issues. Late this evening, Cabinet released a briefing on today’s sitting. Cabinet discussed Prime Minister Dean Barrow proposed legislation following the murderous weekend, in which four persons were killed, including two Chinese grocers. On Monday, the Prime Minister […]
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Tonight’s question is: Do you support the proposed draconian measures, such as trial by judge alone, as a means to tackle crime? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.
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On Thursday of last week Justice Oswell Legall ruled that Belize Telemedia was protecting its economic interest when it pulled the plug on Speednet’s international services. The justice also ruled that Speednet Communications and Belize Telemedia Limited were to resolve mutually the use of infrastructure within a month. The decision comes almost a year and […]
Aaron Wilson, who has been dubbed the “Fake Cop”, was back in court today for the start of trial on four of seven charges against him. But when twenty-two year old Jermyn Galvez, one of Wilson’s alleged victims, failed to show up in court, a charge of Aggravated Assault was dismissed. Galvez had accused Wilson […]
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A twenty year old Mahogany Heights Resident is accused of being one of three suspects that committed a broad daylight robbery at Plastic Packaging Supply Limited in Belize City. Inmar Welch was captured on Saturday and was arraigned on three counts of Robbery on Monday afternoon. He pleaded not guilty and because the crime involved […]
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Monday morning’s protest by the Chinese Association showed unity in the Asian community. And while it appeared that they were all alone, there was support offered by other groups. Belizeans for Justice was nowhere in sight as it normally would offer solidarity to families of murder victims and according to one member of the group, […]
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Two weeks ago the Minister of Natural Resources, Gaspar Vega, promised to help the Belize Grass Roots Youth Empowerment Association (BGYEA) with survey costs and land distribution at Harmonyville. But according to a Cabinet release today, there’s now a change of heart. At its sitting, Cabinet agreed that BGYEA will now have to pay its […]
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A workshop is taking place on the topic of mental illness. It is an area that is the forte of psychiatrists, but because patients are more comfortable with their own doctors, the training is being extended to health care practitioners. The Montreal World Health Organization and PAHO Collaboration Centre are collaborating with the Ministry of […]
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Over the years the police department, amongst various charges, has also been accused of occasionally having foot in mouth disease. That is because officers sometimes fall short when sharing information with the public. It has been a problem that the department has battled and one remedy was to disallow officers from giving interviews, sans the […]
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Tickets are going like hot Johnny cakes so hurry up and get yours so you can be a part of the live KTV Latino audience at the Bliss. One singer will unfortunately be eliminated, leaving only five performers who will take the stage tonight. And now that the competition is in the semi-final phase, there’s […]
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The government is in crisis mode, there were four murders in Belize City over the weekend. Statistically, since the beginning of the year, there are a total of thirty-three murders; that’s eight more than there were at this time last year, an increase of thirty-two percent. We’ll have the Prime Minister’s reaction later but a […]
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Before five o’clock this afternoon, when the protest had subsided, a suspect was taken to court in connection with the murders of the Chinese grocers as they stood inside their businesses on Kings Street and Fabers Road. A nine millimeter handgun and ten rounds of ammo were found shortly after and they are believed to […]
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As we said earlier, the Chinese community held an unprecedented protest following the murder of two female Chinese grocers. To cement their message that they are sorely fed up of the violence against them, the Chinese community from across the country decided to shut down their stores, restaurants and game shops for two days, beginning […]
