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The Belize City Council currently pays two sanitation companies for work done in the city – Belize Waste Control and Belize Maintenance Limited. Both companies account for over one hundred thousand dollars a week, leaving the council in arrears. Mayor Darrell Bradley has indicated that though he is currently in litigation with BWC, that company […]
Written on February 21, 2014 | Posted in
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In Thursday’s newscast, we reported that San Ignacio Police have launched a manhunt for accused murdered, twenty-five-year-old Jarod Arthurs Lamb. Lamb escaped from custody around eight-thirty on Thursday morning, while en route to a court hearing in the western town. He was along with six other prisoners when he broke free from a handcuff and […]
Written on February 21, 2014 | Posted in
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Twenty-one year old Lindbergh Alexander Clarke is tonight serving the first night of a fifteen-year stretch at the Belize Central Prison, after being found guilty of three firearm-related offences. This evening, he appeared before Magistrate Hettie Mae-Stewart in the presence of attorney Ellis Arnold. Clarke was busted on July fourteenth, 2012 at around one a.m., […]
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A jury of five women and four men entered the deliberating room at eleven-thirty this morning, to decide the fate of Lenny Bennett Benguche, whose trial for maim commenced in the Supreme Court of Justice Troadio John Gonzalez on Monday. This is the second time that Bennett/Benguche is on trial. Back in 2010, he was […]
Written on February 21, 2014 | Posted in
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The Immigration Department continues to target ‘happy bars’ in Belize, racking up an impressive record of cases for immigration offences. Last week it was Temptation Hill, and today officers were back in court after a raid on the Blue House Bar in Ladyville early this morning. Inside the bar they found manager Dora Prado, a […]
Written on February 21, 2014 | Posted in
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The Mahogany Street Police Precinct continues its stellar working in building the Lake Independence community by assisting the needy through a series of community outreach initiatives. This morning, a team of officers, under the leadership of Sergeant Brent Hamilton, gathered at the home of Roy Rhodes, an elderly resident of the area, to renovate his […]
Written on February 21, 2014 | Posted in
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This morning in Burrell Boom, officials from the Ministry of Forest, the University of Belize and Panthera, as well as other representatives from various environmental groups, gathered for the signing of a memorandum of understanding to protect the habitat, as well as the biological corridor traversed by jaguars and their prey. News Five’s Duane Moody […]
Written on February 21, 2014 | Posted in
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On Saturday, downtown Albert Street will come alive with the annual Street Art Festival hosted by the Institute of Creative Arts. The transformation will see the commercial hub of the Old Capital turned into a culturally artistic village. The entire family is invited to come out for a full day of activities, including various genres […]
Written on February 21, 2014 | Posted in
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Thirty-five-year-old Jason ‘Soup’ Williams, the reputed leader of the Supal Street gang, believed to be involved in a near-fatal shooting incident on Tuesday, during which a pair of Belize City men were injured, was arraigned in court this morning. The charges however, do not include the attempted murder of twenty-five-year-old Kariq Tzul or twenty-seven-year-old […]
Written on February 20, 2014 | Posted in
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Unfortunately, the events of Tuesday night would subsequently trigger a deadly reprisal by members of the George Street gang, resulting in the callous murder of twenty-five-year-old Tarique Cadle. While Jason Williams has been arraigned for the shooting of Kariq Tzul and Andrew Tate, no one has been detained for the murder of his nephew. […]
Written on February 20, 2014 | Posted in
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Belize City police are tonight investigating the theft of almost thirteen thousand dollars from the bank account of a well-known accountant. According to the fifty-eight-year-old resident of Albert Hoy Avenue, sometime between January second and twenty-fourth, someone cleared a total of twelve thousand, nine hundred and seventy-eight dollars from his First Caribbean Bank account using […]
Written on February 20, 2014 | Posted in
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Written on February 20, 2014 | Posted in
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There is concord between the Christian Workers Union and City Hall, in the wake of pointed, verbal sparring between both parties over the past two weeks. In fact, it’s a bit more accurate to say that there is quiet, because there is still extreme discontent over an alleged discrepancy in final checks paid out to […]
Written on February 20, 2014 | Posted in
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A man who made the mistake of patting a child on her buttocks back in February of last year was sentence to three years in prison after being found guilty of the charge of aggravated assault of an indecent nature upon a minor. This morning, forty-nine-year-old George Dakers, who is a first time offender, […]
Written on February 20, 2014 | Posted in
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Thirty-two-year-old Jevon Levi Slusher, a repeat offender of firearm and ammunition violations, has been sentenced to twenty years after being found guilty of the offenses of kept firearm and ammunition. Allegations are that on the night of February twenty-second, 2013, he was seen by police on Jane Usher Boulevard throwing an object into a […]
Written on February 20, 2014 | Posted in
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A second prisoner has escaped from custody while en route to a court hearing. Earlier this month, on February fourth, twenty-nine year old Edwin Paula, an inmate at the Belize Central Prison, escaped while being transported to Belmopan for a court appearance. Paula was accused, along with three other persons, of an array of charges, […]
Written on February 20, 2014 | Posted in
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When we last spoke to Mayor Darrell Bradley, he had just come out of court after a litigation hearing brought by sanitation company, Belize Waste Control. BWC is suing City Hall for arrears in sanitation payments, which were behind as much as four months late last year. The Mayor was back in court last Friday […]
Written on February 20, 2014 | Posted in
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An unsportsmanlike altercation between members of Verdes FC and FC Belize at the Marshalleck Stadium in Benque Viejo Town on January twenty-sixth has resulted in sanctions being brought against both teams. The incident resulted in damages to an Isuzu Rodeo belonging to referee Victor Williams. The Disciplinary Committee of the Premier League of Belize has […]
Written on February 20, 2014 | Posted in
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The Belize Water Services Ltd., following a request to the Public Utilities Commission to increase water rates by sixteen and a quarter percent, objects to the PUC’s initial decision which was made on January thirtieth. The utility company made the request on the basis of ensuring its viability; however, the decision of the commission has […]
Written on February 20, 2014 | Posted in
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A recently married Belize City couple today received a pleasant surprise from the Belize Tourism Board, following a request made by the colleagues of the husband to have them enjoy a honeymoon they did not get a chance to have since the wife is terminally ill with cancer. This morning, the unsuspecting couple showed […]
Written on February 20, 2014 | Posted in
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On Tuesday, there was an accident in Belize City which resulted in a horse having to be euthanized. It went somewhat under the media radar, but on the social media the outcry has been fast and furious. The horse and buggy business in Belize is a big tourism draw, and the negative response to the […]
Written on February 20, 2014 | Posted in
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There is a very disturbing case to report tonight, and it was no accident. In fact, its senseless nature practically defies comprehension. News Five has confirmed reports that on Saturday, a dog was beaten badly and hung from a tree by its neck, before its throat was slashed. It happened on Neal Penn Road […]
Written on February 20, 2014 | Posted in
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Tuberculosis, or TB, as it is commonly known, is a fatal infectious disease that attacks the lungs. It is an airborne disease when people who have an active TB infection cough or sneeze. Tonight, Healthy Living looks at the symptoms and treatment, as well as precautions to avoid the infection. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting Tuberculosis […]
Written on February 20, 2014 | Posted in
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There is a murder to report tonight resulting from the hostility between two south side gangs. It stems from a shooting on Tuesday night at the corner of King Street and West Collet Canal. Two men were injured and hospitalized in that incident. But by this morning, in the George Street area, a resident of […]
Written on February 19, 2014 | Posted in
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While police are investigating Tarique Cadle’s murder, the two Belize City gang affiliates of George Street who were shot on Tuesday night remain hospitalized. Twenty-five year old Kariq Tzul of West Street and twenty-seven year old Andrew Tate from George Street were sitting on the steps of house inside a yard at the Corner of […]
Written on February 19, 2014 | Posted in
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