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It’s been a couple weeks since the clash between the workers of Belize Maintenance Limited and the Belize City Council. Things came to a head after City Hall went into arrears for nineteen weeks, which amounts to about one point five million dollars. The company couldn’t continue to pay the workers, and the workers demonstrated […]
Written on August 22, 2014 | Posted in
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There was an armed robbery in Orange Walk Town on Thursday afternoon. According to Vicente Bol, a customer service representative of Carmelita Village, shortly after one o’clock, while outside of Reimer’s Feed Mill on Lovers Lane, he was accosted by a duo of thieves. Upon entering the establishment, one of the men, armed with a […]
Written on August 22, 2014 | Posted in
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There is an ongoing rift between the Belize Tourism Board and the Fort George Tourism Zone Tour Operators and Taxi Union to report on tonight, following a meeting held today to discuss the current state of affairs at the Fort Street Tourism Village. According to the executives of the union, decisions have been taken by […]
Written on August 22, 2014 | Posted in
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According to the union’s secretary general Jimmy Robinson, the initial agreement was for them to be involved in the fine-tuning of those decisions. Instead, the matter has been dealt with in haste, leaving the membership discontent. Jimmy Robinson, Secretary General, Fort George Tourism Zone Tour Operators & Taxi Union “The BTB representatives have been […]
Written on August 22, 2014 | Posted in
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On Sunday, a barge belonging to Belize Sugar Industries capsized off the coast of Corozal. Sinking along with the faulty vessel was almost a hundred and twenty-five tons of sugar destined for the global market. While the value of the loss has not been disclosed, it is estimated to be in the thousands. The sinking […]
Written on August 22, 2014 | Posted in
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The Citizens on Patrol Program, COPS, is an initiative by the Belize Police Department designed to enhance community participation and foster better communities. It’s by no means a novel idea or a first of its kind program in Belize – we’ve seen different incarnations in different districts over the years. But it’s always fizzled out. […]
Written on August 22, 2014 | Posted in
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The Eastern Division of the Belize Police Department has a new Public Relations Unit. That unit will be staffed by current Police Press Officer Raphael Martinez, newly appointed Public Relations Coordinator Douglas Hyde and a PR assistant. It’s just the latest move in a division which has been under some fire lately after a spike […]
Written on August 22, 2014 | Posted in
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Today, thirty-four-year-old Angel Dorado and nineteen-year-old Shaquille Baeza appeared in the courtroom of Magistrate Herbert Panton. The men, residents of the Mile Eight community, were charged separately for gang offences. Dorado was charged for professing to be a member of a gang, while Baeza was charged for displaying gang membership. Both men pleaded not guilty. […]
Written on August 22, 2014 | Posted in
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Mobile Apps are everywhere…from smart phones to tablets and personal computers; they are made for just about everything including internet chats and Belizean dialect. This afternoon at the Ramada Belize City Princess, a competition for the best App design was held by the Public Utilities Commission. Duane Moody was on hand when the winners were […]
Written on August 22, 2014 | Posted in
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Taiwanese ambassador Benjamin Ho presented the National September Celebrations Committee with a check for twenty thousand U.S. dollars this afternoon to be used in defraying the cost of activities during the month of September. The handing over took place during a brief ceremony at the House of Culture in Belize City. Co-chair of the committee, […]
Written on August 22, 2014 | Posted in
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There was a major drug bust in Orange Walk on Wednesday night. Police are reporting that while on an anti-drug operation in the town, the unit intercepted a black Toyota Camry with Orange Walk license plates. When the driver and his passenger caught wind of the officers, they sped off towards Liberty Avenue. As it […]
Written on August 21, 2014 | Posted in
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A duo of armed thieves has made off with a little over thirteen thousand dollars in cash and personal items, following a late-evening heist at A&R Enterprise Limited on Wednesday. Sometime around six-thirty, a pair of men reportedly held up the security guard, before entering the store located on the Phillip Goldson Highway and lifting […]
Written on August 21, 2014 | Posted in
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Meanwhile, in the El Pilar area of San Ignacio Town a few hours earlier, a group of five bandits, believed to be Guatemalan nationals, robbed a couple of cash and an assortment of items from their place of business. According to fifty-two-year-old Betty Cruz of Bullet Tree Village, the men, armed with assault rifles and […]
Written on August 21, 2014 | Posted in
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Orange Walk police are also reporting the death of a sixty-five-year-old man. Tagged as an accidental shooting, Inspector Selvyn Tillett says that police visited an area two miles southwest on the Yo Creek Road where approximately fifty feet from a feeder road, the body of Gumercindo Mendoza was found with gunshot wounds to the hands, […]
Written on August 21, 2014 | Posted in
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While the community cries out for justice, the Police are doing their best to deliver it. On Wednesday morning, Belmopan Police captured four men whom they believed were definite persons of interests in the home invasion in Hopkins. Those men were delivered to Dangriga and questioned by investigators. Today, Southern Zone Commander Ralph Moody told […]
Written on August 21, 2014 | Posted in
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On Monday, teacher Josephine Augustine was brutally murdered in her home in the quiet community of Hopkins. She was beaten and stabbed to death. Her husband Dudley Augustine, a retired teacher, was beaten and left lying in a pool of blood, fighting for life. The violent crime has shocked the tranquil, humble village which is […]
The Southern Regional Hospital and Dangriga Polyclinic are being run by middle managers after two administrators have been accused of misappropriation of funds under their control. Today, News Five was at the facility, and found out that hospital administrator Nasley Sommerville has been suspended for more than nine months, while the hospital has been left […]
Written on August 21, 2014 | Posted in
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The aggravated assault case of notorious street figure, Jason Williams aka “Soup” began on Monday in the courtroom of Chief Magistrate Ann Marie Smith. And today, the charge was dismissed. Williams was remanded earlier this year after he was accused in the shooting of two alleged George Street men, Tarique Cadle and Andrew Tate. He […]
Written on August 21, 2014 | Posted in
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Thirty-year-old Tyrone Smith was today sentenced to seven years in prison after he was found guilty of beating up a pregnant woman before snatching her purse. Smith, an unemployed of Raccoon Street Extension in Belize City, attacked twenty-year-old Scarlett Zelaya on October twenty-seventh, 2013 on a side street near the Lord Ridge Cemetery. Zelaya testified […]
Written on August 21, 2014 | Posted in
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This morning, stakeholders across the transportation industry, as well as the public service, converged on the Biltmore to evaluate the National Road Safety Program one year later. While the focus of the program includes drunk driving, a great deal has also been invested in infrastructure, equipment and training. News Five was present at the review […]
The Road Safety Annual Review, ironically, comes on the heels of one of the most high profile cases involving drunk driving in recent memory. The fatal road traffic accident on Saturday which claimed the life of Yolanda Valencia and landed Yanie Cu in the K.H.M.H. fighting for his life involved Deputy Commissioner of Police Miguel […]
Written on August 21, 2014 | Posted in
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This morning at the Radisson, ten high school students from across the country were awarded four-year scholarships by Courts Belize Limited. The financial assistance comes in time for the start of the new academic year which commences on Monday. The initiative follows a review of the academic performance of the candidates, as well as their […]
The Embassy of Mexico is tonight officially opening a collective art exhibition entitled “AEQUITAS” at the Institute of Mexico in Belize City. The artwork of six Mexican artists: Marisol D’ Estrabeau, Leon Alva, Carlos Generoso, Ruben Carrasco, Monica and Cristina Navarrete Bösch will be on display. The artists were tasked with creating pieces that evoke […]
Written on August 21, 2014 | Posted in
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Frequent reports on traffic accidents in our nightly newscasts; and that’s because we don’t even get a chance to report on all traffic mishaps that take place. Road Traffic Accidents or RTA’s are among the leading causes of death in Belize; and even if the accident does not result in a fatality, the impact of […]
Written on August 21, 2014 | Posted in
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In the aftermath of Saturday’s fatal road traffic accident involving Deputy Commissioner of Police Miguel Segura, there has been uproar, particularly by residents of Succotz Village who are either family or friends of Yolanda Valencia and Yanie Cu. Valencia, who died on impact when the Isuzu Pathfinder driven by Segura collided with a taxi cab […]
Written on August 20, 2014 | Posted in
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