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Belize City’s Mayor Darrell Bradley has been having his share of financial woes of late, since he is faced with the commitment of taking on one hundred and seventy new workers in January. Back in September, the mayor was forced into agreeing to take on the BML workers that were being displaced. Today his cup […]
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At around two thirty Thursday afternoon a Tropic Air Cessna Grand Caravan, inbound from San Pedro, crash landed at the Municipal Airstrip in Belize City and then ran off the runway into the bordering sea. There were five passengers on but all escaped unharmed. Directors of Tropic Air immediately blamed the slick conditions of the […]
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The sugar-cane crop season 2014-2015 will not start on December eighth. And when, or if it will start, is anybody’s guess. On Wednesday the BSCFA presented proposals to the BSI on three main points of contention. And at around four fifteen today, via letter, the BSI rejected those proposals and, we are told, issued modified […]
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The annual general meeting of the Belize Tourism Industry Association took place this morning at the Radisson Hotel in Belize City. While the tourism industry has faced its own share of challenges it has grown to become the second largest in Belize and today it is in robust form. In fact, it is creating employment […]
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The B.T.I.A. also welcomed a new president during today’s AGM. Osmany Salas has been chosen to succeed Herbert Haylock as head of the private sector tourism organization. The incoming president says that the work of B.T.I.A. continues by strengthening specific areas of the organization, including its relationship with the Belize Tourism Board. Osmany Salas, […]
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A pair of Guatemalan men found hunting in Belizean territory illegally is spending the first night of a five-year sentence at the Belize Central Prison. Thirty-five-year-old Emilio Chub and twenty-five-year-old Erasmo Vasquez were poaching near Machakilha when they were busted by a team of law enforcement officers on patrol in the area. The men were […]
A young mother remains behind bars tonight along with her two siblings, but sadly her two month old baby boy is at home being deprived of breast milk. The case of the Usher Family who was dragged to court on Wednesday of this week, on a charge of Kept Ammunition without being granted a Gun […]
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Two men, including a cop, who are facing criminal offenses, are out on bail tonight. First, there is PC Rupert Thomas, who is attached to the Independence Police Formation in the Stann Creek District, and was accused on November fourteenth, of having sex with a fourteen-year old girl. He is facing a charge of carnal […]
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A James Bus en route to Punta Gorda Town on Thursday night was held up by a trio of armed gunmen who boarded the vehicle near San Isidro Village as passengers. According to thirty-one-year-old Joe Romero, the conductor on duty at the time of the incident, the masked men stopped the bus and entered. One […]
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The Department of Civil Aviation held an event today to coincide with International Civil Aviation Day. The activities began with a wreath laying ceremony to honor pilots who perished in aircraft crashes since 1971: Malcolm Roe, Kandasamy Daran, Dwight Santana, William Fincher, Luis Rene Tam and Sir Barry Bowen. That aside, a review of the […]
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Today the 2014 Special Olympics National Games were held in Belmopan. It was a culmination of local and regional games in which athletes from across the country had the opportunity to shine in a variety of disciplines, including track and field. It’s an important event which highlights the achievements and capacity of youths living with […]
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The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry is hosting a Christmas expo this weekend in Belize City. The expo has become a popular event because it offers consumers great deals on everything, including grocery items and seasonal delights. We spoke with Public Relations Officer Jamie Rocke this afternoon and she told us what we can […]
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A single engine Tropic Air plane left San Pedro this afternoon and crash landed on arrival at the Belize Municipal Airport. While the pilot was able to land the plane, he could not bring it to a complete stop and the aircraft came to rest in the nearby sea. The incident is attributed to the […]
As we said, Carlos Najera is the Good Samaritan who almost became a dead Samaritan after he was shot by a robber in San Pedro. At around one-twenty this afternoon four young men attempted to rob the World Class Fashion Store located on Pescador Drive. Two women about to enter the store allegedly noticed what […]
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Following the directive of Director of Public Prosecutions on Wednesday, this afternoon Belmopan Police charged eighteen year old Wilser Echevarria for the crime of murder. Echevarria was on remand at the Belize Central Prison while the D.P.P. reviewed the file. According to the Criminal Code, where the suspect claims self-defence in any murder, Police cannot […]
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A pair of coastguard officers who reportedly have had a history of enmity with each other is heading to court to resolve a criminal matter resulting from a physical assault at the headquarters a few days ago. Seaman James Stephenson was reportedly inside his quarters when he got into a verbal exchange with an ensign. […]
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As we promised you, tonight we take an in-depth look at a special audit of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, requested by the Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. It covers a one year period, from July 2013 to July 2014, and specifically examines the relationship between the K.H.M.H., Orange Walk based S.P. Group […]
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On Wednesday morning, twenty-eight-year-old Robert Tracy, a resident of Holy Emmanuel Street, was gunned down as he sat on a stool inside a yard on Wagner’s Lane. A single shot by a lone gunman had claimed the life of a young man whose history of run-ins with the law was rather lengthy. In the wake […]
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The trial for a family of four, Olympia King, her son, Tyron King, daughter, Sherin King and family friend, Harrison Smith, who is now deceased, concluded today before the Senior Magistrate, Sharon Fraser. Of the four persons, one was convicted for the offenses of Cultivation of Marijuana and Possession of a Pipe adapted to smoke […]
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Students from the Cayo Deaf Institute are among the brightest spellers. Elizabeth Shub and Brenda Coc won in the junior and senior categories, respectively, of the Spelling Bee for the Hearing Impaired held today to coincide with Disability Week. The event was held at the Belize Elementary School Gymnasium where the competition was fierce among […]
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Get into the groove because Duane Moody will be live at the Public’s Supermarket for tonight’s episode of our extremely popular Gimme Five show. Spectacular prizes will be won by viewers, but they have to come out to Public’s and compete to win. In studio, Carla Ayres Musa will also be upping the ante with […]
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It’s that time again…the annual Toys for Tots Christmas Party hosted by United Airlines. This year, the event was held at the Memorial Park in Belize City and like in the past, approximately fifty primary school students were treated to food, entertainment from clowns, Belizean artist TR Shine and Santa Clause, who provided them with […]
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Orange Walk’s first and only female Mayor to date, Agripina Espejo, passed away in Belize City on Wednesday afternoon. Espejo had served as the United Democratic Party’s Mayor from 1994 to 1995, and also for a portion of 1997. Today News Five spoke to Orange Walk’s current Mayor, Kevin Bernard, who remembered her as a […]
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Various activities are taking place around the country to mark Disability Week. It is estimated that there are about three thousand five hundred persons countrywide living with disabilities. Healthy Living this week discusses the importance of inclusive education in the schools, which is the mandate of the National Research Center for Inclusive Education (NaRCIE). At […]
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Blood spilled again this morning in Belize City. So far there have been three execution style murders in six days; the most recent occurred at ten this morning on Wagner’s Lane where twenty-eight year old Robert Tracy was targeted. A single gunshot hit him on the head as he sat on a stool in a […]
