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Tonight, there is little additional information about the serious allegations being made against Doctor Marco Tulio Mendez, the elected representative of Orange Walk East. Reliable information to News Five is that the Human Development office has taken statements from two minors, and that those statements and a report have been handed over to Orange Walk […]
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There is one more bit of information from the P.U.P. and that is that there is a new P.U.P. Standard Bearer in Cayo North and it is not Richard Harrison, who contested the bye-elections in early January. At around midday today, the party’s leadership swore in attorney Michel Chebat as their new candidate for the […]
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Tonight, there is news on Arthur Saldivar, the flamboyant, very visible attorney who’s been invisible since September 2014. Saldivar was accused of making off with close to a million dollars in cash belonging to his client, Melonie Coye. Coye took Saldivar to Court to recover that money, but the news is that the matter has […]
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There is another settlement out of court to report tonight. It involves three police officers who, back in September 2013, were accused of stealing money from businessman, twenty-two year old Thyrell Hyde. Hyde was taken to Atlantic Bank and used his ATM card to withdraw the cash. The incident was caught on the Bank’s surveillance […]
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Heading south…There is very unsettling news to report out of Dangriga. Twenty-two year old Robert Taylor of Monument Site in Dangriga was arrested and charged for the crimes of rape and aggravated assault, after he sodomized a twenty-five year old woman in that southern municipality. Taylor was also charged with abduction, theft of motor vehicle […]
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Twelve days after she was buried three and a half miles north of San Pedro in the Grand Caribe Estate area, the body of Honduran national Silvia del Carmen Benitez, is to be exhumed. This rare act takes place at five-thirty on Friday morning and will be followed by a proper burial at the island’s […]
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Tonight News Five has confirmed that Police are investigating a report that four students of the Queen’s Square Anglican School were abducted in a white van. That report was made by a female student who allegedly told Police that she was near the Fire Station on Dolphin Street when she saw four other students lured […]
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The Social Security Board is tonight at odds with the N.T.U.C.B. and had to call off a scheduled meeting of the board. That’s because the directors of the N.T.U.C.B. boycotted the meeting. At the root of the problem is that the S.S.B. is not accepting the appointment of Floyd Neal from the Christian Workers Union […]
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Today, the University of the West Indies hosted a forum entitled ‘the Impact of the Magna Carta on Human rights in Belize.’ The Magna Carta is a document signed in 1215 which effectively limited the absolute power of the King of England. It is considered to be the foundation for the concept of human rights […]
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The conference this morning, attended by many students and observers, included a distinguished panel of speakers who made the connection between the revered document signed eight hundred years ago and constitutional rights in Belize today. Bradley says discussions like this are critical to hold policy-makers accountable and in check, and he referred to the infamous […]
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A release from the Belize Tourism Board says that American Airlines will be adding additional flights to and from Belize. Starting later this year on June six, travelers will be able to enjoy direct flights between Belize and Los Angeles on Saturdays and Sundays. And from new flights to awards for the tourism industry. To […]
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Dennis Gabourel, the businessman who was accused back in 2003 of raping a nurse then beating her up after he pursued her to her home, was today sentenced by Justice Troadio John Gonzalez. In mitigation, his attorney Simeon Sampson pointed out that the judge has the discretion to refrain from imposing jail time and that […]
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A Laboratory Technician was before the court to answer to a single charge of sexual assault. Forty seven year old Albert Genitty was escorted in court in hand cuffs and appeared before Magistrate Dale Cayetano. It is alleged that on January twenty-third, he intentionally touched the private parts of a woman without her consent. Before […]
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The sister of Leonard “Ghost” Myers, slain George Street boss, is missing. Amanda Usher, a fifteen year old girl from Berkeley Street is missing. On Wednesday, Elizabeth Welch reported to police that her daughter was last seen on Monday night when she went to bed shortly after seven thirty. Amanda, who is of Creole descent […]
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Earlier we told you about the seminar being held under the auspices of the University of the West Indies. The purpose of the day-long session is basically to determine how far we have come where constitutionally guaranteed rights are concerned. Especially where the imprisonment of Belizeans is concerned, speaker at the seminar Dickie Bradley says […]
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A Lord Bank’s family is tonight safe and comfortable in their new living quarters. That is because, working along with volunteers from the Hand and Hand Ministries, the Garcias were able to build a new house to replace their dilapidated quarters. The excitement of moving into the brand new building could hardly be contained. Andrea […]
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Salvation Army Primary School showed off this morning some shiny, new music instruments that they were able to purchase courtesy of Atlantic Bank International Limited. Among the musicals pieces from the donation were trumpets, baritones, tambourines and drums. It is the second installment of music instruments to the school; the first was procured last year. […]
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In late November, the Getaway Youth Center was officially opened at the Gwen Lizarraga Compound in Belize City. The initiative is aimed at assisting youths to safely develop skills to reintegrate into society an live productive lives. This morning, another component of the Community Action for Public Safety Project was launched at the Youth Hostel […]
Mega Belizean Punta Rock Artist, Supa G, is going “mad” with his latest track, “Party Insane.” The song came on the scene last year when Bowen and Bowen promoted the 2014 Sir Barry Bowen Belikin Bash. That commercial was shot by Island Films out of San Pedro and today at the Blue Room of the […]
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Breaking a bad habit is hard; equally difficult is creating a new habit. Once habits become automatic it feels like we’re just wired to do the things we do. While, there is some truth to that it doesn’t mean that it is impossible to change. But how true is it that it only takes twenty-one […]
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