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Security Guard Darion Hamilton was slapped with a single charge of murder when he appeared in court today. Hamilton, a guard at the Blue House Bar in Ladyville, was charged for the killing of forty-one year old Wilmer Cisneros. No plea was taken from Hamilton and he was remanded to the Belize Central Prison until […]
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Earlier we told you about three murders over the course of Monday night and this morning. But the bloody Monday killings were preceded by an early morning shooting in Mahogany Heights. Forty-year old Kevin Flowers was gunned down in a remote area of the community, as he took a shortcut through the bush to reach […]
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Last Thursday, the badly decomposed body of a John Doe was discovered floated near mile five on the Phillip Goldson Highway. The discovery was made when a caretaker of a property just past the Haulover Bridge, who immediately alerted the police. A postmortem conducted on the body that same day would be inconclusive as to […]
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Tonight, Ellis Meighan Junior is free of charges of Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm and Use of Deadly Means of Harm with a Deadly Weapon. He was charged along with a seventeen year old minor back in November 2014 for the attempted murder of George Street associate, Carlos Abraham, known as “Zimbab.” Meighan Junior received the […]
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On Monday’s newscast, we showed you the images of the massive erosion in the southern village of Hopkins. It started about a week ago and since then, some residents and resorts have lost up to fourteen feet of beach and the value of their properties has drastically depreciated. The Department of Environment was called in, […]
As to residents and resorts who have lost their beachfronts to the erosion and whose property values have gone down, is there any way that they can reclaim their lands or get any sort of compensation? Vallejos says that the department will be looking into the matter. Via Phone: Wilbert Vallejos, Lands Commissioner “Well […]
On Monday, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center and the Western Kentucky University. The agreement seeks to help the region with its climate change efforts through science and education, by acquiring resources and expertise. One of the organizations that is set to benefit from this partnership is the […]
Written on April 28, 2015 | Posted in
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Breaking News: Word to News Five is that a man was shot and killed a short while ago on Reggae Street on Southside, Belize City as he was. Police are currently processing the scene of this latest homicide, but News Five understands that the resident of Jane Usher Boulevard while working on a vehicle in […]
Written on April 27, 2015 | Posted in
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From our count, there have been forty murders since the start of the year with April being the deadliest month with sixteen murders. It’s nine more than the same period last year. Between Saturday night and this morning, there were four murders, all in the Belize District. Two men were executed in the city on […]
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The first of two murders in the City was a broad daylight shooting on Iguana Street which claimed the life of thirty-one year old Mark Medina and left a fifty-five year old taxi operator fighting for his life at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Egbert Hemmans had taken Medina to a house on Iguana Street […]
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The murder of Mark Medina was followed by another in the City where three hours later, thirty-four year old Tyrone Neal was gunned down likely for a small quantity of stolen marijuana. Neal, whose rap sheet is a long one for minor offenses, suspected that someone was out to get him. He moved out of […]
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And if three murders in one weekend weren’t bad enough, there was another early this morning…this time at the community of Mahogany Heights near Mile thirty on the George Price Highway. Forty-year old Kevin Flowers was gunned down in a remote area of the community, as he took a shortcut through the bush to reach […]
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There are rats at the Western Regional Hospital – a lot of rats – big rats, medium-sized rats and little baby rats – entire rat families. But it’s no laughing matter, because those rats were found in the room where food supplies are stored at the Western Regional Hospital…food supplies which the kitchen, located right […]
Late last week, Treasury Department Second Class Clerk David Enriquez was arrested and charged for three counts of theft. Authorities believe that he diverted half a million dollars into private accounts. It’s a startling bold hustle, and one we found out today was done with the greatest of ease. In fact, Enriquez had already gotten […]
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According to a Police report issued, the money diverted by Enriquez was meant as subventions for the Toledo Community College – two hundred and twenty-five thousand plus dollars diverted in January 2015…and two hundred and twenty-five thousand plus dollars diverted in March 2015. So you would expect that in January the College would have raised […]
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Last week, Government sent out a tag team of political legal advisor Michael Young and Financial Secretary Joseph Waight to sell the Petrocaribe Bill. That was a short-lived initiative as the duo came under heavy fire. One major point of contention has been the rationale behind the Petrocaribe Loan Motion, passed in the House last […]
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There is some news coming out the People’s United Party tonight which may give the opposition party wind in its sails after the devastating March fourth defeat at the Municipal Election. Retired B.D.F. Major Lloyd Jones is throwing his hat in the ring and will be running in the Belize Rural North constituency. With the […]
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On April seventh, businessman Scott Harnish was found in possession of over a hundred thousand dollars in U.S. currency inside his home on the north end of San Pedro Town. The discovery was the result of an operation in which authorities on the island conducted a search of his residence. The American national was subsequently […]
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The trial of Kendale Green for the December 2010 murder of Nigerian taxi man, Francis Chkwu, concluded today in the Supreme Court. Initially, police had charged Jermaine Zuniga and Egbert Daly along with Green for the murder, but Zuniga and Daly were set free because there was no evidence against them leaving only Green […]
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Once known for its delicate shoreline, the village of Hopkins in the south is facing chronic coastal erosion. Residents woke up one morning to find that their beach had been stripped away; some have lost more than ten feet while others are losing the tourism dollar. There are well-known causes for erosion such as climatic […]
Over a month ago, new rangers graduated from the Friends for Conservation and Development, also referred to as the FCD rangers program. The now eighteen rangers have been deployed to critical hot spots in the Chiquibul. Since then, they have been active and their training has resulted in two separate detainments of Guatemalans illegally within […]
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The World Health Organization estimates climate change will cause an additional two hundred and fifty thousand deaths per year between 2030 and 2050. And with this alarming fact, the efforts to mitigate the impacts and to increase resiliency have been ongoing, across the world and even in our region. While developing countries are challenged for […]
The Twenty-first National Coca-Cola Spelling Bee is underway and the Belize District Finals were held today at the Belize Elementary School Auditorium. Of the sixteen participants who competed, Shandel Parham of Saint Ignatius Primary School would clinch first place by correctly spelling the word lucubrate. It’s a seldom used word in day-to-day language but it […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. It’s the mad rush to the PLB playoffs people and the B.D.F.’s journey to the F.F.B. Stadium yesterday was to wrest 3 points from the Police to get back into the championship picture. Thus the military seeks to open the scoreboard in the opening […]
Written on April 27, 2015 | Posted in
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Two persons have been arrested and charged for their roles in a half-a-million dollar Treasury Department scheme. The internal fleecing was brought to light, at least officially, by Prime Minister Dean Barrow last week. And today a very confusing and brief police release announced the arrests of David Enriquez in Belize City, for theft, and […]
Written on April 24, 2015 | Posted in
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