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Thousands of women, men and children from every corner of Belize marched and rallied today. It’s a movement called Twenty Thousand Strong, and it’s all about empowering and uplifting women in the Belizean society. The crowd this morning was easily double what came out in 2014 for the first version of twenty-thousand. With participation from […]
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Why did very powerful Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega decide to give up politics? That’s the million dollar question right now. The last time we interviewed Vega he told us that he would be making a play for the top spot when Prime Minister Dean Barrow gives it up at the end of this term. […]
In an exclusive interview conducted with Prime Minister Dean Barrow in mid-January, he told News Five that the upcoming U.D.P. convention scheduled for March twentieth would be an exemption from what would have otherwise been an election for leadership of the party. At the time he outlined a chronology that would eventually give way to […]
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Earlier in the week, we reported on a delegation from FIFA and CONCACAF that was in Belize recently to meet with embattled F.F.B. President Ruperto Vicente and General Secretary Michael Blease. They also took the opportunity to meet with a trio of executives, as well as the F.F.B. Electoral and Appeals Committee and active football […]
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Today, Citrus Products of Belize Limited was expected to have released last week’s fruit payment to growers since there is an existing delay with Heritage Bank awaiting approval from the Central Bank to release the remaining funds. In light of the setback, CPBL was not in a position to release last week’s fruit payroll on […]
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This Sunday, the World Pediatrics Project is partnering with the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital for yet another round of clinics. The multispecialty clinic starts at eight a.m. and persons twenty-one years and younger will be able to visit with U.S. doctors in areas of urology, spinabifida, bracing and nephrology. News Five spoke with Project Manager […]
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Twenty-nine-year-old Jaime Vivas, a fisherman of Sarteneja Village, pleaded guilty to possession of undersized conch in the courtroom of Magistrate Carlon Mendoza earlier today. In mid-January Vivas was caught with a total of two hundred and forty-three, partially cleaned and market clean meat when fisheries officers boarded and searched the Zimira. He has been fined […]
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A trio of men charged individually for crimes committed, appeared before Justice Adolph Lucas this morning in the Supreme Court. Twenty-one-year-old Adolphus Palacio Junior, Eustace Lewis and thirty-year-old Shawn Hemmans applied for and successfully secured bail for a string of offences, including robbery. Palacio, a resident of Mahogany Heights, was charged with two counts of […]
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Acting Director of the Belize Family Court, fifty-year-old Dale Cayetano, was called to the bar this morning before Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin. The former magistrate took the oath in the presence of family and friends in the judiciary. He was appointed magistrate in the Belize City courts in October 2012 where he presided over criminal […]
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Animal – it’s a track by the young Belizean artist Marlyn Vansen that has been blasting on airwaves across the country, but tonight the twenty-year-old singer is debuting the video right here on Channel Five. Directed and produced by her brother, David Vansen of Wolf Productions, the video showcases issues faced by Marlyn to persevere […]
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Jamaican singer and songwriter Christopher Martin is in the Jewel for a mega concert this weekend in Belize City. The twenty-nine-year-old reggae artist is the internationally featured performer for Flavaz Entertainment’s seventh anniversary concert that takes place this Saturday at the ITVET Compound. Also taking the stage with Martin are Belize’s very own Denise Castillo […]
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The preschool district festival of arts commenced on Tuesday across the country and since then, hundreds of young talented students have graced the stage of the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts for the Belize District. From dance, to drama and song…the little ones were impressive, receiving gold, silver and bronze certificates. This year, the […]
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