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It was Simone Biles’ last day in Belize and after a week of enjoying all that the country has to offer, her last activity was to have an open talk with young athletes and students. The nineteen-year-old gymnast spoke about her experience in the world of sports and her journey as a successful gold medalist. […]
Written on December 29, 2016 | Posted in
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The event today saw the participation of many sporting associations and their respective athletes. But for years now, the criticism is that enough funding has not been made available for local athletes to hone their skills, giving them a better opportunity to advance in international competitions. National Sports Council Director, Ritchel Dominguez, told News Five […]
Written on December 29, 2016 | Posted in
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Committing to acts of self improvement or making resolutions is a common tradition that many undertake to start a new year. It’s commonly cited that only eight percent of people actually keep to the resolutions. Primarily because the goals they set involve drastic or sudden changes and in some cases completely unrealistic. The general concept, […]
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The Christmas weekend was an exceptionally violent four days, where road traffic accidents and shooting incidents claimed multiple lives across the country. There were as many as five RTAs beginning on Christmas Eve in Belize City and spanning the weekend, leaving at least four people dead. A shooting incident in the Old Capital on Friday […]
Written on December 28, 2016 | Posted in
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U.D.P. loyalist Alfonso Noble spent the entire weekend – all of four days in Police custody. But he didn’t spend those days in a cell – instead he spent them in an office at the Raccoon Street Police Station. So, were Police being heavy-handed when they held him for four days or were they offering […]
Written on December 28, 2016 | Posted in
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Twenty-year-old Israel Lopez of Hope Creek, Stann Creek District, met his death unexpectedly on this holiday weekend. On Christmas morning he was on his way home from a night of socializing when a vehicle caromed into him from behind, causing fatal injuries. Intermediate Southern Formation police are now investigating and News Five spoke via telephone […]
Written on December 28, 2016 | Posted in
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The last fatality of the weekend due to a traffic accident took place on Tuesday night on the George Price Highway. Police from Roaring Creek visited an area between Miles forty and forty-one and saw David Alfaro of Peru Street, Salvapan, Belmopan, apparently dead with multiple head and body injuries. Alfaro was pushing a bicycle […]
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On Friday night, a man was shot and killed in the City. David Andrews was standing near the intersections of Seagull and Raccoon streets when two men rode up on a motorcycle and one of them shot and killed him. Neighbors told us that they heard at least six shots fired that night. Today, we […]
Written on December 28, 2016 | Posted in
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One hundred and thirty-six murders have now been recorded for 2016, following the death of David Andrews on Friday. And while it is safe to say after a quiet Christmas weekend that the record established four years ago will not be touched, homicides continue to be a significant concern for the Police Department and for […]
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A shooting on Christmas Day left a Belize City student with a gunshot wound to one of his feet. He was treated and released from the hospital. Police say that they don’t know the cause of the shooting and nothing indicates that it may be gang-related. ACP Chester Williams, Regional Commander, Eastern Division South […]
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Another man was shot in the city. On Boxing Day, Byron Jeffords was on Wagner’s Lane when he was approached by two men on bikes and one of them shot him in the hand. Police have someone in custody and are investigating this matter. ACP Chester Williams tells us more: ACP Chester Williams, Regional […]
Written on December 28, 2016 | Posted in
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Elward McKay joins Alexander Bainton who was charged this past Friday for the robbery of a seventeen-year-old back in September of this year. Bainton was arraigned and remanded into custody at the Belize Central Prison; and today, his accomplice, McKay was brought before the Magistrate’s Court and arraigned for attempted murder, robbery, used of deadly […]
Written on December 28, 2016 | Posted in
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The Belize National Teachers Union has issued a release reiterating its position that classes for the upcoming semester will resume on January ninth, 2017. B.N.T.U., in accordance with the Education Rule, maintains that teachers, as well as students are entitled to three weeks of Christmas vacation. The Ministry of Education is leaning on Rule One-thirty-one, […]
Written on December 28, 2016 | Posted in
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Following the Annual General Meeting of the National Trade Union Congress of Belize in San Ignacio on December seventeenth, the Congress is without a duly elected president. Marvin Mora, who was running for a second term as the incumbent, easily won the vote over Hubert Enriquez of the Southern Workers’ Union. However, according to the […]
Written on December 28, 2016 | Posted in
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Willoughby told us that she is eligible to run for the presidency in her own right, and is “praying” over a decision on whether to do so. But whoever does ultimately take over the presidency of the Congress inherits an organization with a significant voice in the affairs of the nation. They also, some believe, […]
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The first Belize International Yoga Festival takes place this weekend on New Year’s Eve near the Harbor View Greens in Belize City from six a.m. to midnight. Titled, “Breathe – In Stillness All Conflict Must End,” the festival will feature multiple local and international yoga instructors and culminates with a concert by MC Yogi, a […]
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The murder count for 2016 sits at one hundred and thirty-five with just a week to go. It is already a worse figure than 2015 and not far off from the record year of 2012 with one hundred and forty-five. So what’s driving the compulsion to kill? Police Commissioner Allen Whylie told reporters today that […]
Written on December 23, 2016 | Posted in
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Police say they are almost sure that they have identified Jane Doe. They have gotten contact information for a family that believes the dead woman found in the Belize River may be their relative. Based on the tattoos and description provided by police, one family says it is pretty certain that the slain woman is […]
Written on December 23, 2016 | Posted in
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Earlier this week you heard Police say that while the case of the fatal RTA of Dean Dawson has been lengthy – they are making incremental progress but are still awaiting some information that is pending. And while there has been back and forth in this case from the tampering of Dawson’s blood test to […]
Written on December 23, 2016 | Posted in
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Today, Belmopan police delivered their version of a Christmas gift to residents of the villages of Armenia and Valley of Peace in the Cayo District. The villages are respectively the northern and southernmost points covered by Police in that formation and according to Commander, Senior Superintendent Howell Gillett, this eliminates the lengthy response time by […]
Written on December 23, 2016 | Posted in
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On Thursday, Simone Biles landed in Belize to much fan-fare courtesy the B.T.B. and other local partners. By now you would know that the world’s best gymnast is the adopted daughter of Belizean Nellie Cayetano Biles. And while we may know a lot about her gymnastics feats, we don’t always get to see the star […]
Written on December 23, 2016 | Posted in
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Delta Store is giving back and the man in the middle is ACP Edward Broaster. Rural Eastern Division’s top cop identified fifteen families to receive a cheque of one hundred and fifty dollars courtesy the owner of Delta and then it will be matched with monies from RED’s Secret Santa stocking. News Five was at […]
Written on December 23, 2016 | Posted in
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‘Tis the season for sharing, caring and giving and with Christmas only two days away, Santa is still roaming the neighborhoods in the city gifting deserving families. This Santa, though, is courtesy the Police from Eastern Division North. Through their Secret Santa holiday program, and donations made by police officers, they were able to buy […]
Written on December 23, 2016 | Posted in
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How do you solve a problem like gang violence? The Belize Police Department has tried truces, interventions, aggressive patrolling and arrests; the courts, and societal condemnation, but little has managed to stick. With the majority of the one thousand plus murders in Belize in the last decade happening on Southside, time is ticking to fix […]
Written on December 23, 2016 | Posted in
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On Thursday, well-known community activist Moses Sulph, along with a team of volunteers, shared the gift of giving with a group of underprivileged children from the St. Martin’s de Porres area. Together, the team distributed food and drinks, as well as toys, to residents in the neighborhood. It’s an initiative organized by Belizean Leaders for […]
Written on December 23, 2016 | Posted in
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