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The Queen of the Bay pageant is a highlight in the September calendar as highly anticipated as the Carnival Road march. Deep in tradition, the pageant has been running for decades, but last year, the event became a spectacle during the crowning of the Queen of the Bay on the morning of September tenth. As […]
Written on June 14, 2018 | Posted in
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Shortly after four o’clock this afternoon, there was a deadly traffic accident near Rhaburn Ridge on the Phillip Goldson Highway. Police can only confirm at this point that one person perished in the accident. News Five has learnt that the victim is believed to be a nurse from Orange Walk. We’ll have more details on […]
Written on June 13, 2018 | Posted in
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The death of four family members in a horrible fire in San Pedro is being felt throughout the tightly knit community in San Pedro. A mother, her two children and a niece were unable to get out as a fire blazed through their house on the Escalante Sub division of the island early on Tuesday […]
Written on June 13, 2018 | Posted in
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As the family grieves their sudden loss, sharp questions arise as to the state of essential services on the island. The fire trucks were not able to tackle the inferno and soon ran out of water. Residents of the prime tourism island are looking for answers as to why, despite previous destructive fires, the island […]
Written on June 13, 2018 | Posted in
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Tuesday’s announcement of yet another reshuffling of ministerial portfolios prompted by a sudden change in the top layer in the Ministry of Natural Resources is being met with serious concerns. It is the fourth re-organization of Cabinet since the departure of former Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega who demitted office amid a land scandal involving […]
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Minister Edmond Castro, himself a fairly new minister, when asked to weigh in on the latest round of ministerial musical chairs, told the media that the prime minister has the power to make such decisions. When pressed about the optics of Barnett’s demotion to a low key ministry, Castro stuck to his guns, stating that […]
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A report in the Antigua Observer is causing shivers in some parts of the Caribbean. The report states that the island has received word that the largesse of the Petrocaribe is coming to an end. This, according to the report, is due largely to the deep fall in the production of crude oil from Venezuela. […]
Written on June 13, 2018 | Posted in
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And while on the issue of fuel, the Ministry of Finance says it will not be possible, at least not soon, to consider a decrease in taxes connected to fuel collected by the government. In a release on Tuesday, it re-stated its position, blaming the successive increases and yo-yo-ing prices for fuel on “skyrocketed” global […]
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Baby Dashawn Dwehene from Gales Point Manatee was discharged today from the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where he had been recovering from a gunshot wound to the back. Over the weekend, the newborn was shot by his father Lincoln Dwehene with a safety-off pellet gun. The child’s mother, Tyreeka Welch spoke to News Five today […]
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On Monday, Justice Sonya Young handed down a decision in favor of five-year-old Brenae Timmons. As a toddler, she suffered severe brain injury when an iron gate fell on her while visiting with her father at the Lake Independence Library in January 2016. In the wake of that most unfortunate incident, Brenae’s parents filed a […]
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The Pickstock Development Association provides services to residents of the Pickstock and Lake Independence communities, primarily through after school initiatives, gardening and coffin-making. Elrington says that as many as a hundred and fifty children benefit from these services on a daily basis. The area rep says assistance provided may be jeopardized if Brian Espat is […]
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The Civic Center has been in use since officially opening its doors on April thirtieth. The largest and most expensive public building in the country is being run by a private entity which was awarded a management contract by government back in March. The issue tonight, however, is the cost that Apex Event Services will […]
Written on June 13, 2018 | Posted in
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The P.U.P. standard bearer for Port Loyola, Gilroy Usher Senior, has responded to statements made about him by Minister Anthony Boots Martinez. In a brief statement, Usher Senior says that it is noteworthy that a drowning man will grab at a straw. He also points out that under his candidacy, the P.U.P. has made significant […]
Written on June 13, 2018 | Posted in
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A young girl lost her life in Bella Vista Village in the Toledo District to drowning on Tuesday afternoon. Three-year-old Abigail Elizabeth Lopez Umania was found lifeless in a well filled with about three feet of water. The child’s mother, twenty-four-year-old Rosa Cisneros, made the horrible discovery after the child went missing. Abigail was rushed […]
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Sporting and other activities have already been put off at the Civic Center in Belize City where sport aficionados have been enjoying the comfort of the multipurpose facility. Today, the state of readiness of the civic center was being assessed by a number of agencies including the police department, coastguard and B.D.F. should an emergency […]
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Today, five women in prison were officially certified as yoga instructors after two years of intensive classes conducted by non-profit yoga organization Rhythm of Change. There are thirty-seven women incarcerated at this time, the majority for illegal entry. While yoga is a relatively new offering in the rehabilitation of females, the prison reports that there […]
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Twenty-nine Belizeans have been awarded full scholarships to pursue studies in Taiwan. The Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund Scholarship Programme and the Taiwan Scholarship Programme are providing recipients with a round trip ticket, accommodations, tuition, books and other fees, along with a monthly allowance. Four students have been accepted by the School of Medicine […]
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Today, the first day of the fourth annual Caribbean Peering and Interconnection Forum kicked off in Belize City. The regional event, that is coordinated by the Caribbean Network Operators Group, with support from several organizations across the Caribbean, is looking at new opportunities to strengthen the Caribbean network resilience and expand Internet Exchange Point. The […]
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Quality and cost of internet in the region are also among the topics being discussed at CarPIF this year. While there have been significant strides made in these two areas over the years, these issues remain at the forefront of internet and telecommunications discussion in the Caribbean. Bevil Wooding explains how this kind of forum […]
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The San Pedro community has been left devastated by one of the most ferocious fires in the island and elsewhere in the country. The blaze erupted at about two-forty-five this morning at a two storey house in the Escalante subdivision. The wooden upper flat of the house was completed gutted. Trapped inside was a family […]
As the hellish fire raged, the community formed a bucket brigade to assist the Fire Department to fight the uncontrolled blaze. The fire trucks ran out of water but another most disturbing factor that contributed to the loss of life was that there was only one flight of stairs to the upper flat. There was […]
Written on June 12, 2018 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Firefighters Ran Out of Water; Single Stairs was Only Exit
The response to the devastating fire has been fast as residents come together at this difficult time. The Town Council, Belize Red Cross San Pedro Branch and NEMO have all teamed up to assist the surviving fire victims. Four persons were killed, two injured and six others displaced when the structures they called home were […]
Written on June 12, 2018 | Posted in
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For the fourth time in less than two years, the all-powerful Ministry of Natural Resources has a new leader. At the start of today’s Cabinet meeting in Belmopan, Prime Minister Dean Barrow broke the news that Corozal North area representative, Hugo Patt, was moving up as the new minister of Natural Resources. A press release […]
Written on June 12, 2018 | Posted in
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The Opposition People’s United Party, like the rest of the nation, says it wants answers as to why Doctor Barnett is “being demoted,” in favour of “relatively junior” Hugo Patt. In a release this evening, the P.U.P. reminded that according to Prime Minister Barrow, Barnett, a former Financial Secretary and vice-president at the Caribbean Development […]
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Twenty-one-year-old Ryan Rhaburn was arrested and charged along with two others on October thirtieth, 2017, concerning the robbery of a pawnshop in Belmopan a few days earlier. Rhaburn was arraigned on a single count of abetment to commit robbery for his alleged role in the heist. Since being released on bail, however, he has reportedly […]
Written on June 12, 2018 | Posted in
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