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There’s a new grassroots organization in town. The members call themselves “Belize Economical Freedom Fighters.” It is being led by a name that you may recognize – Raymond Rivers. He says that this group will tackle economic disparities and corruption in Belize. Today, when we ran into Rivers and his colleague, they say that one […]
Written on January 30, 2019 | Posted in
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Tonight it is with heavy hearts that we report the passing of Jaylen Young. We reported last week on the ten-year-old who was battling a cancerous tumor which was growing fast on his brain stem. Many visited with him after our story was aired to lift his spirits, but his health deteriorated quickly and we […]
Written on January 30, 2019 | Posted in
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This morning, the Social Security Board handed over a cheque for thirty-thousand dollars to the Kidney Association of Belize. The monies have been earmarked to boost the association’s education awareness campaign in the prevention of chronic kidney disease. Vice President, Genevieve Baptist, told News Five that the monies will also be used for screening and […]
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Speak Up! It’s the first-of-its-kind public forum to openly address the prevalent issue of domestic violence. Organized by the Belize City Council, the conference provides a platform to break the silence by acknowledging how domestic violence negatively impacts society. At four o’clock this evening, dozens of attendees converged on Swift Hall where Mayor Bernard Wagner […]
Written on January 30, 2019 | Posted in
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Over ninety thousand dollars in eyewear will be distributed to high school students at twelve high schools across the country. The donation is courtesy of Courts Optical Centre, which tested the eyes of about a thousand students and selected over two hundred to benefit from the programme. Students at two high schools in Belize City […]
Written on January 30, 2019 | Posted in
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Anglican Cathedral College today hosted its annual culture awareness day. The purpose is to increase the students’ knowledge about the many and different cultures in Belize through first hard experience. But it was more than just learning the clothing, food and practices; it was about learning the economic contributions of the ethnic groups. News Five’s […]
Written on January 30, 2019 | Posted in
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There is an ongoing investigation into what caused the building at B.A.L. to go up in flames. The Belize Aquaculture Limited processing plant caught fire on Monday evening. Employees reported seeing smoke penetrating the roof. Fire officials were called but the blaze had taken a life of its own, consuming the entire structure. The inferno […]
Written on January 29, 2019 | Posted in
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According to the release issued by Bowen and Bowen Limited, the silver lining is that the hatchery and infrastructure including the shrimp farms were and will not be affected. This means that production which will commence in February as planned. Residents of nearby villages, however, are not too happy and say they have been affected. […]
Written on January 29, 2019 | Posted in
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Fortunately for the residents, the danger posed by the fire and smoke at B.A.L. was not significant enough to require evacuation. That, however, did not stop the National Emergency Management Organization, NEMO, from getting into motion in that area. According to NEMO’s Southern Regional Coordinator, Keith Emmanuel, committees in three villages were activated to assist […]
Written on January 29, 2019 | Posted in
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A horrific chopping incident took place on Monday evening involving a current and an ex-employee. It ended with the murder of forty-three-year-old Guatemalan national, Elmer Yobany Salazar, who was a former employee of Belize Marine and Mooring Services located on the George Price Highway. Salazar went to the company grounds, reportedly intoxicated, and after a […]
Written on January 29, 2019 | Posted in
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Police are tonight following all leads to crack the murder of Johvanney Tablada, the twenty-three-year-old was shot and killed in front of the house of his girlfriend on Saturday night where a party was taking place. Tablada’s family believes it is not gang related but police are not ruling that out. They are also investigating […]
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Twenty-one-year-old Marcos Zelaya remains hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, following a brazen attempt on his life on Saturday morning. He was reportedly riding a bicycle along Complex Avenue when he was pursued by several persons inside a vehicle. One of them opened fire on Zelaya, hitting him in the right shoulder and upper […]
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The Human Rights Commission of Belize is lashing out at the deplorable conditions of the holding cells including the toilets at police stations in Belize City. According to the H.R.C.B., a few years ago when the first images were circulated, they drew widespread condemnation because they were unsanitary and were in no way a hygienic […]
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Well, since the photos have been widely shared across social media and the H.R.C.B. fired off a press release to voice its discontent – Commissioner of Police Chester Williams reached out to the H.R.C.B. Arthurs says that they have a meeting scheduled for Wednesday to see how best they can address the matter. Arthurs says […]
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Earlier you heard how interdicted cop, thirty-six-year-old Darrel Usher also known as Tutsi describe the horrible conditions at the Queen Street lock up. Well he and his younger brother, thirty-five-year-old Dorian Usher were arraigned in court today and soon after freed. Darrel and Dorian were reportedly involved in a gun play in which Christopher Faber […]
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A Harpy Security Guard, Richie Mendez was today before the court for a preliminary inquiry which ended in a paper committal. It means that Mendez will stand trial for attempted murder in the stabbing of thirty-year-old Jose Guzman. This morning before Senior Magistrate, Aretha Ford, Mendez saw his old bail revoked and a new bail […]
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Three Mexican nationals are before the Corozal Magistrate’s Court for several counts of theft of the Atlantic Bank’s A.T.M. The three are Belen Hernandez, Joscan Jaffet Hernandez and Lionel Rodriquez. The first incident happened in November 2017 and police believe more than ten thousand dollars was stolen from the bank. Two months later in January […]
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Two weeks ago Jamil Reyes was shot in the head – and today the fifteen-year-old is still fighting for his life. His family says he needs an urgent surgery because the bullet lodged in his head has moved. According to his mother, the bullet was at the centre of the brain about two centimetres but […]
Written on January 29, 2019 | Posted in
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The Hilltop headquarters of the Public Service Union is once again in the news tonight, not for the secret sale of the property to a Chinese businessman, but because of a burglary that happened overnight. According to the administrative staff, when they arrived at work this morning they discovered a ransacked office where thieves had […]
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Banana is one of Belize’s primary agricultural industries, behind sugar and citrus. It brings in millions of dollars every year for the economy through export earnings. But as we’ve reported in the last few years, the industry has undergone several challenges in recent times. The challenges, some natural – like Hurricane Earl in 2016 which […]
Written on January 29, 2019 | Posted in
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In other news in the agriculture sector, Belize exported its first shipment of crude soybean oil to Jamaica last week. The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Commerce announced that this is the first ever shipment of soybean oil to the region. Bel-Car Exports and Imports in Spanish Lookout and Northern Grains Cooperative in Blue Creek, […]
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There is breaking news tonight that a man was chopped to death. This report has just come into our newsroom and we will have more on it on Tuesday. But from what we were able to confirm, a man was attacked and chopped before the culprit escaped in his vehicle. It reportedly occurred on the […]
Written on January 28, 2019 | Posted in
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There were two murders on Saturday within four hours of each other. Tonight, the family of Michael Alexander Williams says they know that someone wanted him dead, but they are having trouble figuring out who and why. The fifty-eight-year-old general manager and son of well-known businesswoman Marie Sharp was executed around midnight, Saturday. He was […]
Written on January 28, 2019 | Posted in
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Hours before the Williams’ murder, the weekend’s first homicide took place on Faber’s Road where Johvanney Tablada was marked for dead. The twenty-three-year-old was at a party at the house of his girlfriend when he was executed before eight o’clock. Police are looking at different angles including one that it may have been motivated by […]
Written on January 28, 2019 | Posted in
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“Contrived stories” and “conspiratorial fantasies” are words that National Security Minister John Saldivar used to describe some reports about police’s involvement in narco-trafficking in Belize. Those remarks were specifically aimed at the many suspected drug planes that have landed in Belize over the past year and allegations of corruption amongst high ranking officers of the […]
Written on January 28, 2019 | Posted in
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