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Global statistics indicate that there are more than two hundred million international migrants who have decided to leave their birth country in search of a better life. Migration is one of the significant instruments for globalization and here at home; for every Belizeans who leaves the country, an undocumented migrant enters. There are over three […]
Written on January 21, 2019 | Posted in
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend in sports…]
Written on January 21, 2019 | Posted in
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A significant event in the city today was a mock referendum on taking the Guatemalan claim to the International Court of Justice. It all happened at Saint Catherine’s Academy and we partnered with the high school for the event as part of our I.C.J. series. Now, preparations began since last year and culminated today with […]
Written on January 18, 2019 | Posted in
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Police have detained three foreigners suspected of credit card scams carried out at ATM machines across the country. Not much is known about the individuals at this time, but police are working with Interpol to gather more information on the suspects. What we do know, however, is that the three men—a Colombian, a Peruvian and […]
Written on January 18, 2019 | Posted in
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Nude pictures are at the centre of a dispute between a teacher and the administration of Muffles College High School. News Five has learned from several sources that nude pictures of a female teacher were leaked in December 2018. The administration of the school got wind of it and reportedly approached the teacher, giving her […]
Written on January 18, 2019 | Posted in
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Alleged arsonist Tyrone Fitzgibbon has been remanded to the Belize Central Prison after being arraigned on two counts for deliberately setting a house in Ladyville on fire a week ago. According to witnesses, the twenty-year-old visited his ex-girlfriend’s residence on Dove Street on January eleventh. When he realized that she was not at home, he […]
Written on January 18, 2019 | Posted in
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A man was rescued from a burning house in northern Belize. Police say the thirty-nine-year-old man was found semi-unconscious inside his house when neighbours ran to help. The wooden and zinc home was engulfed in flames around two-thirty on Thursday afternoon, but quick action saved the man’s life. ACP Joseph Myvett tells us more. […]
Written on January 18, 2019 | Posted in
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Two persons were charged with handling stolen goods in connection with the aggravated burglary that happened at Elodio Aragon Senior’s house last week. Renold Hernandez and Rachel Lawrence were jointly charged for the offence. While Aragon Senior reported that his SUV was stolen, today police wouldn’t disclose what items were found in Hernandez and Lawrence’s […]
Written on January 18, 2019 | Posted in
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It’s been one week since forty-eight-year-old Evan Neal has not returned home. The veteran seaman and owner of Mapp Caye went to deliver some groceries for his two workers on the caye last Friday and did not make it back. As we reported, the Belize Coast Guard and police discovered one of his workmen Edinio […]
Written on January 18, 2019 | Posted in
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Over the years, the number of children who come in contact with the law has increased. Fundamental challenges exist in properly dealing with these types of cases; challenges such as a properly educated staff and adequate infrastructure to house a child-friendly space. With this in mind, efforts by UNICEF and other entities were made to […]
Written on January 18, 2019 | Posted in
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Fifty-four-year-old Dennis Bowden has been committed to stand trial at the Supreme Court for the attempted murder of Michael Tesecum, whom he reportedly chopped multiple times on December eighteenth, 2017. Following the incident, Bowden, a sanitation worker with the Belize City Council, was charged with attempted murder, use of deadly means of harm and dangerous […]
Written on January 18, 2019 | Posted in
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Earlier this week, the family of missing woman Anisha Young said they believe she is dead. The family indicated that they want to speed up the process of testing the DNA to get some closure on the matter. Today, ASP Alejandro Cowo told the media that the authorities have not had any further clues into […]
Written on January 18, 2019 | Posted in
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This week we reported on the shooting of thirty-five-year-old Anthony Crawford. He was shot sometime after nine on Monday night while he was riding his bicycle on Antelope Street Extension. Crawford was shot in the chest and tonight he remains in critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Today, police say that their investigation […]
Written on January 18, 2019 | Posted in
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ASP Alejandro Cowo also spoke on a shooting on Currasow Street in Belize City which occurred this morning. Shortly after eight-thirty, hots were fired at a vehicle, but fortunately the occupants inside escaped unhurt. Police say this shooting is also connected to gang rivalry. ASP Alejandro Cowo, O.C., C.I.B., Belize City “The information we […]
Written on January 18, 2019 | Posted in
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The relationship between the media and the Belize Police Department is a mutually beneficial arrangement where information is provided to the press in exchange for coverage of the department’s outreach activities. With a new commander at the helm, it is expected that the rapport between both parties will only grow stronger. Unlike his predecessor, ComPol […]
Written on January 18, 2019 | Posted in
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Residents of Sarteneja Village are recipients of a new health clinic courtesy of the Government of Belize. The health facility comes at a cost of more than eight hundred thousand dollars and is expected to improve access to basic primary healthcare services for about two thousand men, women, and children in the village. Residents will […]
Written on January 18, 2019 | Posted in
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A similar inauguration was held this morning in San Pedro-Cristo Rey Village. The health centre is expected to benefit some one thousand four hundred residents. The investments in the primary healthcare facilities are part of Belize’s strategic direction towards improving universal access and coverage to health among the most vulnerable populations. Minister Marin says that the centers will […]
Written on January 18, 2019 | Posted in
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The Public Accounts Committee, chaired by Cayo South Area Representative Julius Espat, is putting together separate reports to be presented before the National Assembly in the coming weeks. While a single document was expected to be submitted as a final copy, a difference of opinion over details contained within the chairman’s report has prompted a […]
Written on January 18, 2019 | Posted in
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Despite being notified that some members of the Public Accounts Committee would not attend the last session, Chairman Espat reportedly went ahead and called a meeting for January tenth. Deputy Prime Minister Faber explains what took place in the wake of that decision. Patrick Faber, Deputy Prime Minister “He knew fully well that we […]
Written on January 18, 2019 | Posted in
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Years after a court ruling, preliminary discussions on the development of legislative principles on Maya land and associated rights were held during a two-day training in Punta Gorda. The sessions were facilitated by the Toledo Maya Land Rights Commission and saw the participation of indigenous people, the solicitor general, representatives from the Department of Lands, […]
Written on January 18, 2019 | Posted in
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There are a number of road works taking place in Orange Walk. It is part of the town council’s street infrastructure project for that northern municipality. As Mayor Kevin Bernard told News Five recently, there are both contract works and individual paving of streets undertaken by the council itself. The road works will improve the […]
Written on January 18, 2019 | Posted in
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Bernard is also the P.U.P. standard bearer for the Orange Walk East constituency. He has also been working on a skills training programme that is being offered to single models across the division. Bernard says that the entrepreneurial training is to help the thirty-plus persons into becoming independent. According to Bernard, during his campaign, this […]
Written on January 18, 2019 | Posted in
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Two persons, including a teenaged woman, have been criminally charged in connection to the aggravated burglary which occurred at the house of Elodio Aragon Senior on Thursday, January tenth. They are twenty-six-year-old Renold Hernandez of San José Palmar Village and nineteen-year-old Rachel Lawrence of Palmar Road. The duo, however, was only charged with ‘handling stolen […]
Written on January 17, 2019 | Posted in
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Allen Whylie’s pointed remarks toward the media and his so-called political detractors during a final public address on Wednesday, was the proverbial parting shot heard across the country. The outgoing Commissioner of Police took full advantage of his time on the podium during Chester Williams’ installation to set the record straight on a number of […]
Written on January 17, 2019 | Posted in
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Allen Whylie held back nothing on Wednesday in his farewell statement to the Belize Police Department in which he departed from the usual niceties on such occasions. Whylie confirmed that he had been pushed out abruptly and that the decision to retire him was delivered on the same day he was to go. The ex-ComPol […]
Written on January 17, 2019 | Posted in
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