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Today, March eighth, is International Women’s Day. The day is set aside to celebrate women and advocate for gender equality. Non-profit group ‘Promoting Empowerment Through Awareness for Lesbian and Bisexual Women’ hosted a forum to discuss the criminalization of sexual and reproductive health related activities, as well as the age of consent dilemma in Belize. […]
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Last month, we shared a story on the economic benefits of migrant-founded businesses like Quality Poultry Products in Spanish Lookout. The poultry producer was also recognized with a cover story for a digital publication called Business View Caribbean. It is an e-publication with more than 30,000 executive subscribers throughout the region. The Business View Caribbean […]
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The twenty-second Belikin La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge began today at the foot of the Hawkesworth Bridge in Santa Elena. Sixty-one teams of paddlers registered to take on one hundred and eighty miles of river in four days. The longest leg was completed today; after forty-nine gruelling miles of paddling, defending champions, NICH, won […]
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A team of painters, all employees of Unicomer Belize, has been working diligently to give Cleopatra White Polyclinic a much needed facelift. It is part of their annual celebration of Unicomer Volunteer Week. News Five stopped by the health center today and saw the team in action. Isani Cayetano, Reporting For the past several […]
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Earlier this week, the newly upgraded Hopkins Village Main Road was officially opened. The road was rehabilitated under the Banana Accompanying Measures Programme 2013, and was jointly funded by the European Union and the Government of Belize. The project is valued at approximately two point eight- six million dollars. The newly completed project is of […]
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Tonight there are more details about a suit against the government. Leader of the Opposition John Briceño and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Julius Espat have launched a lawsuit against Prime Minister Dean Barrow, Finance Secretary Joseph Waight, and Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte. PM Barrow is named as the first defendant as the Minister […]
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The fiscal year ends on March thirty-first, which means government has to present a budget for the new financial year. Espat also touched on the upcoming budget. According to Espat, the presentation of the General Revenue and Appropriation Bill 2019-2020 was originally scheduled for Friday, March eight, but the budget reading was pushed back to […]
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Less than a year after the murder of Ghost Town boss, Kendis Flowers, the accused gunman walked free this afternoon from the courtroom of Senior Magistrate Tricia-Pitts Anderson. The notorious Kevin Bodden was charged months after the murder that caused tensions to rise in the Mayflower area. Five charges were withdrawn at the instructions of […]
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Tonight forty-year-old Elario Frank Elijio was also freed after an appeal filed against him in February of this year challenging his acquittal was discontinued. Elijio had been acquitted of the murder of his buddy, John Myers, which occurred in late February 2012 on Mahogany Street. On February twenty-eighth, 2019, the Crown submitted a notice of […]
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Since last week we’ve been reporting on the brutal killing of a young, pregnant mother Joan Gabourel from Valley of Peace, Cayo. She went missing and was found dead several days later on March third. She was stabbed, chopped and bludgeoned to death. As we told you, two persons were detained, including a relative on […]
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On Wednesday, a number of cops were honored for the capturing of six robbers who held up money changers at the northern border a week ago. Those cops happened to be in the area on a separate mission when they were alerted of the robbery. Of the robbers they detained, four have already been slapped […]
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On Monday members of the Christian Workers Union, who are employees of the Social Security Board, participated in an organized in-office show of solidarity against the administration of the Board. Employees are not happy with the Board’s plan to convert their pension scheme into a private company. They say that the process is moving too […]
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At the weekly press brief today, police also said that they are actively investigating the double murder that happened last month in Punta Gorda that claimed the lives of Kevin Moro and Oscar Humes. The two friends were at a house on Main Street when they came under fire. Humes died on the spot, while […]
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Last month at least three vehicles were intentionally set on fire in Punta Gorda. Police have been trying to solve the case of the burning vehicles but they haven’t had much luck in nabbing the serial arsonist. And on Wednesday night an arsonist struck again; this time, torching a vehicle and motorcycle. Unlike the other […]
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A post-mortem conducted today on eighty-seven-year-old Gudelia Estevez lists the particulars of death as sudden non-cardiac death with acute pulmonary edema with saddle pulmonary embolism. But the death certificate also lists displaced fractures of the leg, as well as blunt force injuries as a result of being hit by a motor vehicle. The eighty-seven-year-old great-grandmother […]
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Today police say that they may have Clinton Pou’s shooters in custody. Several persons were detained for the shooting that left Pou with injuries to his left hand and chest. Sometime after five on Sunday evening, the twenty-two-year-old man was inside his house on North Front Street in Belize City when two men walked inside […]
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The Belize Animal and Health Authority has put in place precautionary measures to protect the country from African swine fever. It is a highly contagious hemorrhagic viral disease of domestic and wild pigs, which is responsible for serious economic and production losses. Vast areas of the Eastern hemisphere are being affected with forty-five countries reporting […]
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Over the past few weeks, various works of art, sculptures depicting the wildlife of Belize, have been popping up at parks and other recreational spaces across the city. Today, a pair of turtles was officially introduced to the public by Mayor Bernard Wagner and attorney Estevan Perera. The installations are the brainchild of Perera who […]
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There are no official records on hate crime, but acts of violence and hostility against individuals and groups are known to occur. In fact, just about anyone is vulnerable. Policy makers and other stakeholders are partnering to draft legislation on the topic. Modules of enabling legislation in other countries of the Commonwealth offer insights on […]
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Following the release of sex tape of news anchor Indira Craig and the video of a student in uniform performing oral sex, there was a release issued by the Office of the Special Envoy for Women and Children condemning the violation of a person’s privacy. In many quarters, Kim Simplis Barrow came under fire for […]
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The Brits are reportedly looking to expand their military presence in the Caribbean. They have confirmed as much, but it is left to be seen where they will increase their footprint in the region. It is reported that they want to become more visible on this side of the world following their exit from the […]
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Since last week we’ve reported about a house that was knocked down in the Salvapan area of Belmopan. The owner, Nicolasa Cus, is reportedly squatting on land owned by the RECONDEV. She claims that she has been living there for twelve years, but area rep John Saldivar says that it is not so. Over a […]
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The disturbing images of the detention cells at the Queen Street Police Station went viral last month. Those images were captured by an interdicted cop Darrel “Tutsi” Usher who was detained at the time. The condition of the cells drew widespread scorn and condemnation. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams had vowed to find a solution […]
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If you visited the downtown area of the city, you were treated to Belizean music and arts. The two-day event is being held to promote Belizean artists at the Battlefield Park. The Belize City Council has embarked on a project to boost businesses and link tourists to the heart of the city as they celebrate […]
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The People’s United Party filed two weighty claims this week. First, the Special Agreement. This morning papers were delivered at the Supreme Court in which the P.U.P. is seeking a hearing to determine certitude and clearness on whether Foreign Minister Wilfred ‘Sedi’ Elrington had legal authority to bind Belize to the 2008 Compromis. Now, over […]
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