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Also in the Supreme Court, a pair of cops, Corporals Leonard Nunez and Hallet King, will be facing trial for the manslaughter death of Hilberto Sotz. The young man was badly beaten while he was on remand at the Caye Caulker police station and died later at the clinic. He was detained for handling stolen […]
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A house fire on Antelope Street this afternoon has left twelve persons homeless. The blaze is said to have been an act of arson, following a dispute in the early hours of this morning among families occupying the property. According to Shovannie Vega, she was at the police station filing a report when she received […]
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Another Belmopan woman has been stabbed by her common-law husband in the capital. Katherine Anthony remains in a stable condition at the Western Regional Hospital after she was stabbed to the chest following an argument. On Saturday night, the couple was at a house on Sarstoon Street in Belmopan when an argument ensued between them. […]
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Up north in Corozal, one person has been charged in connection with a home invasion in Sarteneja. Noel Samuels has been arrested and charged with aggravated burglary and handling stolen goods for the crime which occurred on Thursday morning. Reports are that just before two a.m. on May second, the home of Leomir Santoya was […]
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Takeem Maskall is recovering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen, which he sustained on Thursday morning during an armed robbery in Cristo Rey Village in the Cayo District. He had travelled to a farm in the village to make a purchase, but while at the gate to the property, he was accosted by a […]
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Over nine hundred plus officers sat the Police Department’s promotional exams this Saturday; a little less than half were from Belize City alone. And while the results of that test is pending, the Commissioner of Police Chester Williams took the time to point out that even with that many officers away from duties, the week […]
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The 2019 Education Showcase for the Ministry of Education is focusing primarily on financial literacy of students. It is believed that the concept, taught at a very young age, can mould the future of the generation. This year’s youth innovation challenge will take place over three days. High school students from the Belize District will […]
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The Youth Innovation Challenge is being done in partnership with various stakeholders including Central Bank of Belize, the Credit Union League and community mentors who work along with the schools. PricewaterhouseCoopers provides the financial assistance for the winners as well as the logistical arrangements of the challenge. According to Education Minister Patrick Faber and Corrine […]
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And to another story of positive news…We have been following the progress of the Ek Balam team from northern Belize. The team, in a relatively short time, has been bringing home the medals from international competitions of the traditional Mayan ball game that requires fitness and stamina. This weekend, they again won gold becoming the […]
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend in sports….]
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Boxes containing one hundred and seventy-three thousand ballots went up in flames today during an organized exercise carried out by the Elections and Boundaries Department. The ballots were to have been used for the April tenth referendum, but with a new law and a new date, the ballot papers were no longer valid. The Chief […]
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Even before dawn this morning, students started their trek to sit part-two of the P.S.E. in southern Belize. There was not even a horse to ride, much less a vehicle to travel in. It was by foot that the primary school students from Machakilha set out to the P.S.E. centre in Corazon, another remote area […]
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The hardships and challenges faced by the children of Machakilha have triggered more questions for the Ministry of Education. Today, Minister of Education Patrick Faber says that while he acknowledges the strains and pains of the students, his ministry can only do so much. Patrick Faber, Minister of Education “It is true that they […]
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In the Court of Appeal today, government’s attorney, Senior Counsel Lisa Shoman and the Opposition’s lead lawyer, Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay were back before the justices. They appeared for a case management session relating to the government’s appeal to the granting of the I.C.J. injunction by Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin. The Opposition has launched a […]
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News Five has been informed that on the advice of his attorney, an Asian businessman turned himself over to police for the San Pedro murder of Brandon Humes which occurred on Thursday morning in the island town. Humes was shot multiple times to the body as he sat on a sofa inside an apartment on […]
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There were three murders between Wednesday night and Thursday morning of this week. The first occurred in the south, in the village of Steadfast, at mile sixteen on the Hummingbird Highway. Jose Alberto Requeña was stabbed multiple times and died in a drain as he headed to his house in the village. Police were able […]
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Earlier in the newscast, we showed students in southern Belize as they walked for miles to get to P.S.E. exam centres. In the city, the picture was very different – parents and family members accompanied the young students to the different high schools designated for the exams. So while the students in Machakilha were hopeful, […]
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Belizeans go to the polls on May eighth to vote on whether or not the Belize Guatemala territorial dispute should be taken to the International Court of Justice for final resolution. That is only five days away now and today, Acting Prime Minister Patrick Faber said they are ready. Though it should not be a […]
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William “Danny” Mason returns to court on May fourteenth before Justice Antoinette Moore in the Belmopan Supreme Court. When he goes back, he will be represented by Guyanese attorney Dexter Todd for the beheading of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas on July sixteenth, 2016. His co-accused for the gruesome murder are Terence Fernandez, Ashton Vanegas, Keiron Fernandez, […]
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Cyclist Wasani Castro is challenging his disqualification from the Holy Saturday Cross Country Cycling Classic. He has retained the services of Attorney Hector Guerra, who has written to the President of the Cycling Federation of Belize, Orson Butler. As we have reported, Castro was disqualified following a meeting of the race commissairies who viewed footage […]
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There will be no increase in the cost consumers pay for electricity for 2019-2020; that’s at least for now following a decision from the Public Utilities Commission. Back on April first, Belize Electricity Limited submitted a proposal of the P.U.C. that the cost of electricity remain at forty-one cents per kilowatt hour for the period […]
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According to P.U.C. Chairman, John Avery, the projection is that B.E.L. may require two hundred and sixty-five million dollars to cover all its expenses for this tariff period, ending June 2019. The current rates are expected to yield about two hundred and twenty plus million dollars. Avery believes that when the next rate review is […]
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The Belize National Teacher’s Union held its forty-ninth national convention in late April. President Elena Smith was uncontested and remains at the head of the union for a second term. Smith’s presidency has been tested by the long list of challenges affecting teachers at all levels. Minister of Education Patrick Faber and Smith have not […]
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Principal of Muffles College High School in Orange Walk Town, Maria Johnston has come under fire for allegedly bullying and humiliating one of her female teachers. As we have been reporting, the teacher was placed on administrative leave after nude pictures of her were leaked. The Teaching Services Commission denied a request to have her […]
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There have been issues facing teachers at the Bishop Martin High School for some time now. Today, Minister Patrick Faber provided his view. In April, the Board of Trustees at the high school decided to hire ‘emergency teachers’ in order to prevent further disruption of the school’s operations. This was after four teachers: Manuel Tzul, […]
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