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Today, a group of police officers was awarded for bravery during two crimes that occurred in the month of May. The ComPol’s Outstanding Officers Award Ceremony was held at the Queen Street Police Station and focused on the exemplary work of the officers involved in the recent foiled robbery at A&R last Saturday and the […]
Written on May 30, 2019 | Posted in
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Saint John Vianney Catholic School on Faber’s Road was showered with gifts courtesy of the Sunrise Rotary Club of Belize. Today, the students, faculty and staff were officially given the keys to a newly renovated restroom facility for the middle division students as well as fourteen laptops to add to its computer room. News Five’s […]
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The Ministry of Education and RESTORE Belize have concluded a series of roundtable discussions to share new ideas and methods in the education response to citizen security. The goal was sensitize stakeholders on the implementation of school-based responses to citizen security using the principles of Quality Child Friendly Schools. It also highlighted successes in the […]
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Vice Principal Georgia Griffith, of Maud Williams High School, says that with the introduction of the pilot project there has been vast improvement in the relationship between students and teachers. Georgia Griffith, Vice Principal, Maud Williams High School “One of the things I feel that the benefits have come more to the teachers and […]
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Last week, thousands of Belizeans participated in the ten mile cancer walk coordinated by the Belize Cancer Society. The activity had multiple purposes, including spreading awareness about the prevalence of cancer in Belize and encouraging a healthier lifestyle. Reducing the incidences of cancers in Belize also includes getting screened for the more prevalent form of […]
Written on May 30, 2019 | Posted in
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An elderly couple perished in a deadly collision earlier today in the Corozal District. Sometime around 1:30 pm, a white Ford Ranger pickup crashed into Freightliner truck in the vicinity of San Narciso Village. According to police, thirty-five-year-old Erik Ermoff was driving along the Phillip Goldson Highway towards Orange Walk. Between miles seventy-two and seventy-three, […]
Written on May 29, 2019 | Posted in
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Attorney Andrew Bennett was back in court today where he continued to defend against an extradition request by the U.S. government. In the courtroom of Chief Magistrate Sharon Frazer this morning, Director of Public Prosecutions Cheryl Lyn Vidal and attorney Anthony Sylvestre, who is representing Bennett, went back and forth over legal documents that were […]
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Despite Sylvestre’s objection that the document ought not to be entered into the proceeding, the Chief Magistrate ultimately decided on its admission. Anthony Sylvestre, Attorney for Andrew Bennett “We did make strenuous submissions as it relates to why we believe that that ought not to be, but at the end of the day the […]
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Twenty-four-year-old Felipe Guzman and twenty-eight-year-old Rasheed Hyde, both of a Santa Elena address, have been arrested and charged for aggravated burglary, following an incident near mile forty-four on the George Price Highway on May fourteenth. It is alleged that both men acted in concert with Justin Banner and Luis Castellanos in carrying out an armed […]
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Twenty-nine-year-old John Chessman Junior has pleaded guilty to manslaughter, a lesser charge from the count of murder which he was read in August 2012 for the shooting death of Chinese businessman Jiantao Yang in Ladyville. Today, during mitigation plea the disturbing footage, captured on surveillance camera, was replayed in the courtroom of Justice Marilyn Williams. […]
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Police in Orange Walk are investigating a robbery which occurred on Tuesday night. Sun Luck Store on Zericote Street was targeted by a pair of armed thieves after seven o’clock. The men rode off with nine hundred dollars from the day’s proceeds. Before escaping, one of the robbers fired a single shot from a point […]
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An elderly man remains hospitalized tonight after he was attacked by a mentally ill person. Sixty-seven-year-old Frank Arnold was stabbed three times to the body by Ronald Flowers, aka “Jack,” as he exited an unnamed alley off Neal’s Penn Road Extension in Belize City. Arnold was rushed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital and has […]
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Guatemalan national Edin Ismael Garcia Perez is hospitalized tonight after an attempt on his life on Tuesday night in Armenia Village. The twenty-year-old was observed with multiple gunshot wounds to the body. According to police, sometime around eight-thirty p.m., Perez was reportedly at home when he heard someone calling his name. Upon checking to see […]
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An intruder found himself on the compound of Nazarene High School in Belize City this afternoon. He was subsequently subdued by two GSU officers as part of a simulation. The school designed its Security Intruder Tactical Training program in order to teach students what to do if an armed intruder entered the school compound. The […]
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The month of April saw a decrease of five point seven percent in imports, while exports went up by as much as eighty-one percent. The total value of goods brought into the country stood at one hundred and forty-seven million dollars which is a decrease of almost nine million dollars from the previous year. In […]
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The Ministry of Health wants you to live a healthy lifestyle by not only eating healthy but exercising as well. Minister of Health Pablo Marin on Tuesday handed over exercising equipment to five municipalities with the aim to encourage the public to become more health conscious. The donation comes courtesy of the Government of Belize […]
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In August, first form students across the country will begin to learn much more about Belize. They will be taught about Belize’s transformations and connections, governance and society and origins as part of the broader subject: Belizean Studies. It is a four-year secondary level programme which focuses on the geographical space contained within and culturally […]
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Three years ago, Ya’axché Conservation Trust began engaging students from communities within Ya’axché’s focal area, the Maya Golden Landscape, on the importance of biodiversity and conservation through its BioBlitz event. The event was held once more this year under the theme, “Empowering Communities, Conserving Biodiversity, Connecting the World.” The BioBlitz focused on finding and identifying […]
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As a micro or small business entrepreneur, the main objective is to develop your product or service to international standards. But that comes with limitations in terms of capital to finance the expansion and even the costs associated with the importation of items to improve your products or services. Well the government is looking to […]
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The Economic Development Council is the bridge between the business community and the government and advocates for and supports policy reform to make it easier to do business in Belize. The MSME Enhancement Programme is the second phase of an initiative that will see G.O.B. invest some three million dollars and will make business more […]
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In the second phase of the programme, countrywide consultations will be held with entrepreneurs on steps that must be taken for successful applications. The Small Business Development Centre, an arm of BELTRAIDE will furnish entrepreneurs with all their business needs, says BELTRAIDE Executive Director, Doctor Leroy Almendarez. Dr. Leroy Almendarez, Executive Director, BELTRAIDE “If […]
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A health and wellness fair was held today in downtown Belize City. Residents were able to get information on various health conditions and where they can access services. It was organized by Atlantic Insurance Company Limited which also provided details on its insurance policy for cancer patients. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, […]
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A Belize City youth was brutally murdered over the weekend. Twenty-one-year-old Alejandro Lauriano was chopped, stabbed and shot to death on Monday night while in Lucky Strike Village, rural Belize. Lauriano was in the company of a relative with whom he had recently been staying. The two men were in the yard socializing when the […]
Written on May 28, 2019 | Posted in
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Up north, a family in Calcutta Village is coming to terms with the sudden passing of their loved one. Fifty-two-year-old Jesus Mossiah was reportedly stoned with a piece of cement which caused him to bleed out and eventually die. It happened on Saturday night on Seventh Avenue in Corozal Town. Police say that Mossiah, a […]
Written on May 28, 2019 | Posted in
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There was mayhem in Belize City on Saturday morning when shoppers in the vicinity of the Northern Shops, Courts and the nearby Uno Gas Station were startled by the sound of gunshots. A team of policemen was responding to a robbery in progress at A&R store when they were met with gunfire. Additional reinforcements were […]
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