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The opening ceremony for the 2019 National Festival of Arts was held today at the Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts. It’s the hallmark event for expressive art lovers, especially teachers and students who worked during and even after classes to secure golden performances that will be showcased during next week. News Five’s Duane Moody […]
Written on May 24, 2019 | Posted in
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There is another fifteen thousand-dollar winner for Scratch and Win. Jennifer Franklin is from Corozal and she only just started testing her luck about two weeks ago. But on Thursday night, she purchased a two-dollar ticket and after scratching, realized that there were three fifteen thousand-dollar prizes on her ticket. Today, she arrived in Belize […]
Written on May 24, 2019 | Posted in
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Since late March, there have been many winners of the grand prizes of fifteen thousand dollars and five thousand dollars and even more winners of the smaller amounts. At our last check, hundreds of thousands of dollars have been issued to lucky winners across the country. According to Scratch and Win Director, Alex Gamero, the […]
Written on May 24, 2019 | Posted in
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Twenty-one-year-old Raymond Fuller is at home recuperating from injuries he received during an attempt on his life last Friday. His injuries were not life-threatening and he was released from the hospital earlier in the week. But tonight, the family and friends of an eleven-year-old boy are still holding on to hope that he will survive […]
Written on May 23, 2019 | Posted in
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An altercation at a popular entertainment event last Saturday in Belize City ended with multiple shots being fired during an ambush at the corners of Baymen Avenue and Calle al Mar. Three persons, including Ronald Michael, his common-law wife Allane Usher and Christopher Hyde, were reportedly waylaid by twenty-five-year-old Kendale Greene as they drove in […]
Written on May 23, 2019 | Posted in
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An overnight burglary at a fuel depot in Belize City has netted a trio of thieves several electronic items, including a laptop and a cell phone. According to the security guard at BWEL’s main office, he was accosted by three men who proceeded to tie him up before breaking and entering into the second floor […]
Written on May 23, 2019 | Posted in
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A family’s search for the remains of their loved one who disappeared in December 2018 has hit another dead-end, following the inconclusive results of a DNA test conducted in Jamaica. Twenty-three-year-old Anisha Young was reported missing on December ninth, several hours after attending an event with her boyfriend at a local nightclub on Newtown Barracks. […]
Written on May 23, 2019 | Posted in
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A mother and daughter were attacked inside their home in Georgeville sometime after midnight on Wednesday by a pair of thieves. Ana Myvett was awakened by two masked intruders who gained entry through the rear of the building. One of the men reportedly placed an object believed to be a firearm to her head and […]
Written on May 23, 2019 | Posted in
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Twenty-four-year-old Henry Augustine lost his life on the Southern Highway earlier this week when a vehicle knocked him down near the Georgetown junction. According to thirty-one-year-old Lascelle Coote, himself and Augustine were parked on the left hand side of the highway on Monday night and were conversing when a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction […]
Written on May 23, 2019 | Posted in
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The race for Caribbean Shores has narrowed down to two U.D.P. candidates, as former area representative Santiago Castillo Junior has formally withdrawn from the upcoming convention in that constituency. His retreat, however, is not without resentment as his bid to represent the United Democratic Party as standard bearer going into the 2020 general elections would […]
Written on May 23, 2019 | Posted in
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In the wake of a resounding “YES” by Belizeans at the May eighth referendum, the People’s United Party withdrew its legal challenge to the Special Agreement and the I.C.J. referendum. But it appears that the battle in court will rage on because the Belize PEACE Movement says it is taking up the legal challenge on […]
Written on May 23, 2019 | Posted in
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A seminar on corruption was held today at the Radisson in Belize City. Organized by the O.A.S., the session is an offshoot of the April 2018 Summit of the Americas which was held in Lima, Peru. The seminar, which was mandated by the Heads of States and Government, brought together civil society organizations, social actors […]
Written on May 23, 2019 | Posted in
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Back in December 2016, Belize took a historic step when it signed on to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. While the government was lauded for taking a step in the right direction, civil society and trade union groups have been complaining about the slow-paced implementation process. Starret Greene says this is where the O.A.S. […]
Written on May 23, 2019 | Posted in
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Empowered for Work and Self was the theme for a mentorship networking session held today by BELTRAIDE at the Biltmore Plaza. Through the Small Business Development Centre, female entrepreneurs were engaged to become part of a SHE-Mentor programme in which budding entrepreneurs can acquire knowledge and support on their path to having a successful business. […]
Written on May 23, 2019 | Posted in
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The month of May is being celebrated as education month under the theme, “Financial Literacy, a Pathway to a Productive Life.” As the month winds down, there are continued activities across the country to teach children how to save. The District Education Centre in Belize District ended its week with a challenge for four primary […]
Written on May 23, 2019 | Posted in
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Today, the Ministry of Agriculture officially launched the REDD+ Preparedness Project, a long-term forest-based initiative that seeks to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The project is the first of three phases of REDD+ implementation and is the preparatory phase for assessing, safeguarding and preparing plans for the next phases of implementation. As it pertains to this […]
Written on May 23, 2019 | Posted in
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The Embassy of Mexico in Belize in collaboration with the Belize Virtuosi Orchestra and the National Institute of Culture and History is putting off the third classical concert at the Mexican Institute in Belize City. Sound of the Trumpet is featuring the National Youth Orchestra of Belize, Saint John’s Junior College Treble Makers, American Trumpet […]
Written on May 23, 2019 | Posted in
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Over a decade ago, the Belize Cancer Center opened its doors on the first of October 2008. It was the first and still remains the only center providing cancer treatment in the country in the culture capital Dangriga Town. Earlier this week, I stopped in to get an update for tonight’s healthy living. Marleni Cuellar, […]
Written on May 23, 2019 | Posted in
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At Tuesday’s special sitting of the Senate, President Lee Mark Chang announced his resignation as head of the upper house to pursue his political ambition of representing the United Democratic Party as a standard bearer going into the November 2020 general elections. His candidacy in Caribbean Shores, however, is contingent upon a victory at an […]
Written on May 22, 2019 | Posted in
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The Integrity Commission has appointed new members to serve a two-year term retroactive to January first. The seven-member taskforce is comprised of Armead Gabourel, Wilmot Simmons, Lisbeth Delgado, Nestor Vasquez, Claudet Grinage and Zoe Roberson-Zetina, and is chaired by Deshawn Arzu-Torres who was appointed on June first, 2018. The Office of the Integrity Commission was […]
Written on May 22, 2019 | Posted in
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In other government news, Minister of State in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Angel Campos has been reassigned as Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Development, Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation. His new assignment took effect on Tuesday.
Written on May 22, 2019 | Posted in
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One of two motorcycle drive-by shooters was arraigned before Senior Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson today for Sunday night’s armed attack on Pelican Street. Tareek Smith is charged with six counts: two each for attempted murder and use of deadly means of harm, as well as dangerous harm and wounding. His accomplice remains at large. Smith, a […]
Written on May 22, 2019 | Posted in
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A twenty-five-year-old man, Kendale Greene, has been remanded to prison after being accused of shooting Ronald Michael and two others on Sunday morning. Greene was arraigned this afternoon on four indictable offenses. He was charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a firearm upon Michael’s common-law-wife Allane Usher and Christopher Hyde. He was additionally […]
Written on May 22, 2019 | Posted in
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Three persons, including a minor are recovering from chop wounds after they were reportedly attacked by a man they know. Police report that on Monday evening around six-thirty, forty-eight-year-old Victor Tzub and twenty-four-year-old Adan Rodriguez Melgar were at their home in San Roman Village, Stann Creek District, when a man they know attacked them with […]
Written on May 22, 2019 | Posted in
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There was a brutal attack on an elder taxi operator in the west. Sixty-eight-year-old Jose Roca of Arenal was attacked with a knife and cut to the left hand and under his chin by two men who caught his taxi from the Benque Viejo Bus Terminal to the western border. According to Roca, his attackers […]
Written on May 22, 2019 | Posted in
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