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Last week, forty-five-year-old teacher Judith Cacho was arraigned for allegedly harming an eight-year-old student. The student, Anthony Adolphus, is accusing Cacho of hitting him in the eye with a ruler on January sixteenth at Queen Square Anglican School. Cacho pled not guilty to the charge and was released on bail. The incident brings to light […]
Written on May 17, 2019 | Posted in
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Earlier in the month, News Five took you to Machakilha Village, a remote community in Toledo District. The story focused on the hardships of students who have to trek for hours and miles in order to attend classes in another village. In the story, News Five accompanied the students as they set out before the […]
Written on May 17, 2019 | Posted in
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The Belize Defence Force is in the process of culminating its Belize Special Assignment Group special operator course and today, one of several exercises was carried out by a cohort of soldiers that made the cut to participate in the programme. After ten weeks of specialised training to increase their competencies in these military disciplines, […]
Written on May 17, 2019 | Posted in
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On Thursday, we reported on the closing of the European Union’s two million Euros funded project in the banana belt. It is one of the many projects that the EU has funded in the agriculture sector, along with projects in the sugar and citrus industries. But moving forward, they will be focusing their investments on […]
Written on May 17, 2019 | Posted in
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If you went to the gas stations today you may have noticed a slight increase in the cost of diesel oil. That increase is because the price for diesel went up by three cents at the pumps last night. The cost per gallon jumped from ten dollars and forty-three cents to ten dollars and forty-six […]
Written on May 17, 2019 | Posted in
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Educators across the country are today celebrating Teachers’ Day. In Belize, the day is set aside every year in May to honor and celebrate the contributions of educators at all levels. While last year there was a national event, this year teachers were left to celebrate their day in their own way. Considered the most […]
Written on May 17, 2019 | Posted in
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The Attorney General’s Ministry is working on a piece of legislation that would address cyber-bullying. The government has long since been working on the legislation but it was recently this year that leaked nude pictures of females, including a teenager in her uniform, caused an uproar and prompted the government to fast track its progress […]
Written on May 17, 2019 | Posted in
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The C.E.O. Caucus Ride is in its fourth year and over one hundred persons have registered for the charity event on Saturday. Since 2016, C.E.O.s in various government ministries have organized a bike ride to raise funds to fight cancer. This year, the ride is being celebrated under the theme ‘Stronger Together’ with a goal […]
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Today the Police Department officially launched its Eastern Division Youth Basketball Cup 2019 at the Yarborough Green Basketball Court on south side Belize City. The sports tournament is a community policing initiative that brings together at-risk youths from various gang ridden neighborhoods across region one of the Old Capital and fosters comradery among the participants […]
Written on May 17, 2019 | Posted in
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Parliamentarians will meet on Monday for a Special Sitting of the House of Representatives. The special sitting will be to primarily amend the Maritime Areas Act. While this step was expected given the May eighth I.C.J. results, it was not until earlier in the week that government announced that Cabinet had approved the amendment. In […]
Written on May 16, 2019 | Posted in
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The People’s United Party is meeting on Friday to determine a position ahead of a collective vote on the proposed amendment to the Maritime Areas Act. The House of Representatives will convene a special session on Monday to table specific changes to that piece of legislation. Earlier today, we caught up with Cayo South Area […]
Written on May 16, 2019 | Posted in
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It made headlines back in August 2016 when opposition parliamentarian Julius Espat was physically removed from the House of Representatives on the instruction of former House Speaker Michael Peyrefitte. The incident was unprecedented as the Cayo South Area Representative was manhandled and ejected out of the building by several police officers after raising the damning […]
Written on May 16, 2019 | Posted in
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This afternoon, we spoke with Espat who explained that there is merit to the claim that his constitutional rights were indeed violated when he was forcefully kicked out of the House meeting that Friday. Julius Espat, Area Representative, Cayo South “From the day it happened, we have been confident that it was not handled […]
Written on May 16, 2019 | Posted in
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According to Espat, he is seeking redress in the form of compensation for the length of time that he was suspended from the House without pay. Primarily, he wants it placed on record that the decision to oust him from parliament was unconstitutional. Isani Cayetano “What remedies are you seeking or would you be […]
Written on May 16, 2019 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Dean Barrow is nearing the end of his term as leader of the United Democratic Party. The U.D.P.’s leadership convention is expected to be held sometime before February 2020. Two hopefuls, Deputy Party Leader Patrick Faber and Belmopan Area Representative John Saldivar have made it quite clear that they will contest the leadership […]
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Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte lost his bid to represent Port Loyola for the U.D.P. in the upcoming general elections. Peyrefitte was defeated by former Belize City councilor Philip Willoughby. Prime Minister Dean Barrow expressed disappointment in Peyrefitte’s loss, saying that Peyrefitte’s elevation to the House would have been an appropriate promotion given his performance in […]
Written on May 16, 2019 | Posted in
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We also asked the U.D.P.’s Deputy Leader Patrick Faber about the three-way race in the Caribbean Shores constituency. As we reported, Santiago Castillo Junior, who once represented the division, is returning to politics and wants his seat back. But it will not be without a fight as Senate President Lee Mark Chang and former Belize […]
Written on May 16, 2019 | Posted in
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Twenty persons, including eight students, as well as parents and teachers were injured and had to be rushed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital this morning after the passenger bus they were travelling in overturned in a ditch along the Boom/Hattieville Road. The educational trip gone wrong has left many more in shock and triggered […]
Written on May 16, 2019 | Posted in
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A tour operator in southern Belize has been charged for the murder of his common-law wife on Tuesday morning. Forty-eight-year-old Andrew Caliz shot and killed Francisca Caceres Duarte inside their home in Big Falls, Toledo District. The couple was inside the bedroom when a single gunshot fatally injured the Honduran national. Caliz then rushed Caceres to […]
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Twenty-year-old Zena Armstrong is out on bail after being charged with manslaughter. The incident involved the fatal stabbing of Ana Villanueva in Corozal on Monday night. The young ladies had a history of bad blood between them and that enmity turned deadly when a knife was drawn during an altercation. Villanueva was stabbed once with […]
Written on May 16, 2019 | Posted in
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Belize City police are looking for five persons in connection with the murder of Lindon Baldwin who was shot and killed on Monday night on Ebony Street. According to investigators Baldwin’s execution may have been the result of an ongoing feud between rival factions in the Conch Shell Bay neighborhood. ASP Alejandro Cowo, O.C., […]
Written on May 16, 2019 | Posted in
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Chilean national Juan Espinosa SaaVerdra pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an ATM scam in Dangriga and Belize City; he was fined a total of six thousand dollars, which he met forthwith and has now been handed over to the Immigration Department for his expulsion from the country. Espinosa, along with two other South Americans, […]
Written on May 16, 2019 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, police formally arrested and charged two of four persons believed to have been involved in an aggravated burglary at a farm near mile forty-four on the George Price Highway. Camalote resident, Justin Banner and Santa Elena resident, Luis Castellanos have been jointly charged for aggravated burglary; Banner has additionally been charged for attempted […]
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The third national Technical and Vocational Education and Training Conference is being held in Belize City. The conference began today with a packed agenda where professionals of different backgrounds spoke about the challenges facing the TVETs in Belize and how those challenges can be addressed in an effective and timely manner. This year’s theme is […]
Written on May 16, 2019 | Posted in
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The European Union wrapped up its two million Euros project in the south today. The project started a year and a half ago with the goal to teach banana farmers about soil fertility management; increase the soil fertility in banana sector to improve banana production; and to enhance UB’s micro-propagation lab to improve production of […]
Written on May 16, 2019 | Posted in
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