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A red Ford van carrying a family of American tourists on Thursday afternoon flipped several times on the Philip Goldson Highway in the Orange Walk District. Seventy-seven-year-old Carolyn Moxley Gillis, a resident from the state of Georgia, was flung out of the vehicle between miles forty-one and forty-two. She died instantly. Also in the van […]
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A second fatal traffic accident was recorded on Thursday, this time in the south. Police were called out to Santa Cruz Village in the Stann Creek District where they saw a Hispanic man lying dead on the Southern Highway. The unidentified victim was knocked down and killed while riding his bicycle between miles twenty-four and […]
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The number of deaths associated with recent road traffic accidents is alarming. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that the police department will be working diligently to enforce highway laws in an attempt to prevent further accidents. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “We are seeing that the traffic fatalities on our highways are becoming […]
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Sixty-seven-year-old retired police officer Edwardo Wade was among the seven persons who perished in the horrific traffic accident on Wednesday afternoon. Wade was inside a red SUV which was being driven by his daughter, Lourdes Wade, who also died along with Mayra Alcoser. The trio was heading back to Belmopan when Lourdes attempted to overtake […]
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An internal investigation is underway into the death of Jose Espinosa. He was found dead in a holding cell at the Queen Street Police Station on Wednesday evening. Espinosa reportedly committed suicide two hours after being detained. Investigators say that he hung himself with his shoelace. Today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams told the media […]
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On Sunday, November twenty-fourth, a gunman sprayed the Martin’s residence on Antelope Street Extension with bullets. That same shooter shot one-year-old Melanie Martinez who was asleep in the house and twenty-three-year-old Mervin Martin, and his girlfriend sixteen-year-old Chanteuse Martinez who were near the gate. Investigators say they have arrested the shooter. On Thursday, a male minor was […]
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A family of three was displaced following a fire this afternoon on Arlington Drive in Belize City. Charles Castillo believes that his mentally-ill brother is responsible. The National Fire Service was notified and responded quickly to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby structures. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting Just after […]
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There was another fire earlier this week that gutted a wooden house off Ordonez Street in Belize City. Mauricio Garay reported to police that his newly built house did not have utilities installed as yet, but in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, it was reduced to ashes. Reports from the area are that a […]
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Millions of dollars are expended annually for employment injury by the Social Security Board. It gives rise to the need for the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Bill, which was read in the House back in 2014. Today, the S.S.B. hosted an employment injury forum. The purpose is to create awareness, sensitization and […]
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In Thursday night’s newscast we showed you a part of BAHA’s plans to keep the deadly banana and plantain disease out of Belize. The preparation, as we reported, includes surveillance and containment simulation exercises to test the country’s readiness should the disease be detected here. While it is not a new disease, a recent detection […]
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BAHA’s efforts are not being done in isolation. It is part of a regional readiness effort, because if it gets into one of the countries the chances of it spreading across the region is almost guaranteed. So, regional body OIRSA has been providing support to Central America, where countries have been carrying out similar exercises […]
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Today at the Biltmore, the Belize Trade and Investment Development Services, BELTRAIDE, through its Small Business Development Center hosted the fifth annual Entrepreneurship Convention. It featured keynote remarks from the founder of the Caribbean Center of Excellence for Sustainable Livelihoods, as well as several panel discussions, as well as an expo of several local businesses. […]
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Four police officers were today recognized for their exceptional work in fighting crime. They are CIB officer Corporal Cassandra O’Brien, P.C. Lennox Castillo, P.C. Frederic Frazier and Corporal Brizenio Chub. The woman and men were recognized for the crucial role they played in the murder investigations of thirty-year-old Geovanni Lennan which took place on Thursday night, […]
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World AIDS Day is held each year on December first. It is an opportunity to celebrate and support global efforts to prevent new HIV infections, increase HIV awareness and knowledge, and support those living with HIV. This year, the focus is on communities that help to make the difference for those living with HIV. Since […]
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December first is World AIDS Day, activities will be held across the country, offering free testing and education on HIV prevention. Over the years, there have been targeted messages for vulnerable populations from young girls and to men who have sex with men. In a special edition of healthy living, we discover that there’s one […]
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It has been a deadly twenty-four hours on the country’s major thoroughfares where three separate road traffic accidents have claimed as many as nine lives. Seven persons are confirmed dead as a result of the horrendous traffic accident on Wednesday afternoon along the George Price Highway, near Hattieville. Lourdes Wade was driving a red Chevy Sports […]
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In San Joaquin Village in Corozal District less than three hours later, a fifty-three-year-old resident of Ranchito was knocked down and killed by a motorist who failed to stop and render aid. Esteban Arana is the latest victim of a hit and run incident in the north. Earlier today, Dalila Ical travelled to Ranchito where […]
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Another tourist has died in another road traffic accident that happened around three thirty this afternoon in the outskirts of Carmelita Village in Orange Walk District. We understand that the woman was on a tour with her family members, two adults and two children, and were heading back to Belize City. Their tour operator was […]
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Another dead prisoner is being recorded from inside the walls of the Queen Street Police Station and the Police Department is conducting an investigation into what happened. Police confirmed today that Jose Espinosa hung himself with a shoelace inside a prison cell within two hours of being detained for common assault. But there seems to […]
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On Tuesday, Joseph Vaccaro, a resident of Neal Pen Road, was arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court for the murder of well-known businessman Zheng Liu. Liu was executed near mile four of the George Price Highway after receiving a call that a vehicle he imported had broken down on the road. He picked up […]
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Richard O’Neil remains in critical condition at the K.H.M.H. following an attempt on his life on Wednesday. In the wee hours of that morning, O’Neil says that he was kidnapped by three persons, forced into a car and taken to the Boom/Hattieville Road. He was shot several times and left for dead. An injured O’Neil […]
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It has not been a good week for minors, three of whom have been victims of gun violence in less than twenty-four hours. The youngest, a one-year-old baby was asleep with her grandmother inside their house when she was struck by a bullet. Sixteen-year-old Chantuse Martinez was also injured in the gunfire on Sunday night. […]
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At the weekly police press brief held today in Belize City, Superintendent Alejandro Cowo also shared official details on a home invasion in the Belama Phase One area of Belize City. Two thieves, who accessed the property on Samuel Haynes Street, via the Haulover Creek, entered a residence and assaulted a sixty-six-year-old babysitter from Sandhill. […]
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Changes in pump prices for regular, premium and kerosene took effect today. Premium gasoline decreased by four cents, from ten dollars and seventy-eight cents, to ten dollars and seventy-four cents per gallon. Regular gasoline is now being sold at ten dollars and five cents per gallon, a decrease of two cents. Meanwhile, Kerosene saw the […]
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The situation at Pine Street Preschool in Collet, where two teachers have been removed for failure to qualify themselves in order to renew their teaching licenses, was addressed by Minister of Education Patrick Faber today. Not only is the kindergarten in the minister’s constituency, he also says that ample time was given for the teachers […]
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