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The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry has formally requested a copy of the contract signed by Imer Hernandez who recently signed on to an agreement to pave the Coastal Road. The request is being facilitated by the Ministry of Works which is in receipt of the correspondence from the private sector organization. But couldn’t […]
Written on December 24, 2019 | Posted in
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The Attorney General, despite being rather snappy when it comes to the chamber of commerce, says that it’s not about purposely being confrontational but that the business organization tends to want to manage the affairs of government. Michael Peyrefitte, Attorney General “It’s not a matter of not having a relationship with them or even […]
Written on December 24, 2019 | Posted in
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The recent online attack aimed at Plus TV’s news director Shasta Wade has once again brought into focus a need for regulations to govern the social media space. Enacting legislation has been a slow process and, according to Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte, his ministry is awaiting a response from the business community regarding a draft […]
Written on December 24, 2019 | Posted in
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The Bar Association is challenging the suspension of President Cheryl-Lyn Vidal from meetings of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission. Vidal, who is also the Director of Public Prosecutions, had been sidelined indefinitely from the activities of the J.L.S.C. by Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin, who is also the chair of the commission. As such, a […]
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During Friday’s Sitting of the House of Representatives, Area representative for Cayo Northeast Orlando ‘Landy’ Habet brought up an issue regarding the Bullet Tree Road in his division. According to Habet, access to the San Ignacio Hospital which is located along the Bullet Tree Road poses challenges and risks to drivers. He says the conditions […]
Written on December 24, 2019 | Posted in
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According to Habet, upgrading the portion of road leading to the San Ignacio Community Hospital should not cost local government a huge chunk of money. Minister of Works Rene Montero says that efforts have been made to upgrade the portion of the road, but works had to be halted due to the weather. Orlando […]
Written on December 24, 2019 | Posted in
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In an effort to improve the quality of education in Belize, the Ministry of Education has embarked on constructing thirty-five schools across the country. Ocean Academy in Caye Caulker Village will be expanded and a pre-school, primary and high school will be built in San Pedro Town. This gives the students of both islands greater […]
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Downtown Belize City and in all municipalities across the country, residents are out and about doing their last minute shopping in preparation for the Christmas holidays. As these shoppers go about their merry way, they can do so with little fear of being targeted because additional officers have been placed on the ground as part […]
Written on December 24, 2019 | Posted in
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In the case of delivery trucks, ComPol Williams says that deliverymen can request assistance from police while doing deliveries in respective areas as an added security measure. Crime prevention, however, is not only incumbent on the police department. Williams shared tips for shoppers and merchants during this time. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “The […]
Written on December 24, 2019 | Posted in
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Annual Christmas messages from Prime Minister Dean Barrow and Leader of the Opposition John Briceño are currently being aired across the media but we take special time to focus on what our country’s political leaders are sharing with the people of Belize. Both leaders are spreading the joy of the season and a warm encouragement […]
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A News Five crew was back on the streets of downtown Belize City to find out from shoppers just what Christmas means to them. While the holiday for some is about spending time with the family, for others it was about sharing and giving back. There were a few whose celebration is rooting in Christ. […]
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A family from Benque Viejo will be enjoying Christmas a little better this year because on Monday, Edita Albeno won a ten thousand-dollar shopping spree courtesy of Smart and Courts. Today, Albeno, her husband and two children travelled to Belize City to collect her prize and to choose items to take home. News Five’s Duane […]
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Two murders were recorded in less than seventy-two hours in Toledo District. On Saturday morning, as Punta Gorda Police responded to a call of a burglary near the dump site just outside of town, they discovered the mutilated body of a Jalacte resident under a bus shed. Macario Ical was chopped to the hands and […]
Written on December 23, 2019 | Posted in
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This afternoon, reports surfaced of yet another murder in the southernmost district of Toledo; this time, in Eldridgeville. Information to our newsroom is that police visited a house in that community and discovered the body of a man, who has since been identified as Anthony Brown Junior, a retired teacher of Cerro Road. News Five […]
Written on December 23, 2019 | Posted in
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There was also loss of life in the west over the weekend. In a freak accident, around nine-thirty p.m. on Friday, police were called to a work site just outside of Georgeville on the George Price Highway, between miles sixty and sixty-one. William Orellana, a forty-five-year-old resident of a Benque Viejo, was standing between a […]
Written on December 23, 2019 | Posted in
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Four men and a minor will be spending Christmas behind bars after they were arraigned late this afternoon for attempted murder. Delroy Flowers, Bernard Lynch, Oliver Solis, Clive Stanford and a minor appeared before Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser where they were charged with unlawful imprisonment, attempted murder and dangerous harm upon Dorian August. Solis and […]
Written on December 23, 2019 | Posted in
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A most disturbing report of the rape of a minor was made over the weekend in Belize City. The sixteen-year-old girl says she was beaten and raped by a taxi driver on Friday night, after she missed the last bus to Dangriga. According to the report, the minor got in a cab and asked to […]
Written on December 23, 2019 | Posted in
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The upper house met this morning in a final session for 2019, to vote on the passage of legislation having to do with a slew of motions, including international banking. Today’s senate meeting succeeds a sitting of the House of Representatives on Friday where a number of these proposed laws were initially tabled. The International […]
Written on December 23, 2019 | Posted in
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The establishment of a Deposit Insurance Corporation, as well as a Deposit Insurance Fund, was also brought before parliament for second reading. The purpose of that piece of legislation is to provide protection for insured deposits against the risk of loss within an insured limit. Senator Aldo Salazar explains that the new scheme is not […]
Written on December 23, 2019 | Posted in
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The issue of its effect, if any, on existing domestic interest rates was also raised by the opposition. Senator, Doctor Louis Zabaneh referred to interest rates from a decade ago to draw an illustration. While interest rates are pretty much the same since 2009, they are still considerably higher than in other economies. Dr. […]
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Since retiring from the Belize Coast Guard a few weeks ago, Rear Admiral John Borland has not returned to private life. In fact, he is preparing for a new post as an advisor to the National Security Council chaired by Prime Minister Barrow. His appointment, nonetheless, has to get the stamp of approval from both […]
Written on December 23, 2019 | Posted in
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In his capacity as Chief of Defense Staff, Rear Admiral Borland will serve at the satisfaction of Prime Minister Barrow, but he will not have a working mandate to oversee the affairs of the Belize Defense Force or Coast Guard. He will, however, act as a security advisor to the Government of Belize via the […]
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Senator Godwin Hulse, whose son was arrested and charged last week for an alleged domestic violence offense, addressed the upper chamber on adjournment today. He spoke of the incident involving Kenzle Hulse and Nicole Usher, as well as the impact it has had on their daughter. He also condemned the social media post in which […]
Written on December 23, 2019 | Posted in
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A police constable and a B.D.F. corporal were shot by suspected contrabandistas on the Rio Hondo River in Santa Cruz Village, Orange Walk District. Around eight-thirty p.m. on December twenty-second, a joint security patrol was traversing the bank of the river when they spotted three men in a canoe with flashlights on the other side […]
Written on December 23, 2019 | Posted in
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Two groups of U.S. nationals were robbed on the north end of San Pedro on Friday morning. Visitor Paul Maurl reported that around ten a.m., he and his family left a resort in San Pedro to go fishing on the northern tip of the island. On their return to the resort, four masked men armed […]
Written on December 23, 2019 | Posted in
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