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Deputy Solicitor General Samantha Matute-Tucker is representing the Attorney General and attorney Arthur Saldivar is representing the Belize Peace Movement and V.I.P. The case was adjourned to February sixth, 2020. Here’s more from attorney Arthur Saldivar. Arthur Saldivar, Attorney for Belize Peace Movement “We want just what the court can do which is to […]
Written on December 20, 2019 | Posted in
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Demand for renewable energy has skyrocketed in recent years, particularly because of the global discussion around climate change and the impacts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The global attempt to shift from energy derived from fossil fuel to more clean and green sources has pushed countries to transition to clean energy economies. While […]
Written on December 20, 2019 | Posted in
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A Belize City woman claims that a next door restaurant has been creating all sorts of problems for her. Nicole Milton lives on Cemetery Road and she alleges that the smoke a restaurant is emitting is causing a thick layer of grease all her house. She told News Five that she has had to keep […]
Written on December 20, 2019 | Posted in
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There have been eight murders in one week. The most recent is Guatemalan national who was chopped to death inside his house in Frank’s Eddy, Belize District, on Wednesday night. And his seventeen-year-old common-law-wife believes it was triggered by jealousy. Two men showed up at the house of the victim, Efrain Coc after ten o’clock. […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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Thirty-two-year-old Mario Huezo has been charged with two counts of murder. Huezo stands accused of callously killing his parents, Rafael and Nanny Huezo, whose bodies were discovered on Monday morning. They lay dead inside their Orange Walk Town house on Stadium Street. The thirty-year-old appeared before Magistrate Patricia Arana today where he was arraigned for […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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Shooting victim Richard O’Neil from Ordonez Street, Belize City, succumbs while undergoing treatment at the K.H.M.H. O’Neil was abducted on November twenty-sixth in Belize City and taken to an area along the Boom/Hattieville Road where he was shot multiple times. The gunman left him for death, but O’Neil survived, getting assistance from residents in the […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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Seventeen-year-old Belmopan native Damion Bregal was chopped to death and his body dumped along the Young Gyal Road in Teakettle Village, Cayo. The teen went missing last week without a trace and his family embarked on a fruitless search for days until Tuesday evening when police received reports of a decomposing body on a feeder […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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The murder investigation into the brutal slaying of thirty-four-year-old Densmore Bowman remains open. His decomposing body was discovered on Monday along mile twenty-four on the George Price Highway. The Belmopan resident went missing for more than two weeks and was last seen socializing with some friends in Roaring Creek Village. Surveillance cameras captured Bowman getting […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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Thirty-two-year-old Bart Lucas has been charged for the attempted murder of thirty-four-year-old Christopher Guild who remains in a critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. On Monday night, just before midnight, Guild was walking on Barrack Road when a gunman rode up on a bicycle, pointed a firearm at his head and blasted several […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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Twenty-five-year-old Sylvestre Thompson was stabbed by his friend on Wednesday afternoon. He was on Reggae Street hanging out with some friends when an argument ensued. One of his friends produced a knife and during the altercation, Thompson was stabbed in the face and neck. Thompson was admitted to the hospital in a stable condition. According […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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A man broke into the home of a business woman in wee hours of Wednesday night, burgled and attacked her. We understand that the businesswoman, who lives above her business establishment, was attacked sometime around four o’clock. The intruder took several hundred dollars and cellular phones belonging to the business woman. But not satisfied with […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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Nicole Usher, a Belmopan resident, was bold enough on Wednesday to speak out against the violence she suffered on Tuesday. Many women suffer in silence, but Usher publicly claimed she was chocked, attacked with a firearm and her family threatened by Kenzle Hulse, the son of Minister Godwin Hulse, who is her ex-boyfriend. She took […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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Twenty-two-year old Cameron Harris will be home for the holidays. This morning his murder trial ended in his acquittal when Justice Colin Williams upheld a “no-case submission. Harris and his brother twenty-two -year-old Lenford Harris Junior were charged with the murder of Nelson Zelaya in 2016. Earlier this month, Lenford walked from the charge and […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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After spending half his life behind bars, Andrew Kelly will now only have to serve two years and ten months more before he is released. Kelly was behind bars on death row but won an appeal and was given a life sentence. With a change in law, all inmates serving life sentences must now be […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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Calvin Cattouse of Belize City is among the many persons who left their families, and never heard from again. In his case, he went missing in early October 2017. His family has been looking for him and tonight they have another appeal seeking information on him. A notice through Crime Stoppers states that they are […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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Aside from homicides, loss of lives due to traffic accidents was a main cause of death during the year. Tonight News Five’s Isani Cayetano revisits those horrible accidents, in which so far more than seventy persons have succumbed. Here is that story. Isani Cayetano, Reporting Road traffic fatalities in 2019 have claimed the lives […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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For most Belizean families, the holidays are not complete without a ham on the dinner table. And with Christmas just a few days away, many shoppers haven’t bought their hams as yet. While many see the imported hams as an affordable option – there are local brands that serve up quality at competitive prices. Today […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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And in the spirit of Christmas and hams, the Running W is also reaching out to twelve needy families this holiday season. PR Rep Terrence Rhaburn tells us more about this. Terrence Rhaburn, Marketing & PR Rep, Running W Brand Meats “We launched this initiative about a couple weeks ago and we had a […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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At the Organization of American States, Belize joined seventeen other countries in voting for a resolution rејесtіng vіоlеnсе in Воlіvіа and саllіng for full rеѕресt of the rights of the іndіgеnоuѕ реорlеѕ. The ‘Rеѕоlutіоn Rејесtіng Vіоlеnсе in Воlіvіа and Саllіng for Full Rеѕресt of the Rights of the Іndіgеnоuѕ Реорlеѕ in the Рlurіnаtіоnаl Ѕtаtе of […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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The Christmas holidays are always a festive time of the year, but it is also a time when crimes such as robberies and burglaries spike. In recent weeks, there have been an increase in the number of reported aggravated burglaries and the police department has increased its patrols, among other crime fighting measures during this […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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As to the spike in home invasions, Superintendent Alejandro Cowo also shared some advice on precautionary safety measures that can be taken by homeowners. Supt. Alejandro Cowo, O.C., C.I.B., Eastern Division “When it comes to the burglary, we always advise the homeowners that it is a matter that they have to ensure that their […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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The headquarters of the Salvation Army in the downtown area of the City was buzzing with activity today. The organization as it has very year came through big time for a number of families. They got their Christmas cheer all contained in a hamper of goodies to make the holidays jollier. News Five’s Duane Moody […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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Back in early November, the Kettle Appeal of the Salvation Army was launched; its annual target for some years now is to raise one hundred thousand dollars in efforts to support its many programmes including the annual children Christmas party held last week and the hamper programme for needy families. Red pots have been placed […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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The Christmas countdown has begun. In less than a week, we’ll all be indulging in the Christmas merriment, which includes lots of deliciously rich food. Christmas is surely no time for a diet, but it doesn’t mean you have to pack on extra pounds. In tonight’s Healthy Living, we get some practical tips from a […]
Written on December 19, 2019 | Posted in
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In the Belmopan Magistrate Court, Kenzle Hulse, the son of Minister Godwin Hulse, made an appearance and was charged with harm. It follows a report of domestic violence made by Kenzle’s ex, the mother of his one-year-old daughter. The couple is estranged and Nicole Usher is providing graphic details alleging that Kenzle choked her in […]
Written on December 18, 2019 | Posted in
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