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Two Guatemalan families remain settled on Belizean territory along the western border. They are residing in an area known as Barrio el Juda and the property belongs to businessman Jorge Espat. Espat has asked the Guatemalans to skillful diplomacy to avoid an international incident. The O.A.S. has verified that the Guatemalans are in Belizean territory. Official representatives […]
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Police say one man will be charged in connection with an abduction and beating in Santa Cruz Village. The incident happened minutes before midnight last week Wednesday. Twenty-six-year-old Stefan Kerr reported to police that he was socializing in Santa Cruz when three men approached him and an argument followed. Kerr told police that the men […]
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In the crime blotter, there was a shooting in which a twenty-one-year-old man was shot in Hattieville on Friday night. Police say that Tyrone Belisle was at home when he was fired upon just before midnight. Fortunately for Belisle, he managed to run away from his attackers and survived the gunshot injuries. Police say they […]
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The second victim of the gun violence over the weekend was Philip Guzman, a resident of the Hollywood area in Lord’s Bank Village. Guzman was heading home from work when one of two persons opened fire at him. At this time, a motive has not been established and police are looking for a person from […]
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Michael Pook was at his worksite when he came under gunfire. Pook is hospitalized in a critical condition. Police say that they are pursuing different angle, even taking a look at Pook’s criminal past, to solve this shooting. Supt. Alejandro Cowo, O.C., C.I.B., Eastern Division “Michael Pook, thirty-one-year-old, was working as a security guard […]
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There was fire in Belize City just before two o’clock this morning. No one was at the house when it went up in flames. The Fire Department managed to contain the blaze before it spread to a nearby building on Tamarind Street on the Jane Usher Boulevard. The home owner says the cause of the […]
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The Belize Police Department says that it’s in the process of designating ranks within the force as gender-neutral. Currently, the female police constables are referred to as W.P.C. Moving forward, the department wants to get rid of the “W” and all female police constables will be referred to by the gender-neutral term ‘PC.’ Commissioner of […]
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And on the topic of female police officers, today Commissioner Chester Williams told the media that two of his officers will take the department to court. The legal action is over the matter of hairstyle. If you’ll recall, last year several members of the department faced disciplinary charges over dreadlock hairstyles. Back then, the department […]
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Good evening, I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities….]
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For three days this week, hundreds of immigrants from Central America, and elsewhere, turned up at the political office of U.D.P. standard bearer Dianne Finnegan with immigration documents in hand. They were there to get assistance to get their nationality moved quickly through the process. It is an election year so there is a wild […]
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This morning, Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin handed down a summary decision in a matter involving the ever-increasing U.H.S. debt that has been before different courts for long years from the local courts to the Caribbean Court of Justice and the London Court of International Arbitration. The Belize Bank Limited has been engaged in a protracted […]
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While the matter has been voted down in the National Assembly, during a move in which the opposition walked out of the House of Representatives and abstained from the process, interest on the monies continues to grow exponentially. According to AG Peyrefitte, theoretically, if the Belize Bank continues to withhold its business tax payments the […]
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The Supreme Court opens this coming Monday. The ceremony has traditionally been one of pomp featuring a full turnout of the Judiciary as well as the Bar. But that will change this coming Monday, and it is a first. All this in light of a challenge presently before the Supreme Court involving Chief Justice Kenneth […]
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An audit on whether B.T.L. owes twenty-five million dollars in taxes to the government has been raised time and again. Last year, it came to light that the General Sales Tax Department was auditing B.T.L. along with the B.E.S.L. and B.T.L. Digicel Limited, two of B.T.L.’s subsidiaries. Today Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte confirmed that he […]
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The National AIDS Commission is championing the drafting of a new piece of legislation which seeks to address the issue of discrimination in and around the workplace. Discussion around the Equal Opportunities Bill is ongoing, particularly since the commission and its legal consultants have been making their rounds in the media. But what’s the role […]
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Executive Director Caleb Orozco of United Belize Advocacy Movement, UNIBAM, also chimed in on the Equal Opportunity Bill. He admits that while the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community will be covered under the legislation, the compass of the bill should create a level playing field for everyone in the workplace. Caleb Orozco, Executive […]
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P.U.P. Leader John Briceño also spoke briefly today on the proposed Equal Opportunities Bill for which consultations start over the weekend. While he says that a draft copy of the proposed legislation has not been disclosed to him, he heard from the Speaker of the House, Laura Longsworth, who is one of the principals involved […]
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Earlier this week, you heard a resident of San Antonio Village complain about the burning of medical waste in the village. That resident told us that the matter has been going on for years and it has become a problem, particularly for those who live nearby to the dump site. Residents there reported that they […]
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Director of Health Services Doctor Marvin Manzanero told News Five today that the final batch of anti-retroviral medicine will arrive in the country by the end of the month. This means that the Ministry of Health has begun replenishing the country’s stock of medication needed for persons living with HIV/AIDS. The stock had gone extremely […]
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The Nursing Task Force has given the Ministries of Health and Public Service less than a week to respond to their concerns to stop the escalation of tensions. On Thursday, the task force fired off a press release in which it highlighted five critical issues that is challenging the nursing community. It says that the […]
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The Public Service Union has weighed in on the matter. The union expresses solidarity with the Nursing Task Force and the Nurses Association of Belize. The P.S.U. says that the issues raised only supports the P.S.U.’s declaration based on the President’s countrywide tour, in which it has been confirmed that the Ministry of Health is […]
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Three days after the gruesome murder of a Mexican national, police have levied murder charges on nineteen-year-old Deandre Guiffero. Gabriel Alejandro Guzman Cruz was brutally hacked and set on fire at Hanna’s Paradise, a property he was taking care of in Seine Bight Village. A number of items stolen from the property also turned up […]
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General elections are to take place sometime this year so there is a guessing game as to specifically when. While we were with P.U.P. Leader John Briceño today, we asked him about the readiness of his party whenever elections are called. The Prime Minister in waiting says that there are four conventions pending, including one […]
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The chairmanship of the United Democratic Party goes to Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte after challengers Doctor Carla Barnett and John Castillo withdrew from the race ahead of the February ninth U.D.P. convention. Uncontested, Peyrefitte will now be endorsed for that position and he already has plans for bringing the ruling party back together following the […]
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In 2018, Keith Gilges assumed duties as Chargé d’Affaires for the U.S. Embassy in Belize. The career Foreign Service Officer has been working closely with government agencies and groups to further establish a stronger relationship between the two countries. This week we caught up with the U.S. diplomat in studio. For 2020, Gilges says that […]
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