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In our first newscast for 2020 we head to Caye Caulker where electricity has been restored somewhat on the island after five days of outages that plunged one of the top tourism islands in darkness. Water is running, but at a trickle, and residents are struggling to cope with normal routines such as cooking, washing, […]
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Following a press conference held by Belize Electricity Limited in Caye Caulker this morning, the local chapter of the Belize Tourism Industry Association, as well as other stakeholders and concerned residents, took to the streets of the island in protest. While the numbers may not have been as immense, the message that better service is […]
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Belize Rural South Area Representative and Minister of Tourism, Manuel Heredia Junior also attended today’s press event in Caye Caulker where he took the opportunity to voice his discontent with the manner in which the crisis is being handled by both utility companies. While he admits that B.E.L. was slow on the draw in addressing […]
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The People’s United Party has registered its concern over what is describes as the complete breakdown of electrical and water services in Caye Caulker Village. The Opposition party is calling on the government to urgently find a solution to the problem. P.U.P. Standard Bearer for Belize Rural South, Andre Perez, says that the island is […]
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Belize Water Services is yet to follow it sister utility’s lead and face the people of Caye Caulker. Representatives of the company were noticeably absent from the island today, despite there also being a water shortage issue at hand. On Tuesday, B.W.S. was able to restore limited water to its customers and that flow was […]
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2020 did not start right for a constable who came under attack by as many as four men. It happened during a football match in the Belmopan area and it was captured on camera. The images show the constable attempting to break up two warring groups but the violence escalates and the men turn on […]
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In his twelve-minute long New Year’s message Prime Minister Dean Barrow spoke on several challenges that the country faced in 2019. Barrow touched on agriculture, tourism, the economy and citizen security. The latter part of his message focused on promises for 2020. Fifty million U.S. dollars will be invested in small farmers and vulnerable citizens. […]
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Both political leaders touched on the dogged issue of domestic crimes and violence. The unofficial murder count for 2019 has not been released, but it is dangerously close to 2018’s which stood at one hundred and forty-four murders. Briceño says that the Government has failed in reducing crime but going into 2020, PM Barrow says […]
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On December thirty-first, Hildebrandt Codd was charged and arraigned for the murder of Densmore Bowman. Bowman’s decomposing body was discovered on December sixteenth, about two and half weeks after he was reported missing. He was last seen alive on November twenty-ninth, socializing at an establishment in Roaring Creek Village; Bowman later got into a car […]
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There was no reported gun violence in the city and elsewhere over the New Year holiday. But leading up to 2020, there were several violent incidents recorded. On December thirtieth around eight p.m., Lukie Barrow, a resident of CET Site in Belize City was injured during a shooting incident in the Gungulung area. He has […]
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Shortly after a shooting in Belize City on the night of December thirtieth, Hattieville police responded to a domestic violence incident in the village. A woman requested assistance in a dispute with her common-law-husband Albert Reid. While there is reportedly no history of domestic abuse between the couple recorded at the police station, officers say […]
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Less than forty-eight hours into the New Year and burglars struck again on the north side of Belize City; this time at a business in proximity to our studio on Coney Drive. Superintendent Alejandro Cowo says that the DHL office had been burglarized sometime over the holiday. The discovery was made around seven o’clock this […]
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In the first hours of the New Year as many as five babies were born at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. And as we do every year, we headed to the national referral hospital where we were introduced to the newborns, which include a pair of twins. The mothers were beaming with pride with their […]
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There is an announcement tonight of a slight decrease in the price of premium gasoline. At midnight, the pump price of the fuel will go down by two cents. At pump stations, it will sell at ten dollars and seventy-two cents per gallon. The prices for regular gasoline, diesel and kerosene will remain the same.
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On December thirty-first, Denise Flowers reached out to News Five to express her frustration with what she claims is the constant harassment of her sons by police officers. That morning, Hubert and Brandon Baptist were taken into custody after police searched their residence off Police Street, Belize City. Nothing incriminating was found on the property, […]
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Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller is determined to reclaim his glory as a heavyweight contender. The Belizean/American heavyweight well-known boxer tested positive for a banned substance before he went head-to-head with Anthony Joshua. It was not the first time that he has faced a drug test but today while in Belize City, Big Baby announced his […]
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