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We will have more from the convention and the resignation of Patrick Faber as Deputy Prime Minister of United Democratic Party coming up. But we go to Hipolito Novelo who is in Salt Lake, City where he has been embedded since last week inside the Federal Court. Less than twenty-four hours after his victory as […]
Written on February 10, 2020 | Posted in
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A dark cloud had been hanging over Sunday’s convention because of Jacob Kingston’s testimony. How this revelation will affect the U.D.P. is not known as the U.D.P. goes into gear to maneuver the way forward. But for sure, the PM is likely to have the last word as to when the new leader is to […]
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This afternoon, shortly after three o’clock, Patrick Faber took to his social media account where he posted on his Facebook page a letter of resignation. So Faber stepped down as Deputy Prime Minister in the wake of Sunday’s crushing defeat at the National Party Convention. In his letter to PM Barrow, Faber says, “realizing that […]
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Comments Off on Patrick Faber Concedes Defeat at NPC
With the election of a new leader, Prime Minister Dean Barrow will be demitting office, as when, a date is not known. In his final address before a massive gathering of U.D.P. supporters at the Civic, Barrow spoke about his lengthy career as politician. His vocation spans almost forty years since his foray into electoral […]
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Comments Off on PM Barrow’s Final Keynote Address at NPC
While bidding farewell to the legions of U.D.P. supporters in the bleachers, the outgoing party leader reminded them that they are in good hands with his successor. He also took the time to speak on the reunification of the party as it prepares for the upcoming general elections. Dean Barrow, Party Leader, U.D.P. “And […]
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Comments Off on PM Addresses U.D.P. Unity Post Convention
This morning, the People’s United Party issued its release on the convention results. It makes the point that new Leader of the United Democratic Party was elected with only three hundred and forty-two votes and that he took the oath of office as the new leader of the United Democratic Party. The P.U.P. states that […]
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Now to a murder, a woman was brutally killed in San Ignacio, Cayo over the weekend. Javan Moody, a man she has been dating for a few months, has been arrested and charged for her murder. Reports are that American citizen Ariana Jones was fatally stabbed in the early hours of Saturday morning. She and […]
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A twelve-year-old-boy was shot on Friday night in Belize City. Police say that the minor was inside his home with family members when a man walked up and fired shots inside the house just before mid-night. The boy was shot in the leg and is in a stable condition in the hospital. Senior Superintendent Hilberto […]
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There was another shooting in the city, fortunately no one was injured, but a dog was killed. It happened around ten-fifteen on Saturday night. Police were called out to Fabers Road in Belize City where shots were fired at a house. Here’s more from the police. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy Head, National Crimes […]
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A fatal accident in the south claimed two lives on Saturday morning just after six. Police say that Jose Cal, the driver of the pickup truck, may have fallen asleep which caused him to lose control of the truck, which overturned. The two passengers in the pan of the truck, forty-eight-year-old Pashal Teul and twenty-four-year-old […]
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A number of countries have imposed a travel ban and over the weekend, Belize did the same putting in place a travel ban for travellers who recently visited China, was imposed. As you know, the death toll caused by the coronavirus has been growing as the virus continues to contaminate person to person and on […]
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So on Saturday, a News Five team camped outside the arrival section of the Philip Goldson International Airport after reports surfaced that a group of travellers from China arrived onboard an international flight. During the time that our team was there, several passengers were seen wearing masks over their faces and others applying hand sanitizers. […]
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Fire destroyed a home in Saint Matthews Village over the weekend. Police say that a wooden home and all its contents, valued at a total of twenty-thousand dollars, were wiped out by a blaze just after five on Sunday evening. Fire officials are still investigating to determine the cause of the blaze. ACP Joseph Myvett […]
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News spread like wildfire on Sunday evening on social media as images surfaced of an anchor grounded near Long Caye in the Lighthouse Reef Atoll. The area is known as one of the most popular dive site because of the diverse marine life and the corals located there. While tours were underway, a yacht which […]
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Today, we did a search on the location of the vessel. According to the information, the Samadhi yacht, which was built back in 2006, is registered to the Cayman Island. Just before news time tonight, the pleasure craft is located in the Gulf of Honduras. The overall length of the vessel is about two hundred […]
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Cybercrime relates to offenses committed on the internet or on social media platforms on a number of issues. In the country at this time, are representatives of a Cybercrime Programme of the Council of Europe. The Council is assisting in the drafting of legislation in a matter of days which will be aligned with the […]
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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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There is a flurry of activity leading up to the national convention of the United Democratic Party on Sunday. This Saturday, both Patrick Faber and John Saldivar are holding separate events to keep their delegates close by, happy and safely in their corners. Saldivar’s lavish event is to be held in Progresso, Corozal District, while […]
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Comments Off on A Look Ahead at the U.D.P. Leadership Convention
Restricting media access to cover Sunday’s national party convention, in an era where the dissemination of timely information is most critical, is a counterproductive decision taken by the executive of the United Democratic Party. With social media as the platform of choice for information sharing, limiting our opportunity to broadcast on-air or online the activities […]
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Comments Off on Patrick Faber Weighs in on Media Restriction
It is well acknowledged that the election of the person, who wants to lead the U.D.P. and ultimately the country, should not be a closed event. Despite the restrictions, News Five will be there and intends to provide continuous coverage. Faber says that the decision of the national party council was informed by a need […]
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In Salt Lake City this week, Jacob Kingston revealed that accused fraudster Lev Dermen became interested in Belize in 2012. Living a high lifestyle, the accused fraudster would wine and dine many personalities, including government officials, agents, mayors, ministers and sheriffs. One such telling image of Dermen posing with his Belizean friends has surfaced; it […]
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Comments Off on 2012: Lev Dermen and the Belize Connection
Now to the photo in circulation which shows Mayor Khalid Belisle and other associates, who are likely to be on the delegates list of this weekend’s convention. They are photographed smiling and posing with Lev Dermen and Kingston in late April or March of 2015 in front of a private jet. This evening, Mayor Khalid […]
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Comments Off on Belmopan Mayor Issues Statement on His Encounter with Dermen & Kingston
Overnight on Wednesday, a suspected drug plane landed in the Monkey River area. An operation team, headed by the Joint Intelligence Operating Centre, had been alerted of the aircraft en route from South America to this area and officers were deployed to prevent and possibly intercept its landing in Belize. Authorities, however, arrived on the […]
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ComPol Williams says that almost daily, reports are received of suspected drug planes, but the location where the aircraft will land is unknown and so officers are often times deployed across the country to circumvent the illegal landings. But it is no secret that there are also local players who are actively engaged in the […]
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There is no suspected case of coronavirus in Belize; that’s the message coming out of the Ministry of Health today. This afternoon, the ministry responded to reports of a person being screened at the northern border with Mexico. On Thursday night, photos surfaced that the person was processed by health officers, who wore masks and […]
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