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As Queen Square Anglican Primary School prepares to take more of its lessons online, Principal Bernadine Conorquie says that there is a lot more going on to get the school ready for its August tenth reopening. Today, the school held a P.T.A. meeting to update parents on the changes around the school. Bernadine Conorquie, […]
Written on July 28, 2020 | Posted in
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There was an execution over the weekend up north where twenty-three-year-old Jair Tamay was fatally shot multiple times; his body was discovered at the Ricalde Stadium around six-thrifty on Saturday morning. The young man left his house with a friend around midday on Friday and never came back. Here is News Five’s Duane Moody with […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Three days before the execution of Tamay, there was another murder recorded in the Corozal District. On July twenty-second, Raymond “Snow” Jenkins was shot dead inside his car in Carolina Village; his six-year-old son was also inside the vehicle and witnessed as two men on a motorcycle rode up to the vehicle and fatally shot […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Since the murder of Jenkins, there have been two other shootings incidents in that northern district – one which occurred on Saturday night that left one person injured and then there is the execution of Jair Tamay. ACP Joseph Myvett spoke about the spike in gun violence in the north; while he did not say […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Police were also called to Saint Mathews Village on the George Price Highway. Four armed men targeted Jacklyn’s Store in the village and stabbed its owner, Lionel Tobar and injured his wife on Saturday morning. Tobar attempted to stop the robbers, but the armed men made away with the cash from the sales. Here is […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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A domestic dispute between a Punta Gorda resident and her spouse may have been the reason behind an aggravated burglary inside a hotel room over the weekend. Police in that southern municipality are investigating that angle as they try to determine who entered a room that Daphne Haught was occupying after leaving her home a […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Things got heated over the weekend along the Rio Hondo River. News Five confirmed that members of the Mobile Interdiction Team were shot at on Saturday evening. No injuries were reported. We understand that a shot was fired by an individual across the Mexican border near the illegal border crossing in Santa Cruz Village. Sources […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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The Port of Belize remains on security level two following the violence of last Wednesday when an unlawful protest turned ugly. Today, P.B.L. was open for business, but there has been no loading and unloading of cargo since last week. The situation remains tenuous as stevedores have kept away, adding to the economic woes of […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Suspected arsonist Kareem Arnold has been arrested and charged for setting fire to several used car tires on the Belize Bank property in downtown Belize City. The incident happened on Thursday morning, following the unrest that had taken place across town at the Port of Belize compound a day earlier. It is not clear what […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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The infamous Won Hong Kim who illegally received a Belizean passport while sitting in jail, shed light on the illegalities taking place at the Immigration Department over the years. Kim was not the only case; tonight, we have the case an alleged notorious Turkish leader of an organized crime ring. He is Yakup Sut, who […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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The U.D.P. standard bearer for Mesopotamia, Shyne Barrow this morning got hot under the collar when reporters asked him to respond to the allegations made by Amy Thomas. Thomas, a U.S. citizen, is alleging that Barrow never accounted for seven thousand five hundred U.S. dollars that she gave him as a donation towards a resource […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Since 2017 the Santa Cruz Village Council in the south has been fighting to complete its land expansion project. The council wants to retain control of the project and keep it out of the hands of U.D.P. Standard Bearer for Stann Creek West Ivan Williams. Monies have been collected, lots identified and the Land Commissioner is […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Santa Cruz Village chairman Vincent Scott says that members of the council have decided that they will not give up the names of persons who have paid for the lots in fear that Williams will take control of the list and the project. Scott says that the village council is ready to work with the […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Still on the matter of land…over the past months, village councils across the country have been crying out that U.D.P. standard bearers and area representatives have been taking their land and parceling it off to their supporters. In majority of the cases, the village council is ignored and its members disrespected. The Village Council Act […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Enforcement notices have been issued to squatters in what is known as the “gungulung area” of Belize City. The area near Chetumal Boulevard is a hotspot for squatters and a known site designated for government projects. Squatters have been removed from the area before and authorities are looking to remove another group; that is, if […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Is seaweed farming the next big thing for fisherfolk in Belize? Well, the Turneffe Atoll Sustainability Association, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and the Belize Fisheries Department, wrapped up a three-day seaweed cultivation training on Calabash Caye over the weekend. The training, supported by the U.N.D.P. and Australian Aid was carried out under a […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Since the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic, we’ve been reporting on its impact. The tourism industry collapsed and many other industries and sectors continue to experience shockwaves as a result. One area that’s not talked about a lot is the impact on the environmental sector, particularly on the N.G.O. community that acts as managers […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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A sixty-nine-year-old cyclist lost his life in Pomona Village on Saturday afternoon as he rode a bicycle on the Hummingbird Highway. Leopold Japon, a resident of Pomona, was struck by a vehicle driven by Steven Williams who reported to police that he attempted to swerve away from the cyclist to avoid hitting him. Japon was […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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…that accident was in the south and heading west, an elderly woman of Spanish Lookout community also lost her life on Sunday night when the vehicle her son was driving in the vicinity of Camalote Village crashed into a horse in the middle of the George Price Highway. Philip Wolfe was driving his sports utility […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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A band of armed thieves, now in police custody in Belmopan, may have been responsible for a string of robberies committed between Saint Matthew’s Village and Pomona over the weekend. On Saturday evening, the proprietor of Xia Ona store was also stabbed multiple times by four men who also fit the description of those who […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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A large group of enthusiastic students are getting ready to travel to Taiwan to take on scholarships. Over the weekend, they participated in an orientation programme hosted by the Taiwanese Embassy. The areas of studies range from medicine to engineering. This year, Taiwan has awarded the largest group of scholarships. Here is News Five’s Hipolito […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Owen Arthur, former Barbadian Prime Minister, has passed. Seventy-year-old Arthur died this morning in Barbados. The former PM was hospitalized earlier this month with heart complications. Arthur was Barbados’ fifth Prime Minister, who led his country for an unprecedented three consecutive terms from 1994 to 2008. He was a member of the Barbadian Parliament from […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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The Supreme Court has handed down a major decision in respect of the situation at the Port of Belize. It has denied the injunction brought by the Attorney General’s Office to stay the termination of the thirty-six employees of P.B.L. That’s the decision that Justice Sonya Young handed down this morning. Justice Young also rejected […]
Written on July 24, 2020 | Posted in
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Following the court’s proceedings, attorney Anthony Sylvester spoke on behalf of the Christian Workers Union. Now, the matter that was before the court today wasn’t taken by the C.W.U. and its members – that was strictly the AG on behalf of the Labour Commissioner. In this matter, the C.W.U. was solely an interested party. Sylvester […]
Written on July 24, 2020 | Posted in
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Three senior police officers have been placed on administrative leave following the series of riotous activities that happened at the Port of Belize’s compound on Wednesday. Those officers, in this first instance, have been placed on five days administrative leave. They are Eastern Division Commander, ACP Alden Dawson; Region One Commander Senior Superintendent Daniel Dawson […]
Written on July 24, 2020 | Posted in
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