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During his interview with the media today, Executive Director, Doctor Colin Young of the CARICOM Climate Change Center also shared that the center has a number of adaptation and mitigation projects running across CARICOM member states. One of the projects being explored in Belize is the use of a wild grass called the Arundo Donax […]
Written on November 23, 2020 | Posted in
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Today, the National Fire Service received a fire truck for its Ladyville Station. It may seem like just a truck, but it is significant for the fire-fighters who will use it and the communities who will benefit from having this piece of equipment at their disposal in case of an emergency. To hand over this […]
Written on November 23, 2020 | Posted in
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Back in September, the Government came under harsh criticism for the sale of the National Fire Service headquarters in Belize City. The government at the time sold the fire station to Atlantic Bank for some two point eight million dollars. And as we have reported, the fire department must now vacate that spot in December […]
Written on November 23, 2020 | Posted in
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Three persons were murdered within twenty-four hours as Belizeans celebrated Garifuna Settlement Day. Two men were cold bloodedly killed in the south and one in Belize City. The madness started on Wednesday night here in the city where a well-known employee of Bowen and Bowen was gunned down as he smoked a cigarette on Lancaster […]
Written on November 20, 2020 | Posted in
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The second murder takes us to Dangriga where a twenty-one-year-old fisherman was shot and killed on nineteenth night. Roger Blanco and another man were reportedly walking to a shop when two men approached them, one of whom fired shots in their direction. The bullets caught Blanco as he ran away from the scene and later […]
Written on November 20, 2020 | Posted in
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Today, ACP Joseph Myvett of the National Crimes Investigation Branch says that they are looking for one man in connection with this fatal shooting in Dangriga. Myvett told reporters that investigators are unable to say whether Roger Blanco was the target of the shooting, considering he was in the company of another man when the […]
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Further south, thirty-year-old Eden Mejia was shot and killed in Punta Gorda Town shortly after midnight on November nineteenth inside the home of someone who is also well known to police. Mejia’s bullet-riddled body was found lying face up on a mattress inside a room. It was identified by his sibling, a police corporal who […]
Written on November 20, 2020 | Posted in
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The death toll related to the COVID-19 pandemic continues to go up with two additional casualties being reported on November nineteenth. Both persons are elderly, a man in his eighties from the village of Santa Cruz, Orange Walk and a woman in her seventies from Duck Run community. The octogenarian had been feeling ill while […]
Written on November 20, 2020 | Posted in
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Torrential rains over the last few days have water levels along rivers, streams and ponds way above normal and floodwaters are gushing into yards and in some cases, seeping into homes. News Five has received reports of flooding in the cayes, once again in the west at Roaring Creek Village and across urban and rural […]
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On Garifuna Settlement Day, Prime Minister John Briceño and Agriculture Minister, Jose Mai visited Maypen Village in the Belize District; this is one of the many villages in the Belize River Valley area that has been tremendously affected by flooding. Briceño and Mai were accompanied by area representative, Marconi Leal. Now, the residents in that […]
Written on November 20, 2020 | Posted in
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There is an advisory from the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing. A fuel tanker has overturned at mile thirty-four on the Hummingbird Highway and motorists are advised to be cautious when approaching that area. There is also urgent restoration work being done at mile twenty-nine on Hummingbird Highway. The ministry is urging motorists to […]
Written on November 20, 2020 | Posted in
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It’s going to be a wet weekend – that’s the news coming out of the national met service. The forecast is for a weekend with mostly rain and some thunderstorms. Forecaster on duty Francisca Wellington says that we may the rains slow down a bit Sunday but don’t go making any outdoor plans because it’s […]
Written on November 20, 2020 | Posted in
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As of November nineteenth, there has been a change in fuel prices at fuel pumps. The prices for premium gasoline and diesel registered an increase, while regular gasoline took a dip. Premium fuel increased by twenty-nine cents and is now being sold at nine dollars and forty-nine cents per gallon. Diesel went up by seventeen […]
Written on November 20, 2020 | Posted in
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The Public Service Union is coming down hard on the previous U.D.P. administration after finding out that a fire sale of government assets, particularly a fleet of vehicles that was being used by former ministers, had taken place back in September. Upon learning of the disposal of these vehicles at rock-bottom prices, as low as […]
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A Burrell Boom family is still shaken up tonight after they were held up at gunpoint inside their home on Wednesday night. Police say that just after seven that night, fifty-three-year-old Gary Samuels and his family were at home when the attackers wearing face masks and hoodies pounced on them and robbed them of several […]
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An assortment of firearms was stolen from the Succotz Police Station. Police say that four nine-millimeter pistols, two rifles and a twelve-gauge pump action shotgun were stolen during a burglary early this morning. There are a lot of questions about how the weapons were removed from the police station, considering there is a shift system […]
Written on November 20, 2020 | Posted in
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The body of Jose Mendez was retrieved today, two days after his canoe capsized in Franks Eddy Village. Police say that Mendez, his son and a friend were transporting some items in a motorized canoe when the engine cut off and caused the canoe to drift and suddenly overturn. Two of the men swam to […]
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Today is being observed as World Children’s Day across the globe. November twentieth was first established in 1954 as Universal Children’s Day, used to promote awareness and advocate for the rights and welfare of children. The theme this year is “Reimagining a Better Future for Every Child,’ with UNICEF putting the spotlight on how the […]
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To also mark the occasion, Belizean children sent Children’s Day greetings to other kids across Belize. [Greetings from Belizean Children on World Children’s Day…]
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This year’s Garifuna Settlement Day celebration was a wet one, as it rained incessantly throughout the day. While an official ceremony was held in Dangriga, the Culture Capital, many across the country sought their favorite Garifuna dish and reveled in drumming and Punta music. Minister of State and Dangriga Area Representative Doctor Louis Zabaneh was […]
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Violence erupted in the Ladyville community on Monday night. Delroy Chaplin was gunned down as he approached his house. Police have said that it was the result of an alleged robbery that went wrong; but his wife admits that he was no saint and was a robber. Chaplain was waylaid by the gunman near his […]
Written on November 18, 2020 | Posted in
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Jareth Tablada was known to many in the community of Holy Emmanuel Street as “Hail Di I” and was described as a mild-mannered individual who tried to earn an honest dollar during the pandemic. There are others who say that the thirty-seven-year-old may have gotten involved with the wrong group of individuals in the neighborhood […]
Written on November 18, 2020 | Posted in
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Late this evening, the owner of the property which Tablada had been occupying and had been ordered to vacate on Tuesday, visited our office to set the record straight that his demise was not the result of a land dispute with her. In speaking with News Five off-camera, the property owner said that Tablada reportedly […]
Written on November 18, 2020 | Posted in
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As the Briceño administration settles into office, the dire economic situation facing Belize is coming to light. On Tuesday, Briceño received briefings by senior officials at the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Belize. Late this evening, PM Briceño issued a statement on the very alarming state of the economy. For months, government […]
Written on November 18, 2020 | Posted in
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That briefing was with senior officials, including Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, Central Bank Governor Joy Grant and Financial Secretary Joseph Waight. Another big challenge facing the government is the COVID-19 pandemic. PM Briceño says after meeting with Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin Manzanero, it was realised that the previous administration had no real […]
Written on November 18, 2020 | Posted in
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