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In a follow-up to our story earlier this week about an alleged attack on a bus conductor by employees of a rival company, Aaliyah Monima says Ladyville police told her that they have detained the people she made the report against. Aaliyah Monima, Conductor, Los Lagos Bus Service “After the interview I came straight […]
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The Belize Social Security Board is celebrating forty years with a new twist. They are giving women who had a baby on their anniversary June first some special supplies. Today, S.S.B. representatives were at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital to meet the moms. And so was News Five. Andrea Polanco, Reporting The Social Security […]
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The story is garnering international media attention and causing Belizeans to put forth all sorts of theories about the case that seems straight out of a murder mystery. But while the speculation continues and the foreign media join local reporters in the hunt for interviews and footage, tonight the woman who has been questioned by […]
Written on June 1, 2021 | Posted in
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The death of Superintendent Henry Jemmott has hit his colleagues hard and also the many people of San Pedro who knew him over the years. While his most recent posting was as commander of precinct two at Eastern Division, today San Pedranos remembered him and his contribution to their community. Duane Moody, Reporting Around […]
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Assistant Commissioner of Police Aaron Guzman is the subject of a police investigation following a fatal traffic mishap in Bella Vista Village on the Phillip Goldson Highway. Reports are that Guzman was travelling from Corozal when his police issued SUV collided into a car being driven by an American woman. While ACP Guzman walked away […]
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Well-known pharmacist Edward Flowers is lucky to have escaped grave injury when he came under gunfire on Monday night in Belize City. The forty-two-year-old had just closed his pharmacy for business when an unknown individual took aim at him. Multiple shots were fired in Flowers’ direction, hitting him in the right shoulder. The incident took […]
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The man charged with the murder of a Ladyville man in 2018 has been sentenced to fourteen years in prison. Robert Brown, who was charged with the murder of Gavin Palmerston, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. But the former heavy-duty equipment operator from Mitchell Estate, Ladyville, will spend only six years and […]
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As all Belizeans know, June first marks the beginning of the hurricane season which runs until November thirty-first each year. While Belize has always tended to be most threatened by hurricanes that form late in the season, tropical cyclones are possible at any time of the year. The Belize Met Service has released the names […]
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The 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season begins today and the Belize Red Cross has been busy preparing for the next six months, amid predictions of up to twenty named storms forming in the Atlantic Ocean. Deadly rains, landslides and floods could further affect communities across the country that are already dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Executive […]
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The pandemic has put a significant strain on the financial and physical resources of the Red Cross. According to Bowman, the state of readiness includes soliciting donations from the private sector. Lily Bowman, Exec. Dir., Belize Red Cross “On an ongoing basis, we solicit donations from the business community for all the programs of […]
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Today, there was a wreath laying ceremony in Flowers Bank to mark the anniversary of the historic 1797 Public Meeting and the Flowers Bank Fourteen. According to the Institute for Social and Cultural Research, the annual festival to celebrate the event could not be held this year. Instead, the wreath celebrates a pivotal moment in […]
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There was a brief handing over ceremony on Monday evening at the Philip Goldson International Airport, where the Mexican government donated two breathing machines to the Ministry of Health and Wellness. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, Reporting A pair of mechanical ventilators was handed over to the Ministry of Health and Wellness […]
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The Briceño administration is proceeding with the reduction of working hours for public officers effective June fourteenth. This morning, Public Service C.E.O. Rolando Zetina sent a circular memo to the Office of the Governor General, the Chief Justice, the Auditor General, Financial Secretary and several others, including C.E.O.s and heads of departments. As conveyed in […]
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On Monday night, News Five brought you the story of Aaliyah Monima, a bus conductor in Ladyville who alleges that she was physically assaulted by a bus driver and a conductor from a competing bus line earlier that day. Tonight, we can confirm that the bus driver and conductor are being sought by police for […]
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The Belize Chapter of the University of the West Indies Alumni Association has a new President. Jamie-Lee Rocke succeeds Shanice Flowers, who held office from 2019 to 2021. According to a press release from the association, Rocke is a two-time graduate of the University of the West Indies, completing her bachelor’s at the Cave Hill […]
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Today, June first, Social Security Board celebrates forty years of service to Belizeans. Over the last four decades, the board has seen exponential growth. Its staff has increased by over one thousand percent. Just about quarter of the population is insured with Social Security and the board’s contributions have grown from six to eight figures. […]
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Looking to the future, S.S.B. announced the launch of its Peransa Project. S.S.B. says the project is an electronic delivery platform that will allow for ease of access to employees’ information using biometric technology. Ward McGregor, Chief Information Officer “The whole concept of the platform is to allow our customers, our employees, our employees […]
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Over the weekend, the Belize Athletics Association held its national games in track and field to determine which top athletes will compete in two upcoming regional tournaments. The selection process lasted two days and as News Five’s Duane Moody found out, these Belizean athletes have been keeping in top shape despite COVID-19 restrictions. Duane […]
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As an athlete, there is need for the body to recover after it has undergone intense stresses during sporting events and it’s no different for track and field athletes. During the national championships held over the weekend, the Belize Track Club provided massage therapy for the athletes as they prepared for the track and following […]
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