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The World Monuments Fund has announced that the Lamanai Archaeological Reserve and its wider Cultural Landscape has been named to the 2022 World Monuments Watch. This is a selection of twenty-five heritage sites of worldwide significance whose preservation is urgent and vital to the surrounding communities. According to Heritage Education Network Belize, the Watch sites […]
Written on March 8, 2022 | Posted in
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A Belizean contestant will be featured in the forty-second season of the long-running C.B.S. show “Survivor”. Romeo Escobar is well-known in the world of pageantry for his work with the Miss Universe Belize Organization. Well, he decided to put aside the glitz and glamour to rough it out in the unforgiving wilderness of Fiji, in […]
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The lives of five families in the Orange Walk District were changed when they received the keys to their new homes. The families received the homes through the Ministry of Infrastructure, Development and Housing under the Ministry’s Pilot Homes Project. Present to hand over the homes were Prime Minister John Briceño, Area Representative for Orange […]
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A Gulf Stream jet, laden with an unknown quantity of cocaine, touched down in a remote area of the country in the wee early hours this morning. The Joint Intelligence Operations Center was notified of a flight pattern originating in South America that indicated that the aircraft was headed to Belize. Immediately, law enforcement teams […]
Written on March 4, 2022 | Posted in
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According to ComPol Williams, the responding officers were once again met with spikes that punctured their vehicle tires. While a Mexican air asset was aloft, the coast guard vessel that was dispatched to the location did not arrive in time to intercept the fleeing go-fast boats. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police, B.P.D. “We had […]
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The aircraft landed successfully on a marshy island and is intact; however, removing it from the location, says the Commissioner of Police, will be a challenge. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police, B.P.D. “Through J.I.O.C., coast guard assistance was requested because the information was relayed by the Mexican air assets. We knew then that it […]
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The Supreme Court has struck down an application for judicial review by the United Democratic Party in connection with the Microsoft contract awarded to SMART Belize Limited by the Government. On Wednesday, Justice Sonya Young found that the three point four million dollar contract awarded to SMART for Microsoft 365 licenses for a period of […]
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After a two-year interruption caused by the COVID Pandemic, and very short notice, the Annual Belikin La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge is on. For the next three days, forty-six teams competing in eight different categories are paddling from Santa Elena Town, Cayo, to Belize City. Our news team of reporter, Marion Ali, and cameraman, […]
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And while the La Ruta Maya race is an event that has survived more than two decades, protecting the health of the river where the race is conducted is where the challenge lies. Here’s News Five’s Marion Ali with a report on how organizers plan to keep the river and its banks clean and safe. […]
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Why should Belizeans care about what happened in San Pedro at the CARICOM and SICA meetings over this past week? Was it just another high level political meeting with all talk and no action? News Five’s Paul Lopez was covering the story and has important moments that could indeed matter for Belize. Paul Lopez, […]
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A trio of men, including two police officers, assigned to the security detail at the recent CARICOM/SICA Summit in San Pedro has been remanded to the Belize Central Prison after they were arrested for discharging firearms in the vicinity of Grand Caribe. It happened in the small hours of Wednesday morning when a sergeant and […]
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Tonight we hear from the sister of Andre Sanker. Eighteen-year-old Sanker was seriously injured during a shooting in Corozal on Wednesday night. The situation is very real and frightening for the entire family and more so for Marlyn Galvez because the incident happened on her birthday. So what triggered the gun violence? Galvez says that […]
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Andre Sanker was struck to the back and was transported to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in a critical condition. He has since been stabilized, but he is still not out of harm’s way. This morning, when we spoke with his sister Marlyn Galvez, we got an update on his prognosis. She says that her […]
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An on-the-job skills training programme organized by the Department of Youth Services concluded today with a graduation ceremony at its headquarters in Belize City. The programme, which engaged young people from different walks of life, served as a bridge that linked them with employers across the country. While two hundred and thirty participated countrywide, Belize […]
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During an interview with the Director of the Department of Youth Services, Kevin Cadle, News Five learnt about another initiative which will see young people who may previously have been involved with gangs returning to the classroom. While that programme will soon be launched, Cadle says that the department is working along Leadership Intervention Unit […]
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Belize’s musical legend, the Mighty Lord Rhaburn celebrated his eighty-sixth birthday on Thursday. It’s quite an achievement for an artist who has spent the better part of seven decades as a preeminent figure in Caribbean music. Earlier today, News Five’s Isani Cayetano sat with the Belizean icon whose given name is Gerald Rhaburn. He spoke […]
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Kensington Palace has sent out more details about the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Caribbean tour to commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Their Royal Highnesses will begin their three-country visit in Belize on March nineteenth. While no specific locations have been shared, the palace says they will visit sites that celebrate Maya and Garifuna cultures, […]
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Earlier this week, we brought you the story of Belizean painter, Alex Sanker and his depiction of the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Motley. Sanker was doing the painting live in San Pedro during the CARICOM meeting, hoping PM Mottley would catch wind of the work so that he could hand it over as a […]
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As Belizeans begin the long Heroes and Benefactor’s Day holiday weekend, News Five decided to go in search of some everyday, real life heroes. Unlike most of us, they probably won’t be taking the day off on Monday. Instead, they will be standing by in case one of us has a medical emergency requiring them […]
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There were two murders reported overnight – one in Belize City and the other in the Japan area of Ladyville. While unrelated, these incidents occurred within an hour of each other. It is not known what really transpired inside a house in the village, but around seven-thirty p.m., shots rang out and one friend had […]
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Shortly after eight p.m. on Wednesday, a volley of gunshots disturbed the silence near Sister Cecilia’s Home for the Elderly. When the gunfire subsided, a waterfront worker laid motionless on Wilson Street and not far away from his bullet-riddled body was the bicycle he was riding. Investigators are still trying to piece together what led […]
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There was also gun violence up north, in Corozal Town. Three friends: Andre Sanker, Leonardo Acosta, and Ainsworth Matura were accosted by a gunman just before eleven o’clock on Wednesday night. The assailant reportedly walked up to them and fired several shots. Eighteen-year-old Sanker was hit multiple times. He was rushed to the Corozal Community […]
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Two days of discussions between CARICOM Heads of Government concluded with a press conference on Wednesday evening. The conference was led by Belize’s Prime Minister John Briceño, CARICOM Secretary General Carla Barnett, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Barbados Mia Mottley, and the President of Suriname, Chandrikapersad Santokhi. News Five’s Paul Lopez has been […]
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As the CARICOM meetings wrapped up, preparations were being made for the CARICOM-S.I.C.A. Summit. Arrivals began as early as Wednesday evening for the summit of Central American leaders that took place today. It ended with the signing of the San Pedro Declaration. News Five’s Paul Lopez reports. Paul Lopez, Reporting S.I.C.A. Representatives began arriving […]
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In more news from the CARICOM heads of government meeting earlier this week, we spoke to the foreign Minister of Jamaica, Kamina Smith, about her thoughts on the meeting. She also spoke about Jamaica’s contribution to trade in the region. Here is what she told us in this exclusive News Five interview. Kamina Johnson […]
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