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The last time News Five spoke with Brandon Gillett was back on August eighteenth, when several areas across the country, including parts of Crooked Tree Village, were under water after two days of rainfall. Several persons had to be evacuated and Gillett was on the ground helping those villagers to shelter at the Crooked Tree […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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There was a traffic accident on the Philip Goldson Highway on Monday that involved a B.D.F. truck that was traveling to the northern border on Monday morning. It didn’t result in any fatalities, but three soldiers did sustain varying degrees of head injuries. The B.D.F’s Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Jermaine Burns, said that speeding […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Deadly violence among feuding groups in the area of Antelope Street Extension continues unchecked. For months, the neighborhood has seen a number of incidents that resulted in lives being lost and several persons recovering from injuries received during armed confrontations. On Monday night, shortly after seven p.m., eighteen-year-old Carl Lamb was fatally injured while walking […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Thirty-nine-year-old Leon Perez will stand trial for the murder of Elton Morter who was fatally stabbed during an altercation in Hattieville on Independence Day 2021. In court on Monday, Perez was represented by attorney Ian Gray during a preliminary inquiry before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford that ended in a committal to the Supreme Court. The […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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The United Democratic Party turns forty-nine today. The milestone achievement comes at the tail end of the September Celebrations; nonetheless, members of the U.D.P. commemorated the event by paying homage to the party’s forebears. Beyond the festivity, however, the U.D.P. is at a critical juncture as it remains a house divided almost two years after […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Late this evening, News Five spoke with Party Leader Shyne Barrow, who shared with us the significance of this milestone to the United Democratic Party. Barrow took the opportunity to acknowledge the work of his father, three-time prime minister Dean Barrow, as well as the leadership of the late Sir Manuel Esquivel and Dean Lindo. […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber’s application to run for a sixth time in that constituency was rejected by the U.D.P.’s Nominations Committee last week. The reasons given were several violations of the party’s constitution, as well as Faber’s continued defiance by posting social media comments that are not favorable to the U.D.P. Today, we asked […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Party Leader Shyne Barrow also discussed the comments made by Vice Chairman Alberto August to News Five on Friday. August is on record criticizing the leadership of the United Democratic Party for failure to work effectively with other senior members of the organization. But, according to Barrow, the former U.D.P. chairman is also before the […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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It has been a while since the United Democratic Party has seen bright days. The clash between former leader Patrick Faber – dethroned and cast out by current leader Moses “Shyne” Barrow, has been the talk in political circles recently. And if we could have gotten names to contact, then the information we are about […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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On Monday we brought you the story of Belize Defense Force Captain Damacio Coc who was found hanging from a bed sheet inside his cell at the Belize Central Prison. His was the second suicide in about two months that the B.D.F. has suffered, the first being that of Private Micah Miguel. Captain Coc was […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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While we engaged with the B.D.F Chief of Staff, we spoke about other topics of concern – one of which involves the proposed dismantling of an illegal Guatemalan Settlement called Barrio El Juda in the Adjacency Zone on Belizean territory along the western border. The officer described the issue as a conundrum that has to […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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While the Guatemalans have not set up illegal cattle ranches at Barrio El Juda, they were successful in doing so in other locations deep in our lush jungle near the border. Lieutenant Colonel Burns revealed where the Guatemalans have set up these illegal pastures and what the B.D.F. plans to do about it. Lt. […]
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The Ministry of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation is attending the forty-first Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal, Canada. The International Civil Aviation Organization sets the standards and regulations necessary for aviation safety, security and facilitation, efficiency, and economic development of air transport. The event is being held from September twenty-seventh […]
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Prime Minister John Briceño addressed the Protocolary Session of the Organization of American States on Monday, in Washington D.C. In his speech, he reiterated the important role of the O.A.S. in the territorial dispute between Guatemala and Belize, while noting Belize’s hope for a peaceful solution at the International Court of Justice. P.M. Briceño also […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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The confrontation between members of the Guatemalan Armed Forces and the Belize Territorial Volunteers on the Sarstoon River on September eighteenth came somewhat as a surprise to the Belize Defense Force. That’s because there haven’t been any such flare-ups with them in that area for a few years. Today, the B.D.F’s Chief of Staff, Lieutenant […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Carnival Cruise Line carried out its first recruitment exercise today. The event was organized in partnership with the Belize Tourism Board and is geared towards exposing Belizeans to the employment opportunities that exist within the cruise line industry. Today, interested persons were able to register for an online interview with Carnival Cruise Line for available […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Police officers commanding the various divisions in Belize City toured several National Health Insurance clinics in Belize City today. The tour was organized to identify areas where security can be heightened within these clinics. Additionally, a program is being rolled out for police officers in Belize City to become members of the N.H.I. That program […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Four months after being placed on pretrial detention, eighteen-year-old Tayshaun Burns remains in custody after being unable to make bail for the single charge of rape. In late April, a twenty-eight-year-old woman was sexually assaulted near the overpass in Belize City. The victim subsequently identified Burns as the culprit. She reported to police that she […]
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The Ministry of Economic Development and Resilient Rural Belize paid a visit to the University of Belize Central Farm Campus on Monday to evaluate the progress of an M.O.U. signed back in April. At the time, the Government of Belize, the International Funding for Agricultural Development and the Green Climate Fund, through Resilient Rural Belize, […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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An American national is the latest victim of a murder which occurred out west in San Ignacio. Details as to why Jeffrey Coats was shot as many as nine times outside a nightclub he owned on Wyatt Street is unknown at this time, but there are several persons detained for questioning, since the incident occurred […]
Written on September 26, 2022 | Posted in
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So who was Jeffrey Allen Coats? While he migrated to Belize and started his nightclub, Coats had a criminal past. Reports surfacing online reflect that back on September sixth, 1994, he kidnapped David Grenier and stole his car in Tacoma, Washington. Coats was fourteen years old at the time and was charged with robbery, attempted […]
Written on September 26, 2022 | Posted in
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This is yet another murder in less than four days in the twin towns of San Ignacio/Santa Elena. It is something unusual within the community and has Mayor Earl Trapp concerned because these crimes threaten the public’s sense of security. Earl Trapp, Mayor, San Ignacio/Santa Elena “San Ignacio has always been known to be […]
Written on September 26, 2022 | Posted in
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On Friday, San Ignacio police arrested and charged twenty-two-year-old Christian Kelly for the crime of murder, in the wake of a deadly Independence Day stabbing at the Macal River Park. Police believe that the resident of Roman Catholic Street was responsible for inflicting the fatal injuries on Matthew Smith, a twenty-nine-year-old Belize City resident who […]
Written on September 26, 2022 | Posted in
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An Orange Walk resident who has been charged for murder twice, in separate incidents, has been charged for the chopping death of librarian Bernard Timmons. The incident took place on Independence Day in Orange Walk Town, following the carnival road march. It is reported that Timmons, a resident of Neal’s Pen Road in Belize City, […]
Written on September 26, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize Bus Association, B.B.A., has written to the United Nations Development Fund, U.N.D.P. essentially requesting that buses be given as grants to conduct business. In the letter, written on September fifth, the B.B.A. seemed to chide the organization. The association then went on to state that it was not invited to sit at the […]
Written on September 26, 2022 | Posted in
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