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The Belize Bureau of Standards held a soft launch today for the Belize Energy Efficiency Labeling Scheme (BEELS). As a CARICOM member state, Belize was selected to participate in a pilot energy efficiency labeling scheme for refrigerators, air conditioners, and lighting. In fulfilling this commitment, the Belize Bureau has embarked on the implementation of its […]
Written on November 22, 2022 | Posted in
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While the November nineteenth celebrations were underway, stores across Belize City and elsewhere had its version of “Black Friday” sales this past Saturday slashing prices on almost all products, including household items, Christmas decorations, and other items for the upcoming festive season. News Five’s Duane Moody checked in with some of your favourite shopping spots […]
Written on November 22, 2022 | Posted in
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A businessman was shot dead in San Pedro and his common-law wife was also shot and robbed of their day’s sales. It happened in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday, as Elvis Polanco and Thomasa Garcia were heading home. At the heart of the police investigation are a policeman on interdiction, who was employed as a […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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You just heard that the main suspect in the robbery and murder incident in San Pedro is an interdicted policeman. It is not an unusual occurrence for police officers to seek private jobs. In fact, many people feel safe when they see that the security guard at a business is a serving policeman. But Commissioner […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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In the north, another law enforcement officer is being investigated, following allegations being made against him that he sexually abused a female minor in Corozal District. According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, the Commander of the Professional Standards Branch has been tasked with looking into the matter. What the ComPol may not have been […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, the Magistrate’s Court was supposed to be in session as per usual, but an emergency pause had to be put in effect after court employees walked in the building to find that a portion of their ceiling had collapsed. While they were stunned, the circumstances that led to the incident are not at all […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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A burglar, who was caught inside a church stealing, pretended to be using the bathroom to stave off attention that he had already drawn to himself after prying open the back door to the church. Tonight, twenty-five-year-old Evander Usher is spending his first night in jail and, unless he can convince a Supreme Court judge […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Police Constable Lorray Arzu lost her life following a deadly shooting incident in Dangriga on October twelfth. The twenty-two-year-old woman was along with another individual identified as Leonel Rowland inside a Ford pickup truck when they came under gunfire. During the attack, PC Arzu was struck by bullets in the head. She succumbed to her […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Forty-six-year-old Angelita Requeña and her two children endured a vicious assault over the weekend when her common-law husband attacked them with a knife. The Esperanza resident remains hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, while Michael Williams has since been charged with three counts of attempted murder. According to police, the incident was the result […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Home Affairs Minister Kareem Musa shared the most recent crime statistics with the media last Thursday during an assignment in Belmopan. He told reporters that the numbers of homicides in Belize District have decreased when compared to the same period in 2018. But did he make a mistake with the figures that were presented. Earlier […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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There was a fatal road traffic accident recorded down south over the weekend when a passenger fell out of the back of a pickup truck while traveling along the Southern Highway. According to Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero, twenty-six-year-old Gideon Ishim was seated in the pan of a pickup truck when he fell out in the […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Meanwhile, on Saturday morning near San Estevan Village in Corozal, police responded to the scene of a fatal road traffic accident involving a twenty-three-year-old man who was riding a motorcycle. Paul Vasquez succumbed to his injuries, despite being transported to the Northern Regional Hospital for medical attention. Sr. Supt., Hilberto Romero, Officer Commanding Eastern […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Investment met with forty-six fiscal incentive companies, business representatives and owners of operating and start-up businesses engaged in agriculture, manufacturing and tourism, on Friday. The engagement took place during a Fiscal Incentive Legislative Amendment Consultation at the Belize Institute of Management conference room in Belize City. According to a release from the […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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The Inter-American Development Bank (I.D.B.) has elected a new president. Today, during a Special Meeting of the Bank’s Board of Governors at the I.D.B. Headquarters in Washington, D.C, Ilan Goldfajn (e-lan gold-faj) was elected to head the bank. Nominated by Brazil, Goldfajn will take office for a five-year term on December nineteenth, 2022. As president, […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Trinidad and Tobago is hosting the Eleventh Commonwealth Youth Parliament under the theme, Youth Involvement in Parliamentary Democracy. The Young Leaders Alliance of Belize has selected two youth representatives from its membership to participate in the event. Those individuals are currently in Trinidad preparing to debate a remote work bill. The event brings together participants […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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On November nineteenth, Tobacco Caye saw its first set of hawksbill turtle hatchlings, since five years ago, released into the sea. On September twenty-first, a hawksbill turtle returned to the island to nest. It laid its eggs on The Windward Lodge’s property where the manager of the lodge, Gorlee Bradley, carefully monitored the nest during […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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This year’s celebration of Garifuna Settlement Day drew record numbers in Dangriga where Belizeans from across the country, and others in the Diaspora, gathered for a weekend of nonstop music, food and dance. It was a cultural experience chock-filled with activities for everyone, including Prime Minister John Briceño who led a procession to church for […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Goodnight and welcome back to another edition of Sports Monday. I am Paul Lopez. Let’s jump right into it folks. The biggest basketball match of the year, to date, went down inside the Belize Civic on Friday night. It was all action and no-nonsense when Tuff eNuff clashed with Central Health/Customs in the first of […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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It’s the kind of incident that frequently occurs in the drug world, a hit is placed on persons who cross someone powerful, either over money or product. That’s what police are investigating tonight, following a most heinous occurrence on Thursday. Three friends were executed inside a home in Sand Hill Village and the deadly attack […]
Written on November 18, 2022 | Posted in
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Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero, along with Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, was on the scene this morning. Investigators were canvassing the area and speaking with residents to get a clearer picture of what may have taken place overnight. The Officer Commanding Eastern Division told the media earlier today that while the motive may have been […]
Written on November 18, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize Police Department today received one hundred new body cameras to add their inventory. The body cameras were donated by the Leadership Intervention Unit and handed over to the Ministry of Home Affairs in Belmopan. The use of body cameras is one of the many crime fighting and policing accountability strategies being employed by […]
Written on November 18, 2022 | Posted in
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Homicide cases are down for 2022 in the Belize District. When we caught up with Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa this morning in Belmopan, he expressed his condolences to the families of those victims who lost their lives in Thursday night’s deadly shooting in Sandhill Village. Minister Musa also commented on the homicide rate […]
Written on November 18, 2022 | Posted in
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The Leadership Intervention Unit (L.I.U.) has played a key role in the Government of Belize’s crime fighting strategy, particularly within south side Belize City. The L.I.U. has introduced a number of transformative programs into communities riddled with gang violence and internal feuds. And, those initiatives have yielded significant results, according to Williams Dawson, the chairman […]
Written on November 18, 2022 | Posted in
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And, according to Deputy Commissioner of Police, Doctor Richard Rosado, the L.I.U.’s effort is only one tier in the department’s three-tiered approach to fighting crime. Rosado says that as these community stakeholders play their part in curbing gang-related crimes, the police department is able to focus on the third tier which is crime prevention and […]
Written on November 18, 2022 | Posted in
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Tension amongst feuding gangs within the Antelope Street Extension area continues to pose a challenge to the Belize Police Department. Over the last few days, there have been numerous reports of gunshots in the area. While the L.I.U. continues to collaborate with police in the area, they have not had much success in bringing all […]
Written on November 18, 2022 | Posted in
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