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Brandon Hughes and Jose Gomez have been convicted of the murder of businessman Oscar Rosado Senior. The pair appeared before Justice Susan Lamb today in the Supreme Court where she handed down her very first verdict for murder. The incident happened at Rosado’s place of business in April 2023 when he was shot and killed […]
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Earlier this week, U.S. fugitive Aldrick Scott was detained in Caye Caulker and handed over to U.S law enforcement. He is now being held in custody, but Scott is wanted in connection with the disappearance and possible murder of his girlfriend, Cari Allen, a resident of Nebraska. Allen remains missing tonight and reports are that […]
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Has cabinet reversed any policy as it relates to Haitian nationals being permitted to enter Belize? While it is something that is on the radar for policymakers, today, during an interview with Minister Kareem Musa, he says that a decision has not yet been made on that issue. Kareem Musa, Cabinet Minister “In terms […]
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Today, the Network Internacional de Mujeres Empresarias, or in English, the International Network of Women in Business was officially launched in Belize City. Aside from increasing its visibility through the launch, the organization took the opportunity to recruit female entrepreneurs who are interested in networking opportunities with other Belizean-owned companies, as well as entrepreneurs in […]
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San Antonio Village, in the Cayo District, has a newly refurbished library. The library was officially opened at an event today in the village where all those involved in the project were present. We heard from a couple community leaders who shared about the benefits of this library to residents. Alex Balona, Area Representative, […]
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For some time there have been two associations representing real estate brokers in Belize. The Association of Real Estate Brokers of Belize (A.R.E.B.B.) and the Belize National Association of Real Estate (B.N.A.R.) will become one association. The members of both organizations agreed that the associations should have one voice since their missions align. As a […]
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The hunting season for gibnut is closed from December first to May thirty-first. During this period, no one is permitted to have in their possession gibnut carcasses, nor is anyone allowed to hunt these animals, since it is the time when they reproduce. Deputy Chief Forest Officer, John Pinelo Junior says while it is difficult […]
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Pinelo says there are steep penalties if people are caught with the carcasses of these wild animals in their possession. He added that it doesn’t matter whether the animals is taken for private or commercial use, it is still an offence to kill them at this time. On the phone: John Pinelo, Jr., Deputy […]
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Last evening we reported that the Ministry of Agriculture was importing a new species of bees from Israel for honey production. The Ministry’s National Coordinator for Beekeeping, Miguel Huertas explained that this follows the expressed interest from a number of people in learning how to establish colonies of bees and to benefit from it as […]
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This week, we showed you the step-by-step process of making traditional Belizean Christmas sweets that you can get ahead of this holiday season. It’s a picture-perfect Belizean Christmas, but not necessarily ideal for diabetics. That’s until Sabreena Daly went searching for someone who can put a unique spin on traditional Belizean sweets just for persons […]
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With any development, there is a degree of damage to the environment, and tonight we bring you a story of an infrastructure development project in northern Belize that will see portions of Belize’s Maya cultural heritage impacted. It is a case of national development versus the preservation of Maya mounds in an area known as […]
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Earlier this week, the Belize Police Department introduced a new initiative in which it is seeking feedback from the general public, as well as the rank and file of the law enforcement agency, to assist with reshaping its managerial approach to policing. The pilot project has been given the green light by the Ministry of […]
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Additional manpower has been deployed into the streets of Belize City and other parts of the country during the Christmas Season. Annually, the police department ramps up its vigilance in various communities, including downtown Belize City, where certain criminal activities such as burglaries and robberies are likely to take place. With a strategy in place, […]
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2022 comes to an end in less than three weeks and the police department is working overtime to ensure that it maintains a lid on crime and violence going into the new year. While the official statistics will be released in the weeks ahead, the Ministry of Home Affairs anticipates that figures for 2022 will […]
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An arrest is yet to be made in a deadly Sunday afternoon shooting in Belize City that claimed the lives of Cleon Smith Junior and Kendale Ramirez. Despite the mother of Smith’s infant son being taken into police custody for questioning, as well as her current boyfriend, no one has been charged for the double […]
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Thirty-year-old Edward Cabanas is free from jail tonight after he was handed a suspended sentence on a remaining prison term. Back in 2012, Cabanas stabbed his sibling three times in the thigh and the injuries that Brandon Bahadur received ultimately led to his death. On October twenty-first, Cabanas pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of […]
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A.S.R./ B.S.I. and the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association are still in negotiation over a revised Commercial Agreement. As we have reported, Julie- Ann Ellis Bradley has been hired as an independent mediator in these negotiations. All those discussions are confidential, so there is not much that can be said outside the four walls of […]
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Carmelita Government School introduced its student body to a Tilapia farming project seven years ago, as part of an income-generating and money-saving venture for its feeding program. But the school and the Ministry of Agriculture today held a workshop to pass on the intricacies involved to more people. News Five’s Marion Ali stopped by to […]
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Belize produces one of the best quality honeys in the region, extracted from honeycombs created by the Africanized bees. But because the bees can be deadly to human and animal life if they attack in swarms, not very many people tend to gravitate to that line of work. But there’s a new proposal to move […]
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But what about the Africanized bees – they’ve been giving us pure, natural honey in clear and dark colours, depending on the types of flowering plants that the bees feed on during the course of the year. They can also be deadly when they attack in swarms, and stories like this have not been in […]
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This afternoon, the Taiwanese Embassy made a donation to the Caribbean Shores constituency as part of an ongoing hurricane relief effort. Ambassador David Kuan-Chou Chien was on hand to present a check to Area Representative Kareem Musa which will be used to provide much needed aid to residents who were recently affected by Hurricane Lisa. […]
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This afternoon, Minister Kareem Musa was also able to make a donation of basketball tennis shoes to the president of the Belize Basketball Federation’s junior national team. The donation of footwear, according to Musa, came from N.B.A. star Reggie Bullock and Alex Lavin. Kareem Musa, Area Representative, Caribbean Shores “If you would recall when […]
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The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry, B.C.C.I., says that contrary to a press release by the Department of the Environment, D.O.E., it did vote at a meeting held by the National Environmental Appraisal Committee, NEAC, on November twenty-fourth on the Port of Belize Expansion Project. The B.C.C.I. issued a press release late today that […]
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The Government of Belize is seeking funding through the Kuwait Fund and the OPEC Fund for International Development to replace two bridges in Belize City. According to Evondale Moody, BelCan Bridge and the Belize City Swing Bridge are both in urgent need of repair. A recent assessment revealed that the concrete pillars under the BelCan […]
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The Haulover Bridge Replacement Project is thirteen months into construction. The project is expected to be completed by October 2023. The cost of the new bridge is just under forty million dollars. A portion of the works is being funded through a loan from the OPEC Fund. The Government of Belize committed to providing the […]
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