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Today, at City Hall, the Key to the City of Belize was presented to Andre Gray. If you are wondering who that person is and why he is being given this honor that’s because Gray, a Belizean/American, is being identified as a Belizean treasure. Born and raised in the Jewel, Gray migrated to the U.S. […]
Written on January 11, 2023 | Posted in
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It was his first interview for the New Year, and today, Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner gave an update on various projects and issues across the city. This time of the year is primarily when the revenue stream from property and business taxes roll in. The monies collected are the primary lifeblood of the council, […]
Written on January 11, 2023 | Posted in
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During an interview with Mayor Bernard Wagner today, he also gave an update on a project to introduce electric buses and taxis to the public transportation system in Belize City. The E.U.-funded pilot project, which is being implemented through the United Nations Development Programme, began back in 2018 and is on schedule to come on […]
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After years of asking, residents of Ambergris Caye are finally getting a state of the art hospital. The cost to construct the hospital will be thirty-three million dollars. But, this is not coming out of public funds, because the Government of Belize was able to secure the finance through a grant from the Republic of […]
Written on January 11, 2023 | Posted in
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On Tuesday, we showed you the images on the progress at the Berger Field and Prime Minister John Briceño making a statement that the government would like to see more facilities like that installed across the country. Today, when News Five caught up with Minister of Sports Rodwell Ferguson, he says that the venture would […]
Written on January 11, 2023 | Posted in
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Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in cash! That is what two elderly brothers are claiming they lost during an aggravated burglary in Belmopan. The eighty-year-old and seventy-five-year-old siblings from Maya Mopan had just arrived home from working their farm on the night of October fourteenth, 2022, when a group of armed men barged into […]
Written on January 10, 2023 | Posted in
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The Belize Police Department turned to seasoned attorney ‘Dickie’ Bradley to carefully review a set of files pertaining to former Woman Police Constable Michelle Brown’s alleged involvement in the death of Fareed Ahmad. It did so over the weekend after much public pressure was brought to bear on the department to reopen an investigation into […]
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According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, the witnesses who cooperated with the investigation into the accident that killed Fareed Ahmad, testified in court that there wasn’t a third person inside the sports utility vehicle that night. He says that testifying to the contrary, all these many years later, would only call into question the […]
Written on January 10, 2023 | Posted in
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In the murder of Michael Williams, who was also shot and killed in the Maya Mopan area of Belmopan on December twenty-seventh, 2022, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams initially told reporters that his death was believed to be drug-related. On January third, he also told reporters at a press conference that the department believes that […]
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The three-way race for the Garden City is several weeks away and tonight, U.D.P. Party Leader Shyne Barrow has come forward to announce that he is throwing his support behind former Chief Executive Officer George Lovell. As you would know, John Saldivar has been cleared by the U.D.P.’s National Party Council to participate in the […]
Written on January 10, 2023 | Posted in
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Less than two weeks ago, on New Year’s Eve, American visitor J’Bria Michelle Bowens, from Indianapolis, was vacationing in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye along with her family when she was shot dead. The incident occurred near the Central Park and the nursing student was not the intended target of the shooting. The killing of a […]
Written on January 10, 2023 | Posted in
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Despite the “black eye,” associated with the tragedy, last week, C.N.N. Travel listed Belize among the top twenty-three destinations to visit this year. It speaks to the ease of travelling to the Jewel and tourists being able to experience both marine and terrestrial attractions. The article reads, “Lush rainforests, cave networks, winding rivers and rich […]
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The final figures for the 2022 tourist arrivals will be released in the days ahead, but at the Belize Tourism Industry Association A.G.M. today, stakeholders were talking about the boom that they had experienced during the end of the year, which we all know is the peak of the high season for tourism. One hotel, […]
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One of Belize’s oldest allies has come forward with assistance for hurricane victims, as well as to help upgrade the Protocol fleet at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Government of South Korea, which shares thirty-five years of diplomatic ties with Belize, has provided hurricane aid in the form of a check worth two hundred […]
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Berger Field is a location where many of Belize City’s past football talents were realized. In the seventies and eighties, the field was one of the main venues on the south side where people gathered to watch official matches between the best teams, or where neighbourhood players went to hone their skills on the pitch. […]
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Crooked Tree is one of the oldest Creole villages in Belize, but while it has its historical features, it also has its challenges. Naturally low-lying, the village’s lagoon acts as a basin in the rainy season, so when the rains are incessant, flooding becomes a problem and parts of a reconstructed causeway can be impassable. […]
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The roads in southern Belize have also needed to be upgraded and the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing has been trying to keep up with not only the heavy rains but resurfacing the roads quickly enough and in time for smaller vehicles to reach from point A to point B. But the constant rains […]
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But the road condition’s interruption of classes for these past two days will not require teachers to make up for lost time with the students of Trio Village. President of the Belize National Teachers Union, Senator Elena Smith told News Five today that the time can be recovered during the normal course of the semester. […]
Written on January 10, 2023 | Posted in
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The thirty-seventh annual general meeting of the Belize Tourism Industry Association was held at the Biltmore Plaza Hotel today. It was an event used to reflect on the accomplishments, as well as the shortfalls of 2022 and the plan for the year ahead. Industry stakeholders were present for the event and News Five’s Duane Moody […]
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Miss Universe Belize Ashley Lightburn is set to take the stage at the Seventy-first Miss Universe preliminary competition on Wednesday, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Lightburn has been with the Miss Universe delegates all week attending a number of events. And, today she engaged in what is perhaps one of the most important aspects of the […]
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You would have heard the buzz around a sparkling wine that was made through partnership between Wine Smith Belize Limited and Stig Da Artist. Etre Vu was launched in the U.S. and Belize at the end of December, but in tonight’s episode of Kolcha Tuesday, we sit down with Belizean winemaker Joseph Smith, who is […]
Written on January 10, 2023 | Posted in
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The family of seventy-four-year-old Romaldo Che is mourning his death after a driver knocked down the elderly farmhand and did not stop to render any assistance. The fatal road traffic accident occurred on Sunday night around nine-thirty on the San Estevan Road in Orange Walk Town. Reports are that even as Che was struck, the […]
Written on January 9, 2023 | Posted in
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Up to news time this evening, no one has been detained in connection with the road traffic accident in which Romaldo Che lost his life. At a press conference this afternoon, Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero shared brief details on the incident, asking for the public’s assistance. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, O.C., Eastern Division “Police […]
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On Saturday, after days of search, the body of Luke Hansen was recovered from the Belize River, in the vicinity of Banana Bank. It was the third day of a search effort and Belize Coast Guard personnel, as well as members from the Belize Search and Rescue Team, were back on the river along with […]
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Police have arrested and charged three of their fellow law enforcement officers in connection with the death of Andrew McDougal back in December 2022. McDougal succumbed to injuries he sustained after being thrown into the pan of a police mobile while being detained. As a result, police formally arrested and charged twenty-nine-year-old John Lucas and […]
Written on January 9, 2023 | Posted in
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