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On Monday night, we shared the story of a pair of elderly brothers from Belmopan who claim that their home in the Maya Mopan community was burglarized and that two hundred and fifty thousand dollars was taken from their home. They also allege that several police officers were involved in the crime. To date, no […]
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Twenty-three-year-old Kyle Latchman remains unaccounted for, in the wake of his father’s murder. His family, despite searching various locations where it is believed that his remains would turn up, is no closer to determining his whereabouts. But they are, perhaps, a step closer to getting a sense of finality where the shooting death of Emert […]
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Twenty-one-year-old Malcolm Heusner will stand trial in the Supreme Court for the murder of Dorian Tzac, as well as the attempted murder of a fifteen-year-old minor. It is alleged that on January thirteenth, 2022, Heusner entered a home on Antelope Street Extension where Tzac and the minor were inside a bedroom. He reportedly opened fire […]
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On Monday, we told you about Valeriano Pop, a Bella Vista resident fighting for his life after receiving third degree burns to seventy-five percent of his body. Pop was burning garbage outside of his home when it exploded and caused his injuries. Today, the media spoke with Station Supervisor of the National Fire Service, Kenneth […]
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And, according to Minister Mai, those producers are pleased with the resolutions made in the meeting and the price they will be able to fetch for their produce during this year’s crop. But, there is a concern that the market will become oversaturated with local onions this year due to over production. Minister Mai told […]
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Belize will find out from the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force, in the months ahead, how effective our efforts have been in countering money-laundering and related activities. The C.F.A.T.F. is currently conducting an evaluation that will extend into 2024. But before that stage, personnel from the task force are in Belize to conduct training with […]
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C.F.A.T.F. is an inter-governmental organization made up of twenty-four member countries and is headquartered in Trinidad and Tobago. It is chaired by Samuel Bulgin, the Attorney-General of Cayman Islands. The task force has a list of requirements for each of the countries that it evaluates. In Belize, the Financial Intelligence Unit is usually tasked with […]
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But since it is widely known that the drug cartels and their hired workers are among the number one pushers of money-laundering operations, we asked Ysaguirre-McGann about the checks and balances in house to ensure that their staff are people of integrity. Leni Ysaguirre-McGann, Deputy Director, Financial Intelligence Unit “Recruitment at the F.I.U does […]
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Back in early December, Prime Minister John Briceño received the presidency pro-tempore of the Central American Integration System (SICA) from Dominican Republic President, Luis Abinader Corona at a meeting of Heads of State and Government of SICA in Santiago de Caballeros, Dominican Republic. And so, for six months, from January to June, PM Briceño will […]
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Tonight’s Belize On Reel feature looks at ten years of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in Belize and the impact of the Muslim faith on our society. Here’s News Five’s Isani Cayetano with that story. Ata’ul Haq, Missionary, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Belize “Before I became a Muslim, I was basically the same as any Belizean, […]
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Back in November 2022, we told you that the Inter-American Development Bank’s Board of Governors elected Ilan Goldfajn as its new president. Today, Goldfajn made his inaugural address from the I.D.B’s Headquarters in Washington D.C. During the address he shared his vision and priorities for Latin America and the Caribbean, as the bank enter a […]
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“Giving Christianity Back to Agape Love”, a new book written by American National Pastor Matthew Carriker seeks to dispel the dogmatic, fear-based belief systems, myths and misinterpretations that permeate the Christian faith. Pastor Carriker first came to Belize in 2001, where he became a teacher at Sadie Vernon High School. He spent three years serving […]
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On Wednesday night, Miss Universe Belize, Ashley Lightburn took on women from across the globe in the preliminary round of the 71st Miss Universe Competition. The preliminaries consisted of three categories, the swimwear competition, the evening gown competition, and the national custom display. We have all those looks for you tonight from the live show […]
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Earlier today, Prime Minister John Briceño confirmed that the Director of Public Prosecutions, Cheryl-Lynn Vidal, has recused herself from the Elmer Nah double homicide case. According to P.M. Briceño, while the D.P.P. no longer has relations with former Deputy Commissioner of Police Marco Vidal, the uncle of the accused, she has informed the Commissioner of […]
Written on January 11, 2023 | Posted in
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Prime Minister John Briceño says Brads Gaming Company has operated for the past ten years without submitting a report to the Lotteries Committee. Brads Gaming Company is required, through its contractual agreement with the Government of Belize, to submit these annual reports. Since taking office, the Briceño Administration has written to the company twice, six […]
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The latest Cabinet reshuffle was announced last Friday. Minister of State Ramon “Monchi” Cervantes was removed from the Ministry of Immigration and placed in the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, alongside Minister Orlando Habet. So, what is the Prime Minister’s rationale behind the shift? That’s what we asked him when […]
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On Tuesday, Cabinet heard a presentation from the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association. According to Prime Minister Briceño, in light of the ongoing negotiation between B.S.C.F.A. and B.S.I., Cabinet has taken the decision to hear presentations from both parties. We asked the Prime Minister about the takeaways from yesterday’s presentation. Here is what he told […]
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There are reports that a number of businesses have taken steps to mitigate the effects of the recent adjustments made to the minimum wage. One tortilla factory in Orange Walk recently posted on social media that it would reduce its opening hours to offset the increase in minimum wage. There are reports that some businesses […]
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Christopher Sosa has been missing for the past six days, but his family only just reported his disappearance on January eighth. His family acknowledges that the twenty-nine-year-old has a criminal past and they believe that he may have been killed and his body dumped somewhere in the Belize District. His sister has led a search […]
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Today at the Radisson, public and private sector stakeholders were invited to witness the launch of the Transportation Leaders Empowered through Education, Awareness and Effective Policy Change on Human Trafficking in Belize. TLEAP Belize, as it is otherwise known, is intended to tackle one of the many aspects of the trafficking of persons in the […]
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The Statistical Institute of Belize’s first report for 2023 takes a look at how the Belizean economy performed, as well as the cost of living, the unemployment rate, and quantity of imports and exports for the first three quarters of 2022. And there is some interesting information that was revealed today. For instance, the unemployment […]
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While the S.I.B. gave an estimate on what Belize’s population was in October 2022 – almost at four hundred and forty-five thousand, a population census is being conducted to reveal the true numbers and to give detailed breakdowns by district, age and gender. The institute’s Acting Director General, Diana Trejo told the media today that […]
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As we reported earlier, the Statistical Institute of Belize released its latest information on the performance of Belize’s economy and the factors that drive its performance. But how are Belize’s new industries performing on the national level? Diana Trejo, Acting Director-General, S.I.B. “The very newer industries we might not be capturing as yet. The […]
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The census that the institute is compiling has proven relevant and helpful in the countrywide redistricting exercise. Today, S.I.B’s Acting Director-General, Diana Trejo explained that the institute has a representative on the redistricting task force and they share information. Diana Trejo, Acting Director-General “The data that we have collected, yes, it’s geo-referenced. This was […]
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An interesting discovery News Five made only a few weeks ago, was that there was no one government ministry or department that could furnish us with even an estimate of the losses that the local economy suffers to the contraband trade. So, today, we posed the question to the S.I.B., if perhaps, there could be […]
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