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Rugby Belize will be hosting two international rugby legends from the twenty-second of March to the twenty-seventh. During their visit, a number of events will be taking place to raise the profile of the sport in Belize, including visits to various schools. In addition, Rugby Belize will be hosting an inter-district tournament on March twenty-sixth […]
Written on March 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Today was observed as World Down Syndrome Day with the theme “With Us Not For Us” to honour the people who have more challenges and disabilities in life. It was set aside some years ago by UNICEF to honour their right to fair treatment and equal opportunities to improve their lives. Today the message was […]
Written on March 21, 2023 | Posted in
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The Special Education Unit in the Ministry of Education has been undergoing a remodeling of sorts to maximize the training that teachers receive in special education, as well as the lessons that children who need those services receive. Today, Program Coordinator of that unit, Christie Almeida shared what priority areas have been identified and already […]
Written on March 21, 2023 | Posted in
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If you are the owner of a motor vehicle, you would, at some point in time, be advised to include a fuel additive to help with the performance of the vehicle as it burns fuel. It also helps with the maintenance of the vehicle’s engine. Well today, UNO Belize officially launched its new package of […]
Written on March 21, 2023 | Posted in
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We begin this evening’s newscast with the ruthless ambush and murder of a man in front of his home in Belize City on Sunday morning. It happened at number six Watermelon Street in the Faber’s Road Extension area, shortly after eleven and claimed the life of Raheem Arnold, also known as “Footy”. The attack on […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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The murder of a young man in Camalote Village at the start of the weekend has plunged a family into deep sadness once again, as they were still grieving the loss of another loved one to gun violence. It happened just before midnight, when Floyd Montero was leaving a residence where he was socializing with […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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A family from Belmopan says that they were victims of a home invasion on Thursday, during which the intruders reportedly wore police boots. It’s a claim that ticked off the Belize Police Department and its Commissioner, who made clear to the media that there are no boots that are unique to the Belize Police Department. […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Over the years, St. Matthew’s Government School has been burglarized and vandalized by thieves who broke into classrooms during the summer vacation when teachers and students were away from the compound. They were able to rebound from the losses they incurred when the intruders made off with valuable classroom items. But what happened on Saturday […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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A fifty-two-year-old Belize City resident is tonight behind bars for the death of a twenty-three-year-old Belize City disc jockey. Fifty-two-year-old Manuel Ramos is being accused of driving under the influence of alcohol beyond the prescribed limit, after his red Chevy Colorado collided into another vehicle on the Phillip Goldson Highway and claimed the life of […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Two little brothers from Blue Creek Village, Orange Walk District were victims of a traffic accident that claimed one of their lives on Saturday. One of the siblings perished at the scene and the other is in serious condition after the motorcycle they were driving in the village crashed into a Toyota 4-Runner S.U.V. Communications […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Another traffic accident on the Hummingbird Highway proved to be fatal on Sunday evening. It involved a pickup truck, but the Police Department’s Communications Director, A.S.P. Fitzroy Yearwood explained that he is waiting to be briefed by investigators on the details of the accident. However, he did share the name of the deceased with us. […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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On Friday, we reported that a claim had been filed against the Minister of Sustainable Development in the High Court on behalf of Waterloo Holdings. This is in respect of the appeals tribunal that was constituted following an amendment to the existing Environmental Impact Assessment regulations. We also established that one of the panelists on […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Minister Habet also chimed in on Waterloo’s position that the revision of the E.I.A. Regulation purposely places the company at a disadvantage, notwithstanding the fact that the appeal process is already underway. Isani Cayetano “How would you respond to the challenge that perhaps the amendment to the EIA regulations puts the company at a […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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A Ladyville man is behind bars for burglary after allegedly breaking into a home and stealing a cell phone. Freddy Vasquez is accused of entering the home of Ladyville resident Marvin Contreras where he reportedly stole a Samsung J10 cell phone valued at three hundred dollars. When Vasquez appeared before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford today, […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Tonight, Belize City resident, Kirk Pitts finds himself behind bars after falling short on his promise to pay money towards an outstanding court fine. Back in February, Pitts was pardoned by a Senior Magistrate after making a promise that he would be paying in installments towards a two thousand and ten dollars fine which had […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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In commemoration of World Wildlife Day, Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, Orlando Habet, has formalized government’s commitment with nine local wildlife rehabilitation centers via a Memorandum of Understanding. This is in recognition of the conservation community that has been instrumental in conserving, rescuing and rehabilitating, release and re-wilding of Belize’s […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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The Forest Department also awarded Wildtracks, one of its rehabilitation partners for its outstanding contribution to wildlife conservation and rehabilitation. Since its inception in 1990, Wildtracks has responded to numerous wildlife emergencies, rehabilitated one hundred and sixty-six primates and returned over ninety-five primates back to the wild. Paul Walker is the director. Paul Walker, […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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The Diaspora Relations Unit (D.R.U.) within the Ministry of Tourism & Diaspora Relations ran a one-year campaign where members of the Diaspora got a chance to register into the Diaspora Registry. Those who registered into the registry got a chance to enter a raffle to win a piece of land in Belize. The campaign started […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Good evening and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. It was another weekend of high-flying, goal-scoring and road-racing events across the country. We will tell you all about it in a few, but first in recognition of Child Stimulation Month, we would like to highlight two groups that are encouraging […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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The Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management is headed to court, following an application filed on behalf of Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited on March sixteenth. Viewers would recall that the Department of the Environment which falls within that portfolio issued a public notice in February introducing an amendment to the Environmental […]
Written on March 17, 2023 | Posted in
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News 5 has confirmed that hotelier Lucy Fleming has written to Judge Farnese declining the appointment to the appeals tribunal, citing her own reasons for doing so. In the case of Professor Terrence “Terry” Hughes, he is also on public record opposing dredging, as well as developments near reefs. So the claimants have expressed that […]
Written on March 17, 2023 | Posted in
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Eighteen-year-old Bevan Curtis Alford was arraigned earlier today for the murder of Freddy Chicas whose decomposing body was retrieved a week ago from an area near the Eight Mile community. Chicas, who was reported missing by his family a few days earlier, had been dispatched with a single round fired into his head. Alfred appeared […]
Written on March 17, 2023 | Posted in
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A life sentence was handed down in the courtroom of Justice Herbert Lord earlier today, several months after twenty-seven-year-old Jason Sanchez, also known as Jungle Rat, was convicted of murder. A fixed term of thirty years in prison has been imposed on Sanchez, who will not be eligible for parole until that term has been […]
Written on March 17, 2023 | Posted in
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He was supposed to appear in the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court today in one of several adjournments his case is expected to see, but Elmer Nah’s case was further adjourned until May seventeenth. The new adjournment came about because of a request that Nah’s attorney, Leeroy Banner made of the court since he couldn’t make it […]
Written on March 17, 2023 | Posted in
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Serious crimes in Belize City might have been on a decline over the past few weeks, but Commissioner of Police Chester Williams explained that in the districts, particularly in Orange Walk, there is a need to strengthen the police presence and crime-fighting mechanism. He said that in the Trial Farm community, there will be some […]
Written on March 17, 2023 | Posted in
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