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Two weeks ago, we heard from the Leader of the Belize People’s Front, Nancy Marin, who is also a businesswoman and farmer. She has opened a restaurant that offers exotic meats on the menu and ostrich is one of them. But the Forestry Department has an issue with the classification of ostriches, based on international […]
Written on April 13, 2023 | Posted in
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There’s a demand for poultry in the Caribbean and Belize might get the green light to supply CARICOM countries with the coveted source of protein. According to Minister of Agriculture, Jose Abelardo Mai, it could be a good opportunity for Belize, whose prices are competitive with other regions. But the confirmation note is still pending […]
Written on April 13, 2023 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Blue Economy, in collaboration with the Belize City Council and the SEOS International, inaugurated a set of park lights inside the Seashore Park in Belize City today. The lights were installed to improve visibility and safety on the grounds for park goers. We spoke with those responsible for the upgrades. Mirna […]
Written on April 13, 2023 | Posted in
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Police have arrested and charged to men for the murder of seventy-two-year-old Belizean American retiree William Maxwell Smith which occurred on Easter Sunday in San Ignacio. The accused are fifty-nine-year-old Ernest Thompson of Santa Elena Town and twenty-nine-year-old Isiah Azueta of Kontiki Extension. The men were jointly charged with one count of murder, one count […]
Written on April 12, 2023 | Posted in
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In the wake of Easter Sunday’s deadly home invasion in the Kontiki area of San Ignacio, citizen security is once again at the center of public discourse. Notwithstanding a decrease in the number of homicides and other violent crimes when compared to the same period in 2022, the feeling of one’s personal safety is being […]
Written on April 12, 2023 | Posted in
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The Belize Police Department, as well as its counterparts in law enforcement, is yet to identify the location of a suspected drug plane that is believed to have landed in southern Belize over the Easter weekend. Despite the deployment of air assets to survey the area, they have not been able to determine where the […]
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Forty-one-year-old Jermaine ‘Horse’ Garnett has been in the news on numerous occasions, as a criminal being arrested and charged, and later as a reformed gang member who has been working closely with the Leadership Intervention Unit. But when his name came up on the police blotter recently for his alleged involvement in an aggravated burglary […]
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A police officer in Seine Bight Village filed a report against the brother of the Commissioner of Police, Arthur Williams, accusing him of defamation through a social media post. Well, the report reached the desk of the Commissioner of Police and he gave his officers green light to detain and charge his brother. ComPol Williams […]
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Belize is headed to international arbitration following a claim that has been brought British Caribbean Bank Limited and Prize Holdings International Limited. Both companies are affiliated with Lord Michael Ashcroft. The notice of arbitration was filed on April third and lists Prime Minister John Briceño as the respondent. This is in respect of government’s refusal […]
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Last night, we told you about the untimely passing of A.S.P. Fitzroy Yearwood. As we reported, Yearwood passed away after suffering a massive stroke over the weekend which left him hospitalized and unresponsive. Many were hoping and praying for his full recovery, in spite of the negative prognosis, because he had faced a similar medical […]
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A.S.P. Yearwood’s death has also brought into focus the need for police officer to maintain good health while working long hours in often stressful environments. Today, Kareem Musa, the Minister of Home Affairs, and Chester Williams, the Commissioner of Police, weighed in on the issue. Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs “When we took […]
Written on April 12, 2023 | Posted in
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Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa has been assigned to a cabinet subcommittee chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration to address the rampant smuggling of Haitians and Jamaicans through Belize to North America. Under the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, Article 226, the Minister of Immigration has imposed a visa requirement […]
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Where does the Minister of New Growth Industries stand on the shelved marijuana legislation? While we were with him earlier today, Minister Musa also shared his views on the cannabis industry and the proposed legislation that would legitimized the cultivation and sale of cannabis in Belize.
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Is Deputy Commissioner of Police, Doctor Richard Rosado next in line to become the top cop in the Belize Police Department? His political boss, Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa, says yes and explains the system that is generally used to appoint a new Commissioner of Police. This is against the backdrop of three senior […]
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This morning, the Football Federation of Belize officially introduced the Belize Women Under-Twenty National Team at its headquarters in Belmopan. The team consists of nineteen athletes from across the country. They are preparing to represent Belize in the under-twenty CONCACAF qualifiers in Managua, Nicaragua at the end of May. We heard from Wayne Casimiro, the […]
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World champion body painter Trina Merry is in Belize as part of her Body Art Lost in Wonder series. Merry is renowned for camouflaging locals into famous iconic sites around the world such as the Pyramids of Giza, Machu Picchu, Petra and Chichen Itza, among others. Merry’s parents live in Belize and she has been […]
Written on April 12, 2023 | Posted in
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In 2015, Belize signed on to the 2005 UNESCO Convention on Diversity of Cultural Expressions, which encompasses the cultural and creative industries. As a result of our ratification, Belize must submit a report to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, on the status of our diversity of cultural expressions. In order to […]
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Batty says that even the artists and artisans of all walks of life are urged to attend Saturday’s workshop so they too can have their voices heard in the report and give their views on how Belize, as a country, ought to be heading culturally. That all-day event will also take place at the Government […]
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A group of seventy-three Pathfinders Master Guides returned to Belize after attending a one-week camp in Jamaica. Their journey to and from the religious camp is a story on its own, nonetheless, the delegation got to meet Olympic champion Usain Bolt. The camp is a space for networking with other young people across the region […]
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It’s a highly sophisticated board game that is popular across the world. Today, the British High Commissioner hosted twenty Belizean chess players and British chess Grandmaster, Nigel Short, who took them on simultaneously. It happened this evening at the British High Commissioner’s residence in Belmopan and News Five’s Marion Ali was there and filed this […]
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There was a home invasion in San Ignacio Town on Easter Sunday that resulted in the murder of an elderly retiree. William Maxwell Smith returned to Belize in February and was here to oversee the construction of a resort in the Kontiki area, where he also resided. On the morning of April ninth, a pair […]
Written on April 11, 2023 | Posted in
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The officers who responded promptly to the aggravated burglary are being recognized by the Belize Police Department for their quick work in apprehending one of the suspects not far from where the incident took place. Since the arrest and subsequent detention of a second suspect, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams has given assurances that all […]
Written on April 11, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-eight-year-old Francis Augustine, a resident of Hopkins Village, was butchered in the wee small hours of April sixth. When residents of that coastal community woke up on the morning of Holy Thursday, it was to the news that “Chingu” had been stabbed multiple times and left for dead in front of his home. It is […]
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Police have arrested and charged twenty-three-year-old Jermaine Bardalez, a fisherman of Belize City, forty-one-year-old Germaine “Horse” Garnett, a laborer of Saint Martin de Porres area, and twenty-three-year-old Tyrique Garnett of Ladyville, for the crimes of aggravated burglary and two counts of aggravated assault. The arrests come several weeks after a foiled aggravated burglary at that […]
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Everyone knows long-time Carnival enthusiast and coach, Marina Welcome as the life of the party, so-to-speak. Every year for the better part of three decades, Welcome has been preparing, training, and coaching children to represent Jump Street in the carnival road march. But on Sunday evening, someone shot at the retired nurse’s house on Rio […]
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