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Over ten thousand persons tuned in on Facebook and YouTube as the live shows for season five of KTV the Remix aired on Tuesday night. The twelve singers who made the cut were revealed as they took the stage at the Bliss to perform a song of their choice that showcased their vocal […]
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Fultec Systems Limited is celebrating its thirty-first anniversary and doing so with a series of activities for its loyal customers, as well as its business clients. Today at the Biltmore Plaza Hotel, the company hosted a seminar in collaboration with Dell Technologies to discuss the issues of data protection, disaster recovery and cyber resilience. […]
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And, we end our newscast tonight with a report from our regional counterparts attending the Conference of the Heads of Government of CARICOM in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. The conference was hosted by the Right Honorable Keith Christopher Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago, and chaired by Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of Dominica. Here’s more from […]
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Police have a new murder to solve in Belize City. This morning, investigators were summoned to the Lord’s Ridge Cemetery where they discovered the body of Gabriel Tillett, an eighteen-year-old labourer of the Pitter Street area, near Antelope Street Extension. That is a few blocks away from where the youth’s body was found. Someone passing […]
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Two fires were recorded over the weekend out west; one of which claimed the life of a mother of three. The fire broke around three a.m. on Sunday in the Duck Run One community and while the property owner’s mother was able to escape unhurt, they would later that day realise that Mendez, an employee […]
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The second fire also occurred on Sunday morning, but this time in San Ignacio. Just before dawn, a fire started inside a two-storey house on Second Street with its owner, Leopoldo Waight, inside. The upper flat of the building, where it is believed that the fire started, was wooden and the ground floor was concrete. […]
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Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow has written to Royal Caribbean Group in response to a letter from Vice President Josh Carroll two weeks ago. In Barrow’s letter, he raises several concerns, including the legal opinion presented by Doctor Ben Juratowitch, the minutes of the meeting from the 2021 NEAC meeting, as well as the proposed use […]
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On Monday, the Government of Belize issued a press release reiterating its position on Portico, presumably to get ahead of a fresh round of criticism in light of new revelation that the Briceño administration was advised of the illegality of the Definitive Agreement long before it was presented in Cabinet. The fifty-one page document is […]
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The cost of living has been a hot-button issue since before the COVID pandemic subsided. Since then, other events, such as the high cost of fuel, freight costs, and the war in Ukraine have prolonged the inflation that Belize and the rest of the world are experiencing. Nonetheless, there are measures governments can take to […]
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Chief Executive Officer Valentino Shal, of the Ministry of Labor and Local Government, led a delegation to Panama City where they attended a regional workshop hosted by the Regional Conference on Migration and the International Organization for Migration. The conference focused on the exchange of experiences regarding migrant workers, domestic and agricultural work, and circular […]
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Micro and small businesses that operate within the Orange Walk District took part in the first-ever Fairtrade Market Day on Saturday. Despite a heavy downpour that lasted for the better part of two hours, it did not dampen the spirit of the occasion or the businesses from selling their products. Orange Walk, known for its […]
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Over the weekend, the Belize Zoo issued a statement on its social media pages on the passing of Sylvia the Jaguar. Sylvia was an ambassador wild cat that has been a part of the Belize Zoo family for six years and easily became one of the animals with whom visitors developed a bond with. Unfortunately, […]
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For the past five years, she’s been known as the Communications & Marketing Director of the Football Federation of Belize and, through her job at the F.F.B., it affords her the opportunity to work with CONCACAF. That opportunity has landed Yashmin Juan in a position she has always wanted to be. She has been appointed […]
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The fiftieth anniversary of the Caribbean Community, better known as CARICOM is being celebrated in Trinidad at the forty-fifth regular meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government. On Monday night, we shared with you details of the meeting as it relates to reviewing the accomplishments achieved for the region, including a focus on crime. […]
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It’s finally here and promises to be bigger and better than previous years. We’re talking KTV The Remix Season Five and it’s going down live at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts at eight o’clock. Twelve contestants will take the stage in their first public appearance of the annual competition. To hold you over […]
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We begin tonight’s newscast with the shooting death of a sixteen-year-old minor that occurred on Rivero Street on Sunday. The minor reportedly went to commit a crime, but his would-be responded and shot him dead. Even as he took his last breath face down on the ground, his partner in crime would retrieve the gun […]
Written on July 3, 2023 | Posted in
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This afternoon, ComPol Chester Williams, along with members of the Leadership Intervention Unit, was out in the Rivero Street area speaking with residents, as well as the Matura family. Tension has been building in the area and the commissioner says that there will be increased police presence. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “The area […]
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An altercation at the Elton Gillett Park in Burrell Boom last Friday night has left a Coast Guard officer unconscious and partially paralyzed and several persons in police detention. The story has two main versions, one that accuses the Coast Guard Officer, Daniel Sabido of being the attacker, and another that has him as a […]
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The Briceño administration has restated its position on the scandalous Definitive Agreement, following the leak of another confidential paper that was presented back in April. Legal advice on the validity of the Definitive Agreement was in fact sought by the Government of Belize and, despite the professional opinion of renowned advocate, Doctor Ben Juratowitch, the […]
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The current redistricting exercise is not without its share of controversy. A Re-Division Task Force Report prepared by several members of that working group, including Chairperson and Chief Elections Officer Josephine Tamai and Senator Collet Montejo has also been leaked to the media. In the situational analysis presented in the document, it establishes the fact […]
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According to Area Representative Andre Perez, the proposal being put forward by the Re-Division Task Force is not etched in stone, and Belize Rural South can very well remain untouched during the redistricting process. Andre Perez, Area Rep, Belize Rural South “Whether it has to happen by law, I have no choice, but I […]
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A little boy was knocked down and killed in Corozal Town shortly after midday on Sunday. It happened just after the seven-year-old and his family had left church and were riding their bicycles on Third Street, heading home. Today, Asuceli Chan told News Five via phone that her son, Juan Osorio, was riding his bicycle, […]
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Today Assistant Commissioner of Police, Hilberto Romero shared the details of the accident with the media. The accident happened shortly after midday on Sunday. The impact was so severe that the little boy died before he reached the hospital. Romero said that the driver of the vehicle is detained and that upon the completion of […]
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A chopping incident in Bella Vista on Saturday has left Edgar Lorenzama with a severed arm after he was viciously attacked by an individual with whom he had an altercation in the village. According to Assistant Commissioner of Police Hilberto Romero, police are looking for Giovannie Beltran in relation to the incident. A.C.P., Hilberto […]
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Nineteen-year-old Mark Godoy has been remanded to the Belize Central Prison after he appeared unrepresented in the lower courts this morning. The Santa Barbara Street resident was busted on Saturday in possession of an unlicensed firearm and ten live rounds of ammunition. He was taken before Senior Magistrate Baja Shoman where he was read charges […]
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