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In the wake of Sunday night’s execution of Orel Leslie, the Belize Police Department is bracing for reprisals. As a result, officers remain vigilant for any developments that will trigger a tit-for-tat between rival gangs in the Lake Independence community. News Five spoke with Commissioner of Police Chester Williams about citizen security amid the ongoing […]
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A woman was murdered inside her house in Cayo on Sunday night. Around seven-thirty on Monday morning, police responded to Tres Puntas Road in San Ignacio Town. There on a bed, they found the body of fifty-two-year-old Danielle Parraton with cut wounds to the neck. A post mortem examination conducted on Tuesday certified that she […]
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Police are investigating a chopping incident that has left a father hospitalized and his seventeen-year-old daughter the subject of that investigation. It happened on Tuesday afternoon in Saint Paul’s Bank, Belize District. Police say that when they arrived at the residence, they saw sixty-seven-year-old Antonio Fermin with a huge cut wound to his head. Fermin […]
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It fell under the radar after it was passed into law, but an attorney has brought to the fore a concern over new penalties one faces if they are charged with trafficking marijuana in Belize. Today, Dickie Bradley pointed out that the penalties, including prison time, as well as the fines and bail for someone […]
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On Friday, we reported that Mesopotamia Area Representative and Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow was being criticized by operatives in the People’s United Party regarding the address he is registered to in that constituency. Barrow is registered to 80 King Street, along with eleven other individuals who are signed up at the same address. Earlier today, […]
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This document shows the signature of one of the complainants, Dorla Vaughan, who states that Barrow resides at number thirteen Saint Charles Street in the Caribbean Shores area, rather than at number eighty King Street in the Mesopotamia Division where he is elected and where he also votes. But today, Vaughn and the other complainant […]
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Bradley says that in law, it is difficult to prove to a court that someone does not live at a particular address because of the very nature of what the word “reside” can be defined as. While Barrow’s voters who showed up to court to defend him had the need arise, they did not wish […]
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As of today, the cost of fuel has gone up by over a dollar at the pump and there was no announcement made by the Government of Belize about the impending price hike. The opposition has been quite vocal about the exorbitant cost of fuel, despite the cost per barrel of oil remaining stable on […]
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The reigning Miss Universe, American-born thirty-year-old R’ Bonney Gabriel and her sister queens from Aruba, Kiara Arends and El Salvador, Alejandra Guajardo were in Belize today as part of a tour of the region onboard the Carnival Vista cruise line. R’ Bonney, who hails from Houston, boarded the cruise ship in Galveston, Texas and traveled […]
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Thirty-four-year-old Orel Leslie was gunned down in the Yarborough area of Belize City on Sunday night by persons believed to be affiliated with the rival PIV gang. It is the most recent execution to be carried out among feuding groups in the Old Capital. In the immediate aftermath of the deadly shooting that ended with […]
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Belgian national Frik de Meyere was taken into police custody earlier today for questioning in connection with the murder of businessman Ricardo Borja. As we’ve reported, Borja was shot and killed as he sat inside his pickup truck outside of an apartment near Coney Drive on August nineteenth. In the wake of the murder, Belize […]
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A Belize City man underwent surgery this afternoon to repair a bullet wound he suffered in Belize City this morning. The shooting happened around nine-twenty a.m., on Vernon Street near its junction with Pine Street, a short distance away from a checkpoint near Mayflower Street. Police say that twenty-seven-year-old Jahleel Goodger was sitting on the […]
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Thirty-one-year-old Javier Martinez, a Mexican national who was detained by police along with six other men last Sunday, was slapped with another charge when he appeared in court earlier today. On Monday, Martinez pleaded guilty to the offense of failure to present himself to an immigration officer upon arrival into the country. He was fined […]
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Classes were called off across Belize District, as hundreds of teachers converged in Belize City. The People’s Constitution Commission hosted its Teachers Constitution Education Forum inside the Saint Catherine Auditorium. The six-hour event saw several lectures on the Constitution of Belize, as well as a question and answer segment where teachers were given the opportunity […]
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Attorney Darrell Bradley went into greater details on how the Constitution of Belize differs from other constitutions in Central America when it comes to the rights that citizens enjoy. According to Bradley, the Constitution of Belize speaks solely to political rights, while other national constitutions within the region include social and economic rights. He explained […]
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Ruth Shoman, the President of the Belize National Teachers Union, has broken her silence on the slew of criticisms that overshadow her presidency since taking office earlier this year. One allegation is that Shoman was once charged for theft and forgery in an embezzlement case. More recently, she was accused of lying to the union’s […]
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The Briceño Administration’s decision to resurrect the Eleventh Amendment earlier in August was criticized as undermining the work of the People’s Constitution Commission. Today, we got a chance to ask Anthony Chanona, the Chairman of the People’s Constitution Commission, if the commission believes the government overstepped by reintroducing the bill to the House. Here is […]
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It’s only four more days before the Carnival King and Queen Competition takes place and carnival enthusiasts have their hopes in their favourite mas bands to either defend their title or pull off an upset. Today News Five’s Marion Ali stopped in at two of the camps that were putting on the finishing touches to […]
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Health issues such as obesity among schoolchildren were among the main topics dealt with at a non-communicable disease expo today in Belmopan. The event was held to educate children and their parents and teachers on healthy diets and the risks that unhealthy foods can cause in children as they grow older. Among the key speakers […]
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It is the start of a new school year under the leadership of a new national teacher’s union president. Ruth Shoman the President of the Belize National Teachers Union says she believes her most important objective at this time is to connect with her members and hear their concerns as classes resume. Among those concerns […]
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As you heard, Shoman noted that some teachers are being asked to resign because they have not met their required continuing professional development hours to start the new school year. Shoman says teachers are already burdened by the cost of preparing to return to school. She contends that having to pay for CDP courses only […]
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President Shoman is also asking the Ministry of Education, why the rush to implement its competency-based curriculum? She argues that some teachers are yet to be consulted on the new curriculum. She further contends that some schools lack basic resources like water and adequate transportation and may not be in a position to take full […]
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We also asked Shoman for her thoughts on the infrastructural woes being faced at the San Pedro High School. A building at the high school has been deemed unfit for use after its ceiling collapsed. Well, Shoman says this is just one example of many school buildings across the country that are unsafe for teachers […]
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Brothers Chris and Santos Herrera from Belize City are working to become the first in their family to complete tertiary level education. They are now seeking the assistance of the public to realize that goal. The siblings are studying in Mexico. Chris is pursuing a degree in psychology and Santos is pursuing a degree in […]
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Holy Redeemer Cathedral is a landmark in Belize City. The church has been a place of worship for persons of the Catholic faith for well over a century. But there’s a major problem, the woodwork inside the cathedral is being devoured by termites and despite an effort to address the problem, the church is turning […]
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