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It’s a tradition that has been etched in Belizean history and on Saturday night, the seventy-eighth annual National Queen of the Bay Pageant takes place at the Belize City Civic Center. Eight delegates from across the country are vying for the prestigious title and the crown. In tonight’s episode of Kolcha Tuesday, News Five’s Duane […]
Written on August 22, 2023 | Posted in
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Who will win the grand prize of ten thousand dollars and the bragging rights as champion of KTV the Remix, Season Five? It goes down tonight at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts where the grand finale of the 2023 season takes place. The journey started eight weeks ago, with twelve participants and after […]
Written on August 22, 2023 | Posted in
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There is a new Scratch and Win winner. She hails from the island town of San Pedro. She has been buying the tickets off and on for about a year and on Friday night, she purchased a lucky ticket and would go on to win fifty thousand dollars. Today, she travelled to Belize City to […]
Written on August 22, 2023 | Posted in
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There were four murders recorded over the weekend – two in Belize City and two out west, in the Cayo District and in two of the incidents, minors are the victims. We begin tonight’s newscast with the murder of a teenager, believed to be a minor, at Smith’s Family Farm on Branch Mouth Road of […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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A teenager was executed in an abandoned lot on Hunters Lane over the weekend. The fifteen-year-old ran afoul of the law on a number of occasions and was in fear of his life. But on Sunday night, fate caught up with Nigel Ferguson, as he was callously murder a distance from where he lived in […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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A Belize City resident was ambushed and killed on Saturday night in front of his apartment. Reports are that just after eleven-thirty, twenty-eight-year-old Ricardo Borja was inside his white Nissan pickup, when a lone gunman approached and opened fire in his direction. Borja had just returned to the apartment from a night out in the […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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A group of seven Mexican nationals was busted near a checkpoint Corozal over the weekend. The men are believed to be hired guns sent to Belize by a Mexican cartel to take out a well-known drug dealer in Corozal District. It’s a frightening scenario that proves the effortless infiltration of Belize’s northern border by criminal […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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While an investigation is ongoing, this morning, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams told reporters that the Belize Police Department has been utilizing resources made available through the Government of Belize to address the issue of drug-related crimes in Corozal District. The Briceño administration has allotted a million dollars to law enforcement to fight the scourge […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Embattled Belize Rural South Area Representative Andre Perez has taken a leave of absence from his responsibilities as Minister of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation. The decision comes amid a sex scandal involving the San Pedrano and a woman residing in Caye Caulker. Earlier today, the Government of Belize issued a release stating that Prime […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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As we reported at the top of the news, there were two murders in the Cayo District over the weekend. The shooting death of an alleged minor in San Ignacio Town for which Joseph Budna is also under investigation, and then there was the murder of a Billy White villager on Saturday night. Police responded […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Two elderly brothers are recovering from stab wounds they suffered at the hands of a younger relative on Saturday evening in Lemonal Village. The incident happened in front of the Anthony’s residence, where a celebration was happening after a cricket match. And the suspect is no stranger to police. Aside from being the grandson of […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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A twenty-four-year-old Corozal Town resident was shot on Saturday night while socializing at a bar. According to police, the victim, Adonais Rax, was at “Aqui me Quedo Bar” at around nine o’clock when a single gunshot was heard. Rax then realized he was shot. He was transported to the Corozal Community Hospital where he is […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Police are also investigating a chopping incident in the town. According to reports, just before midnight on Friday, police visited Fourth Avenue where they observed twenty-eight-year-old Franklin Moreno with injuries to his arm. Initial investigation reveals that Franklin Moreno and Douglas Moreno were socializing at a local bar when a brawl broke out and both […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Two men were killed in a traffic accident on the Philip Goldson Highway on Saturday morning. The mishap happened at the famous Mameyal Curve near the entrance to San Roman Village and involved a pickup and a motorcycle on which the two victims were travelling. The victims are two men who lived about twenty minutes […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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There was a robbery near mile twelve on the George Price Highway on Friday that resulted in an employee of Grace Kennedy Belize being injured by gunshots. Ellis Arkliss and his sidemen were en route to Belize City when they were ambushed by several persons inside a vehicle. The men fired multiple shots at the […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Today at the Leigh Richardson Building in Belmopan, an opening ceremony was held for a review of Belize’s implementation of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, UNCAC. It’s the second reassessment of the country’s standing since ratification back in December 2016. Fast track to this week, officials are in country to meet with government officials […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Bernardo Arévalo, an anti-corruption advocate representing the progressive Movimiento Semilla party, emerged victorious in Guatemala’s presidential election on Sunday. He defeated former First Lady Sandra Torres. With a complete tally of votes, Arévalo secured an impressive 58.01% of the votes compared to Torres’s 37.24%. The election of Arévalo stands as a robust rejection of the […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. Author and fitness coach, Fred Devito once said, “If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you”. Over the weekend, Belize rural held its 2023 Women Softball Championship, a challenge that saw the top four teams in the area go head to […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Tonight, the Briceño administration is once again under fire after a Cabinet minister is exposed in a sex scandal. On Thursday, we broke the story of a string of raunchy text messages between the Minister of the Blue Economy and Civil Aviation and a legal professional. While the relationship was described as consensual, the woman […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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According to U.D.P. Chairman Michael Peyrefitte, the prime minister should have referred the matter to the Belize Police Department since it involves a threat of harm to the physical wellbeing of the woman. In his opinion, as a parliamentarian, Peyrefitte also calls for the Minister of the Blue Economy to step down from his post […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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But what about the United Democratic Party’s own skeletons? Allegations were also brought against members of the U.D.P. It’s a point that the party chairman acknowledges, but also took the opportunity to chide the NGO community, as well as other government agencies for being quiet on the issue. Mike Peyrefitte, Chairman, United Democratic Party […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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In reiterating the point that the opposition is not concerned with the minister’s personal life, the U.D.P. Chairman also spoke to the need for decorum, as well as moral standards to be upheld by persons elected or appointed to parliament. Mike Peyrefitte, Chairman, United Democratic Party “If this particular minister committed adultery or whatever, […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Late this evening, Minister Andre Perez issued a seven-page press statement related to the allegations against him. The release comes with selected screen shots of Whatsapp messages between the attorney and himself. He starts by saying that he is most remorseful for the shame he has brought his wife, children and constituents. Minister Perez says […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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As we mentioned earlier, the U.D.P. has also called on the police department to conduct an immediate, transparent investigation into this matter, with a view to charging him criminally and prosecuting him once there is sufficient evidence against him. The release states in part that “Oftentimes, those in high positions assume that the laws of […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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The efforts to deter price gouging in Belize seem to have been less than effective so far, with businesses across the board racking up the prices of their goods and merchandise. In order to put a dent in what the merchants have been successful at doing, this week the Cabinet heard from the Controller of […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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