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Thousands of persons are currently dependent on the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve – for their livelihood, for water, for natural resources. But its value transcends just those who live in neighbouring communities. Thousands more visit the area for recreational purposes, as well as for spiritual and cultural reasons. News Five’s Duane Moody takes a […]
Written on September 19, 2023 | Posted in
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The official opening of the October session of the High Court was scheduled for today and many cases are set to be heard in the weeks ahead. At nine o’clock this morning, court officials were informed that the attorneys at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions had called in sick. The concerted absence […]
Written on September 18, 2023 | Posted in
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In the wee small hours of this morning, a burglar broke into the residence of Justice Nigel Pilgrim in the Hollywood area of Lord’s Bank Village. The forty-four-year-old High Court judge from Trinidad and Tobago was asleep on the second floor of his home when he was startled by a loud bang. When he opened […]
Written on September 18, 2023 | Posted in
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A San Ignacio resident is dead following a traffic accident in Belmopan. On Friday, thirty-year-old Esvin Damian drove from San Ignacio to Belmopan to conduct a business transaction for his furniture store. Later that day while driving on Constitution Drive towards the Hummingbird Highway he lost control of his vehicle. Damian’s Ford F-150 collided into […]
Written on September 18, 2023 | Posted in
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There was also a shooting on Custard Apple Street in Belize City over the weekend that left one man injured. Since the start of the September Celebrations, the police department has been working overtime in an effort to reduce incidents of crime and violence. Here’s more from Assistant Commissioner of Police Hilberto Romero. ACP […]
Written on September 18, 2023 | Posted in
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A Belize City woman claims that she was brutalized by police officers at the Raccoon Street Police Station when she went to file a report over the weekend. Fifty-two-year-old Sherlette Lamb says that she was socializing on Fabers Road at around two a.m. on Saturday morning when a man she knows threatened her life. As […]
Written on September 18, 2023 | Posted in
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The sound of gunshots permeated the dead of night on Far West Street in Punta Gorda Town in the early hours of Saturday morning, as a woman and her common-law husband were targeted during a shooting. When the shooting subsided, thirty-five-year-old Dana Gonzalez lay dead, and twenty-two-year-old Gustavo Mendez was critically wounded. The report is […]
Written on September 18, 2023 | Posted in
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The United Nations is at the half-way point in a deadline to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Agenda. And, the general consensus is that stagnating progress in numerous countries is putting the SDGs in peril. World leaders are now meeting to determine the way forward for the next fifteen years. Prime Minister John Briceño […]
Written on September 18, 2023 | Posted in
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PM Briceño’s remarks at the 2023 SDG Summit also focused on key areas of social protection, education and disaster risk reduction. The Prime Minister also made an urgent call for greater international assistance for developing nations. Prime Minister John Briceño “By 2024 implement a national risk management plan, supplemented by disaster specific strategies for […]
Written on September 18, 2023 | Posted in
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While Prime Minister John Briceño addressed the United Nations earlier today, Deputy Prime Minister Cordel Hyde is in Havana, Cuba where he also addressed a gathering of over one hundred members of the Group of Seventy-seven, also known as the G-77, plus China. During his speech, the DPM touched on the climate crisis, as well […]
Written on September 18, 2023 | Posted in
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On Sunday in Belmopan, three new ambassadors to Belize presented their credentials to Governor General Dame Froyla Tzalam at the Belize House. The ambassadors are His Excellency Carlos Garcia of Guatemala, His Excellency Agostinho de Carvalho dos Santos Van-Dunem of Angola, and Her Excellency Ragnild Imerslund of Norway. The GG also received a courtesy call […]
Written on September 18, 2023 | Posted in
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November fifth has been set as the date for the P.U.P. City Council Convention, and speculations have been running rampant for the past few days. Word is that Mayor Bernard Wagner has already received the nod from the party’s hierarchy to run uncontested as mayor for a third term. Wagner had set this condition in […]
Written on September 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Pollard says that he has a lot of plans that he wants to implement if given the chance to run the city. He says that if the convention endorses Mayor Wagner, he and his supporters will be very disappointed; however, he didn’t go as far as saying that he will protest such a decision. Allan […]
Written on September 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Tonight we’ll look back at the weekend’s celebration activities, including the Belize National Song Competition 2023 and the annual Pan Yaad Concert. Here’s that story. Celebrating the cultural diversity of Belize through music and dance was the highlight of this weekend’s activities, beginning with the annual National Song Competition on Friday. This year, eight […]
Written on September 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. “The man who has no imagination has no wings”. That is a quote from the one and only Muhammad Ali. And, our Junior Cycling National Team most certainly soared to the top with their outstanding performance at the Caribbean Junior Cycling Games […]
Written on September 18, 2023 | Posted in
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We begin tonight’s newscast with the controversy in Benque that wasn’t. On Thursday, we had reported that the Belize National Teachers Union Benque Viejo branch had informed the government that its members had agreed to postpone their school parade today, as initially planned by the Ministry of Education. But it seems that there was a […]
Written on September 15, 2023 | Posted in
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The Minister of Education was also asked for his thoughts on the future of the Belize National Teachers Union. This is in light of the recent resignation of Ruth Shoman, as National President. Minister Fonseca was optimistic about the union’s ability to bounce back from its setback and says he has already met with acting […]
Written on September 15, 2023 | Posted in
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And, as the B.N.T.U. Benque Branch and MOE are at odds over their position on Guatemala’s Independence, activist Audrey Matura is receiving both praise and backlash for spitting on the Guatemalan national flag. Yes, you heard that right. On Thursday evening, while at the Biltmore Plaza, Matura came across a Guatemalan flag standing next to […]
Written on September 15, 2023 | Posted in
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And so, according to Matura, what she experienced on her latest trip to Sarstoon Island was the precursor to her actions on Thursday evening at the Biltmore. She further contended that despite the encounter over the weekend, the Guatemalan Embassy in Belize was allowed to hold its event on Belizean territory as opposed to inside […]
Written on September 15, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, Minister of Education and Culture and fellow attorney, Francis Fonseca was asked to comment on the incident involving Matura and the Guatemalan flag, and he was candid in saying that while Belize and Guatemala have an ongoing dispute before the International Court of Justice, we do have diplomatic relations and the Belize Embassy in […]
Written on September 15, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, the Belize Civic Centre was filled with thousands of primary school children from different districts who came to attend the annual school children’s rally. The spirited event was packed with entertainment, including patriotic songs, a happy birthday song to Belize, the release of forty-two helium-filled balloons and the appearance of the Queen of the […]
Written on September 15, 2023 | Posted in
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Should the Constitution of Belize include a code of ethics for politicians? The conversation has been at the fore since those sexual text messages involving Minister Andre Perez were brought to light. Reporters asked Minister of Education Francis Fonseca if he supports the establishment of a code of ethics for politicians. Here is what he […]
Written on September 15, 2023 | Posted in
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Tonight, eight of Belize’s best musicians will grace the stage as they participate in the 2023 National Song Competition, which will take the form of a concert. The event takes place at the Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts and begins at eight. Minister of Culture, Francis Fonseca says it’s an event that the Ministry […]
Written on September 15, 2023 | Posted in
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Much has been made about Portico’s plan to clear an acreage of mangrove trees near the site of the proposed Port of Magical Belize development. The World Wildlife Fund has also chimed in on the matter, indicating in a previous interview that thousands of acres of tropical evergreen trees will likely be affected. But when […]
Written on September 15, 2023 | Posted in
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On Thursday, reporters asked Minister Fonseca for his thoughts on the topic of gun license reform, as the discussion rages on, and with amendments to the Firearms Act already being passed through parliament. He was also asked if he thinks there should be an audit of the gun license registry. This is what he told […]
Written on September 15, 2023 | Posted in
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