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The era of digital and technological advancement has made life much easier than back in the day when missing a call would mean not being able to reach the person for several hours until they reached another point where there was a telephone. So now that there are countless brands and models of cell phones, […]
Written on December 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Days before Christmas, a two-months-old baby boy was left without a father following a murder in Carmelita Village, Orange Walk. Forty-five-year-old Hugo Rodriguez was fatally shot while returning home from a local shop on Sunday night. Rodriguez’s murder unfolded after an altercation at the store. Hipolito Novelo reports. Hipolito Novelo, Reporting Baby Justin Daniel […]
Written on December 18, 2023 | Posted in
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A father of three was fatally stabbed to death in San Pedro on Friday night. It happened while he and his common-law wife were leaving their place of work, a resort that is located on the Mahogany Bay compound. Already, police have arrested and charged eighteen-year-old David Lambey for the crime. While police say the […]
Written on December 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Tonight, Belize City police are no closer to catching up with the individual who ruthlessly pursued and gunned down nineteen-year-old Leslie Young Junior in the wee small hours of Friday morning. Young was leaving an establishment on Newtown Barracks when someone began following him. The unnamed gunman then opened fire in Young’s direction. Despite an […]
Written on December 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-eight-year-old Adela Ifield was found dead inside her home in San Pedro Town on Saturday morning. According to Ifield’s boyfriend, he had initially left her at their residence on Friday night in the San Pedrito area while he went out with his brothers. He returned with food at around ten o’clock before leaving once more. […]
Written on December 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Twenty-five-year-old Leopold Solomon Wade met bail earlier today, after being accused of sexually assaulting a sixteen-year-old girl twice in one day. When the laborer appeared in the lower court this morning, he was read two charges related to separate incidents during which he allegedly kissed the teenager on her cheek without her consent. On another […]
Written on December 18, 2023 | Posted in
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A forty-eight-year-old Chinese national remains on remand at the Belize Central Prison, pending a speedy trial in early 2024. Jun Yu was provided with disclosure when he appeared unrepresented before a Senior Magistrate earlier today. However, he was denied bail when the lower court judge was not satisfied the two sureties that accompanied his bail. […]
Written on December 18, 2023 | Posted in
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A Belize City couple and three young children are left without a shelter after a fire destroyed their home last Friday evening. Claricia Brown told News Five today that she left her house sometime after four on Friday evening to attend a work function and received a call about an hour later that her house […]
Written on December 18, 2023 | Posted in
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The University of Belize has elected Senior Counsel Godfrey Smith as chair of its board of trustees. Smith replaces former chairman Anthony Sylvestre who has since taken up the office of the Attorney General. Earlier today, Smith was a guest on Open Your Eyes where he spoke briefly of what he envisions for Belize’s national […]
Written on December 18, 2023 | Posted in
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A new park has been inaugurated in Mahogany Heights, as the community tries to reshape its image. On Sunday, the village council, along with other members of the community, came out to celebrate the occasion. Chairman Jermaine Sanchez says that the new recreational space has been long in the making and serves to bring the […]
Written on December 18, 2023 | Posted in
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According to Sanchez, the children in attendance were treated to Santa Claus and the Grinch and a valuable lesson was shared. Jermaine Sanchez, Chairman, Mahogany Heights “They were visited by two special people and the message that we shared was that loving your neighbors because those two people: one was Santa and the other […]
Written on December 18, 2023 | Posted in
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The Miss Universe Belize franchise promises a new era of diversify and empowerment under its new ownership. We spoke with Former Miss Universe Belize 2019 and new national director of the franchise, Destinee Arnold on the change. Destinee Arnold, National Director, House of Crowns “The Miss Universe Belize franchise is now under new directorship. […]
Written on December 18, 2023 | Posted in
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As the miss universe begins its selection process, it emphasizes its desire to elevate Belizeans and their causes on a global scale during this era. Destinee Arnold, National Director, House of Crowns “Right now we are selecting our Miss Universe. For the first police contestants. We have an application that is active right now. […]
Written on December 18, 2023 | Posted in
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President-elect Bernardo Arevalo arrived in Belize this morning where he met with Prime Minister John Briceño and Foreign Minister Eamon Courtenay. The incoming Guatemalan head of state is set to assume office on January fourteenth, 2024. He arrived at the Philip Goldson International Airport sometime around 10:30 this morning and was escorted to the Laing […]
Written on December 15, 2023 | Posted in
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Arevalo’s visit also comes a few days after Guatemala applied to the International Court of Justice to join, as interested party, the claim involving Belize and Honduras over sovereignty of the Sapodilla Cayes. Foreign Minister Courtenay reiterated government’s position in the latest development where that matter before the World Court is concerned. Eamon Courtenay, […]
Written on December 15, 2023 | Posted in
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On Thursday, in Argyle, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Guyanese President Irfaan Ali and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met to discuss the Essequibo, a territory in dispute between the two countries. The discussions were facilitated by Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, the pre-tempore president of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, CELAC. Coming out […]
Written on December 15, 2023 | Posted in
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Tonight, there is good news for consumers. The price of sixteen-ounce sliced bread will remain at one dollar and fifty cents wholesale and one dollar and seventy-five cents retail. Earlier this month, we reported that the “Collective Bakers” issued a statement in which it said that the price of slice bread would be increased to […]
Written on December 15, 2023 | Posted in
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Nineteen-year-old Leslie Young Junior lost his mother and younger brother a year ago, and just welcomed his first child a few months ago. Tonight, his body is at the morgue at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The teenager was shot and killed on Thursday night near the Mexican Institute here in Belize City. It is […]
Written on December 15, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, two men who were convicted last month of the 2018 murder of Bowen and Bowen employee, Shawn Menzies were sentenced to life in prison. Eric Miranda and Jeffery Contreras listened as Justice Ricardo O’Neil Sandcroft sentenced them to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole until they have served thirty years. The men have […]
Written on December 15, 2023 | Posted in
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During the course of the last few months, News Five has taken a deeper look at what happens with cases involving missing persons and murders that remain unsolved. We’ve covered the aspect of the families of those persons who are either still hoping for closure in the case of the unsolved murders. We’ve also covered […]
Written on December 15, 2023 | Posted in
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A young man who was reported missing on Thursday morning has returned home to his family safely, but not without a horrendous couple of hours at the hands of alleged kidnappers. Sixteen-year-old Jason Parham told News Five this evening that he was heading to a shop on Holy Emmanuel Street on Thursday morning when a […]
Written on December 15, 2023 | Posted in
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During the Sitting of the House of Representatives on December seventh, the Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, said that Belize is progressing towards implementing the Caribbean Court of Justice Consent Order regarding Maya land rights. Minister Balderamos-Garcia also provided an update on the government’s development of a Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) […]
Written on December 15, 2023 | Posted in
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We also asked Coc about comments made by Minister Dolores Balderamos-Garcia in mid-November. The minister said that the MLA grouping cannot have the entire Toledo district. Minister Balderamos-Garcia went on to say that the government would be the one to impose a limit. Coc first clarified that the Maya people are not asking for a […]
Written on December 15, 2023 | Posted in
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We also asked Coc about those Maya people who do not want to be part of the CCJ Consent Order and do not want to pursue customary land rights. She says that they are free to make their own decision. Cristina Coc, Spokesperson, MLA/TAA “The way that we have organized has always been through […]
Written on December 15, 2023 | Posted in
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COP28 wrapped up with an additional twenty-four hours of negotiations, signaling what many believe is the start of the decline of the fossil fuel era. The final agreement committed to expediting the phase-out of coal, tripling renewables, doubling energy efficiency by 2030, and steering towards net-zero emissions in the energy sector by mid-century. While the […]
Written on December 15, 2023 | Posted in
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