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The Council of Foreign Ministers meeting of the Central American System of Integration, SICA was held today in San Pedro. Belize has the six-month rotating presidency until the end of December. Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington chaired the proceedings. Belize is hoping to further develop trade relations between SICA and CARICOM and to address the issue […]
Written on September 12, 2014 | Posted in
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On Saturday, September sixth, Police discovered a grenade in an abandoned building on Banak Street. Just four days after, on the tenth of September, when the city was buzzing with the celebrations, police discovered another grenade. The second dangerous device was discovered on Mayflower Street in an overgrown lot. Police say tips led them to […]
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The United States prosecutors are seeking the extradition of Belizean Andrew Godfrey and four other executives named in a major scheme to launder money, hide investments and evade taxes. On Tuesday, the Financial Intelligence Unit with assistance of local police for hours stormed IPC Corporate Services LLC on Coney Drive and took control of files […]
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There is yet another allegation of police brutality to report tonight to add to a growing list of such allegations in the past week. Nineteen year old Armani Bailey claims that police officers did a routine search on him on Wednesday and found nothing, but what he says happened after that, is anything but routine. […]
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Despite what seems to be the best efforts of the Police, and no official or unofficial comment from the government, Minister of Education Patrick Faber remains in the hot seat. The senior U.D.P. official is accused of choking and punching a female employee of the Ministry of Education, one with who he was allegedly in […]
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But as impassioned as the plea from Shoman was, there were no takers from the government side. News Five spoke to leader of government business Senator Godwin Hulse after the meeting and asked him point blank for his opinion on the allegations against Faber. Hulse didn’t really have much to say, except that he’d be […]
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The Prime Minister has made no comment on the accusation against the Minister of Education but the Special Envoy for Women and Children, Kim Simplis Barrow issued a statement today. In a message, the special envoy encourages both women and men to report acts of violence and follow through with legal proceedings; stressing that fear, […]
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So where is the long-lost won Hong Kim Belizean passport? The one which has been at Belize’s Embassy in Taiwan since September 2013? Well, the news tonight is that it is here in Belize, finally. We’d been asking for the past few weeks, since Minister of Immigration Godwin Hulse returned from an official visit to […]
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We were unable to get any comment from either the Ministry of Health or the Belmopan Police today, but News Five has confirmed that another Toyota Hilux has been stolen. The vehicle, a white 2008 double cab pickup, was parked Tuesday night at the Ministry of Health compound on Independence Hill. The driver reported for […]
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A Muslim American national who has been living illegally in Belize for more than two years was detained on Tuesday evening while trying to board a flight to Atlanta, Georgia. He is seventy-one year old Mohammad In Ishmael Es-Sudan. After spending two nights in lock down at the police station, he was escorted to the […]
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Belize’s national team, the Jaguars, returned to Belize this afternoon after a poor performance at the UNCAF COPA Centro Americana games held in the U.S. Of the three games played against Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, the Jaguars did not secure any wins and will not advance to the 2015 Gold Cup. Team members were […]
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Two female crocodiles were captured in the north side of San Pedro and ferried to Belize City this afternoon on a barge belonging to Quality Poultry Products. The crocodiles, approximately twenty years old, had become fearless of humans because for some time now they have been fed by residents on the island. American Crocodile Education […]
Mechanic, Cecilio Gregorio from San Ignacio is the lucky winner of an all expense paid five-day Caribbean cruise courtesy of Smart Belize. Gregorio was one of the over thirty thousand customers that entered the Smart promotional raffle that involved either talking for over ten minutes or texting in to U-Win. The Jam Rock Cruise is […]
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The Tenth of September was celebrated countrywide on Wednesday, but is the parade a thing of the past. The date commemorates the Battle of St. George’s Caye which was held on September tenth, 1798. In Belize City, formal activities were held at the Memorial Park where Governor General Sir Colville Young, as well as other […]
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