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The tremors of a strong seven point six earthquake in Great Swan Island in Honduras were felt as far as Mexico and various areas of the country. Residents in Belize City, up north in Corozal as well as in other coastal areas felt the tremors shortly after nine o’clock on Tuesday night. The warning that […]
The tsunami threat caused a panic in the prime tourism island of San Pedro where residents took no chances and moved to safer buildings and shelters that were immediately opened to accommodate the rush of persons. Sea waters were reportedly receding, but in the following story News Five’s Duane Moody looks at the recent phenomenon […]
Adding to the frenzy following the offshore tremor was the perceived recession of seawater ahead of a resulting tsunami. As we said, it turns out that a phenomenon known as a spring tide has been occurring for the past several days, prior to the earthquake. Many took to social media to post images, as well […]
The Mesoamerican Reef provides economic, social and cultural benefits to Belize. It is valued around a billion dollars and recent reports show that just four of Belize’s seven marine protected areas provide up to nineteen million U.S. dollars per year in economic benefits from tourism recreation. But the reef is exposed to a number of […]
The fate of twenty-eight-year-old Krismar Espinosa of Orange Walk was today in the hands of a twelve-member jury. Espinosa was tried for the second time for the murder of fellow Central Prison inmate Keon Swasey on Christmas Eve, 2009. Swasey was stabbed in the chest twice with a homemade kitchen knife and the murder was […]
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A fifteen-year-old girl accuses a man more than three times her age of sexually abusing her for almost a year. Fifty-two-year-old Jose Ardon was initially charged with two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with the minor, but today he was read an additional nine counts before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford. According to the minor, the […]
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A Belize City man was remanded on Tuesday for an assault that left one man injured. On December twenty-ninth, 2017, Edgar Richards was talking to a friend on Emma Street when forty-five-year-old Paul Jex Senior, armed with a machete, rode up to him and chopped one of his hands. Jex Senior appeared before Senior Magistrate […]
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In an almost unbelievable case of animal cruelty for personal gain, the owner of Belize River Lodge near Manatee Lookout on the Philip Goldson Highway this morning came upon the headless carcass of a young male jaguar floating in the Belize River. The jaguar stood about two feet tall and nearly two feet around in […]
Heusner believes that the jaguar killer appeared only to have wanted the head and not the rest of the body. The jaguar is a protected species and fines are prescribed for any harm caused to the majestic creature. But that has not stopped some who accuse the big cats in the wild of preying on […]
There has been an increase in fires, many of them cases of arson, occurring across the country. It is causing the need for more firefighters to join the department. Today, twelve firemen completed a six-week course that taught them leadership skills and emergency response. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, Reporting Training for […]
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Usage of unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as drones, has exploded in recent years as the average man and woman experience the wonder of flight, not unlike kites or traveling in airplanes. But drones also carry importance in certain sectors, like environmental protection and conservation. The Coastal Zone Institute and several local and international partners, […]
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About one hundred and fifty nurses are discussing the future of the nursing profession at the Radisson in Belize City. And even as they move forward, they are looking at the challenges and hurdles they face as they provide this critical service to the population. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting “Shaping […]
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The 2018 season of the National Elite Basketball League is set to begin in the coming days. A schedule of games to be played this year was released on January ninth and it projects a number of matches for the Old Capital over the course of the next few months. The home team, Belize City […]
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Since acquiring the team a little over three months ago, Old Capital Sports, the organization which owns the Belize City Defenders, has been re-branded the team and has made it financially stable. It’s a process, says Malik, that has seen its share of challenges. Reynaldo Malik, Old Capital Sports “The process since October has […]
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