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Guatemala has spoken and its citizens have done so decisively, those who came out on Sunday to participate in the referendum. Following a somewhat abbreviated education campaign which commenced in that country in mid-January, voters took to polling stations across twenty-two departments, including neighboring Peten. When the results began coming in sometime after ten p.m., […]
In the absence of Prime Minister Barrow and Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington, we sought a reaction to Sunday’s outcome from Opposition Leader John Briceño. The head of the People’s United Party, like the Government of Belize, congratulates Guatemala on the successful results of its referendum, despite a poor voter turnout. On the home front, Briceño […]
Guatemalan Vice President Jafeth Cabrera recently met with Belize’s Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington in Lima, Peru while attending the Eighth Summit of the Americas. Cabrera reportedly told the Guatemalan media, following the gathering of heads of state and government of the Western Hemisphere, that he had been informed by Foreign Minister Elrington of a similar […]
Vice President of Guatemala Jafeth Cabrera voted in Sunday’s referendum in Guatemala City. According to Prensa Libre, he told reporters that he understands Belize will go to vote in its referendum in May of 2018, though he possibly meant 2019. Either way, he maintained that Belize has already committed to the path and now it […]
With Guatemalans giving the nod to take the territorial claim to the I.C.J., does the result put added pressure on the Belizean government and populace to have the same? On this side of the border, residents were tuned in to coverage of the referendum. Today, a News Five team took to the streets of the […]
We have heard from Belizeans as to what they are thinking now that the results in Guatemala are a reality. But how, really, did we get here? It started ten years ago when the countries signed a special agreement in Washington, but there have been quite a few bumps in the road since. News Five’s […]
A father of three was killed in Belize City on Sunday evening. Police say that they have one man in custody and are looking for another – but the motive of the killing has stumped his family. They say that Jason Belencio is a family man, but he was callously taken out with five shots […]
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Corozal Police are looking for one person in connection with a murder that occurred in the village of Ranchito on the Philip Goldson Highway. Just after midnight on Saturday, as Pasadita Bar was closing for the day, thirty-eight-year-old Ivan Sosa was shot to the right shoulder by a masked man who approached the establishment with […]
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The shocking double murder on Caye Lagos on Friday has shocked the Ladyville community and left two families grieving. Forty-eight-year-old Mark Seawell and forty-two-year-old Gabriel Escalante were shot to death on the island where they worked. But the murder of the two Ladyville residents has left more questions than answers. The account provided by police […]
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Thirty-seven-year-old Marcia Downs was murdered in cold blood last week Wednesday night around eight. She was killed inside her yard when a man approached her house and called out her name, shortly after he fired a single shot that hit her in the forehead. Police said today that they are looking for one person in […]
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Twenty-six-year-old Christian Charles is clinging to life at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he was knocked down and left for dead in a case of hit and run. Swanka, as he was affectionately known to family and friends, was walking home after a night of partying in Ladyville when sometime after three a.m. on […]
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Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner has been facing serious criticism since deciding to lend financial assistance to needy residents via a social program at City Hall. Despite having cleared up the issue of endorsing checks to himself, many have questioned the sustainability of the mayor providing handouts to the less fortunate during a weekly clinic […]
The fallout over the designation by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control of banana businessman John Zabaneh as an alleged drug trafficking kingpin continues. While he is no longer under that designation, he had to publicly withdraw from the industry, sending the Mayan King and other banana farms into freefall. Farm managers Meridian […]
A number of projects are being undertaken in eleven villages within the Toledo District through Humana People to People Belize. Those initiatives include the improvements of physical infrastructure, as well as early warning systems for reduced risk to natural hazards. Touring the projects was NEMO Minister Edmond ‘Clear the Land’ Castro. He shared his impression […]
Most of Belize’s delegation to the Commonwealth Games concluded on Sunday in Gold Coast, Australia, returned to Belize this afternoon. There were no medals to show off, but the athletes who participated in cycling, table tennis, triathlon and athletics say they enjoyed testing their limits against some of the best in the world. The cycling […]
The table tennis team of Devesh Hukmani, Terry Su and Rohit Pagarani were also participating in the Commonwealths for the first time and faced some of the very best in their field. The results went as expected but the boys say they want another shot. Rohit Pagarani, Table Tennis, Commonwealth Games “This was my […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities….]
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