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It has been a deadly twenty-four hours on the country’s major thoroughfares where three separate road traffic accidents have claimed as many as nine lives. Seven persons are confirmed dead as a result of the horrendous traffic accident on Wednesday afternoon along the George Price Highway, near Hattieville. Lourdes Wade was driving a red Chevy Sports […]
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In San Joaquin Village in Corozal District less than three hours later, a fifty-three-year-old resident of Ranchito was knocked down and killed by a motorist who failed to stop and render aid. Esteban Arana is the latest victim of a hit and run incident in the north. Earlier today, Dalila Ical travelled to Ranchito where […]
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Another tourist has died in another road traffic accident that happened around three thirty this afternoon in the outskirts of Carmelita Village in Orange Walk District. We understand that the woman was on a tour with her family members, two adults and two children, and were heading back to Belize City. Their tour operator was […]
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Another dead prisoner is being recorded from inside the walls of the Queen Street Police Station and the Police Department is conducting an investigation into what happened. Police confirmed today that Jose Espinosa hung himself with a shoelace inside a prison cell within two hours of being detained for common assault. But there seems to […]
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On Tuesday, Joseph Vaccaro, a resident of Neal Pen Road, was arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court for the murder of well-known businessman Zheng Liu. Liu was executed near mile four of the George Price Highway after receiving a call that a vehicle he imported had broken down on the road. He picked up […]
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Richard O’Neil remains in critical condition at the K.H.M.H. following an attempt on his life on Wednesday. In the wee hours of that morning, O’Neil says that he was kidnapped by three persons, forced into a car and taken to the Boom/Hattieville Road. He was shot several times and left for dead. An injured O’Neil […]
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It has not been a good week for minors, three of whom have been victims of gun violence in less than twenty-four hours. The youngest, a one-year-old baby was asleep with her grandmother inside their house when she was struck by a bullet. Sixteen-year-old Chantuse Martinez was also injured in the gunfire on Sunday night. […]
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At the weekly police press brief held today in Belize City, Superintendent Alejandro Cowo also shared official details on a home invasion in the Belama Phase One area of Belize City. Two thieves, who accessed the property on Samuel Haynes Street, via the Haulover Creek, entered a residence and assaulted a sixty-six-year-old babysitter from Sandhill. […]
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Changes in pump prices for regular, premium and kerosene took effect today. Premium gasoline decreased by four cents, from ten dollars and seventy-eight cents, to ten dollars and seventy-four cents per gallon. Regular gasoline is now being sold at ten dollars and five cents per gallon, a decrease of two cents. Meanwhile, Kerosene saw the […]
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The situation at Pine Street Preschool in Collet, where two teachers have been removed for failure to qualify themselves in order to renew their teaching licenses, was addressed by Minister of Education Patrick Faber today. Not only is the kindergarten in the minister’s constituency, he also says that ample time was given for the teachers […]
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In the absence of a valid license, both teachers were asked to refrain from administering lessons. Also in question is the proprietorship of the building that houses the preschool. According to the Collet area representative, until that issue is resolved the students will be relocated to nearby Zoe Ministries. Patrick Faber, Minister of Education […]
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Education Minister Patrick Faber also weighed in on the situation at Julian Cho Technical High School in Toledo where the secondary institution has remained without a principal since November nineteenth. As it stands there is a deadlock between two candidates who have applied for the vacancy. Here’s his take on the stalled situation. Patrick […]
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As for political and racial undertones, DPM Faber says he is staying far away from the situation, aside from the acknowledging that the institution primarily serves the Maya population in the south. Patrick Faber, Minister of Education “Even though these are schools owned by the government. The government is the proprietor, the government and […]
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A grant initiative valued at two hundred thousand dollars was launched on Wednesday. The Belize Seaweed Mariculture Project is a joint initiative between the Belize Trade and Investment Development Service, BELTRAIDE, The Nature Conservancy Belize, TNC, and Compete Caribbean. The project aims to develop the seaweed farming industry by tackling current challenges. News Five’s Hipolito Novelo reports. […]
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Back in August we reported about the alert in the banana industry in the south. The Belize Agricultural Health Authority had announced the detection of suspected Fusarium Wilt of bananas in Colombia. It’s a devastating disease that affects bananas and plantains and can potentially wipe out the industry. If infected, banana plants die and the […]
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Another measure that BAHA has taken is to prohibit the importation of plantains. According to Garcia, this is a critical part of making sure that the disease doesn’t get into the country. Margarito Garcia, Technical Director (Quarantine), BAHA “Right now, in respect to prevention of TR4 which is the Fusarium Oxysporum, there is complete […]
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So, as you heard just now, BAHA is testing their readiness in the event the disease is detected at the border points or on a farm in the country. Moving from the border points to the fields, the team travelled to Georgetown Village to carry out an exercise to test out their bio-security measures in […]
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A group of thirty-six educators has embarked upon a master’s program in special education. Through the University of the West Indies, the Government of Belize is covering roughly sixty percent of the cost of tuition for the enrolled teachers. This morning at a ceremony at the Radisson, Minister of Education Patrick Faber was on hand […]
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On Tuesday, Abbie Godoy was named as the recipient of the prestigious 2020 Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholarship. The twenty-year-old Belizean activist will pursue her graduate studies at the University of Oxford in Developmental Economics. Annually, the Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee looks for young women and men of outstanding intellect, character, leadership, and commitment to service […]
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A workshop was conducted today with senior public sector officials, municipalities, as well as private sector entities to discuss the implementation of the E-government policy. In 2015, government endorsed the National E-government Policy in an effort to leverage the power of information and communications technology as a driver of economic and social development. Mike Singh […]
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