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The police command has been under scrutiny ever since it was revealed that an Interpol check did not turn up anything on the shady background of accused fraudster Lev Dermen, who is on trial in a Utah court. Dermen was twice pushed for honorary consul appointments, including by the then Minister John Saldivar. But these […]
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Leading the investigation against John Saldivar is Assistant Commissioner of Police Marco Vidal. There are those in the public that are questioning the department’s ability to properly investigate the former U.D.P. minister without any hindrance or interference. Today, Williams shut down the naysayers, expressing full confidence in Vidal and the capabilities of his investigative team. […]
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According to Commissioner Chester Williams, the disgraced former minister, John Saldivar, will be brought in for questioning at some point in time during the investigation. Contrary to what he had previously indicated, Williams reiterated today that the investigation into the allegations of bribery against Saldivar has commenced and will continue when the department puts its […]
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The Leader of the Opposition, John Briceño has written to the British High Commissioner in Belize as well as to the Caribbean Development Bank in Barbados. The United Kingdom and the C.D.B. have provided funding to the government of about one hundred and twenty-two million dollars for the Coastal Road Rehabilitation project. Work started on […]
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Last Thursday, the National Trade Union Congress of Belize took to the streets to protest corruption and to bring pressure on a number of demands they are making on government. Within twenty-four hours, on February twenty-first, they met with the PM starting at ten and concluding just before one o’clock. There was headway in some […]
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There was a shooting on Antelope Street in Belize City on Tuesday night. Two persons were injured and fortunately for them, it did not turn out to be fatal. One was at home with his family when he came under fire and the other was riding his bicycle when he was met by the gunfire […]
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The Statistical Institute of Belize has presented grim news on the economy which shows that the recession it hard. For the first time in almost a decade, the economy contracted by as much as two point eight percent in the last quarter of the year with nineteen million dollars less in goods and services produced […]
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A census exercise, estimated to cost the government somewhere around seven to eight million dollars, is to commence on May twelfth and conclude sometime in November of this year. In Belize, a population and housing census is carried out every ten years and the data collected is used by government departments, agencies and other groups […]
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A team from the Guyana Bureau of Statistics is currently in Belize observing the process, which will include mapping areas and real time information being updated into the system. But in tracking how the country has developed and changed over time, Diana Castillo-Trejo says that they will be able to monitor and have field workers […]
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In other news, seventy-nine-year-old Canadian national James Slemp was brutally murdered in Hopkins Village. His was partially decapitated body was found in a creek on Monday, three days after he went missing. Slemp lived alone on his farm and was last seen alive on Friday. Before his untimely death, Slemp was involved in an argument […]
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Two persons have been charged for the murder of forty-three-year-old Shane Budram. They are nineteen-year-old Raheem Budram and Kareem Eagan Junior. Shane was fatally shot during an altercation on Wagner’s Lane’s in Belize City. It happened on Friday night and police say that Shane was involved in a scuffle with his nephew. A motive for […]
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Today, News Five went south to follow up the issue of a road being built in a creek in Riversdale. Residents of that southern community, located off the Placencia peninsula, say that a developer pushed a road through a creek that provides critical nursery for fish. The developer seemingly heard the residents’ complaints and attempted […]
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Police are looking for three Belize City men for their affiliation with gangs. They are Kelvin Gongora, Ulide Allen, and Tevin James Cacho. The trio is wanted on the strength of a commitment warrant for being gang members. According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, these persons also have outstanding fines in the courts. Williams […]
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Fifteen-year-old Ashton Stevens has been found. The teenager was located safe and sound on Tuesday night, following his disappearance on Monday. As we had reported, Stevens went missing from the Rockville Boot Camp compound sometime before five on February twenty-fourth. His parents were worried because he didn’t take any personal effects. The boy had reported […]
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The number of cases of COVID-19 continues to rise and in this region, Brazil is reporting its first case. In its latest advisory, the Ministry of Health reports that the novel coronavirus has now spread to thirty-four countries outside of mainland China. Even though the number of deaths caused by the virus is less than […]
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The Ministry of Health is recommending against non-essential travel to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Iran, Italy and Japan, where the virus has been spreading. In the meantime, Doctor Russell Manzanero says that the ministry’s surveillance system at all entry points remains fully activated. Dr. Russell Manzanero, Epidemiologist, Ministry of Health “The ministry […]
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Budding entrepreneurs displayed their business innovations at a student expo today in Belize City. The students from the Edward P. Yorke High School tested their business acumen in not only producing goods and services, but taking the added step of selling their products. There was a wide range of products from sweets, to food and […]
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Well-known Belizean artist Alex Sanker is attracting media attention in the United States where he was featured earlier today on ABC 7’s Eyewitness News in downtown Los Angeles doing what he does best, painting lifelike portraits of famous Americans. Last year, in the wake of the untimely passing of Nipsey Hussle, he immediately took to […]
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At some point in your life, whether as a baby or an adult, you’ve come in contact with a nurse or midwife. These persons play a vital role in providing health services, and many times are the first and only point of healthcare in communities. According to the World Health Organization, the world needs nine […]
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