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Multiple shots were fired in the vicinity of Newtown Barracks in the early hours of Saturday morning, leaving a twenty-year-old Belize City resident with a graze to the neck. It happened after a night of partying on the entertainment strip and the incident involved Deputy Mayor Micah Goodin and his entourage. According to eyewitnesses, an […]
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Earlier today, News Five spoke with an eyewitness who was present at the time of the incident. He was in the company of Kenyon Tillett and several others and alleges that they were approached by Goodin and his friends. He recounts off-camera how the incident on Newtown Barracks unfolded. Voice of: Eyewitness “Upon leaving […]
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While details of the incident have been disclosed by the Belize Police Department, as well as persons who were on the scene of the shooting, an investigation is underway to determine whether the three men involved were consuming alcohol at the establishment. According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, if the men are found to […]
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There was another shooting incident in Belize City that has left one man recovering from a gunshot wound to the left leg. Steve Ferrell was near the intersections of Central American Boulevard and Neal’s Pen Road near 88 Shopping Center when he came under attack by someone who fired multiple shots in his direction. Assistant […]
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Tonight, a woman from Ladyville is breaking her silence about a case of police brutality. Denise Pitts says that she was slammed to the ground by a police officer who had responded to a fight at a bar in Belize City. While Pitts says she was not involved in the altercation, she asked to return […]
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Pitts, a mother of four, paid over five thousand dollars for surgery, where she says that the procedure involved using a screw to join the broken bone. She wants justice and needs assistance because she will be out of work for the next three months. It’s a most horrific experience which Pitts says was a […]
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Friday’s eloquent speeches in the House of Representatives after Minister of Human Development Dolores Balderamos-Garcia presented the paper recommending that the late Nora Parham be granted a posthumous pardon were all well-received in the public domain. But we asked the minister, when we caught up with her at an event on Sunday, what protects the […]
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It has been criticized for the restrictive and deplorable living conditions under which its residents live. The institution has even previously dealt with allegations of sexual harassment. Then in 2015, a horrific fire swept through one of the buildings, killing three girls who were trapped inside. So, needless to say, the public outcry for an […]
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The former Princess Royal Youth Hostel was an institution that was neglected for years, with its bathroom in need of urgent plumbing repairs, and its residents making attempts every few months to break out from the facility. On one occasion, in the wake of a fire that claimed the lives of three of the girls, […]
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Village Council Elections are underway and while the two major political parties are claiming wins in various communities, in Double Head Cabbage, a group of seven residents ran on an independent slate and won. D.H.C. Independent Seven wants to bring the village back to a family-oriented fun community through teamwork and without political interference. Today, […]
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Representatives of the government and Maya leaders of the south met today to try to rebuild a level of confidence between them in the ongoing case of the Maya land rights. The indigenous community had, some months ago, accused the government of trying to muscle its way with the implementation of a Free Prior Informed […]
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Over the weekend the Ministry of Rural Transformation, Community Development, Labor and Local Government issued a release on the Trade Licensing Bill 2022 to clarify what they say is erroneous and misleading representation on social media. It is a two-page document that highlights eleven points. Among the many questions being asked is whether roadside vendors […]
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Track And Field Athletes from across the country converged at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex for the Track and Field National Championship on Saturday and Sunday. The two-day event saw athletes of all ages, with varying degrees of experience, go head to head in a number of disciplines. In the end there were those who […]
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Concerned Belizean Athletes, a group reportedly made up of local athletes, is calling the leadership of Deon Sutherland, the President of the Belize Athletic Association, into question. On May fifth, 2022, the group wrote to World Athletics, the Central American Isthmus Athletic Confederation, and the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association accusing Sutherland […]
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Alexander Evans made it to the semifinals of the PanoGrama competition. Evans played a rendition of Love Nwantiti, the popular 2020 Afrobeat song by CKay. He amassed seventy-eight point three points, placing ninth in the top twenty semi-finalists. The preliminaries were aired on Sunday May eight in the United States, Canada, and countries across the […]
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An eclipse occurs two to five times a year. You can catch one depending on what part of the world you are. Our story for tonight is about Sunday night’s lunar eclipse that Belizeans all across the country were able to witness. We spoke with Angelica Guy at the National Meteorological Service who gave us […]
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As the country returns to the pre-pandemic way of life, there is a resurgence of concerts, unimpeded movement, and fun-filled family activities. Small entrepreneurs were significantly affected by the slowdown of economic activities as events like food and cultural festivals went on pause. But now, these festivals are back on schedule, and popular events like […]
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The Costa Maya Festival usually takes place in August of each year, but during the COVID-19 pandemic, plans for that crowd-calling event had to be put on hold. But with all COVID restrictions lifted, there was seemingly an expectation that the event would be revived this year. For whatever reason the festival won’t be held, […]
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Mayor Nunez told us that in the interest of drawing business to the island, the council has gone ahead to plan San Pedro Day or Dia de San Pedro. Gualberto Nunez, Mayor, San Pedro Town Council “We decided that this year we wanted to go big with the Dia de San Pedro festivities because […]
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