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Around eight-thirty this morning, news spread like wildfire of a fatal road traffic accident on the Philip Goldson Highway in the village of Sand Hill. As time passed, reports confirmed that more than one person had perished when a pickup truck travelling in the direction of Belize City crashed head-on with a passenger bus heading […]
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The last time News Five spoke with Brandon Gillett was back on August eighteenth, when several areas across the country, including parts of Crooked Tree Village, were under water after two days of rainfall. Several persons had to be evacuated and Gillett was on the ground helping those villagers to shelter at the Crooked Tree […]
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There was a traffic accident on the Philip Goldson Highway on Monday that involved a B.D.F. truck that was traveling to the northern border on Monday morning. It didn’t result in any fatalities, but three soldiers did sustain varying degrees of head injuries. The B.D.F’s Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Jermaine Burns, said that speeding […]
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Deadly violence among feuding groups in the area of Antelope Street Extension continues unchecked. For months, the neighborhood has seen a number of incidents that resulted in lives being lost and several persons recovering from injuries received during armed confrontations. On Monday night, shortly after seven p.m., eighteen-year-old Carl Lamb was fatally injured while walking […]
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Thirty-nine-year-old Leon Perez will stand trial for the murder of Elton Morter who was fatally stabbed during an altercation in Hattieville on Independence Day 2021. In court on Monday, Perez was represented by attorney Ian Gray during a preliminary inquiry before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford that ended in a committal to the Supreme Court. The […]
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The United Democratic Party turns forty-nine today. The milestone achievement comes at the tail end of the September Celebrations; nonetheless, members of the U.D.P. commemorated the event by paying homage to the party’s forebears. Beyond the festivity, however, the U.D.P. is at a critical juncture as it remains a house divided almost two years after […]
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Late this evening, News Five spoke with Party Leader Shyne Barrow, who shared with us the significance of this milestone to the United Democratic Party. Barrow took the opportunity to acknowledge the work of his father, three-time prime minister Dean Barrow, as well as the leadership of the late Sir Manuel Esquivel and Dean Lindo. […]
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Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber’s application to run for a sixth time in that constituency was rejected by the U.D.P.’s Nominations Committee last week. The reasons given were several violations of the party’s constitution, as well as Faber’s continued defiance by posting social media comments that are not favorable to the U.D.P. Today, we asked […]
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Party Leader Shyne Barrow also discussed the comments made by Vice Chairman Alberto August to News Five on Friday. August is on record criticizing the leadership of the United Democratic Party for failure to work effectively with other senior members of the organization. But, according to Barrow, the former U.D.P. chairman is also before the […]
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It has been a while since the United Democratic Party has seen bright days. The clash between former leader Patrick Faber – dethroned and cast out by current leader Moses “Shyne” Barrow, has been the talk in political circles recently. And if we could have gotten names to contact, then the information we are about […]
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On Monday we brought you the story of Belize Defense Force Captain Damacio Coc who was found hanging from a bed sheet inside his cell at the Belize Central Prison. His was the second suicide in about two months that the B.D.F. has suffered, the first being that of Private Micah Miguel. Captain Coc was […]
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While we engaged with the B.D.F Chief of Staff, we spoke about other topics of concern – one of which involves the proposed dismantling of an illegal Guatemalan Settlement called Barrio El Juda in the Adjacency Zone on Belizean territory along the western border. The officer described the issue as a conundrum that has to […]
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While the Guatemalans have not set up illegal cattle ranches at Barrio El Juda, they were successful in doing so in other locations deep in our lush jungle near the border. Lieutenant Colonel Burns revealed where the Guatemalans have set up these illegal pastures and what the B.D.F. plans to do about it. Lt. […]
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The Ministry of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation is attending the forty-first Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal, Canada. The International Civil Aviation Organization sets the standards and regulations necessary for aviation safety, security and facilitation, efficiency, and economic development of air transport. The event is being held from September twenty-seventh […]
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Prime Minister John Briceño addressed the Protocolary Session of the Organization of American States on Monday, in Washington D.C. In his speech, he reiterated the important role of the O.A.S. in the territorial dispute between Guatemala and Belize, while noting Belize’s hope for a peaceful solution at the International Court of Justice. P.M. Briceño also […]
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The confrontation between members of the Guatemalan Armed Forces and the Belize Territorial Volunteers on the Sarstoon River on September eighteenth came somewhat as a surprise to the Belize Defense Force. That’s because there haven’t been any such flare-ups with them in that area for a few years. Today, the B.D.F’s Chief of Staff, Lieutenant […]
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Carnival Cruise Line carried out its first recruitment exercise today. The event was organized in partnership with the Belize Tourism Board and is geared towards exposing Belizeans to the employment opportunities that exist within the cruise line industry. Today, interested persons were able to register for an online interview with Carnival Cruise Line for available […]
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Police officers commanding the various divisions in Belize City toured several National Health Insurance clinics in Belize City today. The tour was organized to identify areas where security can be heightened within these clinics. Additionally, a program is being rolled out for police officers in Belize City to become members of the N.H.I. That program […]
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Four months after being placed on pretrial detention, eighteen-year-old Tayshaun Burns remains in custody after being unable to make bail for the single charge of rape. In late April, a twenty-eight-year-old woman was sexually assaulted near the overpass in Belize City. The victim subsequently identified Burns as the culprit. She reported to police that she […]
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The Ministry of Economic Development and Resilient Rural Belize paid a visit to the University of Belize Central Farm Campus on Monday to evaluate the progress of an M.O.U. signed back in April. At the time, the Government of Belize, the International Funding for Agricultural Development and the Green Climate Fund, through Resilient Rural Belize, […]
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