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The ongoing dispute between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and the American Sugar Refinery/Belize Sugar Industries culminated with a protest today in Belmopan under the scorching mid-morning sun. A.S.R/B.S.I was making a presentation to the Cabinet on its position and what it can and cannot afford to pay the B.S.C.F.A. for sugar cane. And […]
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The Government Press Office issued a press release in which it outlined, quite like Florencio Marin Senior indicated earlier, that Cabinet met with representatives of the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association in January. Today, it was A.S.R./B.S.I’s representatives who made a presentation to Cabinet on a commercial agreement that is yet to be signed between […]
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If the protest staged in Belmopan today by the B.S.C.F.A does not result in a palatable agreement for them, Committee of Management Chairman Alfredo Ortega said they are prepared to go further. But Ortega stopped short of saying what their next step of action will be. Alfredo Ortega, Chairman, Committee of Management, B.S.C.F.A “This […]
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While the government is lending its support to both sides to reach a happy medium on a commercial agreement, earlier today we asked the Chairman of the Committee of Management for the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association, Alfredo Ortega, to explain his association’s position to the suggestion among some farmers to raise the price of […]
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A bar fight in the early hours of Sunday has left one man dead after he was stabbed multiple times by an individual whom witnesses say was visibly intoxicated inside Jeemar’s Nightclub. The incident happened in the San Pedrito community and today, thirty-two-year-old Alvaro Tun was arraigned for murder. News Five’s Isani Cayetano was in […]
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On Friday, we told you about the murder of thirty-eight-year-old Brian Perez inside his Gill Street residence in Belize City. As we reported, Perez had just arrived home with his family when they were accosted by two men. His mother and sister were struck with what is believed to be a metal pipe and in […]
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There were two shooting incidents in San Ignacio Town on Saturday night and Sunday morning that police believe are connected and drug-related. Just before midnight, officers responded to reports of shots being fired on Domingo Cruz Street. There, they received information that nineteen-year-old Alfredo Rash was socializing on his verandah with a friend when they […]
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Police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the body of a man who died as a result of a road traffic accident along the Hummingbird Highway. The victim was flung off his motorcycle after losing control. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood told us more. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, B.P.D. “The John Doe has not […]
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On Monday, a missing person’s report was issued for a resident of Hopkins Village. Twenty-four-year-old fisherman, Marlon Martinez was last seen on Friday, March third. His mother informed police that he was last seen wearing a black t-shirt and camouflage pants. He is five feet, seven inches in height, medium built and of dark complexion. […]
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A small building used by the Prosecution Branch of the Belize Police Department, situated near the Belize City Magistrates Court, was burglarized over the weekend. According to police, the assailants forcefully entered the building which is now primarily being used to store office supplies. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communication Director, B.P.D. “We have received a […]
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On Saturday evening, a fire broke out inside the upper flat of a two-storey wooden structure on Taylor’s Alley. Brent Garoy and his family of five resided in the upper flat, and on the lower floor is the business space for the Taylor’s Alley Industry Zone. The fire consumed the little Garoy had, including the […]
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A fire spread quickly to consume two structures in the Lake Independence area around ten-thirty on Sunday morning. The property in which the fire broke had an illegal electrical drop and within minutes, an adjacent two-storey concrete and wooden structure that housed two families began burning. Fortunately, everyone got out before the buildings were gutted. […]
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A house fire on Curassow Street in Belize City has left a mother of seven publicly pleading for assistance. Judith Parham was paying her sister a visit at the hospital when she received a phone call informing her that her home for the past sixteen years was on fire. There are speculations that the fire […]
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We also heard from Kenneth Mortis, the Fire Station Supervisor at the Belize National Fire Service on this morning’s fire in Belize City. According to Mortis, investigators suspect that the fire was unintentionally set by the victim’s relative. Kenneth Mortis, Fire Station Supervisor, Belize National Fire Service “We concluded that the fire was, I […]
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It’s an event that has been overshadowed by the four-day Belikin La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge, but is historical and spans almost a century. Over the weekend, the Ninety-Fourth Baron Bliss Harbour Regatta took place along Seashore Promenade and was testament to a small group of people working together to keep the tradition of […]
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Remember “Lucky Dip”, “The Kite”, “On the Beach”, “I Wish”, and “Animals, Birds and Fish” from the Ladybird Sunstart collection? These are books used within our primary school system to engage our kids in comprehension – reading and learning. Well, Saint Mary’s Standard One Teacher Gianni Martinez today launched the Great Escape, a book that […]
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Goodnight and welcome to a special edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. It was a three-day weekend packed with sporting activities across the country.The banks along the Belize River were inundated with fans of the Twenty-Sixth Belikin La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge. The annual canoe race saw a total of fifty-seven teams […]
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