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We begin tonight’s newscast with the tragic death of a four-year-old special needs child who lost her life in a fire this morning in Belize City. A fire broke out around four a.m., while the family slept inside their Sarstoon Street home. It spread quickly and consumed the upper flat of the two storey structure. […]
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Was there negligence in the death of four-year-old K’Lee Flores? Social media has been buzzing and even at the scene of the fire, the question of who is ultimately responsible for the tragedy came up. Station Supervisor at the National Fire Service, Kenneth Mortis says that outside of a dialogue with a police investigator, there […]
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A sizeable quantity of an assortment of illegal drugs, including cannabis, cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin was confiscated during an operation in Burrell Boom Village on Tuesday evening. Law enforcement officers conducted a search in a bushy area where they found sixty-six parcels of suspected cannabis. An additional search of the area yielded twelve transparent […]
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Public officers who receive their salaries through their respective credit unions will not be able to access those funds until next Monday, June nineteenth. This is as a result of the Government’s payment system which integrates all credit unions on the Automated Payment and Securities Settlement System (APSSS). That system, which came into effect on […]
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As many as sixteen requests have been made to various government departments on behalf of Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited under the Freedom of Information Act. Those requests for access to documents pertaining to the proposed Cruise Port Terminal and Cargo Expansion Project date back to December twenty-third, 2022 with a letter being sent to Minister […]
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On Monday, Shyne Barrow wrote to C.E.O. Jason Liberty of the Royal Caribbean Group regarding the scandalous Definitive Agreement, as well as the Memorandum of Understanding the company has entered into with Boskalis and Portico. During the interview on Tuesday, he was also asked about a response from Royal Caribbean and whether a letter from […]
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In tonight’s episode of the Five Point Breakdown, we take a closer look at the Definitive Agreement, what it is and whether or not the contract signed between Portico and the Government of Belize is legally binding. We also ask whether the agreement can stand on its own, independent of parliament. Here’s News Five’s Isani […]
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Based on current historical data, the Mayas are the earliest inhabitants of this hemisphere, preceding the time when Jesus walked the Earth. But there is a determined need among them now to preserve their culture before it is lost forever. The Ministry of Human Development and Indiginous People’s Affairs invested over fifty thousand dollars in […]
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Today is celebrated as World Refugees Day 2023. The day is being recognized under the theme, “Hope away from home, a world where refugees are always included”. In honor of the day, the Refugees Department in the Ministry of Immigration held an event this morning in Belmopan to disseminate information on the process undertaken to […]
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The Ministry of Immigration is on its way to clearing the backlog of e-passports yet to be issued. The department ran into issues with supplies due o the sheer number of demands for e-passports over the last several months. More than twenty-five thousand Belizeans have applied for their e-passports in the last six months. The […]
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We also asked C.E.O Middleton for an update on the Amnesty Program. The timeline for applications to be submitted was officially closed in March. Middleton says more than twelve thousand individuals have applied for amnesty. Gilroy Middleton, Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Immigration “Well, we are currently going through a detail process. A major […]
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C.E.O. Middleton also responded to questions on the concerning number of Jamaican and Haitian nationals that are using Belize as a transit point to the U.S. He was asked if any special policies are being developed for Jamaicans entering Belize, since Haitians are now required to present a visa at their point of entry. Here […]
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Today, a cohort of one hundred and forty plus members of the Belize Defense Force and the Belize Coast Guard returned to the Jewel from three weeks of training in the United States. The delegation from Belize was part of five thousand five hundred and nine military personnel from the U.S. and partner nations that […]
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Today, News Five spoke with Caribbean Sprinter’s boat captain Christian Rivero, who has written to the Office of the Ombudsman seeking assistance in what he describes as unfair treatment by the Belize Port Authority. Rivero has been a boat captain for thirty plus years, but last Thursday when he headed over to the Belize Port […]
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Like a driver’s license, Rivero’s master license expires on his birthday which is this Friday, June sixteenth. Time is running out for the career boat captain who says that the nonrenewal of the license threatens his livelihood. Christian Rivero, Boat Captain, Caribbean Sprinter “It’s a big deal for me because without that license, I […]
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Earlier today, Campbellsville University, a private Christian institution in Kentucky, recognized Mayor Sharon Palacio with a Leadership and Service Award. Mayor Palacio has been partnering with the university for the past decade in various initiatives that resulted in Belizean students attending the university. Through Mayor Palacio, students from Campbellsville have also had the opportunity to […]
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