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A daring escape from the High Court earlier today has stunned many in the judiciary, exposing the vulnerabilities of the existing justice system. This morning, three persons were taken over [...]
Written on December 5, 2023 | Posted in
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For months, prosecutors and other officers of the court have been complaining of a severe lack of adequate security at the courts. What took place this morning, shines a spotlight [...]
Written on December 5, 2023 | Posted in
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The family of eighty-two-year-old William Watts is having a hard time tonight, processing two tragedies. The upper flat of his house burned down early this morning and he was found [...]
Written on December 5, 2023 | Posted in
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A man was stabbed multiple times this evening in Belize City. The victim, said to be a resident of the Kelly Street area, was reportedly attacked in the vicinity of [...]
Written on December 5, 2023 | Posted in
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A senate inquiry into the controversial definitive agreement that was granted to Portico Enterprises Limited, the parent company of Port of Magical Belize, commenced this morning at the National Assembly [...]
Written on December 5, 2023 | Posted in
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Boledo and lottery buyers went out en masse on Sunday to purchase their favourite numbers for the Sunday Lottery and Jackpot, but many of them were disappointed and returned home [...]
Written on December 4, 2023 | Posted in
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Belizeans across the country, at all levels of society, are buckling under the weight of severe inflation and, come December eighteenth, things won’t get any cheaper. Earlier today, a press [...]
Written on December 4, 2023 | Posted in
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Last Thursday, Shona Baptist, a call agent, was callously attacked and her throat slashed while she was on the job at home in the Bryan Estate area of Burrell Boom [...]
Written on December 4, 2023 | Posted in
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A security guard was robbed while on duty at a store in San Ignacio also on Thursday night. Two men, armed with a gun, accosted the guard and then robbed [...]
Written on December 4, 2023 | Posted in
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Last Thursday, News Five brought you the tragic story of a fatal road traffic accident the night before that claimed the lives of four work colleagues who were heading home [...]
Written on December 4, 2023 | Posted in
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Belize continues to celebrate the annual Sixteen Days of Activism, but tonight we begin our newscast with the unfortunate story of a woman who was attacked and stabbed by her [...]
Written on December 1, 2023 | Posted in
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The convenience of having automated teller machines, otherwise known as ATMs in areas where we live, work or have to pass everyday is something that we may have taken for [...]
Written on December 1, 2023 | Posted in
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Defense attorney Oscar Selgado will learn his fate on December sixth, following an adjournment in the High Court this morning. The well-known criminal lawyer, is being tried for his alleged [...]
Written on December 1, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, for the first time in months, Boledo and lottery enthusiasts returned to their lottery counters to purchase their favourite numbers for the first draw since the games were put [...]
Written on December 1, 2023 | Posted in
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The internal debacle that continues to humiliate the Belmopan City Council has gotten the attention of Prime Minister John Briceño. As we reported earlier this week, Mayor Sheran Palacio is [...]
Written on December 1, 2023 | Posted in
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Prime Minister John Briceño and a delegation of government officials returned from Saudi Arabia recently where they attended a summit with other CARICOM heads of government. In the past few [...]
Written on December 1, 2023 | Posted in
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This afternoon, the Belize Coast Guard held a passing out ceremony for sixty recruits. Of the bunch, Recruit Marlon Cucul received two awards: for Champion Shot and Champion Swim, while [...]
Written on December 1, 2023 | Posted in
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Only last evening News Five brought you the dos and don’ts for road traffic safety. Before the story even aired, shortly after six ‘clock, news broke that there was another [...]
Written on November 30, 2023 | Posted in
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A man who had stabbed his former stepfather more than twenty times was found guilty of dangerous harm today. It took a jury of six women and three men a [...]
Written on November 30, 2023 | Posted in
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A Commission of Inquiry to look into the state of the sugar industry and how it can be modernized is yet to receive a start date, despite being given the [...]
Written on November 30, 2023 | Posted in
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This afternoon in Orange Walk, executives of Belize Sugar Industries Limited, along with Prime Minister John Briceño, officially introduced a new service aimed at assisting farmers, as well as the [...]
Written on November 30, 2023 | Posted in
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The rescindment of an increase in telephone allowances for C.E.O.’s was announced in a statement by the Government of Belize on Tuesday, while Cabinet was in a lengthy session. In [...]
Written on November 30, 2023 | Posted in
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We begin our newscast tonight with images from around Belize City where a number of carriageways, including parts of Mahogany Street, are under several inches of water. Torrential downpours this [...]
Written on November 29, 2023 | Posted in
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An increase in allowances paid to C.E.O.’s, the Financial Secretary, as well as the Cabinet Secretary, for monthly telephone usage has been withdrawn. The cancellation of the approved increase was [...]
Written on November 29, 2023 | Posted in
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When asked for his take on the controversial telephone allowance issue, Minister of Education Francis Fonseca agreed with the decision taken by the Chief Executive Officers to forego the increase [...]
Written on November 29, 2023 | Posted in
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