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“These things take time”. That’s the word out of Belmopan tonight as questions continue to surround an official letter which indicates that Venezuela gave Belize twenty million US dollars in [...]
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Following nominations from the Government, the Opposition, churches, the unions and the business community, the list of the men and women who will make up the Senate is finally complete. [...]
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In other news from Belmopan, the government has announced this week that it would absorb the most recent rise in fuel acquisition costs to keep the pump price the same [...]
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A convicted child molester has been sentenced to spend the next twenty years behind bars. According to court reports, when thirty-two year old Raul Rivero appeared before Justice Herbert Lord [...]
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Two men who were charged earlier this week with serious offences have been granted bail in the Dangriga Magistrate’s Court. Fifty year old Dean De Marks, a New Jersey insurance [...]
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Three men have been arrested and charged for firearm offences in separate cases. In Belize City, officers on patrol on Plues Street say around six on Thursday evening, they stopped [...]
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A bike jacking is hardly newsworthy these days because it happens so often but when thieves make off with a thirteen thousand dollar machine, it’s big news. According to Marlon [...]
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He was the victim of a hit and run driver last summer but tonight a seventy-year old Belize City man is claiming he’s being victimized by the insurance industry. Amos [...]
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Folklore is a common source of inspiration for writers and in Belize, few characters are more popular than Bra Anansi, the mischievous spider who uses his superior intelligence to get [...]
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For more than a decade, March has been celebrated as Child Stimulation Month. According to organisers, this year’s events will stress the importance of preschool education and parental involvement. Margaret [...]
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Last weekend News Five traveled to Blue Creek in the Orange Walk district to chronicle the achievements made by the Mennonites during their fifty years in Belize. Events celebrating the [...]
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