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Tuesday night’s heavy rains and cooler weather might have been good sleeping weather for some, but the deluge caught many in the Toledo District off guard. Today, they were scrambling [...]
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Fifty-four pounds of compressed marijuana were removed from the streets of Lake Independence this morning during a joint operation conducted by various units of law enforcement. Shortly after seven a.m., [...]
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Crime stats indicate that for over a year, there has been no major crime reported on the island of Caye Caulker. But on neighbouring Ambergris Caye, San Pedro Town is [...]
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The Christian Workers Union issued a twenty-one-day notice of intended strike action to the Port of Belize Limited on Tuesday. The letter, addressed to the Minister of Labour, Oscar Requeña [...]
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And while three unresolved matters are listed in C.W.U.’s letter to the Minister of Labour, the pending move by A.S.R/B.S.I. to transfer its sugar operation from Belize City to Port [...]
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Today New Five joined Minister of Home Affairs and New Growth Industries, Kareem Musa for a leg of his countrywide tour. This morning he was at Caye Caulker. We will [...]
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In that same vein, Minister Musa told News Five that during his trip to the northern region, he found an astounding ninety percent of police officers in Orange Walk have [...]
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Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa and his C.E.O., Kevin Arthurs along with Commissioner of Police Chester Williams and other members of ministry are on a countrywide tour, meeting with [...]
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Sunday’s recall convention saw Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber retaining his seat as leader of the United Democratic Party. Despite surviving the recent attempt to have him ousted, Faber’s control [...]
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Former Leader of the Opposition Patrick Faber is on record stating that he has not taken a position on the controversial Eleventh Amendment bill. Despite his name appearing on the [...]
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La Isla Cariñosa may have taken a hit from COVID-19, but the island is rebounding fast. Today, News Five checked out the tourist action that is bringing back the economic [...]
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When a suspected drug plane went down in the waters outside of Placencia on Labor Day weekend, a former employee of the Department of Civil Aviation was hired at a [...]
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According to Young, he was surprised at the response when he asked the leader of the investigating team why the Department of Civil Aviation was not involved, since they would [...]
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In cabinet news, Minister of Health and Wellness informed the cabinet that as of July twelfth, over one hundred and seven thousand Belizeans or twenty-five percent of the population received [...]
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The Leo Bradley Library in Belize City is hosting a smaller version of its summer camp this year to allow for social distancing. But those lucky children who were able [...]
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