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Boyfriend Re-Detained, but Still No Signs of Anisha Young

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Hopes are dimming tonight for the family of Anisha Young; they are offering a reward of ten thousand dollars for concrete information on her whereabouts. The twenty-three-year-old disappeared on Sunday morning after she left a popular nightclub with her boyfriend in a taxi. Both shared a house on Nargusta Street in Belize City. Her boyfriend was arrested and released after forty-eight hours in custody and then re-arrested on Wednesday night. The family is trying to cover all leads of her whereabouts. Today, they trekked to village of Lemonal, but the search there turned empty-handed. News Five’s Duane Moody reports.

A New Set of Rules for Joint Operations in the Chiquibul Forest

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While Guatemalan president and foreign minister are at the Biltmore, in Belmopan, a protocol was signed to deal with encroachments in the Chiquibul and Vaca Forests by persons from Guatemala who enter the protected area illegally. They extract the rich natural resources posing a serious threat to the environment and putting at risk the sovereignty and integrity of the country. Friends for Conservation has been managing the protected area, but it is vast and resources are limited. So, today an agreement was signed between the Ministries of National Security as well as Forestry, the Environment, and Sustainable Development with the FCD. It is called the Chiquibul and Vaca Forests Joint Enforcement Protocol and provides the framework for coordination and communication among the agencies. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports.