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On Friday night, more than three hundred members of Belize’s tourism industry participated in the eighth annual National Tourism Awards ceremony. During the event, thirteen awards were distributed. The Inn at Robert’s Grove was recognised as Hotel of the Year and Orange Walk’s Orchid Palm took best small hotel. Placencia’s Joy Tours was named Tour […]
Written on January 28, 2008 | Posted in
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Details are still sketchy but tonight it appears that Sanitation Enterprises Limited and the Belize City Council have parted ways. According to a press release issued this afternoon, city administrators indicated that Belize Maintenance Limited will assume the duties previously carried out by S.E.L. A year and a half ago the City Council was embroiled […]
Written on January 25, 2008 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Said Musa took time off the campaign trail this afternoon to participate in the official ground breaking ceremony for a new radar and infrastructural upgrade to the National Meteorological Service. According to the Met Service, a state of the art Doppler Weather Radar will be installed in Ladyville by June and in operation […]
Written on January 24, 2008 | Posted in
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With its own healthy revenues from hotel taxes and little official oversight, the Belize Tourism Board is the envy of many less well endowed government institutions. Today the B.T.B. invited the public to see how it was spending some of that money. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. This afternoon the Belize Tourism Board officially inaugurated […]
Written on January 24, 2008 | Posted in
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Superman, at one time may have found a phone booth to be a convenient venue for switching identities … but in the age of the cellular do we really need pay phones? Actually, we do, and this morning News Five’s Janelle Chanona found out why. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Belize’s first pay phone was installed in […]
Written on January 23, 2008 | Posted in
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Tonight police believe a cruise ship passenger who died over the weekend was a victim of drowning. Reports are that fifty-three year old British native Robert Harding was snorkeling with other passengers of the Ocean Village on Saturday morning. But around eleven Harding experienced difficulty in the water and was immediately rushed to the hospital […]
Written on January 21, 2008 | Posted in
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The grave situation of Andy Palacio is not the only tragedy to strike a highly respected Belizean. Career public officer Sir Henry Edney Cain has died following a prolonged battle with cancer. He was eighty-four years old. According to family members, Sir Edney had been suffering from cancer for the past eight years but went […]
Written on January 18, 2008 | Posted in
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On December twenty second someone hit all five lucky numbers for the ninety thousand-dollar lotto draw. But several weeks passed and no one came forth to claim the prize. Today, almost a month later, the mystery was solved as a U.B. student from Belize City stepped up to the Lotto office to collect her cheque […]
Written on January 18, 2008 | Posted in
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Following their first meeting of the year, tonight the Bakers Association of Belize is advising consumers that dramatic price hikes in flour could mean a rise in the cost of bread in the very near future. According to the release, while the extra cost of the commodity was anticipated, additional increases in the price of […]
Written on January 15, 2008 | Posted in
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Over the last decade the Rotary Gift of Life has helped over three hundred Belizean children receive life saving cardiac care. To assist those patients and countless others with heart conditions, the programme relies on donations from businesses and the general public. In their latest fundraising attempt, Rotary has found a way to give back […]
Written on January 15, 2008 | Posted in
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Rounding out our courtroom reports is word that when the new legal year starts next week, Supreme Court Justices will look a little different. According to a press release from the Registrar, “judges will no longer wear wigs in court and in presiding over all cases they will wear black robes with white shirts, wing […]
Written on January 11, 2008 | Posted in
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It’s a startling but not necessarily unusual sight in Belize to see a house traveling down the road on the back of a flatbed trailer. It’s an art perfected largely by the Mennonites and those prefabricated wooden homes made in Spanish Lookout and elsewhere have come to be known generically as “Mennonite Houses”. Now we […]
Written on January 10, 2008 | Posted in
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The timing may be politically convenient but Government’s plans to open a new water treatment plant in Caye Caulker will significantly improve life on the island for its fifteen hundred residents and numerous visitors. According to a press release issued today, this morning Prime Minister Said Musa and Chairman of the Board of Directors of […]
Written on January 8, 2008 | Posted in
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This morning the size of the crowd outside the gates of the Housing Department in Belize City could only have one meaning: free ting. And indeed it appeared that some loan and grant applications had been approved and were ready for disbursement today. Many, however, just came in hopes of getting on the list for […]
Written on January 7, 2008 | Posted in
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The Colonial Band Association will hold a meeting next week to decide what course of action to take if it is confirmed that a thirty year-old lease they hold on a prime property at the Newtown Barracks has been cancelled and the property sold. In a conversation this afternoon with C.B.A. President, Ellis Arnold, he […]
Written on January 4, 2008 | Posted in
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It was a story that sort of appeared out of nowhere, involving the always intriguing elements of art, money and politics. And while it’s sometimes hard to figure out who’s playing whom, the battle of the Bust continues. News Five’s Marion Ali has an update. Marion Ali, Reporting The fiasco over the bust of Philip […]
Written on January 3, 2008 | Posted in
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And while the tempest over the bust may play out for a few more days, lost in the storm is the very man immortalised in bronze: Philip Goldson. For those older folks who may not remember or younger ones who didn’t pay attention in school, Philip Goldson, born in 1923, was one of the giants […]
Written on January 3, 2008 | Posted in
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The weather over Christmas and New Year’s was about as perfect as it gets around here but—like all good things—today it came to an end. News Five’s Marion Ali reports on the season’s first major norther. Marion Ali, Reporting Today seas were rough, winds gusty and the air chilly as a strong cold front continues […]
Written on January 2, 2008 | Posted in
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New Year’s is just one of the thirteen public and bank holidays celebrated in Belize, so if you’re counting down to your next vacation, get your pen and calendars ready. According to the revised list put out by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the first long weekend falls on March tenth, a Monday, in observance […]
Written on January 2, 2008 | Posted in
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The stars shone brightly over Placencia last night … of course they had no competition as the entire peninsula was plunged into darkness by an eighteen hour power failure. The blackout which began around six Sunday evening and lasted until twelve-fifteen this afternoon had hotel and restaurant owners scrambling to serve a record number of […]
Written on December 31, 2007 | Posted in
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It is six months overdue, but in the entertainment business, the show must go on, which is why organisers of a weekend concert are eager to start the music. The gospel singing is set for Saturday night at the Bird’s Isle and is a New Beginning Productions event featuring Belizean Michael “Mikal” Evans and Bahamian […]
Written on December 28, 2007 | Posted in
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The presents have been put away and the rumpopo and cake is almost done, but if you bought your turkey late and got stuck with a big one, you may be wondering what to do with all the leftovers. This morning News Five’s Kendra Griffith went in search of some tips from the food experts […]
Written on December 27, 2007 | Posted in
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While their parents were shopping this weekend, the children were up to some less material pursuits. First up was the Children Chess Extravaganza which took place at the Belize Elementary Auditorium. According to the organisers, sixty-five students from three districts competed in the two-day tournament, playing a total of two hundred and thirty-three games. Taking […]
Written on December 24, 2007 | Posted in
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Next, on Saturday night a huge crowd gathered at the Brodie’s parking lot on the Northern Highway for the finale of the Masters of the Floor competition. All ten dancers brought their “A” game, but when the presentations were complete the judges liked the creativity, originality, and costume of three over the rest. Here is […]
Written on December 24, 2007 | Posted in
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There was plenty of cash and prizes floating around this year as businesses all over Belize held promotions in an effort to lure customers to their doors and reward them for their patronage. This afternoon it was the Benny’s Group doing the honours as they selected the grand prize winner of ten thousand dollars in […]
Written on December 24, 2007 | Posted in
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