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Fire in motor vehicles are not particularly unusual … except when the vehicles in question are empty, parked, and not running. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Belize City police are investigating to determine if two buses that burst into flames sometime after ten this morning were the result of arson. Senior Superintendent Allen Whylie, O.C. Eastern Division […]
Written on May 16, 2007 | Posted in
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Police have identified the drowning victim whose body was found yesterday in the Mopan River near Santa Familia. He is fourteen year old Victor Maheia. According to witnesses, Maheia was swimming with friends when he went under and did not come up. A search led to the discovery of the body nearby. Police do not […]
Written on May 16, 2007 | Posted in
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There were some major changes in command at the Police Department announced today. Four senior women listed among those promoted include Senior Superintendent Yolanda Murray, Superintendent Louise Willis, Assistant Superintendent Desiree Philips and Inspector Corrine Jacobs. Meanwhile Assistant Commissioner of Police Crispin Jeffries has been transferred to Belmopan as the Commander of Operations. Jeffries replaces […]
Written on May 16, 2007 | Posted in
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Meanwhile Police Commissioner Gerald Westby says his officers will be doing all they can to ensure that peace is maintained on Friday in Belmopan. Westby says the two major political parties and at least one of the independent parties have already requested permits to assemble in protest. Gerald Westby, Police Commissioner “Certainly the security forces […]
Written on May 16, 2007 | Posted in
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Today the police also put on display five brand new vehicles that were donated by the South Korean government through the efforts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to Police Commissioner Gerald Westby, the new wheels include a Hyundai thirty seater bus and three Ssang Yong pickup trucks. Westby says the vehicles complement those […]
Written on May 16, 2007 | Posted in
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Traditionally, Belize’s stamps have featured pretty wildlife or events and personalities from the distant past. The latest issue, however is different. Yasser Musa, President, NICH “Art is about life. It is what life brings to you and how you interpret it and so I am very honoured to be associated with our stamp advisory committee.” […]
Written on May 16, 2007 | Posted in
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If viewers are a bit confused about all the international military activity going on in Belize, don’t worry, sometimes so are we. While Tradewinds 2007 winds down, another type of exercise, this one a humanitarian effort involving the B.D.F. and U.S. military, is also putting on some finishing touches. News Five’s Kendra Griffith has the […]
Written on May 16, 2007 | Posted in
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It appears that sixty-year old Charles Good may have had matters right following his one day hunger strike last week in front of the Social Security building on Princess Margaret Drive. This afternoon, an elated Good called our newsroom to report that following a meeting this morning with Social Security officials, they were able to […]
Written on May 14, 2007 | Posted in
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We’re not sure if they’re going to have a victory party, but the residents of West Landivar have something to celebrate tonight because they have triumphed in their efforts to quash a project proposal by local developer David Gegg. The businessman had expressed his intention to construct a marina, restaurant, and office complex on his […]
Written on May 9, 2007 | Posted in
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Corozal police are investigating the deaths of two men who were found in an abandoned well five hours after they were hired to clean the water hole. According to forty-six year old Antonio Campos, a farmer from the Corozal District, on Tuesday he hired thirty year old Herman Perfilio Sanchez and seventeen year old Marcos […]
Written on May 9, 2007 | Posted in
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For the last six months, he’s been outside local jurisdiction, but come Monday morning, Belize City businessman Ben Bou-Nahra will stand trial for manslaughter. Today, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions confirmed to News Five that the case against Bou-Nahra in connection with the death of Shawn Copius will start next week. The […]
Written on May 9, 2007 | Posted in
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For better or for worse, technology has infiltrated the lives of Belizeans all over the country. And on Monday technology found its way to the Valley of Peace in the Cayo District with the inauguration of an internet cafe and community data centre. The centre comes equipped with three state of the art computers and […]
Written on May 9, 2007 | Posted in
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As the popularity of poetry grows, so does the number of local enthusiasts who will no doubt welcome the new C.D. launched today. The disc samples the work of some of the best already in the business and newcomers hoping to make a name for themselves. This morning News Five’s Kendra Griffith enjoyed a preview […]
Written on May 9, 2007 | Posted in
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In related development news, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye will see water and sewer services extended to the north side of the island town. According to a release from Belize Water Services Limited, B.W.S. will begin the first stage of what promises to be a thirty million dollar expansion of the present system. Under the terms […]
Written on May 8, 2007 | Posted in
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On Saturday night, six Belizean women aged sixty to seventy-eight, took to the stage at the City Centre for the Ms. Y competition. They sang, they danced, they recited and by the end of the night a winner was crowned. Here are some highlights. (Highlights of Contest) Lauren Burgess, Emcee “who come in third, second […]
Written on May 7, 2007 | Posted in
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With apologies to Miss Belize and the Queen of the Bay, if there is any event that can be called the mother of all pageants–make that grandmother of all pageants–it’s the Ms. Y. Here’s a preview. Norma Sutherland, 69 years old “Now the bowing was jokes because many of us after two days had pains […]
Written on May 3, 2007 | Posted in
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Mother’s Day doesn’t roll around until the thirteenth, but a number of mothers and grandmothers–not to mention grandfathers–were celebrating early this year. News Five’s Janelle Chanona has the story. Janelle Chanona, Reporting On Wednesday, the Sister Cecelia Home for the Elderly celebrated its eleventh anniversary with a party. In May 1996, the home was converted […]
Written on May 3, 2007 | Posted in
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On Monday, a new warehouse was handed over to the National Emergency Management Organization. Located at the Port of Big Creek in Independence Village, the forty-eight hundred square foot structure was a collaborative effort between the United States Southern Command who contributed three hundred thousand U.S. dollars; G.O.B. which provided road access, electricity, and water; […]
Written on May 2, 2007 | Posted in
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Its scientific name is Tyto Alba, but most people know them simply as barn owls. Over the weekend a woman discovered two of the baby owls, not in her barn, but in her attic. The birds were turned over to the Belize Audubon Society this morning where Publicity Coordinator, Dirk Francisco told us that while […]
Written on May 2, 2007 | Posted in
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A pregnant Gales Point woman and her two children are homeless tonight following a fire over the weekend. According to relatives, on Saturday evening Sherry-Ann Slusher took her three year old and one year old to visit her grandmother in another part of the village but around eight that night, neighbours saw smoke and then […]
Written on April 30, 2007 | Posted in
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It was bumper to bumper traffic in Belmopan this weekend as thousands of Belizeans travelled to the capital city to attend the 2007 National Agriculture and Trade Show. According to organizers, on Saturday a record crowd of more than twenty thousand people visited the grounds while Sunday saw a whopping thirty thousand visitors braving the […]
Written on April 30, 2007 | Posted in
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Seven months after Steven “the Seaweed Man” Hemsley made a tearful plea for help for his three year old son who needed leukaemia treatments, tonight we regret to announce that on Friday night the child died. Malecai Hemsley died in his father’s arms after being rushed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Hemsley was devoted […]
Written on April 30, 2007 | Posted in
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The Belize Police Department has four new vehicles at its disposal tonight, thanks to the Republic of South Korea. According to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, South Korea has donated three 2007 Ssang Yong Diesel pickup trucks and one Hyundai van. According to the release, the gift is the product of […]
Written on April 27, 2007 | Posted in
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Word out of Belmopan tonight is that Corinth Morter-Lewis and the University of Belize are parting ways. According to the rumour mill, Santos Mahung will be replacing Morter-Lewis as President of U.B. But for now the rumour will remain just that, as U.B. board chairman Dr. Louis Zabaneh, Morter-Lewis, Mahung, and even public relations officer […]
Written on April 27, 2007 | Posted in
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Today was a big day for the Belize City Council as their newest infrastructural investment was unveiled to the public. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin has more. Anthony Michael, Deputy Mayor, Belize City Council “Welcome to honesty, welcome to transparency, welcome to a future filled with hope for a new dawn, a new era of honest […]
Written on April 27, 2007 | Posted in
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