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Belize is among a small group of twenty-three countries that has relations with Taiwan. As part of Taiwan’s diplomatic outreach, youth ambassadors are deployed to the various countries. In Belize, the Taiwanese delegation today launched its cultural exchange program at the IT-VET. News Five’s Delahnie Bain met the delegation as they previewed their traditional dance. […]
Written on July 19, 2011 | Posted in
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SMART’s generosity extended to the creative arts today. Along with the Belize Bank, they sponsored awards for both the Belize International Film Festival and the Belize Audio Visual’s high school video Competition. According to SMART representatives, they will sponsor each winning entry to be aired throughout the week. News Five spoke to BAVIA’s Open, Music […]
Written on July 19, 2011 | Posted in
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The Belize International Film Festival has grown significantly in its six years of existence with the addition of workshops, the big red carpet gala on opening night and this year, the Belize comedy tour. But the movies, documentaries and film making on a whole remain at the heart of it all. And while the actors […]
The Chiquibul Forest has been under attack for decades by Guatemalans who cut and pillage Belize’s resources for profit. As a matter of routine, the illegal clearings and campsites are used by loggers as well as those who harvest xate plants, just inside Belize’s border. But it seems that the situation is flaring up and […]
Written on July 15, 2011 | Posted in
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While the B.D.F. was patrolling in the west, the Belize Coast Guard was called out on a rescue mission. On Thursday morning the Coast Guard responded to a distress call to save three persons whose thirty eight foot vessel hit an unidentified object and started to sink near the Turneffe Atolls. The Coast Guard was […]
Written on July 15, 2011 | Posted in
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Just before news time this evening, the Belize Chamber of Commerce ratified a resolution that will land at the prime minister’s office. It follows government’s actions in respect of the renationalization of Telemedia on July fourth. While the floor was open to comments, there were no takers and the matter proceeded to the vote. Of […]
During the past two weeks we’ve reported on several incidences in which landowners lost their properties to fraudsters who used forgery and a willing Justice of the Peace who signed and placed the JP seal on documents to sell off the properties. The name that kept popping up is Angel Moriera, the JP. Moriera’s name […]
Issues of the Justices of the Peace could have been solved years ago. According to Madrid, a former P.U.P. city councilor, in 2006, the council gave an office to the JP association inside the Commercial Center. He said the association was kicked out and they discussed with the then attorney general the way forward and […]
Written on July 15, 2011 | Posted in
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But there’s other news; twenty Belizean women from across the country are participating in a two day Marketing workshop. The Institute of Mexico collaborated with the University of Quintana Roo to hold its first workshop which was held in March of this year. Building on the success of the first workshop, the second round, entitled […]
Written on July 15, 2011 | Posted in
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The Cooperative Department and the Peace Corps signed a memorandum of understanding today. For the next two years six Peace Corps, one per district, will be working in Belize to help develop the full potential of the respective cooperatives. News Five was at the program launch today. Nina Hernandez, Country Manager, Peace Corps “Our interest […]
Written on July 15, 2011 | Posted in
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Three powerhouses in the agriculture industry have sent a stern but emphatic message to the government regarding the state of the citrus and sugar industries. In symphony with the Belize Chamber of Commerce, the message is about government’s slow pace in obeying the rule of law. While it’s not about any nationalization, it deals with […]
Written on July 14, 2011 | Posted in
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On the street, battles are fought with loaded guns, but inside the cold air-conditioned boardrooms, corporate battles are fought with the violent clash of fingers on keyboards. While a paper cut could be the only real damage done, the current Chairman of Belize Electricity Limited and the former Chief Executive Officer are locked in a […]
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In Wednesday’s newscast Attorney Fred Lumor revealed that father and son, William and Jimmy Quinto, businessmen of Belize City, held a legal title to a half a million dollar parcel of land in San Pedro while a local bank had a lien on the same property, but with another person listed as the owner. Lumor […]
Written on July 14, 2011 | Posted in
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The crime statistics and staggering, young people are falling by the wayside and the percentage of school drop-outs is high. Still hope springs eternal and around the country there are some youths who are doing the right thing in their communities and schools. Today the Police Department hosted the sixth edition of its program called […]
New Love Foundation will be celebrating their first anniversary in Belize City over the weekend. Founder of the organization, Michelle Wagner, arrived in the country today flanked by some high profile international celebs, who will be pitching together to host a fundraising event to help promote literacy in Belize. News Five met with the stars […]
Written on July 14, 2011 | Posted in
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According to Smiling’s Attorney Michael Peyrefitte, they are requesting that the money be paid in full because Nembhard has shirked the court order repeatedly and is now considered a flight risk. Michael Peyrefitte, Attorney for Winston Smiling “When the matter was finished on the twenty-sixth of May the court ordered that Mr. Nembhard pay three […]
Written on July 13, 2011 | Posted in
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Not far away, in the Supreme Court, three of five men who were accused of the 2009 murder of John Paul Saldivar are suing the Attorney General’s office for wrongful imprisonment. Saldivar was shot several times in the Rocky Point area of San Pedro and his body was found in a shallow grave. Micah Thompson, […]
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There has been a flurry of purported fraudulent land transactions involving the Lands Department. It all became public when Israel “Pie” Marin, the manager of Belize Diesel and Equipment found out that an island that he co-owned with Rosella Zabaneh was fraudulently sold off. Bikini Island was sold by a person using the alias Satuaye […]
Since it opened its doors, the Michael Finnegan Market has been at the center of controversy from vendors. While the issues of rent and wholesale/retail occupancy are somewhat cleared up, with the rainy season in full swing, another problem is surfacing. The downpour that has been prevalent over the past two weeks has transformed the […]
Written on July 13, 2011 | Posted in
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The Preventative Detention bill was flatly rejected by the public when it was first proposed in 2007, but in May of this year the government re-introduced the bill in the House of Representatives for a first reading as a means to fight crime. It came up again for a second reading in June at the […]
Tragedy has landed again at the front door of Delia Lewis. Lewis is the mother of a cyclist Maurice Usher who was hit in a terrible traffic accident last Friday night that sent him in coma. Usher was driving a motorcycle, heading to Belize City from his family’s farm when he collided with a bicycle […]
Earlier today the Ministry of Sports announced that a delegation from FIFA will be in Belize on July nineteenth. The release says that it received a letter from the international football authority saying that the delegation comprises FIFA Executive and Emergency Committee member, Rafael Salguero; CONCACAF Executive Member Ariel Alvarado and UNCAF President, Rafael Tinoco. […]
Written on July 12, 2011 | Posted in
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We have been following their journey to the Special Olympics since they left Belize in mid-June for Athens, Greece. Today they’re back in Belize boasting bronze medals after playing teams from Chile, Singapore and Indonesia. The boys who are intellectually impaired have been training for over a year with the hopes of bringing home a […]
Written on July 12, 2011 | Posted in
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From our checks, government has not yet filed an appeal at the Caribbean Court of Justice, as Prime Minister Dean Barrow said he would, against the June twenty-fourth ruling by three justices of the Court of Appeal, declaring that government’s acquisition of Telemedia back in August 2009, was unconstitutional, null and void. Ten days later, […]
The National Sports Council met on Saturday and unanimously voted not to register the Football Federation of Belize. Notwithstanding, the second leg of competition between Belize and Montserrat in a World Cup 2014 pre-qualifying series is set for Sunday in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The NSC decertified the Football Federation of Belize, but FIFA has […]
Written on July 11, 2011 | Posted in
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