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After months of sweat equity, on Saturday afternoon the residents of the Valley of Peace celebrated the official opening of their new community centre. The building was declared ready for use by Prime Minister Said Musa. Scouts from Ontario, Canada contributed more than thirty-eight thousand dollars towards the project and in August, twenty-four volunteers visited […]
Written on January 23, 2007 | Posted in
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The arrest of Louie Ganzie Gentle and Kurt Vasquez has done little to quell the public outcry against the recent spate of domestic violence. This morning, News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin attended an event designed to harness those feelings into positive action. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Today’s march against domestic violence and abuse was organized by the […]
Written on January 19, 2007 | Posted in
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While it may be too late for Keisha Sutherland, there is help available for abused women who do not want to end up as a statistic on a police report. One of the most important sources of aid is called Haven House, an anonymous home where women who need to leave an unsafe situation can […]
Written on January 17, 2007 | Posted in
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The Living With Hope Foundation is a three year old charitable organisation that assists people living with HIV and AIDS. To date, eighty-five people have benefited from the service. This morning, the organisation received a donation of five thousand dollars from Bravo Motors, part of the proceeds of the 2006 Nissan Grand Raffle. Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, […]
Written on January 17, 2007 | Posted in
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On last night’s newscast we reported the eleventh hour compromise between the Belize City Council and Belize Tourism Board over the City’s demand for a piece of the Head Tax on cruise passengers. Today, while the crisis may have been averted, it is clear that no one is about to kiss and make up. News […]
Written on January 16, 2007 | Posted in
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Today, the family of Raymond Simon remains hopeful that soon they will be reunited with their loved one. This follows an encouraging phone call Florence Martinez received about the possible whereabouts of her common law husband. Martinez says after our news report on Monday night, the Orange Walk police contacted her to say a vehicle […]
Written on January 16, 2007 | Posted in
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Downtown Belize City ground to a halt this morning as the country’s legal community gathered for the official opening ceremonies of the Supreme Court. The annual event is often dominated by pageantry but as News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports, this year’s function belonged to the new faces that will guide the course of justice in […]
Written on January 15, 2007 | Posted in
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A Belize district family is tonight asking for your help in locating their missing loved one. According to relatives, seventy four year old Raymond Simon left his home in Vista del Mar around seven on Friday morning and has not been seen or heard from since. Florence Martinez says she is concerned for her husband’s […]
Written on January 15, 2007 | Posted in
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We’re not sure if anyone was locked up in the Belama Police Station’s holding cell over the weekend, but by the time News Five’s Kendra Griffith showed up this morning, all she found was a single occupant with a big toothy grin. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Since Saturday, this eight-foot crocodile has been detained in a […]
Written on January 15, 2007 | Posted in
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We don’t want to “put mouth” on the issue, but it seems like Belize hasn’t seen as many major fires as it used to. We’re not sure if it’s good fortune or good prevention, but whatever the cause, firemen are not resting on their laurels. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting So far it has been a relatively […]
Written on January 11, 2007 | Posted in
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After riding into office on a tidal wave of popular support, the U.D.P. City Council did not take long to realise that municipal governance has less to do with glory than with dollars and cents. Since March, Mayor Zenaida Moya has been badgering the P.U.P. central government for what she claims is the city’s fair […]
Written on January 10, 2007 | Posted in
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In the wake of the death of Commission Chair David Price, the investigations into the mismanagement at the Development Finance Corporation have faded into the media background. But tonight the commission appears to be headed back to the front page. Co-chairs Merlene Bailey-Martinez and Herbert Lord met on Tuesday to discuss their next move and […]
Written on January 10, 2007 | Posted in
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It’s a pet project of the Police Department in an area more often associated with despair than upliftment. Today that effort received a financial boost from a familiar source. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting One year after the Yabra Community Policing Centre opened its doors to the public, the facility has been providing a number of services, […]
Written on January 10, 2007 | Posted in
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During a special sitting of the Senate on Monday at the National Assembly in Belmopan, veteran attorney Lutchman Sooknandan was approved as Belize’s new Director of Public Prosecutions. Sooknandan’s appointment is effective today, January ninth and according to Senator Esther Ayuso, was finally done according to proper procedure. Senator Esther Ayuso
Written on January 9, 2007 | Posted in
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A minor glitch has cropped up in the appointment of Lutchman Sooknandan as Director of Public Prosecutions. The government, it seems, forgot to follow the constitution. This afternoon we spoke to Senator Godwin Hulse, the man most identified with political reform in Belize, who gave us a civics lesson. Senator Godwin Hulse
Written on January 5, 2007 | Posted in
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With the nation still in shock over the accumulated savagery of three domestic murders in two weeks, we are not only forced to ask ourselves why such acts of violence are occurring … but what can we do to prevent them. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Twenty-eight year old Keisha Sutherland, twenty seven year old Anna Basto […]
Written on January 4, 2007 | Posted in
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Of course it’s only a coincidence, but in the month following the highly publicised sixteen days of action against domestic violence, there have been no less than three murders of women by enraged husbands or boyfriends. The latest–and perhaps most brutal–occurred this morning in Belize City. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Twenty-eight year old Keisha Sutherland and […]
Written on January 3, 2007 | Posted in
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The sale of the City Council Pound Yard compound was a hot news item leading up to municipal elections in March. And today, the elected members of the United Democratic Party council began to feel the heat of that reality. Because as News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports, the owner, Belize City businessman Arun Hotchandani, is […]
Written on December 28, 2006 | Posted in
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And while the City Council is trying to sort out its property issues, this afternoon Mayor Zenaida Moya took the opportunity to discuss the garbage situation plaguing the old capital. Moya says while sting operations have resulted in three people being issued garbage tickets, the city wide problem persists. Zenaida Moya, Mayor, Belize City Council
Written on December 28, 2006 | Posted in
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Under the Prevention of Corruption in Public Life Act, the Integrity Commission was appointed to review the declared income, assets and liabilities of elected officials. But since the first members were appointed, their reports have received little or no attention. And as News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports, today the Senate called on central government to […]
Written on December 28, 2006 | Posted in
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Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Over the past year, tragedy has destroyed a number of Belizean families. To help those left behind have a Merry Christmas, today officers from the Community Policing Unit handed out food hampers and gifts for the children. Insp. Diana Hall, O.C Community Policing Unit, Bze. Dist.
Written on December 22, 2006 | Posted in
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This holiday season, our News Five teams have covered a number of Christmas parties across the city, many organized to make sure the less fortunate among us aren’t left out of the festivities. This afternoon, I stopped in at yet another such event in a North side neighbourhood. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting This afternoon approximately seventy-five […]
Written on December 22, 2006 | Posted in
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It’s a tortured acronym called GENACIS, which stands for Gender Alcohol and Culture: An International Study. Basically it’s a survey designed to tell us whether Belize has a drinking problem. And while no one who has stepped outside the house in the last thirty years needs a study to answer that question, the results make […]
Written on December 21, 2006 | Posted in
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While the legal implications of the Maroquin case are large, the killing also raises the important issue of how society treats its mentally ill. Secretary of the Mental Health Association, Kathy Esquivel, believes that the unnecessary death of Egbert Gordon Junior is just one of many instances of discrimination. Kathy Esquivel, Mental Health Association Secretary
Written on December 19, 2006 | Posted in
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We publicise the launch of their Kettle Appeal and join them for their annual children’s dinner. Today News Five’s Kendra Griffith found the Salvation Army continuing to honour the spirit of Christmas on behalf of the City’s most needy residents. Kendra Griffith, Reporting This morning a roomful of senior Belizeans gathered at the Salvation Army […]
Written on December 19, 2006 | Posted in
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