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Three young men were charged this afternoon in connection with Tuesday’s shooting of eleven year old Stacy Williams. Eighteen year old Mark Sutherland, his twenty one year old cousin Stuart Sutherland and seventeen year old Norris Leslie have been jointly charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to murder, dangerous harm and use of deadly means of […]
Written on January 30, 1998 | Posted in
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Police in Orange Walk have had less luck in finding the persons responsible for the brutal slaying of forty eight year old Indian businessman Bherumal Punjabi. Punjabi was strangled and robbed Wednesday evening on the San Roman Road, his throat pierced by a stalk of cane. Officers told News Five that while they are looking […]
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Also in Belize City members of the Montes family were adding the final touches to funeral arrangements for their son John, whose life ended violently last Saturday evening. But suspicious circumstances surrounding the affair were never far from their minds. According Irma Vernon, sister of the deceased, several eye witnesses have given the family a […]
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Also buried today was former Chamber of Commerce General Manager Hugh Fuller. Fuller died of a brain aneurysm on Tuesday evening. His interment was the first at Homeland Memorial Park, the new private cemetery at mile seven and a half on the Western Highway.
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With only two days left before the arrival of the M.S. Leeward, the general attitude seems to be one of watchful waiting. After an initial venting of homophobic steam an increasing number of liberal voices have been raised in defense of civil rights for homosexuals and the nine hundred or so visitors on the cruise […]
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There is good news this week for the people of Trinidad and Tobago. The Amoco Trinidad Oil Company has announced a record petroleum find some thirty five miles southeast of the main island. Company officials say that the discovery, which they estimate at between forty and seventy million barrels, is the biggest in twenty five […]
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The Christmas spirit evaporated long ago; January was short on both money and fun… But don’t worry, February is almost here and some colleagues of ours on Freetown Road have an idea. Brian Mossiah, Project Coordinator, Love F.M. “And don’t forget the feeding program starts on February second where we will be in Punta Gorda, […]
Written on January 30, 1998 | Posted in
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They are endangered throughout most of their range but in Belize the West Indian Manatee has always thrived. At least until recently. Tonight there is one less in the community and at least one man is getting suspicious. Pepe Garcia, the President of the Belize Audubon Society, had just taken out his boat for a […]
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News Five commentator G. Michael Reid rarely enters the murky waters of Belizean politics and when he does dip foot, it is not without first checking carefully for sharks, jellyfish, sea urchins and other perils of the sea. Finding, for the moment at least, that the coast is clear, he decided to go for a […]
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It was a story right out of South Central. Gang bangers do a drive by and an innocent bystander goes down in a pool of blood. Only this wasn’t Los Angeles…in fact it wasn’t even the bullet ridden Belize City of 5 years ago. It was this morning on Mopan Street…and it wasn’t the first […]
Written on January 29, 1998 | Posted in
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In Orange Walk police are trying to solve the grisly murder of an Indian businessman. Last night around nine, the body of 48 year old Bherumal Punjabi was found in a cane field off the San Roman Road, less than a quarter mile from the northern highway. Punjabi’s throat had been pierced by a stalk […]
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The history of the Garifuna people and their struggles has been well documented over the years. But there remains no shortage of people wanting to take just one more look at their remarkable survival. “Journey On,” researched and written by Orange Walk native Nelita Doherty, is the latest publication to tackle the issue. Doherty told […]
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Any young person in Belize who is out of school and not yet in a job — this covers a lot of people — should pay close attention to the next story, as it’s going to tell you about a real once in a lifetime opportunity. Patrick Jones reports. Like the Marines up north, they’re […]
Written on January 29, 1998 | Posted in
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One look at Belize City is enough to convince most observers that the word “planning” has definitely been left out of the Creole dictionary. But hope springs eternal and it was at full bloom this morning at a workshop on the subject which opened at the Biltmore Plaza Hotel. When the phrase, “failing to plan […]
Written on January 29, 1998 | Posted in
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For many motorists the activity of driving on smooth pavement in Belize City is the shock of a lifetime. Well, if you haven’t yet recovered from that experience, this one just may send you to the emergency room. I first saw it while driving through town earlier this week…and quickly called for a cameraman. Traffic […]
Written on January 29, 1998 | Posted in
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On yesterday’s newscast we aired the chilling story of a young woman who was assaulted and nearly raped by a man believed to be Douglas Williams, an escaped prisoner and one of Belize’s most wanted criminals. Tonight News Five’s Patrick Jones returns to St. Margaret’s Village and discovers that Williams…and fellow fugitive Winty Mangar, appear […]
Written on January 28, 1998 | Posted in
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The body of 45-year-old Bernard Rosado was recovered today by police from the mouth of the Belize River, downstream from the Haulover Bridge. As we reported yesterday, Rosado had plunged into the river several miles upstream on Monday and never surfaced.
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In a follow up to another story we reported on Monday, police have arrested and charged twenty-two year old Jack Slade Ramos with murder. Ramos, of La Democracia Village, was involved in a fight with John Montes early Saturday morning at the junction of the Western Highway and Coastal Road. Montes hit his head and […]
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Two young men have been arrested in connection with a weekend shooting in Belize City. 17-year-old Deon Cadle and 18-year-old Mark Gardiner have each been charged with two counts of attempted murder, use of deadly means of harm and dangerous harm for the ride by shooting of Phillip McKay and Mark Dougal. The incident occurred […]
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In court news, Mark Henry was this morning found not guilty of attempted murder and robbery. A nine member jury acquitted Henry of both charges which arose out of an incident in December of 1994 in which one Fidel Castro was shot and robbed. Henry defended himself while Marilyn Williams represented the crown.
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An active member of Belize’s business community has passed away. Hugh Fuller Jr. was an accountant by profession who served as General Manager of the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry during its high flying years of U.S.A.I.D sponsorship. Fuller, who was 47, suffered from heart problems and died Tuesday evening shortly after being rushed […]
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The Protected Areas Conservation Trust, PACT, has awarded two grants of $25,000 each to community environmental groups. The funds awarded to the Belize Development Foundation will be used for reforestation around the village of San Antonio in the Cayo District. That area, on the edge of the Mountain Pine Ridge, is subject to periodic forest […]
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In other news from Belmopan, Evadney Garcia, head of government’s geology and petroleum unit, has been retired in the interest of the service. Her dismissal comes as the result of charges that she breached financial regulations and acted in insubordination to the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Science, Technology and Transport. The charges were […]
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The nation’s gossip may be focused on Sunday’s impending arrival of a cruise ship but a vessel docking two days later may steal the show. The “ARC GLORIA”, a classic sailing vessel from Colombia, will arrive in Belize City on February 3rd on a goodwill visit. The ship, belonging to the Colombian navy, is used […]
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Coming off a less than stirring performance in last month’s Central American Games you’d think that morale among Belize’s athletes, coaches and officials would be at low ebb. And perhaps it is, but that doesn’t mean that all is lost, as today the nation’s next generation of medal contenders demonstrated their skills at the national […]
Written on January 28, 1998 | Posted in
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