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Since it first opened its doors in 1948, the University of the West Indies has grown to become the Caribbean’s most prestigious educational institution. And to celebrate its many achievements over that time, the school is sponsoring a year long series of activities regionwide. This afternoon a parade/relay through the streets of the City marked […]
Written on February 19, 1998 | Posted in
Education |
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We like to tell anyone who will listen that Belize is an English speaking country. While that may be true on paper the fact is that, quite apart from the thousands of Belizeans whose mother tongue is Spanish, the language the rest of us call English is not always the same as that spoken by […]
Written on February 19, 1998 | Posted in
Education |
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It had all the characteristics of a pre-emptive strike not seen since the Six Day War. In a personal letter sent to news editors at Belizean media houses, Foreign Minster Dean Barrow has raised the possibility that once again Belize will be decertified by the United States as a cooperative partner in the war on […]
Written on February 18, 1998 | Posted in
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To back up his assertion that any decertification would be for reasons unrelated to drugs, Barrow also cited statistics showing significant improvement in the quantity of drugs confiscated by police in 1997. The biggest jump was in cocaine, attributable largely to the two record busts of high powered Colombian skiffs off the Belizean coast. Where […]
Written on February 18, 1998 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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What should have been a day of revelation in the continuing saga of Carlos Seguro has instead become bogged down in official red tape. Director of Health Services Doctor Michael Pitts told News Five that he did not want to become involved in a matter that has already violated the principle of patient confidentiality. He […]
Written on February 18, 1998 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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In crime news things have been pretty quiet, with the exception of a ruction on the southside of Belize City which had one family diving for cover. It was shortly before three this morning that the Nunez family of number 63 West Street was awakened from their sleep by sounds of someone on their rooftop. […]
Written on February 18, 1998 | Posted in
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Yesterday it was the government of Japan handing over checks for worthy projects. Today it was the turn of the O.A.S. and the beneficiaries were some deserving women. There was hardly enough space to move around on the first floor of the Department of Women’s Affairs, as it was stocked with twenty thousand dollars worth […]
Written on February 18, 1998 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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While some groups in Belize are the beneficiaries of handouts, in Toledo, a group of young people have taken their economic prosperity into their own hands. According to coordinator Ras Sherman, the group of unemployed young men and women are putting their talents to work to earn themselves a living. Ras Sherman “This project is […]
Written on February 18, 1998 | Posted in
Economy |
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Even if he goes on to produce the works of a Michelangelo there is one image that will always be associated with artist Gilvano Swasey: That of Bob Marley. This year the two artists, along with a few others are back for their annual show at the Image Factory. When Bob Marley succumbed to cancer […]
Written on February 18, 1998 | Posted in
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It’s a phenomenon that is all too common in a small place like Belize. For years we’ve suffered with a medical system that, due to a lack of resources, is unable to provide an essential diagnostic tool like a cat-scan machine. Now all of a sudden, the country has two. Patrick Jones reports on one […]
Written on February 18, 1998 | Posted in
Health |
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It was a report that touched the nation when it first hit the airwaves less than two weeks ago…and shocked viewers last night when it was revealed that a prisoner at Hattieville, pardoned due to his impending death from AIDS, apparently doesn’t have the disease after all. Yesterday I visited the free but suffering man […]
Written on February 17, 1998 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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Police in Belmopan say they have arrested a pair of men whom they believe have been involved in at least six recent burglaries in the nation’s capital. The break in the case came when police investigations led to the recovery of items stolen on February tenth from the home of Lewis Wade on Orange Walk […]
Written on February 17, 1998 | Posted in
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It couldn’t fit into yesterday’s crowded newscast, but an accident which fortunately did not prove lethal took place in spectacular fashion on Saturday afternoon in Belize City. This van was speeding down the newly paved Newtown Barracks toward downtown when it went out of control, smashed into a parked car and spun headlong into the […]
Written on February 17, 1998 | Posted in
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In other crime news, the People’s United Party today delivered audio recordings to the Director of Public Prosecutions, Adolph Lucas. The recordings, revealed publicly last week, purport to show U.D.P. Minister Salvador Fernandez offering to bribe San Ignacio Town Board member Marconi Matus to throw his allegiance to the U.D.P. The D.P.P. has been called […]
Written on February 17, 1998 | Posted in
Politics |
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In unrelated news, the United Democratic Party has announced that on Saturday, February twenty first, it will officially break ground on its new national headquarters. The building will be located at the southeastern foot of the Bel-China Bridge in Belize City. The U.D.P. is celebrating its twenty fifth anniversary this year and Saturday’s festivities will […]
Written on February 17, 1998 | Posted in
Politics |
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As non-governmental organizations continue to struggle for financial sustainability, any assistance, from whatever source is always good news. Today three grassroots N.G.O.’s got a helping hand from the Government of Japan as that country’s Ambassador to Belize, Terusuke Terada, signed three separate contracts for grassroots projects totaling over sixty six thousand U.S. dollars. The biggest […]
Written on February 17, 1998 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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This morning at the Radisson the Belize Tourist Board unveiled its marketing plan for the 1998-1999 fiscal year. With precious little to spend on high powered advertising the B.T.B. is placing a lot of faith in its efforts at global public relations. The head of the New York based firm that handles Belize’s tourism P.R., […]
Written on February 17, 1998 | Posted in
Economy |
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While the B.T.B. is making plans to market Belize’s many attractions, Belizeans involved in the tourism industry continue to invest in the hope that such marketing will prove successful. The latest addition to the Belize City hospitality scene has been created by a man who is no stranger to the neighborhood. Patrick Jones takes us […]
Written on February 17, 1998 | Posted in
Economy |
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It was not a story we covered on Channel Five but it was an interesting piece of news nonetheless. Carlos Seguro, a prisoner who was three years into a five year sentence at Hattieville Prison, was pardoned by the Belize Advisory Council at the request of prison authorities. The reason was that he had AIDS […]
Written on February 16, 1998 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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It’s the kind of thing that when it happens in isolation it’s not particularly big news. But the destruction of two vehicles by fire in Belize City early Saturday morning looked to be more than just coincidence. Twenty two year old businessman Jose Matus was the first to report his gray four door Chevrolet car […]
Written on February 16, 1998 | Posted in
Crime |
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When accused murderer Frank Castro entered the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital last month, it was on a stretcher. When he left this afternoon, he was in an upright position and waiting anxiously for him at the hospital doors, were the police who wasted no time in slapping on a pair of handcuffs and dragging him […]
Written on February 16, 1998 | Posted in
Crime |
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The Valentine’s weekend was not a romantic one on our nation’s highways. On Saturday, seventy one year old Justin Flores was knocked down as he walked up the Stann Creek Valley Road just outside of Dangriga. Twenty eight year old Eloy Martinez, a Honduran resident of the town, was behind the wheel of the van […]
Written on February 16, 1998 | Posted in
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A day later, it was much the same story in Corozal. Police found the lifeless body of fifty eight year old fruit vendor Pedro Gomez lying on the side of the Northern Highway in Calcutta Village. He had been knocked down that evening while riding his bicycle by a vehicle driven by twenty three year […]
Written on February 16, 1998 | Posted in
Crime |
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He has worked on the front lines of conservation for over a decade… and tonight he is receiving some well deserved recognition. At a ceremony just underway at the Marine Terminal in Belize City, Ernesto Saqui of Maya Centre Village is receiving the Audubon Society’s highest honor, the James Waight Award. Saqui was manager of […]
Written on February 16, 1998 | Posted in
Environment |
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Good evening. I?m James Adderley and welcome to this hefty portion of Sports Monday. The Third Annual Shell Valentine Cycle Classic took center stage yesterday as some fifty riders took off around 9:10 am from San Ignacio. Of course the starting line is always a spectacle of colors and here is cycling official Melvin Torres […]
Written on February 16, 1998 | Posted in
Sports |
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