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While some students are heading back to the classrooms this week, eight youths are leaving classes after a year of studies. The Conscious Youth Development Programme is holding graduation ceremonies at the Bliss Institute this evening, for students successful in this year’s Literacy Program. The program, which started in 1995, is offered as a part […]
Written on August 25, 1998 | Posted in
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Belizeans will not be the only ones celebrating the Bicentennial anniversary of the Battle of St. George’s Caye. Grupo TACA has gotten into the festive mood and today announced new fares for the September Celebrations. The thirty day excursion tickets, dubbed two hundred for two hundred, will be available from August twenty-sixth to September thirtieth. […]
Written on August 25, 1998 | Posted in
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It was a night of charm, grace and wit Saturday at the Fiesta Inn as seven young ladies vied for the title of Miss Belize. When the final two hours of the week long competition were over, the judges decided which of the bevy of the Belizean beauties should wear the sash and crown. Third […]
Written on August 25, 1998 | Posted in
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A fire this morning has destroyed a house in Belize City. The home, at number twenty-four Usher Street was owned by Adeline Ottley and occupied by her daughter Yvonne. Neither the building, nor its contents were insured and total damage is estimated at around twenty-five thousand dollars. There is no word yet on the cause […]
Written on August 25, 1998 | Posted in
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While one house was destroyed by fire this morning, some homeowners in the Faber’s Road extension area got some welcome news this afternoon. Port Loyola standard bearer for the U.D.P., Boots Martinez presided over a brief ceremony where roughly sixty families were informed that the mortgages on their homes have been reduced, in some cases […]
Written on August 25, 1998 | Posted in
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And while we were talking to Boots, we couldn’t help but ask for his comments on the subject of racism which has surfaced late in the campaign, compliments of fellow standard bearer, Hubert Elrington. While Boots obviously didn’t want the issue to intrude on his campaign, he did manage a better explanation than other politicians […]
Written on August 25, 1998 | Posted in
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It is an issue which has always tended to smolder just below the surface of Belizean politics, especially when times are lean. But with rare exception those who lead this nation have always managed to take the high road, making it unmistakenly clear to their supporters and opponents alike that one unique thing about Belize […]
Written on August 24, 1998 | Posted in
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“For those who, like Mr. Esquivel, may not be familiar with Hubert Elrington’s remarks, we’ll repeat the clip which aired on Wednesday of last week as part of our series “Elections ’98”. Hubert Elrington, U.D.P., Lake Independence “My pet issue is that I don’t think we should allow our system to be taken over by […]
Written on August 24, 1998 | Posted in
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While Elrington’s remarks may have been confusing to some politicians there was one who got the message loud and clear. Said Musa, Leader, P.U.P. “It’s a very insidious thing that they have introduced into our politics. Yes, I do come from, on my father’s side, of Arab ancestry. My mother is a born Belizean, all […]
Written on August 24, 1998 | Posted in
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The biggest march in Belize over the weekend was not held by the P.U.P., U.D.P. or any other political party. It was organized by the Catholic Church. On Sunday night the annual procession honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe wound its way from Holy Redeemer to St. Martin de Porres in Belize City. It has been […]
Written on August 24, 1998 | Posted in
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His was a household name in the Cayo District and indeed the entire nation of Belize. It is therefore with great regret that we note the passing of Escandar Bedran. Bedran, one of the country’s most active and far sighted businessmen, died Sunday night in the San Ignacio Hospital after battling a series of illnesses. […]
Written on August 24, 1998 | Posted in
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In crime news it was a busy weekend for police in Belize City. Early Sunday morning, shots rang out on the southside, leaving four men and one young woman injured in three separate incidents. According to police, all the victims had just left the Punta Rebels concert at the City Centre and were walking home, […]
Written on August 24, 1998 | Posted in
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A drive by shooting in Pink’s Alley early Saturday morning, has left a twenty-eight year old woman hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the right side of her back. According to police, Michelle Gabourel was standing in the alley with a group of young men, when she was shot. According to eyewitnesses, a car sped […]
Written on August 24, 1998 | Posted in
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A twenty-three year old Belizean mechanic has been arrested after knocking down and killing a man from Ladyville. According to police, Shem Hower was driving a Ford Bronco from Sand Hill to Belize City at three, Saturday morning and as he reached mile nine and three quarters on the Northern Highway, he lost control of […]
Written on August 24, 1998 | Posted in
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Many of us who faithfully buy Lotto tickets twice every week and anxiously tune in to TV or radio at nine o’clock to see if our dream has come true, may be a bit jealous tonight. The reason is that the latest Lotto winner didn’t even know he had won until he went to buy […]
Written on August 24, 1998 | Posted in
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Our athletes are back from Maracaibo, Venezuela and although they didn’t bring home any medals, there were a few bright moments. The twelve-member basketball team won two games: sixty-six to sixty-one against Mexico and an eighty-three to eighty victory against Puerto Rico. They narrowly lost to Panama, the Dominican Republic and the most painful of […]
Written on August 24, 1998 | Posted in
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Over seven hundred thousand dollars worth of medical supplies were donated to the Belize Red Cross, Sister Cecilia Home, Helpage Belize, YMCA and other humanitarian organizations in ceremonies held this morning at Airport Camp in Ladyville. The donation, made by the United States Embassy, includes medical equipment ranging from catheters and thermometers to EKG monitors […]
Written on August 24, 1998 | Posted in
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Belize Electricity Limited today inaugurated a new dispatch center which the company says will improve the way it distributes energy to consumers countrywide. The new facility, located at mile two and a half on the Northern Highway, will be the hub of B.E.L.’s power supply system. It houses a high-tech computer system that will incorporate […]
Written on August 24, 1998 | Posted in
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It’s a part of the country that a century ago represented the heart and soul of the nation. Today the villages of the Belize River Valley, many of which are in the Belize Rural North constituency, are attempting a comeback. The question is which representative will lead it. Patrick Jones spoke to two of them. […]
Written on August 24, 1998 | Posted in
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The National Softball tournament brought 9 champions and sub-champions to the Roger’s Stadium over the weekend in an effort to produce the best from among many. Independence United, the southern champion, reached the playoffs in undefeated fashion and we find the defending champion C.T.C., a […]
Written on August 24, 1998 | Posted in
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It was postponed from last month due to bad weather and the People’s United Party must be thankful. Their massive march on Belize City this morning provided what amounts to a dramatic climax for its virtually nonstop five year campaign to regain the office it lost in 1993. Patrick Jones reports. The streets of Belize […]
Written on August 21, 1998 | Posted in
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As promised, the People’s United Party today produced evidence, in the form of a Panamanian newspaper report, that the accusations against representative Ralph Fonseca made by Attorney General Dean Barrow, have no basis in fact. The story, appearing in the newspaper “El Siglo” quotes the Panamanian director of Interpol, Dr. Jorge Mottley, as saying that […]
Written on August 21, 1998 | Posted in
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Attorney General Barrow may also face some tough opposition on another one of his pet projects: the appointment of a new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He announced on Wednesday that Manuel Sosa would be elevated to the post and all the paperwork would be completed before the election. Today in a press release […]
Written on August 21, 1998 | Posted in
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The following news bulletin may have you turning over the mattress, looking under furniture or even going through the trash, looking for a valuable piece of paper. If you find it, that stub will make you seventy five thousand dollars richer. Someone won Wednesday night’s big lotto draw, but so far has not called in […]
Written on August 21, 1998 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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The Department of the Environment today announced its first successful prosecution under the environmental protection act. On Tuesday Cherax Aquaculture, located near Monkey River Village, was found guilty of polluting the Sennis River which resulted in the death of a large number of fish including snook and tarpon. The fish kill, which occurred in May, […]
Written on August 21, 1998 | Posted in
Environment |
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