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This morning a U.S. Air Force C-130 touched down at the Philip Goldson International Airport. Its mission was twofold: drop off thirty soldiers and pick up thirty more. Patrick Jones explains. Their homecoming consisted of a heavy downpour and questions from curious reporters. Nonetheless the twenty-nine men and one woman of the Belize Defence Force […]
Written on August 13, 1998 | Posted in
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Although by all accounts the political activities surrounding yesterday’s nomination day were peaceful, it now appears that in the aftermath of the excitement the 1998 campaign has experienced its first act of serious violence. Patrick Jones has the story. From his hospital bed at Karl Heusner Memorial, Dennis Flowers recalls what was for him a […]
Written on August 12, 1998 | Posted in
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Another act of violence, this one without any political overtones, has also left a Belize City man in the hospital. Twenty- two year old Raymond Williams, a resident of Supal Street, told police that he was sitting in front of his house a few minutes before midnight on Tuesday night, when a white car drove […]
Written on August 12, 1998 | Posted in
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A tragic accident in the waters off Toledo has resulted in the death of a nine year old girl. Lilia Ramirez of Punta Gorda was one of two passengers in a fifteen-foot skiff captained by her twenty-two year old brother, Oscar Lira. Lira and Ramirez, accompanied by the captain’s stepfather, were heading out to do […]
Written on August 12, 1998 | Posted in
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Yesterday we reported on improvements being made at Punta Negra in Toledo’s Payne’s Creek National Park. Tonight we have news of the creation of a new protected area in that southern district. A statutory instrument was signed today by Minister of Natural Resources, Eduardo Juan, declaring the Aquas Calientes Wildlife Sanctuary. According to a government […]
Written on August 12, 1998 | Posted in
Environment |
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The first filing date for the new business tax, which went into effect on July first, falls due on Friday of this week. And while businesses across the country have their calculators working overtime to get their figures straight, the Belize Chamber of Commerce is trying to help in clearing up any remaining confusion. The […]
Written on August 12, 1998 | Posted in
Economy |
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The start of the new school year is still a couple of weeks away but those who run the country’s education system are putting the final touches to their plans for the next ten months. That includes the Special Education Unit which today officially opened its new headquarters building in Belize City. Situated opposite the […]
Written on August 12, 1998 | Posted in
Education |
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If the number of candidates is any indication, it is the most hotly contested seat in the entire nation. No less than five candidates are taking the plunge in the Cayo South constituency, and tonight in our continuing series, “Elections ’98,” we’ll hear from the two who stand the best chance of winning. John Saldivar, […]
Written on August 12, 1998 | Posted in
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With virtually the entire nation focussed on August twenty seventh the interest that would traditionally be building about now for September celebrations is hard to find. But that didn’t stop the people in charge of this year’s bash from calling in the press to unveil exactly what we can look forward to once the political […]
Written on August 12, 1998 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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It’s really just a technical process that involves getting six voters to nominate you, and paying a two hundred dollar deposit. But in Belizean politics no opportunity to show off is ever squandered, so both the major political parties and a few of their smaller brethren turned nomination day into a major photo opportunity for […]
Written on August 11, 1998 | Posted in
Politics |
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Now for the actual details of the nominations. The official list has just been handed to me and you’re getting them at just the same time I am. Mesopotamia U.D.P. – Michael Finnegan P.U.P. – Ray Lightburn P.D.P. – Lisburn Peters Caribbean Shores U.D.P. – Manuel Esquivel P.U.P. – Jose Coye P.D.P. – Marilyn Pollard […]
Written on August 11, 1998 | Posted in
Politics |
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In crime news a forty-eight year old farmer from Biscayne Village is the latest Belizean to die on the nation’s highways. Police report that Gilbert Lamb was found around ten thirty Saturday night lying in a pool of blood near mile twenty-two and a half on the Northern Road. He was pronounced dead on arrival […]
Written on August 11, 1998 | Posted in
Auto Accidents |
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Another man named Lamb is in the news tonight, not as a crime victim but as an alleged perpetrator. According to police reports seventeen year old Kirk Lamb was attending a wedding reception Sunday night at the Ex-Servicemen’s League in Belize City when he became involved in an argument with one Marlon Blades. The controversy […]
Written on August 11, 1998 | Posted in
Crime |
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Another Belize City man has been arrested, in this case for robbery. Police have charged Kelvin Francis, a twenty-five year old mechanic of Pink’s Alley, in connection with an incident which occurred Saturday morning on East Collet Canal. Nineteen year old fisherman Linford Ramclam told police that two men approached him around eleven a.m., one […]
Written on August 11, 1998 | Posted in
Crime |
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On Sunday morning the gym at Landivar will be the venue for an historic event, as sixty-three Belizeans, whose names are now running on your screen, will see their hard work rewarded with the bestowing of Master’s Degrees in Education from the University of North Florida. The special program between the U.S. university and U.C.B. […]
Written on August 11, 1998 | Posted in
Education |
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It is one of the finest natural beaches in the entire country… but virtually nobody — inside or outside Belize — knows about it. That may begin to change, however, thanks to a project financed by the British High Commission. On Friday High Commissioner Tim David will inaugurate a new jetty and boardwalk at Punta […]
Written on August 11, 1998 | Posted in
Environment |
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They are among the biggest names in Orange Walk and are increasingly prominent on a national level. But come August twenty seventh either Johnny Briceño or Ruben Campos will have his political career rudely interrupted. Patrick Jones had a chat with each of them. Ruben Campos, U.D.P., Orange Walk Central “My central theme is about […]
Written on August 11, 1998 | Posted in
Politics |
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It was supposed to have been a night out on the town for a group of young people… but a combination of too much partying and perhaps a driver’s error ended in tragedy for the Bonilla family over the weekend. Around eight-thirty on Friday night, nineteen-year old Carlos Bonilla, accompanied by five other people, was […]
Written on August 10, 1998 | Posted in
Auto Accidents |
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Another fatal accident, this time on the Western Highway, has claimed the life of a teenage girl. As we reported on Friday’s newscast, two children were knocked down as they rode on a single bicycle in the village of Camalote around four thirty Friday evening. Fifteen year old Nadine Casey was pronounced dead on arrival […]
Written on August 10, 1998 | Posted in
Auto Accidents |
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And while we’re on the subject of follow-ups, Orange Walk police have reported the arrest of another suspect in the chopping death of Marco Cruz last week. Forty-two year old Mexican national Arturo De La Cruz Hernandez now joins thirty-two year old Guatemalan Rene Trochez charged with the crimes of murder and conspiracy. These charges […]
Written on August 10, 1998 | Posted in
Crime |
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In Corozal, police have ruled the death of a twenty-four year old man a suicide. Anselmo Pook was hospitalized around seven o’clock on Friday evening after he drank an unknown quantity of the poisonous herbicide gramaxone. According to the officer in charge of the Corozal police station, Crispin Jeffries, Pook died on Saturday morning and […]
Written on August 10, 1998 | Posted in
Crime |
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The quick thinking of a security guard in the Corozal Free Zone Compound has foiled what appears to have been an attempted robbery. According to police, the security guard observed three men trying to enter a warehouse on the compound, after they had cut through the wire fence. The incident happened sometime between eight and […]
Written on August 10, 1998 | Posted in
Crime |
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The whole of Belize City was without water today and even as I speak there are many households which still have nothing but humid air flowing through the pipes. The cause of the problem was a break in the high-pressure water pipe which runs down the Northern Highway from the water treatment plant near Sandhill. […]
Written on August 10, 1998 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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It was fortunate that there were no major fires in Belize City today as the water shortage could have led to disaster. But a day earlier not even an tidal wave could have averted the tragedy which unfolded at the corner of Jaguar and Tapir Street in the new Faber’s Road area. The Chavarria family […]
Written on August 10, 1998 | Posted in
Disasters |
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While voters may or may not stop to study the respective political manifestos, many candidates are relying on good old-fashioned house to house campaigning to win the hearts, minds and votes of the electorate. Nowhere is that more true than in the constituency of Cayo North where the two major candidates are both hard at […]
Written on August 10, 1998 | Posted in
Politics |
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