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This Sunday Peppers Pizza will be hosting three hundred special people of Belize City for a Christmas treat filled with pizzas, sandwiches, soft drinks and party favors. Santa Claus and a clown with magic balloons will also be there. Stephen Roberts owner of Peppers Pizza told us more about the event. Stephen Roberts, Owner, Peppers […]
Written on December 11, 1998 | Posted in
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Tonight, in the midst of the holiday season G. Michael Reid looks back not on Christmas past, but basketball days and the semi-pro season for 1999. “Holy Redeemer Parish Hall was before my time but I distinctly remember attending basketball games at the St. Ignatius schoolyard. Sonny Meighan and Frankie Flowers were back then pumping […]
Written on December 11, 1998 | Posted in
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The extradition hearing for a Belizean businessman Rhett Fuller wanted by the United States in connection with a Florida murder in 1989 began today in the Magistrate’s Court. This morning defense attorney Eamon Courtenay argued that the affidavit submitted by the U.S. was not authenticated because it did not bear the seal of a witness […]
Written on December 10, 1998 | Posted in
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Justices of the Peace met last night at the Belize City Center to create a national association and to discuss how J.P.s can help alleviate the crime situation. A thirteen member pro-tem committee was elected with Tom Greenwood as Chairman and Danny Madrid Deputy Chairman. Beatrice Gill and Eloisa Trujeque are secretary and treasurer. There […]
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This morning on the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the Human Rights Commission gave presentations on some of the biggest problems facing the commission and the need for Belizeans to be educated about their rights. The featured speakers this morning were the Deputy Prime Minister John Briceño and […]
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In crime news, Corozal police report a shooting incident involving an ex-police constable. Twenty-three year old Antonio Roberto Goff of Corozal Town told police that on Monday while in an altercation with a man he claimed owed him money, former police constable Andy Palma intervened by using vulgar words against him. About thirty minutes later […]
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A fire yesterday has left a woman without her home this Christmas. On Wednesday sixty-two year old Jane Thomas told police that while she was in her yard at mile twenty nine on the old Northern Highway there was an explosion in the upstairs of the building which caused fire to spread to other parts […]
Written on December 10, 1998 | Posted in
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Educators often hold workshops to discuss curriculum and other topics, but this week the Special Education Unit is holding its first conference to discuss how schools can assist them in their work with special needs children. News Five was there. Dativa Martinez, Coordinator Special Education Unit “We coordinate, supervise and monitor educational services with children […]
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An art exhibit with a whimsical name inspired by a shop in Costa Rica is underway at the Image Factory. Artist Lita Krohn says the title, “Mas por Menos” or “More for Less” was inspired by a bargain shop she once visited. Krohn says she invites the public to come in and see the mostly […]
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Next week Sunday the National Youth Choir presents, “Around the World at Christmas Time.” News Five attended one of the choir’s rehearsals this week. I’m sure you’ll be as impressed as we were. They are members of Belize’s first National Youth Choir. The boys and girls who come from Belmopan, Ladyville and the city were […]
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It was more than just a disappointment to the Cardona family and the police of San Pedro that three Hondurans arrested for kidnapping had walked free when their police file could not be presented at court at the end of November. But today, prompted perhaps by a visit to San Pedro police, the Minister of […]
Written on December 9, 1998 | Posted in
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It was not a good day for soft drink truck drivers yesterday. In Belize City a coke truck was held up on New Road during the lunch hour and the driver slashed in the arm with a machete. About eight hundred dollars was taken in the incident and police say they are looking for Edmond […]
Written on December 9, 1998 | Posted in
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San Pedro police will be getting some assistance in their crime fighting efforts if an initiative to re-establish special constables is successful. Today Minister of National Security Jorge Espat, Permanent Secretary Allan Usher and Commissioner of Police Ornel Brooks were in San Pedro for a meeting with area representative Patty Arceo in an effort to […]
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The public may be most familiar with the work of the Human Rights Commission of Belize when we hear them speaking out about alleged cases of police brutality, but the commission actually tackles a number of other issues, which generally receive less publicity. The contents of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights signed by the […]
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There are sixteen more days to go before Christmas and there’s a lot of house and yard cleaning yet to be done. But don’t worry this weekend the Belize City Council will be helping you to haul away all the garbage from in front of your house, free of cost. According to David Fonseca, City […]
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With the Prime Minister off on a conference which opened today in Miami, yesterday’s Cabinet meeting was brief and today’s press release from the P.M.’s office was even briefer. There were only two items, the announcement that there will be a People’s Assembly on the sixteenth at St. Mary’s Hall to mark the government’s first […]
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The roof of the St. John’s Cathedral is in need of urgent repairs. The work is estimated at over one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The restoration committee is therefore holding its third annual Living Nativity Christmas Choral Concert this Sunday in order to raise funds. Sistie Harmes, Coordinator, Living Nativity “It’s mainly to put […]
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‘Tis the season to be jolly and that is exactly what the students and teachers are planning for you tomorrow night at the Parish Hall. The big presentation is called, “Twinkle, Twinkle and the all star Angel Band”. News Five stopped by for a dress rehearsal for this big event. Valerie Lovell, Choir Leader “It’s […]
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Two Belizean artists are being featured in an exhibition at the Institute of Cooperation and Culture Mexico-Belize beginning tomorrow. Yasser Musa, director of the Image Factory Art Foundation and art teacher at S.J.C. is teaming up with Michael Gordon a self-taught artist who has produced over two thousand art works in the past three years. […]
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It’s happened again, a coke truck has been held up. But fortunately this time, unlike the incident in Maskall in August… no one was killed, but a Bowen and Bowen employee was injured. Eighteen year old Louis Crawford had just completed his run on New Road and dropped off his sideman, Erlin Francis at the […]
Written on December 8, 1998 | Posted in
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Police have also detained a man they believe committed two robberies in Belize City over the past few days, one at the Taiwanese Embassy on Friday and the other at the Fisheries Department on Monday. In both cases a well-dressed young man entered the office during the lunch hour and purported to be looking for […]
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Despite some concern that his death may not have been an accident, the police department’s pathologist said today that Orange Walk resident Ivan Cruz died of multiple head and neck injuries characteristic of a road traffic accident. Yesterday police reported that they were called to Guinea Grass Village early Sunday morning after the twenty-three year […]
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The Prime Minister Said Musa and Minister of Budget and Planning Ralph Fonseca are in Miami for the annual conference on the Caribbean and Latin America which begins tomorrow. The Miami conference brings together fifteen hundred public and private sector leaders from fifty countries to share information on business and policy developments. This year the […]
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Just when the demise of the B.C.B. caused you to reset all the buttons on your radio… it may be necessary to do it all over again. A press release from WAVE Radio announces that the new station will begin broadcasting at six a.m. on Monday, December fourteenth on the frequency 105 point 9. General […]
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While many of us are running around helping Santa Claus find the gifts our children are asking for, the Salvation Army has been remembering those children who might otherwise not have a very merry Christmas. Through their annual kettle appeal the Salvation Army held their annual children’s party for two hundred children today at the […]
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