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Belize’s National Basketball Team was defeated in its first game in Havana, Cuba yesterday, but is hoping to gain some ground tonight in a game against the host team. Tuesday afternoon the defending champions of the Torneo CentroBasquet, the Dominican Republic beat Belize 69-52. A statement from the Belize Sports Council says Belize started out […]
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Members of the Belize City Council gathered at a vacant lot on Euphrates Avenue this morning to launch an effort to clean up Belize City, starting this weekend. It will be a big job, but the council says with your help, it can be done. The clean-up campaign promises a safer and cleaner Belize City […]
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Who says you have to wait until Sunday to start celebrating Mother’s Day? The Miss Y Pageant on Friday night will give you a chance to spend some time with your own mom and enjoy the talents of some of Belize’s most fascinating women. Now in its seventh year, Miss Y is unique among the […]
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Channel 5 is looking for a cameraman/editor to work in our news/production departments. Must have experience in a broadcast environment. Reply to personnel director at gbtv@btl.net.
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Reports reaching News Five late this evening are that the Criminal Investigations Branch is on the look out for one Carlos Milan. Reports are that Milan, who is a Biology teacher of St. John’s College and proprietor of Belama Fruits and Vegetables, was caught naked in bed with his seven year old stepdaughter. According to […]
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Prime Minister Said Musa is attending a meeting in Atlanta, Georgia on corruption. The conference, sponsored by the Carter Center, is called “Transparency for Growth: Fighting Corruption in the Americas”. During the three-day session, regional leaders will look at the causes and effects of corruption and relate these to their individual country’s strategy for combating […]
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Processing centers will be opened later this month to help undocumented immigrants obtain their permanent residence as part of the government’s amnesty initiative. The program, which will last for six weeks, will be carried out at facilities nationwide. Anyone who has lived in Belize continuously for four years, has married a Belizean or has a […]
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Belize will once again export citrus to Guatemala. According to the Ministry of Agriculture Belize had always met certain export standards, but when restrictions were heightened earlier this year to prevent the spread of the Brown Citrus Aphid, Belize’s citrus harvest became prohibited. Guatemala had established an emergency quarantine, but at a meeting in Guatemala […]
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The Youth Enhancement Services received a donation for their catering program from the Janus Foundation. The gift of almost fifteen thousand dollars was handed over by Janus President Gabrielle Wollensack to the Minister of Human Development, Women and Youth Dolores Balderamos Garcia today at Y.E.S. in Ladyville. The funds are to assist the students complete […]
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The curfew is designed to protect children from harm on the streets, but how do we protect kids from the very things they see so many adults abusing like drugs and alcohol? While the National Drug Abuse Control Council is the first to admit that there are no easy solutions, they say as a parent […]
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For years many Belizean women have stayed in shape by taking aerobics classes, and recently the popular workout known as Taebo, which has taken the United States fitness world by storm, has also gained a following here in Belize. But like so many other things that will be affected by the passage of the copyright […]
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Channel 5 is looking for a cameraman/editor to work in our news/production departments. Must have experience in a broadcast environment. Reply to personnel director at gbtv@btl.net.
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The Belizean basketball team left today for the COPA Basketball Tournament in Cuba which begins on Tuesday. The members of the Belize National Team are: Milton Palacio, Dwight Myvett, Alex Carcamo, Leon Watson, Darwin Carter, Kirk “Shabba” Smith, Bart Sanchez, Evan “Duck” Garnett, Fred Garcia, Darren Bovell, Claude “Too Tall” Jones, Clinton Fuller and Lloyd […]
Written on May 3, 1999 | Posted in
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A police constable and his passenger are dead after their car collided into a pick-up truck yesterday morning just outside Orange Walk. According to reports thirty year old constable Artimio Perez and twenty-four year old Raquel Catzim were in Perez’s car heading to Orange Walk when they crashed into a pick-up truck driven by Sitero […]
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A Maya/Island Air plane crash landed last Friday while trying to find the Blancaneaux airstrip. Two of the passengers were injured. American tourists John and Patricia Metz told News Five this morning that on Friday afternoon they boarded a Maya/Island Air plane at Gallon Jug intended to go to Blancaneaux Lodge in Mountain Pine Ridge, […]
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They began by picking up trash during a massive clean-up campaign on the highways in March and now the Belize Tourism Board and the Belize Waste Control Limited are clearing the roads of old, broken down vehicles. So far the assessment of derelicts on the Western and Northern Highways has resulted in the identification of […]
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The Lauren Duty Free Store has been a part of the Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport since 1989, but on Friday one of the duty free stores was closed down, its contents packed up and put in containers without any of its staff being present. The Belize Airports Authority says it was forced to take […]
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Whether your child’s strength is drawing, singing or dancing, he or she is sure to feel like a star during the month of May. That’s when the Bliss Institute is filled with talented children and proud parents. News Five was on hand for the opening of this much anticipated event. The Seventh Belize District Festival […]
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and here’s a fresh serving of Sports Monday. The second round of the Semi-Pro Basketball season opened Friday night to the crucial confrontation between 4-0 B.T.L. Nets and 3-1 Kremandala Raiders. The Raiders came in seeking to avenge that early first round loss while the Nets were simply focussed on […]
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Channel 5 is looking for a cameraman/editor to work in our news/production departments. Must have experience in a broadcast environment. Reply to personnel director at gbtv@btl.net.
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