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Last year St. John’s College gave over one hundred thousand dollars in scholarships to students in its high school, sixth form and extension department, in addition to the considerable scholarship assistance from government and the private sector. This year, for the first time, the college is offering a sports scholarship. This morning, SJC President Carlos […]
Written on August 24, 1999 | Posted in
Education |
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Paynes Creek National Park in the Toledo District is home to a wide variety of species ranging from the bothersome botlass fly to the mellow manatee. But for the past five weeks, the park has been home to thirty-nine volunteers from Belize and Britain. With funds from the small grants scheme of the British High […]
Written on August 24, 1999 | Posted in
Environment |
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It’s all too common to see little children walking alone through the streets of Belize City. Sometimes they are sent to the shop to buy. Sometimes they are just out playing in the street or wandering around in search of something to do, someone to play with. This weekend one little boy who was sent […]
Written on August 23, 1999 | Posted in
Disasters |
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The British Army Training Support Unit, or BATSUB, has finally confirmed that a British soldier drowned in the Macal River last Wednesday. BATSUB says 27 year old Darren Gibson, a fusilier drowned near the Guacamallo Bridge and an exhaustive search led to the discovery of the body on Friday. The British Military police are investigating […]
Written on August 23, 1999 | Posted in
Disasters |
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A young girl from the Cayo District was kidnapped and terrorized on Saturday by three men in a pick-up truck. The twelve year old told police she was walking with her seven year old brother on Hudson Street in San Ignacio around 6:30 a.m. when a blue pick-up stopped. A Creole man forced her into […]
Written on August 23, 1999 | Posted in
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Despite the fact that young Belizeans, especially girls, are being told to be careful following the recent child murders and the numerous reports of sexual molestation, there are still some teenagers taking dangerous chances. Today a fourteen year old minor told News Five she accepted a ride from a man on Thursday evening, but instead […]
Written on August 23, 1999 | Posted in
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A young man was shot as he walked into a dance hall early Sunday morning. According to reports, around two forty five, Raymond Williams was entering Lodge Hall on Regent Street West when someone in a dark blue Chevrolet car shot him in his right hip. Williams was taken to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital […]
Written on August 23, 1999 | Posted in
Crime |
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Late this evening, News Five was informed of an accident between miles thirty-five and thirty-six on the Western Highway. Information at this time is very sketchy but we were informed that one of the persons involved in the accident is Judge John Rivero. There is no word of his condition but we understand he has […]
Written on August 23, 1999 | Posted in
Auto Accidents |
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Over the weekend San Pedro, Ambergris Caye was the place to be with the culmination of the Costa Maya Festival. For those of you who couldn’t be there, News Five is pleased to bring you a taste of the entertainment. Tonight’s coverage is brought to you by the Belize Marine Terminal and the Caye Caulker […]
Written on August 23, 1999 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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Although attendance at this year’s Costa Maya Festival was about the same as in previous years, visitors seemed to enjoy the five days of festivities. On Saturday night the host country, Belize took center stage. News Five was there. For the past eight years, the fair which is held in San Pedro Town highlights the […]
Written on August 23, 1999 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this serving of Sports Monday. First of all we want to thank Karl Tillett for the wonderful job he did holding down the sports desk and yes we’re glad to be back. Folks yesterday saw the presentation of a massive criterion event around the Princess Margaret Drive […]
Written on August 23, 1999 | Posted in
Sports |
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The disintegration of two of Belize’s highest profile murder cases in the same day has left the nation in shock and law enforcement authorities with their biggest headache since last year’s killing and mass jacking on the Hummingbird Highway. With Commissioner Ornel Brooks out of the country until Monday and National Security Minister Jorge Espat […]
Written on August 20, 1999 | Posted in
Crime |
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Somewhere between the 6th of April and the 19th of August all of Brooks’ evidence apparently developed dry rot as when the case was finally called the D.P.P. said the police file had nothing worth bringing to court. Likewise in the case of four men accused in the killing of Samantha Gordon last November. On […]
Written on August 20, 1999 | Posted in
Crime |
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Again, the case that Salazar described so confidently in June had by August evaporated as quickly as yesterday’s rain. Today News Five canvassed the legal community and found few attorneys surprised. Bar Association President Fred Lumor says that at a recent meeting with the Acting Chief Justice, the D.P.P., Solicitor General and Deputy Police Commissioner […]
Written on August 20, 1999 | Posted in
Crime |
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There has been no official confirmation but reports reaching News Five indicate that a British soldier has died in the Mountain Pine Ridge. The soldier is believed to have been part of a contingent of army personnel undergoing jungle training by BATSUB. He allegedly drowned in the Macal River near the Guacamallo Bridge within the […]
Written on August 20, 1999 | Posted in
Disasters |
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Most people are at home when a fire starts or hear about it shortly afterwards but this was not the case for a fire on one of the remote islands of Glover’s Reef. Twenty-two year old Christopher Kuylen was more than surprised when his insurance company, G.A. Roe and Sons, called him around nine o’clock […]
Written on August 20, 1999 | Posted in
Disasters |
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A daylight heist at a Belize City bus station has netted two armed robbers just over $600. According to the sales clerk at the Z-Line bus service on Magazine Road, just before 1 p.m. this afternoon, two young Creole men walked into the office and one of them pulled out a gun. The men demanded […]
Written on August 20, 1999 | Posted in
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Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with the sexual abuse of children. Fifty eight year old Leyland Tillett, a fisherman from Crooked Tree, has been charged with indecent assault after his daughter reported that Tillett had molested his eleven year old granddaughter. According to the report, the incident took place around 2 […]
Written on August 20, 1999 | Posted in
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If you are among those unlucky Belize City residents forced to deal with stray dogs on a daily basis, you will be interested to know that steps are being taken to get the animals off the streets and into a shelter. The members of the Belize Humane Society, junior chapter, hit the streets of the […]
Written on August 20, 1999 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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On Wednesday the Guatemalans took the stage at San Pedro’s Costa Maya Festival and a new queen of the coast was crowned from Mexico. In tonight’s report Janelle Chanona is back with a look at what the Hondurans were up to. It was supposed to have been Honduras night at the Costa Maya Festival but […]
Written on August 20, 1999 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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In March, the mutilated body of ten year old Jackie Fern Malic, was discovered on a feeder road by mile eight on the Western Highway. Following the gruesome discovery, the police arrested thirty-eight year old Michael Williams, a mechanic of Faber’s Road and charged him with the murder of the primary school student. Today on […]
Written on August 19, 1999 | Posted in
Trials |
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The family of Jackie Malic says they are disturbed by the news that the police’s prime suspect is now a free man. Deonicia Cadle, Malic’s sixty six year old grandmother says she is not happy and wonders if the police really know who killed her granddaughter. Deonicia Cadle, Jackie Malic’s Grandmother “My neighbor called me […]
Written on August 19, 1999 | Posted in
Trials |
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In more bad luck for police, this afternoon, Melvin Young, Warren Cabral and Philip Meighan, all charged with murder and conspiracy in the death of thirteen year old Samantha Gordon were all released and their charges dropped. According to Lutchman Sooknandan, Attorney for Melvin Young, the police did not have any evidence against his client […]
Written on August 19, 1999 | Posted in
Trials |
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Police have released details on the death of a tourist on Wednesday morning in the vicinity of Lighthouse Reef. 69 year old Edwina Hammond of Cincinnati, Ohio was finishing a dive in the great Blue Hole off the live abroad dive boat Wave Dancer when the captain, Clifton Block, noticed she was having problems. Hammond […]
Written on August 19, 1999 | Posted in
Disasters |
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It was going to be a great experience in the lives of some young Belizean musicians… but alas, Mother Nature had other plans. Today the Belize Arts Council announced that the upcoming trip of the Grace Primary “Pantastick” Steel Band to Veracruz, Mexico has been cancelled due to the presence of a tropical storm in […]
Written on August 19, 1999 | Posted in
Uncategorized |
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