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On Tuesday’s newscast we referred to him as the consummate survivor… and today Gian Ghandi added to his already impressive reputation by not only surviving but instead snagging a major new post with government. On Tuesday the Government Press Office reported that Ghandi had been terminated from a thirteen-year stint as Solicitor General. The departing […]
Written on October 20, 1999 | Posted in
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One week after forty-four year old Winston Burgess was gunned down outside the Caribbean Shipping Agency on Albert Street, the Criminal Investigations Branch says they are about to bring charges against two young men. Eric Savery and Gregory Goff are in custody and should be charged sometime Thursday. Inspector Mario Vernon, Head of C.I.B. says […]
Written on October 20, 1999 | Posted in
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If you’ve been on a waiting list for a telephone, you may not have to wait much longer. B.T.L. is already installing fixed wireless phones in San Pedro and will begin hooking up customers in Belize City up to miles four and a half, Ladyville, Orange Walk and Belmopan in December. This week B.T.L. signed […]
Written on October 20, 1999 | Posted in
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The CuBel houses may be going up, but the old wooden houses in Belize City keep on coming down. Today another house, this time on Frederick Alley, came crashing down. And just like the last one on Cemetery Road in July, the occupants were inside at the time. Three children were injured and the entire […]
Written on October 20, 1999 | Posted in
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On the thirtieth of October it will be one year since Juliet Soberanis died after her valiant fight with cancer. This outspoken woman will be remembered this Saturday during the Cancer Walk from Ladyville to Belize City not only because she started the event and helped to form the Belize Cancer Society, but because she […]
Written on October 20, 1999 | Posted in
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The new Attorney General Godfrey Smith may only have issued his plan of action last week, but he has lost no time in taking the first steps towards revamping the administration of Belizean justice. The most visible change, announced today, is the removal of Solicitor General Gian Ghandi. Ghandi has been a fixture in Belmopan […]
Written on October 19, 1999 | Posted in
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Two weeks ago the Belize Energy Workers Union, publicly protested the Belize Electricity Limited’s refusal to acknowledge their claim that the company owed them money for their years of service. They said that since the government was selling its majority shares they wanted to be fired, compensated for their service and then rehired, the way […]
Written on October 19, 1999 | Posted in
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An Orange Walk man has reported being held up by the man who was supposed to sell him a car. Carlos Reyes told police he was on Fifth Avenue in Corozal Town on Monday morning when a man he knew only as “Mark” stopped in a black LTD car with tinted windows and asked him […]
Written on October 19, 1999 | Posted in
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Did you know that there are two different minimum wages, one for manual workers and the other for domestic workers and shop assistants? The Women’s Issues Network of Belize wants to change this and give Belize’s working women a chance to earn more. The issue came up in April at a training workshop and has […]
Written on October 19, 1999 | Posted in
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In regional news, Hurricane Jose might have bypassed Barbados but citizens in the rest of the northeastern Caribbean are not taking any chances. Government and disaster officials from eleven countries are organizing disaster response services to meet the strengthening storm head on. Officials say past experiences with hurricanes have increased public awareness among the islanders, […]
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If you collect stamps or enjoy sending them to friends and relatives abroad, you’ll be glad to hear four new stamps are being released. To celebrate the one hundred and twenty fifth anniversary of the Universal Postal Union, the Belize Postal Service has decided to show the “transportation used in Belize to haul and deliver […]
Written on October 19, 1999 | Posted in
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The Bellevue Hotel is famous for its nighttime entertainment but now the management is hoping the public will stop in during the day as well to enjoy an art exhibit featuring the work of a Cuban artist. News Five got a preview of the show which opens tomorrow. It is the first time that Joimen […]
Written on October 19, 1999 | Posted in
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Everyone’s heard of the Belize Zoo, the Baboon Sanctuary in Bermudian Landing, or the Jaguar Reserve in the Cockscomb, but you probably never heard of the Green Hills Butterfly Ranch. After this next story, however, you may want to take a trip to this corner of the Cayo District that’s doing big things with little […]
Written on October 19, 1999 | Posted in
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If you went anywhere over the weekend you no doubt encountered the men and women in orange who were manning the quarantine points on the highways to stop people from transporting plants which could spread the Pink Hibiscus Mealy Bug. Today the Ministry of Agriculture has brought in the heavy artillery in the battle: wasps. […]
Written on October 18, 1999 | Posted in
Agriculture |
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The tribunal appointed to mediate in the dispute between the Belize Energy Workers Union and Belize Electricity Limited has made its decision. And while no official release has been issued by either side it appears that the three-man panel has ruled that the union does not have a valid claim. Last month the B.E.W.U. gave […]
Written on October 18, 1999 | Posted in
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An employee of the Ministry of Works died on Sunday in an accident at the Ministry’s compound at mile eleven on the Stann Creek Valley Road. Forty-three year old Samuel Mortis was lying under a truck replacing a hydraulic hose around eight thirty a.m. when the truck pan dropped on him. He was taken to […]
Written on October 18, 1999 | Posted in
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A laborer from Blackman Eddy Village was killed by a hit and run driver Sunday morning. Jose Victor Calderon’s body was found around six a.m. on the Western Highway between miles fifty-seven and fifty-eight. The body was taken to the San Ignacio Hospital. Anyone who has any information about the incident is asked to contact […]
Written on October 18, 1999 | Posted in
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Despite the many challenges facing the Police Department, young men and women continue to choose law enforcement careers. On Friday fifty-one recruits from squad seventy-one graduated from the Police Training Academy. During ceremonies in Belmopan the best all around student Antonio Gomez was given the Baton of Honor. Guido Marin and Mark August came in […]
Written on October 18, 1999 | Posted in
Defense |
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Smuggling is a recurrent problem at all of Belize’s ports and borders. As the smugglers of contraband goods get more creative in their methods, law enforcement personnel have to get more aggressive. This week those who police the borders are learning some tricks of the smuggling trade from their counterparts in the United States. The […]
Written on October 18, 1999 | Posted in
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Everyone is a little nervous and excited their first day on the job, but today was very special for one young woman. Not only was she realizing a lifelong dream, she was doing what no woman in Belize had done, become a full-time member of the Belize Fire Service. Janelle Chanona spoke with Dativa Chacon, […]
Written on October 18, 1999 | Posted in
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A Jesuit Priest who devoted fifty years of his life to serving Belizeans has passed away. Father Francis Ring S.J. died over the weekend at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital at the age of eighty-one. Father Ring came to Belize from the state of Minnesota in 1949 and spent the next half century serving the […]
Written on October 18, 1999 | Posted in
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re tuned into another dish of Sports Monday so we’ll quickly take you out to Rogers Stadium where the National Softball Tournament was staged over the weekend. We pick up the action with Lady Rebels waiting in the wings while Acros of Belize City and Camalote Durleys battle it […]
Written on October 18, 1999 | Posted in
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It was downright dull in the House of Representatives this morning until the Deputy Prime Minister Johnny Briceño introduced an amendment to the National Lands Act which would allow the Minister to delegate his powers to a subordinate, namely for the signing of documents which now require his signature. The move is intended to alleviate […]
Written on October 15, 1999 | Posted in
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The Minister of Lands did get his way today, at least in terms of getting his bill passed with expediency. Another bill fast tracked was the referendum for the people of Belmopan to decide if they want to become a city. The referendum is tentatively scheduled for next month. The Leader of the Opposition said […]
Written on October 15, 1999 | Posted in
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The Leader of the Opposition wasn’t buying the package and took particular exception to the use of the term “fee”. Dean Barrow, Leader of the Opposition, U.D.P. “As far as all of us are concerned what is being done here is an imposition of a tax on the zone. For the Prime Minister to stand […]
Written on October 15, 1999 | Posted in
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