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A singer from St. Vincent and the Grenadines took first place in the Caribbean Song Festival over the weekend. Tyrone Williams received the honor for his song, “Rise Caribbean”. The competition on December fourth was broadcast live throughout the region from Havana, Cuba. Here are some highlights. You may recognize the presenter of the awards […]
Written on December 6, 1999 | Posted in
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into this special serving of Sports Monday. Week eleven found Culture Yabra with the perfect opportunity to grab the B.F.L. lead after Sagitun’s fall Saturday night. They had seventeen points and the homefield advantage against the dangerous San Pedro Dolphins at the M.C.C. Grounds so let’s take […]
Written on December 6, 1999 | Posted in
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Although Belizeans may only have heard about it this week, the issue was making headlines in Mexico and the United States for weeks. When the furor was over the drivers had won, and the Mexican government suspended the new law requiring a deposit for vehicles entering Mexico. That’s right, just one day after the announcement […]
Written on December 3, 1999 | Posted in
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Police have located the remnants of a small twin engine plane in the Toledo District. They suspect the aircraft was involved in the illegal transshipment of drugs because it was discovered on an abandoned makeshift runway. The main body and tail were extensively burnt, so it is believed the aircraft may have crashed into the […]
Written on December 3, 1999 | Posted in
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A teenager has died from the injuries he received in an accident two weeks ago on the Northern Highway. Police investigations reveal that around seven on the night of Saturday November twentieth, Fred Nicholson was driving towards Corozal Town when between miles sixty-two and sixty-three he knocked down seventeen year old Estilito Alcoser Jr. who […]
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The score cards are in and the winners have been announced for the first organized event of the School Health and Physical Education Service, SHAPES. On Thursday, twelve schools from all over Belize came together at the City Centre to compete for prizes by doing songs and skits about various health issues. In the song […]
Written on December 3, 1999 | Posted in
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There are only twenty-two more days until Christmas and if you have not started your shopping or if you do not know what to buy, then the Women’s Issues Network may have a solution for you. On Saturday WIN is holding its first Christmas Craft Show. According to Mirlin Halliday at WIN Belize, there will […]
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A group of five musicians from Chicago is holding two benefit concerts in aid of the Ambergris Caye Museum. The first is tonight at the United State’s Ambassador Carolyn Curiel’s residence in Belize City and the second is at the British High Commission in Belmopan on Saturday. News Five was invited to a rehearsal today […]
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Belize’s first millennium celebration will be held this weekend in the open air at Rogers’ Stadium. D-Revelation Band says the Barefoot ’99 concert will be a chance for families to get together and celebrate two thousand years of Jesus Christ. Performers include the Heavenlies Gospel Band, which had their own sold out concert a couple […]
Written on December 3, 1999 | Posted in
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On Saturday December fourth, the Caribbean will be in Cuba… in song that is. This year the sixteenth Caribbean Song Festival is being held in Havana, Cuba where over ten contestants from all over the region will compete in the song contest. The festival will be aired on Channel Five at seven p.m. Don’t miss […]
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Today is International Day for Disabled Persons. To commemorate the event News Five spoke to some of the people who live with a disability and the people who work with them. One thing they all have in common is the desire to succeed. But they can’t do it alone. In 1993, Wilbert Smith was thrown […]
Written on December 3, 1999 | Posted in
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The Mexican government has implemented a new law to regulate vehicles traveling through that country. All vehicles transiting to or travelling through Mexico will now be required to pay a deposit ranging from four hundred US dollars to eight hundred US dollars depending on the model and year of the vehicle. Diana Locke, the Director […]
Written on December 2, 1999 | Posted in
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News Five spoke with Mexico’s Ambassador to Belize, Enrique Hubbard Urrea about the new law and why Mexico felt it is necessary. He also wanted to clarify the impression that Mexican border officials are all fully aware of the Letter of Commitment exempting Belizeans. Q: “Ambassador why was the new law issued in the first […]
Written on December 2, 1999 | Posted in
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A Belmopan businessman faces charges of illegal logging after he allegedly tried to outrun police in a truck they say was part of a logging operation near the Hector Silva Airstrip. Belmopan reported that around ten p.m. Tuesday night they observed two trucks parked near the airstrip. When officers approached they say forty-one year old […]
Written on December 2, 1999 | Posted in
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For every critic out there who is against accepting Creole (Kriol) as a language, it seems there’s an advocate. Di Bileez Kriol Projek has been working for several years now on a grammar resource book for teachers and has published several works in Kriol. Rodney Gordon, a member of Di Bileez Kriol Projek, says the […]
Written on December 2, 1999 | Posted in
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SHAPES, it’s not a dance group or a fashion show, it’s the School Health and Physical Education Services Program. The project is aimed at “shaping up” the lives of Belizean children by promoting feeding programs, basic health services and health education. Today, SHAPES held a competition to see which schools would have the honor of […]
Written on December 2, 1999 | Posted in
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We often hear of the Interamerican Development Bank funding projects in Belize, but did you know they also support local artists? The works of Pen Cayetano, Percival Cain, Benjamin Nicholas, Caroline Carr, Jerry Nisbet, Brad Stedman, Sean Taegar, Papo, Curl Gordon and others are on permanent display at the IDB offices at the Marina Towers. […]
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On Tuesday came the startling announcement: Florencio Marin had resigned from the Cabinet. But today at a Mayor’s Association meeting in Corozal, Marin told the Government Press Office he believes he accomplished what he set out to do as Minister for Sugar Industries and Local Government and it is time to move on. Prime Minister […]
Written on December 1, 1999 | Posted in
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With Belize ranked as having the highest per capita HIV/AIDS rate in Central America, World AIDS Day this year is even more meaningful. This evening the National AIDS Task Force along with HIV/AIDS district committees held the annual Candle Light AIDS Walk. The activity, which got underway in Belize City at the Constitution Park, is […]
Written on December 1, 1999 | Posted in
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Visitors to San Pedro, Ambergris Caye may now be told to “follow the brick road” to their hotel or to find a good restaurant. Islanders wanted to improve one of their most important streets, but not loose their village charm. They came up with a novel solution, at least for Belizean cayes, cobblestones. The project, […]
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Florencio Marin’s resignation was not the only item on the agenda of this week’s Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Cabinet ministers participated in a gender sensitization session conducted by a facilitator from the Pan American Health and World Health Organizations. The session which was arranged by the Department of Women’s Affairs centered on policy issues relating […]
Written on December 1, 1999 | Posted in
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Today one thousand students from Queen’s Square Anglican School received a gift from their Area Representative Dickie Bradley, a new basketball court. The fifteen thousand, five hundred dollar facility was constructed by prison inmates under the supervision of Queen’s Square contractor Mario Canto. Bowen and Bowen donated the rims and backboards. This morning Minister Bradley, […]
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One lucky Belmopan woman received Christmas a little early this year when she won twenty thousand dollars from Courts Belize this morning. The staff of the Belize City branch today drew the winning ticket in the fifth Courts Millennium Mania draw. The winner is Gayle Ozaeta. Advertising and Promotions Executive Ana Marie Bennett immediately called […]
Written on December 1, 1999 | Posted in
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