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The body of a Hispanic man shot on Monday by the Belize Defense Force while on patrol in the jungle about a mile inside the Belize/Guatemala border has not yet been found. According to the Ministry of National Security, on Monday, around two in the afternoon, a BDF patrol searching for illegal marijuana plantations was […]
Written on January 26, 2000 | Posted in
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Marlon Budd, who was being sought by police yesterday in connection with the murder of Oscar Perez over the weekend, has turned himself in. Budd is the sixth man police detained for questioning after twenty-six year old Oscar Perez was shot twice in front of his common law wife and his brother after the trio […]
Written on January 26, 2000 | Posted in
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The final report was presented to Prime Minister Said Musa earlier this month, he in turn distributed it to Cabinet and yesterday they endorsed more than fifty percent of the recommendations submitted by the Political Reform Commission. This week’s Cabinet briefing says the ministers gave their support to sixty-three of the one hundred three recommendations […]
Written on January 26, 2000 | Posted in
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Public awareness about sex crimes against children, especially little girls, has certainly increased but awareness appears not to have stopped one man from allegedly molesting a child in public. The witnesses reported the incident to the police and the man was arrested. Reports are the man, who lives near Caesar Ridge Road took a ten […]
Written on January 26, 2000 | Posted in
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Tonight Channel Five is airing a documentary produced by the Belize Family Life Association called the "Tempting of Shakira". The program addresses the issue of teenage pregnancy, a problem BFLA says is increasing rather than decreasing. With teens accounting for twenty percent of all pregnancies in Belize and the respondents B.F.L.A. decided to create a […]
Written on January 26, 2000 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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There’s a new website for those who want to learn more about Belize’s Creole population. The National Kriol Council says their site provides information on Kriol culture, history and language and is especially useful for students. The National Kriol Council is a non-profit organization founded in nineteen ninety-five to promote Kriol Culture and harmony among […]
Written on January 26, 2000 | Posted in
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Although the hurricane season does not get underway for another five months, consultations are already taking place to make sure that in the event of a disaster, operations run smoothly inside shelters. Today, a two-day Shelter management workshop got underway at the Belize Institute of Management. The meeting is hosted by the Ministry of Health […]
Written on January 26, 2000 | Posted in
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Today, Belize Telecommunications Limited expanded its service in the Ladyville area, opening its new office. Previously the office was housed inside the exchange building. Today, residents of the area will be able to get their transactions done in a far more spacious and comfortable environment. Lisa Shoman, BTL’s chairman says the expansion is all part […]
Written on January 26, 2000 | Posted in
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Today a brief ceremony was held at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital to pay tribute to Dr. Jack Sheridan. Fourteen years ago Sheridan arrived in Belize to assist Belize’s crippled children get the treatment they need at the Shriner’s Hospital in the United States. Since then, Sheridan who works through the Illinois Rotary District Belizean […]
Written on January 26, 2000 | Posted in
Health |
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As News Five first reported last night, an Indian man arrested in Canada in 1998 “as a threat to national security” was deported to Belize earlier this month after acquiring a Belizean passport under our Economic Citizen Investment Program. Today no one seems to know if Iqbal Singh is still in the country, or how […]
Written on January 25, 2000 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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With hefty commissions on this type of money circulating how particular are the agents about their clients? While the agent who handled the Singh case Manolo Romero of Belize Passport Consultants told news five today that he cannot reveal the particulars of that application, consultants Rosy Shyu, Santiago Gomez and Gaby Afif told News Five […]
Written on January 25, 2000 | Posted in
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Today, twenty-one year old Eustagio Blanco was charged with two counts of murder and robbery in connection with the beating death of Hipolito Muy and Orlando Reyes on the San Juan/San Pablo road in the Orange Walk district. The men who worked in the Vector Control Programme in the Ministry of Health had gone to […]
Written on January 25, 2000 | Posted in
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Police have detained five men for questioning and are looking for one more Marlon Budd in connection with the murder of twenty-six year old Oscar Perez. Perez was shot twice in front of his wife and brother near the Salvation Army Primary School on Saturday night. Perez’s common-law wife, Glenda Castro, told News Five that […]
Written on January 25, 2000 | Posted in
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Today the students of Saint Catherine’s Academy spent the day outdoors doing a number of community projects throughout the city. The students are observing Foundation Day which is held to celebrate the arrival and work of the Sisters of Mercy to Belize. The young girls planted trees on the medians on Princess Margaret Drive and […]
Written on January 25, 2000 | Posted in
Education |
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In October News Five accompanied a BDF police patrol about eight miles from the Caracol Ruins near the Guatemalan border as they went to destroy marijuana plantations. On this trip we were told the area is considered dangerous and that the soldier often encounter illegal marijuana cultivators, who are sometimes armed. On Tuesday one of […]
Written on January 25, 2000 | Posted in
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Opponents of Belize’s policy of selling passports have long criticized the practice as an open invitation for tax dodgers, drug dealers, money launderers and even terrorists to find a safe haven on these all too friendly shores. Tonight it appears more certain than ever that those criticisms are well founded. A News Five investigation has […]
Written on January 24, 2000 | Posted in
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Police are investigating a murder in Belize City over the weekend which bears a striking resemblance to the murder of Punta Gorda teacher Pio Coc in August. On Saturday night, a wife watched as five men chased her husband and his brother before shooting her husband twice. Like Pio Coc, he also bled to death […]
Written on January 24, 2000 | Posted in
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While the friends and family of Oscar Perez try to deal with his brutal slaying, residents of Orange Walk were stunned this weekend by the equally shocking and senseless murder of two employees of the Ministry of Health. On Friday night, just after ten o?clock, Hipolito Muy and Orlando Reyes were beaten to death by […]
Written on January 24, 2000 | Posted in
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What could have been a major emergency when two buses collided and one wound up in the Belize River, somehow resulted in only minor injuries Saturday afternoon. The incident occurred shortly before three o’clock p.m. at mile eight and a half in front of the Brazilian Consulate. Witnesses told News Five a car coming from […]
Written on January 24, 2000 | Posted in
Auto Accidents |
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Early this morning, firefighters were called to Eyre Street in Belize City after smoke was seen coming from the rear of the wooden PAHO/WHO building. Fire officials were able to get control of the fire before it could spread to the rest of the office but at news time tonight, the cause of the fire […]
Written on January 24, 2000 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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It may not have produced any flames, but the action was hot and heavy at Saturday night’s official opening of the Princess Casino. Since the “soft opening” two weeks earlier the rows of shiny slot machines have been supplemented by a number of blackjack tables and roulette wheels. Despite warnings from cabinet that only U.S. […]
Written on January 24, 2000 | Posted in
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And finally in crime news, police have detained one man and are looking for another in connection with a burglary in Independence Village. Abdul Sarraj of Savannah Road reported that someone broke into his house sometime between January twentieth and twenty-second and stole sixty-one thousand dollars worth of cash and jewelry.
Written on January 24, 2000 | Posted in
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A man wanted in connection with a shooting on Central American Boulevard has been arrested. Deshawn Nunez has been charged with attempted murder, use of deadly means of harm and grievous harm in connection with the shooting of Mark Banner on the seventeenth of January. Banner alleges that Nunez approached him at the corner of […]
Written on January 24, 2000 | Posted in
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley, welcoming you to this fresh brew of Sports Monday. Grigamandala had only one option yesterday at Dangriga. Beat the San Pedro Dolphins or miss the BFL playoffs. It’s as simple as that. Of course in Belizean football right now nothing comes easy. In the opening moments of yesterday’s game Malahi […]
Written on January 24, 2000 | Posted in
Sports |
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On Tuesday, the fisheries vessel Lutjanus set out on its first operation since the boat was refurbished. The vessel, with a special multi-agency force including members of the Fisheries Department, Immigration and the police, ventured down south to Gladden Split about nineteen miles from Placencia. The four-day operation was a major success as it resulted […]
Written on January 21, 2000 | Posted in
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