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A manhunt has been launched for three inmates who escaped from the Department of Corrections in Hattieville. The prisoners, eighteen year old Edwardo Alcoser, thirty-five year old Rueben Galdamez and nineteen year old Pedro Gongora were working on an agricultural project across from the institution when they made a run for freedom. Jennifer Lovell, Acting […]
Written on February 16, 2000 | Posted in
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Police are appealing to the public to help solve the murder of an infant, which was found with its throat cut in Dangriga over the weekend. The investigation into the terrible discovery on Saturday continues but police say anyone who knows anything at all is urged to come forward or call Dangriga police or the […]
Written on February 16, 2000 | Posted in
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The Essence of Belizean Beauty Inc. has announced the second Miss Rainforest International Pageant to be held in March. This years’ pageant features contestants from thirteen countries: Aruba, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, England, Guatemala, Honduras, Malta, Mexico and Paraguay. There will be a press conference on February 29th in San Ignacio, […]
Written on February 16, 2000 | Posted in
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The House of Culture presents “A Belizean Perception”, a collection of original photographs by photographer Noel Escalante. Escalante is the Deputy Registrar of Hotels at the Belize Tourism Board and frequently travels around Belize inspecting various hotels. He has been doing photography for fifteen years. The House of Culture says Escalante has managed to capture […]
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This afternoon, groundbreaking ceremonies were held at the Alejo Beni Park in Dangriga marking the official start of New Horizons 2000. Since January reserve officers of the U.S. National Guard have been in the Stann Creek district building schools and digging for wells. By the end of May, they would have also provided free, basic […]
Written on February 16, 2000 | Posted in
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It was a terrible discovery to begin with and now the story appears to be even more shocking. A post mortem today on an infant found over the weekend in Dangriga indicates that it was not an aborted fetus but a healthy child–born alive–whose throat was deliberately cut. Police are now treating the case as […]
Written on February 15, 2000 | Posted in
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Despite depressed world prices and some technical glitches in the early months of this year’s fruit processing, there is cautious optimism in southern Belize over the future of the citrus industry. Officials are predicting a record crop of six point two million boxes of orange and grapefruit, markets are being opened in Europe and the […]
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While the future of citrus appears to be looking up, the situation at at-least one large orange farm is still very much up in the air. Workers at the Hummingbird Citrus Limited II at mile three on the Coastal Road are in their second week of a strike. News Five understands that despite a directive […]
Written on February 15, 2000 | Posted in
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Lovers of lobster should take note that as of today, eating or even possessing your favorite delicacy could land you in trouble with the law. Closed season for spiny lobster, also known as crayfish, runs from February fifteenth through June fourteenth. But while those who eat the sweet seafood may mope, the people who catch […]
Written on February 15, 2000 | Posted in
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Minister of Economic Development Ralph Fonseca represented Belize at a Caribbean Development Bank/International Monetary Fund conference in Barbados over the weekend then met with potential investors in New York. The CDB/IMF conference covered topics such as repositioning the Caribbean for globalization, offshore services industry, fiscal and political reform, elimination of poverty and small states initiative […]
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The Public Service Union has expelled its Secretary General because he is running for political office. The PSU says they made the decision because Hubert Enriquez represents public officers, who are banned from political activity and the general membership had not endorsed his candidacy. Enriquez is running as an independent in the upcoming Belmopan City […]
Written on February 15, 2000 | Posted in
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The Belize Tourism Board is reminding visitors, travel writers and local private sector travel and tour organizations that there is still time to make nominations for the first tourism awards. To make the process easier BTB says a nomination form is available on their website at www.travelbelize.org. Awards will recognize individuals and organizations for excellent […]
Written on February 15, 2000 | Posted in
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The Philatelic Bureau has released its Animals Definitive Issue, or if you’re not a collector and need a translation: the post office has animal stamps. The twelve new stamps include the five cent green iguana, the ten cent gibnut, the fifteen cent black howler monkey, the twenty-five cent tamandua or ants bear, the thirty cent […]
Written on February 15, 2000 | Posted in
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The Challilo Dam. The words conjure up different images for different people. For some, it represents a more efficient way to reduce the cost of electricity. Others envision the flooding of part of the Belizean rainforest. The arguments on both sides are rich in conviction–and emotion–and each claims they have scientific data to back them […]
Written on February 15, 2000 | Posted in
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Today an escaped prisoner was apprehended by police on Caesar Ridge Road, but it took a bullet to stop him. News Five was called to the scene this afternoon. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting After being on the run for three weeks, the police finally caught up with twenty-four year old Dennis “Desho” Quilter. The prisoner apparently […]
Written on February 14, 2000 | Posted in
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A police officer has been suspended and BDF soldier and a civilian are hospitalized following an incident in Douglas Village early Sunday morning. Although Orange Walk Police and Internal Affairs are still trying to determine exactly what occurred, initial investigations indicate that around three am, following a village fair, some youths were having an argument. […]
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A fishing co-op in Belize City was robbed on Friday morning. According to police, Iman Ken, an employee of Northern Fisherman’s Cooperative, was just getting out of his vehicle in front of the building on North Front street when a man approached him with a gun and demanded money. Ken handed over a bag, with […]
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The body of an infant was found in Dangriga on Saturday morning. A passerby found the corpse on the bank of Havana Creek. It is not known at this time if the child was a full term stillborn or an aborted fetus.
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Two weeks ago Emolyn Burgess bought a car. However, the young woman claims that ever since she bought the vehicle, someone has been trying to destroy it. She says about a week ago someone threw a bottle filled with gasoline and tried to set the car on fire. Her family managed to save the car, […]
Written on February 14, 2000 | Posted in
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Police have arrested a man from Independence after he allegedly brought a fourteen year old Guatemalan girl to Belize and then raped her. The girl claims she met Raul Acevedo in Rio Dulce, Guatemala on the fourth of February and he transported her to Belize on the sixth. She told police that the same day […]
Written on February 14, 2000 | Posted in
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This morning, News Five received a frantic call from a Belize City woman, telling us the Belize Guatemala Border had been shut down. However, a quick check at the Belize Customs, put any fears about increased international tension at least, to bed. Officials along the border tell us about ten Sunday morning, angry Guatemalans, upset […]
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Although the final fate of the company is not yet known, those holding life insurance policies with the Belize International Insurance Company Limited, BELINSCO, will be interested to know the latest developments. On Friday, the Supreme Court appointed the firm of Deloitte and Touche to act as judicial managers for the next thirty days. The […]
Written on February 14, 2000 | Posted in
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In September, Barclays Bank announced it would be celebrating fifty years in Belize by giving the city of Belize a present: a monument at the Pallotti Roundabout. This weekend Barclays’ vision became a reality as the Belizean flag went up, for the first time surrounded by the flags of the Caricom nations and the countries […]
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Good evening, I’m James Adderly, welcome to this edition of Sports Monday. It’s the second week of the BFL Playoffs and the San Pedro Dolphins took their championship hopes into the Norman Broaster Stadium, looking for a win against Real Verdes in a battle of teams searching for their first playoff victory. Right off the […]
Written on February 14, 2000 | Posted in
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Today police reported that a skull had been found near Gracie Rock village. But as News Five found out this afternoon, it was actually two human skeletons, one of which was actually found last year. No one knows at this point, who they are, how they died, or how the bodies could have lain unnoticed […]
Written on February 11, 2000 | Posted in
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