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It may have been the fastest real estate transaction in the history of Belize. Less than 24 hours after News Five broke the story of Government’s unconscionable sale of a pristine caye to a well connected private citizen, that deal has been reversed. A release this afternoon from the Ministry of Natural Resources indicates that […]
Written on June 14, 2000 | Posted in
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Another body has been recovered from sea after a tragic shipwreck last week off Wee Wee Caye. According to police reports, on Tuesday morning residents of Seine Bight found the body of 20-year old Nigerian Emmanuel Omeneh washed up on the beach. The body had drifted more than 20 miles from the site of the […]
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Disasters |
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A 19-year old has been arrested and charged with the murder of his fellow carwasher. 19-year old Errol Garnett of a Waight Street address has been charged with the murder of Leroy McKoy. According to eyewitness accounts, the men were involved in a verbal confrontation Thursday afternoon. Shortly after the argument McKoy was washing a […]
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The Ministry of Education today released the results of this year’s newly renamed Primary School Examination, or PSE. Of the over 5,000 standard six students who took the test, less than half, 48.5%, scored above the acceptable level of a 50% grade. The students did best on the English and Science sections, with 61 and […]
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It might be one of the few projects that managed to survive from one administration to the next. This week, the Belize Tourism Board is holding public consultations to discuss the idea of a tourism village at Fort Point in Belize City. This afternoon, Minister of Tourism, Mark Espat told News Five that the project […]
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Economy |
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The Minister responsible for the National Fire Service many months ago made a commitment that Belize’s fire fighters would one day soon get the equipment they needed to do their job. Today that moment finally arrived. Janelle Chanona, Reporting For many years, the National Fire Service has been something of a public whipping boy. It […]
Written on June 14, 2000 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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He is not a politician–not yet anyway–so Attorney General Godfrey Smith is not burdened with a constituency of voters that he has to please. Free to concentrate on his portfolio, Smith has immersed himself in the job and has received high marks from both friends and foes for his initial moves to reform our system […]
Written on June 14, 2000 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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