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The University of Belize was the venue today for a culturally enriching experience. In observance of Garifuna Settlement Day, the students from the Southern districts got together to display the Garifuna customs. News Five’s Jose Sanchez was there. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The students of the University of Belize put aside their books to learn about […]
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Meanwhile, UB’s Belmopan branch held its first International Culture Fest. Six countries participated in the event including Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, Panama, Japan and Cuba. The students had various foods and cultural presentations on display. We bring you the following highlights courtesy of the Government Press Office. Kamila Palma, Director, Regional Language Centre “We have at […]
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A two-day summit that promises to speed up the legal process while ensuring that justice is served opened today in Belize City. Ann-Marie Williams was at the opening ceremonies. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Members of the legal profession in Belize converged at the Radisson Hotel for the second year of a Bench and Bar Summit, which […]
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A seventeen year old has been charged with unlawful carnal knowledge and rape. According to a police press release, a twelve-year-old female accompanied by a human development officer, visited the Orange Walk police station on Friday and reported that she has been having sexual relations with Wilbert Cuellar. Cuellar, a labourer of San Jose Village, […]
Written on November 15, 2000 | Posted in
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A twenty-seven year old man lies seriously injured in the Southern Regional Hospital after being shot. According to Mark Bermudez, a laborer of one and a half mile Melinda Road, around eleven o’clock Friday night he was standing in front of Courts Belize Limited in Dangriga when a man approached him, took out a pistol […]
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During a surprise inspection on Tuesday, police confiscated over one hundred and forty pounds of illegal game meat at Joseph Wong Store. Officials from the Forest Department, accompanied by a police officer, found one hundred and seven pounds of gibnut and armadillo, twenty-nine and a half pounds of deer, and five and a half pounds […]
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Over the years the Government of Belize has spent a substantial amount of money to settle accident claims due to its policy of not insuring government vehicles. On Tuesday, however, Cabinet decided the time has come to change that strategy, and will for the first time insure the government motor fleet. They are currently urging […]
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Last week we reported on the Southern Pine Beetle ravaging the Mountain Pine Ridge. One of the primary reasons given for the beetle’s attack on over sixty thousand acres of the pine trees, is government’s cutback on a thinning program, in which trees are planted widely apart to prevent fire hazards and from competing for […]
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The Ministry of Agriculture is the proud recipient of three Toyota vehicles. The gift is a donation from USAID and United States Department of Agriculture. The vehicles will be used to assist the Belize Agriculture Health Authority in its medfly eradication programme. Minister Dolores Balderamos Garcia received the donation on behalf of Minister of Agriculture, […]
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In related agricultural news, BAHA is on the alert for any reports of Classical Swine Fever in Belize. Symptoms of the virus include vomiting, diarrhoea, fever, skin discoloration, in-coordination and coughing. The pigs also tend to huddle together and die within five to fifteen days of illness. The disease has been reported in Libertad, a […]
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If you’re a Belizean citizen interested in pursuing post graduate studies for the 2001 academic year, here’s your opportunity. The Interamerican Development Bank has joined forces with the Japan-IDB scholarship programme to offer the award. IDB’s public relations manager William Neal, says the award is open to any qualified Belizean. Williams Neal, Public Relations Manager, […]
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There are many families who are living in deplorable conditions throughout Belize. Most of them cannot afford proper housing. However, one organization has been coming to the assistance of many of these families, by providing them with homes. News Five caught up with one of the new homeowners. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The last time we […]
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Police have arrested and charged three men suspected of robbing a Chinese shop. One week ago, four men entered Vin Hong Store and robbed the owners of thirty thousand dollars in cash and ten thousand more in cheques. Twenty-one year old Ronald Cox, twenty-eight year old Mark Henry and seventeen year old Kareem Williams have […]
Written on November 14, 2000 | Posted in
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A man is dead after the vehicle he was travelling in overturned on the Northern Highway. According to Orange Walk police they received a report on Sunday morning about an accident on the Mamayal Curve between miles fifty-nine and sixty. Upon reaching the site, police saw a blue four-door car, which had overturned and landed […]
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One week after being reported missing, twenty-eight year old Jose Angel Hernandez’s body has been found. The corpse was discovered floating in the Belize River about a mile from Santa Familia Village in the Cayo District. Police at this time say they do not know what led to Hernandez’s death and are investigating the case.
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Today family members mourn the loss of a well know preacher. Fifty-one year old Joseph Matura, an ailing diabetic, was last seen moving about his yard on Central American boulevard around six a.m. Sunday. Twenty minutes later his brother Glenford found him lying face down on the ground. Janice Martinez, Niece “In the past the […]
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To eradicate and prevent the exploitation of children, the Government of Belize through the Ministry of Labour, Local Government and the Sugar Industry has launched a Child Labour Project. Presently there are no statistics available on how many children are out of school and illegally working. However, it is strongly suspected that the problem does […]
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Today Courts held another raffle in its 2000 and Win promotion. This is the final draw before their big give away of a furnished house and lot. News Five stopped by to see who were the lucky winners. Anamarie Bennett, Advertising/Promotions Manager, Courts “For San Ignacio we have Neida Waight; Orange Walk we have Lloyd […]
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“The Rise and Fall of the Black Caribs,” a historical documentation on the struggles of the Garinagu in the Eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent has been re-released for the Belizean market. The fifty-two page paperback book is written by Vincentian doctors I. Kirby and C. Martin. Godsman Ellis, a member of the Board of […]
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Blood sugar testing clinics were held all over the country today to mark World Diabetes Day. News Five’s Ann-Marie Williams visited one of the Belize City clinics. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Several known diabetics and those who just wanted to find out if they have the disease attended free blood sugar and blood pressure testing clinics […]
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The Police Department, badly embarrassed last week by official complicity in a murder suspect’s subverting of justice, has reacted swiftly to punish those involved. Six officers were today suspended from duty pending further investigation of an incident in which a detained suspect in the murder of Therese Blake was helped to obtain a razor. He […]
Written on November 13, 2000 | Posted in
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Employees of Belize Electricity Limited stand to benefit from a new collective bargaining agreement signed with the Belize Energy Workers Union. The agreement promises, among other things, a four point five percent salary increase retroactive to June first and an end of year bonus, which is four percent of salary based on achieving set company […]
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A memo issued by the Ministry of Education, intending to extend the school year into the Christmas holiday, is receiving failing grades from teachers. The extension is to make up for time lost when classes were suspended for a week after a number of schools sustained damage in Hurricane Keith. The Ministry of Education recently […]
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In 1997 Belize became a member of the Montreal Protocol, an environmental agreement which was developed in 1989 to address the issue of the ozone layer in our atmosphere and its alarming rate of shrinkage. To date there are one hundred and seventy three countries that have ratified the protocol along with its four amendments. […]
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Today the National Garifuna Council launched a biography on the legendary founder of Garifuna Settlement Day. The book “Thomas Vincent Ramos: The Man and His Writings” was written by Adele Ramos, granddaughter of T.V. Ramos and contains excerpts from newspapers and other articles dating from 1935 to 1944. Ramos has been collecting her grandfather’s writings […]
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