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The technical exercise of establishing the exact coordinates of Belize’s border with Guatemala has been completed… but the man who took the measurements is not quite ready to go public with his findings. Under the terms of the January seventeenth meeting in Miami between Belize and Guatemala, the Pan American Institute of Geography and History […]
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Police have charged Twenty-one year-old Edward “Praca” Westby and twenty-four year-old Jason Williams, both of Supal Street of Belize City in connection with the brutal double murder of two children. On Monday, sixteen-month old Claymar Monsanto and eleven year-old Francis Maximo were gunned down in what appeared to be an attempt on the life of […]
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Belize City is not the only place where lives are being taken in anger. In the village of Libertad, in the Corozal District, a woman has been arrested for killing her husband. Thirty-three year old Luis Chan died of wounds suffered on Tuesday afternoon. Police allege that Chan’s twenty-seven year old wife, Zoila Chan, stabbed […]
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In news from Tuesday’s Cabinet session, that executive body has approved a comprehensive plan to improve Belize’s educational system. The four year, forty-two million dollar project aims to improve the quality, relevance, efficiency and equity of primary and secondary education. Among the reforms will be standardized testing for students, higher standards for teachers and decentralisation […]
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Yesterday we reported that UNICEF, in cooperation with the British government, donated over two hundred and ninety thousand dollars towards refurbishing schools that were damaged by the recent hurricane. Today they continued their support to Belize by granting over sixty-nine thousand dollars to help families headed by women. Minister of Human Development Dolores Balderamos Garcia, […]
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In related news Belizean fishermen who lost their boats, motors and lobster traps to Keith’s fury, will now have access to loans to get back in business. The Northern Fisherman Co-operative, based in Belize City and Caye Caulker, has negotiated a one point five million dollar loan facility with the Development Finance Corporation for use […]
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In sports news, the roller coaster career of Belizean American basketball player Milton Palacio is once again back on track. After playing only limited minutes during his rookie session as a point guard with the NBA’s Vancouver Grizzlies, Palacio was released from the team. He was picked up this season, however, by the Boston Celtics. […]
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Monday’s killing of two children in an attempted hit on a reputed crime figure has not only shocked the Belizean community, but has also engulfed several Belize City neighbourhoods in a climate of fear. Ann-Marie Williams reports that the tragic double murder may be just the tip of an even more violent iceberg. Jose Zelaya, […]
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It had all the ingredients of a disaster of epic proportions: dry weather, strong breezes and old wooden buildings in a congested part of town. But instead of a citywide inferno, today’s fire on Belize City’s south side was contained to four houses. Ann-Marie Williams was on the spot. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting A mid-morning fire […]
Written on January 30, 2001 | Posted in
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Police have detained a number of suspects in Monday’s brutal slaying of two children in Belize City, but no charges have yet been filed. News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams looks behind the crime and finds that the dead kids may be the only ones who are blameless. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The Belizean community is still up […]
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With tensions on Belize City’s streets running so high, the news received this afternoon from police headquarters is the equivalent of trying to put out this morning’s fire with a tanker full of gasoline. It seems that on Monday morning when officers passed by the armoury at the Police Academy in Belmopan, they noticed that […]
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While they may have been lax in securing their armoury, police were right on the money when it came to busting suspected drug traffickers. On Friday, cops in Orange Walk made two major seizures of cocaine. The first came at Tower Hill Bridge when a car was searched and close to two and a half […]
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For three days and three nights he was lost in the jungle, not far from a disputed area near the Guatemalan border. Today, Private Marvin Card, safely back at Price Barracks, took time out to talk to the press about exactly what transpired during his lonely weekend… beginning with how he came to get lost […]
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On yesterday’s newscast we aired the grievance of Bernadine Anderson, who claimed that police insulted her and beat her on two occasions last week. Today the police have reported what they claim is the other side of the story. It seems that after the first incident on Thursday night, in which Anderson was sought in […]
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The winds and rain may be distant memories, but those people and institutions still suffering from Hurricane Keith have not been forgotten. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Hurricane Keith put the hurt on Belize’s educational system to a tune of three and a half million dollars primarily in the Belize, Orange Walk and Corozal […]
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Students from St. John’s College who plan to study in the United States will now be able to do so with a lot less hassle. SJC and Viterbo University, located in La Crosse, Wisconsin, have signed an agreement to expedite the transfer of credits between the two institutions. Up to sixty-four SJC credits will be […]
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It was the kind of crime that makes us ashamed to be a member of Belizean society, if not the entire human race. Two Belize City children will not get a chance to grow up as their lives were cut short this afternoon in a hail of gunfire. News 5’s Jose Sanchez was quickly on […]
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A BDF soldier who was reported lost near the Guatemalan border has been found safe and sound. Private Marvin Card became separated from his fourteen-man patrol around dusk on Friday and remained missing until today. Card, rather than try to find his way back to his base camp six kilometres inside Belize, elected to stay […]
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A husband and wife are dead following a head-on collision on the Western Highway Sunday evening. Police say Howell Adolphus was driving a red Chrysler along with two other passengers: his wife, Verna Hutchinson and twenty-four year old Sherman Herrera. They were all on their way home to Teakettle Village, from a football game in […]
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A Chinese grocer of Dangriga is at the Belmopan Hospital recovering from a gunshot wound, while the gunmen are on the run. Kyu Huan, twenty-five, told police that on Friday, he was in his shop, Gold Star, situated at mile one on the Stann-Creek Valley Road, when he was held up by two men and […]
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And in Belize City, a gas station attendant was robbed of three hundred dollars. Around 9:00 on Friday night, Lornel Staine, attendant at the One-Stop Shell Station at the corner of Cemetery Road and Central American Boulevard, was held up at gunpoint and handed over the money. He described his assailant to police as being […]
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There is big news in the energy sector, as a major hurdle has been cleared by Belize Electricity Limited in its efforts to implement the Chalillo Hydro Project. In a release dated Friday, Fortis Incorporated, majority owner of BEL, announced that it has purchased ninety-five percent of the shares in BECOL, the company that owns […]
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The foreign minister of El Salvador today met with Prime Minister Said Musa. Maria Eugenia Brizuela de Avila met with the P.M. this morning in Belmopan. The primary purpose of the visit was to thank Belize for assistance provided in the wake of the devastating earthquake, which struck El Salvador on January thirteenth. Two containers […]
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A Belize City woman visited News 5 this afternoon to complain of two incidents of police brutality she allegedly suffered last week. Bernadine Anderson of a North Creek address said her nightmare started when police found her two sons near her gate and decided to search them. Bernadine Anderson, Claims Police Brutality I went outside […]
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Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re in tuned to this latest version of Sports Monday. Kulture Yabra of Belize City found itself matched up against turf rivals Acros for a second Sunday in a row. Would they be able to repeat last week’s big W. We open to Hugo Ortega moving against “Butta” Ferguson […]
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