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As I speak negotiators from Belize and Guatemala are meeting in a final session in Miami where they are expected to sign an agreement clarifying the situation along the border. News director Stewart Krohn is just off the phone with chief Belizean negotiator, Ambassador Assad Shoman, who reports the following: A draft agreement has been […]
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Reacting to widespread complaints concerning the operation of the Social Security Board, government has appointed a commission to propose reforms for the twenty-year old institution. The eleven-member panel, to be chaired by Anglican Father Leroy Flowers, will look at ways to increase the transparency and accountability of the Social Security system. His fellow commissioners will […]
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An early morning traffic accident has claimed the life of a truck driver on the Stann Creek Valley Road. David Sainsbury of Dangriga died around 2:00 a.m. when his truck ran into the back of another truck parked on the road. According to Dangriga police, Enrique Basto of San Felipe Village, was experiencing mechanical problems […]
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Tonight is episode number two of Temptation Island, the U.S. TV show whose dubious morality is exceeded only by its advertising value for Belize. In case you’ve been asleep for the last several weeks, the show places four unmarried but committed couples at luxurious Ambergris Caye resorts and then separates them in the company of […]
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The National Handicraft Center has given out ten thousand dollars to one hundred and twenty of its most valuable suppliers. The purpose of the awards is to thank the most consistent artisans for meeting the increased demand for arts and crafts during record-breaking years in the tourism industry. News 5 spoke to Belize Chamber of […]
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Ten computers have been donated to ANRI, the Agriculture and Natural Resources Institute at the old Lynam College in the Stann Creek district. The fully loaded Pentium based units came from Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Daniel Silva. Present at Monday’s ceremony were members of the board of governors, Education Officer Vanley Jenkins, and Area […]
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New York gospel singer Rhonda Reid will tonight warm the hearts of Belizeans at a concert at St. Mary’s Church. Although the event is free you’re asked to give generously as proceeds will be used to subsidize the St. Mary’s School feeding programme. Rhonda Reid, Gospel Singer “We’ll be having the “Lord is my Light”, […]
Written on January 17, 2001 | Posted in
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We often report on problems in the nation’s health care system, so it’s only fair that when we see good things in the making we check them out. Today Ann-Marie Williams looked at one training programme that should make hospital patients approach surgery with a lot more confidence. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Seven Belizean registered nurses […]
Written on January 17, 2001 | Posted in
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One of the decisions announced today by Cabinet was that funding, to the tune of one million dollars, has been allocated for fighting the Southern Pine Bark Beetle. That’s the bug that has already fatally infected over sixty percent of the Mountain Pine Ridge. Coincidentally News 5’s Jose Sanchez was in the pine ridge yesterday […]
Written on January 17, 2001 | Posted in
Environment |
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He is not the Espat brother most often seen on television. That’s Mark, the Minister of Tourism, who has been basking in the glory of record visitor arrivals, great publicity and boundless investor optimism. The Espat in the spotlight today is Jorge, the minister with the toughest portfolio in Cabinet, home to a sometimes corrupt […]
Written on January 16, 2001 | Posted in
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Talks between Belizean and Guatemalan diplomats opened in Miami this morning and at newstime there was cautious optimism coming from the Belize side. Ambassador Assad Shoman, head of Belize’s negotiating team, told News 5 that today’s meetings had gone “encouragingly well” and that some understanding could be concluded when the talks continue on Wednesday. Most […]
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The fact that emergency negotiations with Guatemala have become necessary demonstrates the wide gulf in perception that exists between both sides. The Guatemalan press, for example, constantly refers to provocative incidents in which BDF patrols are said to intimidate Guatemalan farmers inside Guatemala. Minister of National Security Jorge Espat today flatly denied the accusations. Jorge […]
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A well-known U.S. archeologist was seriously injured today in an automobile accident in the Mountain Pine Ridge. Richard “Scotty” MacNeish, who has excavated extensively in northern Belize, was driving his rented vehicle two miles east of Augustine when he went off the road. The vehicle was discovered by a passing patrol of the Seventh Royal […]
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Another accident, this time at the Pound Yard Bridge, has left one man injured. A Bronco and a bus collided in front of Pollo Rico. The driver, Salvadoran Guillermo Pacheco, was pinned in his car for some time, and finally taken to the hospital by ambulance.
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Police are tonight holding a Central American man for questioning in connection with a bag of jewelry he was carrying in his hand this morning. Police do not want to release his name, neither are they saying where he was intercepted. All Inspector of Police Mario Vernon is saying is that police suspect that the […]
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During Christmas week the media was flooded with stories of ham and turkey dinners for the less fortunate residents of Belize City. While many down and out citizens may have taken advantage of a number of such meals, by the time New Years rolled around their bellies were typically empty and the repeated northers made […]
Written on January 16, 2001 | Posted in
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It’s an annual event that typically runs long on pomp and circumstance but short on substance. But this year’s ceremonial opening of the Supreme Court ran against the grain as the chief justice went out of his way to assure the public that on his watch the wall between politics and the judiciary is built […]
Written on January 15, 2001 | Posted in
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While few cases of domestic violence ever reach the level of the Supreme Court, it doesn’t mean that the issue is not a critical one for Belize. For the next four days delegates from all over Central America are meeting here to find answers to the persistent problem. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Some say that men […]
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There have been no reports of any injuries to Belizeans as a result of the earthquake, which devastated El Salvador on Saturday. The quake, which measured 7.6 on the Richter scale, was centered off the nation’s Pacific coast, but caused extensive damage outside the capital of San Salvador. Reports are still sketchy, but according to […]
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For those who want to render assistance to the victims of the El Salvador disaster, the newly opened Alliance Bank, along with its related companies, has opened a relief fund. The group got the ball rolling with a two thousand dollar contribution and has invited all those who wish to aid the people and government […]
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A well-known diplomat has been injured in an automobile accident on the Western Highway. Clara Chavez, attaché at the Colombian Embassy, was driving near the Silva airstrip outside Belmopan when her four-wheel drive Suzuki Jimny went off the road and rolled over several times. Chavez, now at the KHMH, suffered a cut on her head, […]
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The year 2000 was an impressive one for Belize’s tourism industry and so far 2001 is off to a great start. The latest good news is that Minister of Tourism Mark Espat has been named as Travel Agent Magazine’s “Person of the Year” for Latin America. Travel Agent may not be a household name, but […]
Written on January 15, 2001 | Posted in
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And the week’s awards were not limited to the tourism industry. A release from the Reporter indicates that it has been selected as one of the world’s one hundred best newspapers sites on the Internet by the Times of London. The list, which appeared in the Times’ January twelfth online edition, put the Reporter in […]
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Miscellaneous |
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St. John’s Primary School is responding to the demands of a growing student population with the construction of a new school building. The structure, which will house two standard five and two standard six classes, replaces a previously condemned wooden structure. The Principal of St. John’s Primary, Grace Williams, says that the new classrooms will […]
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Education |
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and allow me to welcome you to this latest version of Sports Monday. The BFL Appeals Committee apparently agreed with Real Verdes in its dispute with the league and promptly returned all eighteen previously taken away points by the Protest Board. This left Kulture Yabra of Belize City and Builders […]
Written on January 15, 2001 | Posted in
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