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This is the week that according to the agreement signed in Washington, several hundred illegal Guatemalan settlers are supposed to return across the border from three sites in Belize. To find out exactly how the people involved feel about it, News 5’s Stewart Krohn and Amandala’s Melvin Flores traveled to the settlement of Machaquila. Located […]
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Police in Belmopan have detained two men they believe highjacked the capital city’s payroll last week. The pair, as yet unidentified, will be taken to Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday where they are expected to be read charges of armed robbery. Police say they have recovered a sawed off shotgun and three thousand of the more […]
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The twin towns of San Ignacio and Santa Elena will soon boast a new fire station. The facility will cost seventy-five thousand dollars and will be built by the firemen themselves. Today Minister of Home Affairs Dickie Bradley was on hand for the groundbreaking. Dickie Bradley, Minister of Home Affairs “What is happening in fact […]
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All Saints Primary School will soon have a new building to ease congestion in its classrooms. The two-storey structure, when finished, will house a kitchen and dining room for the feeding programme, three classrooms, a teacher’s lounge and four bathrooms. On hand for today’s groundbreaking ceremonies was Freetown area-representative Jorge Espat and All Saint’s Principal […]
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Leaving the country over the weekend was Prime Minister Said Musa. His first stop was the University of Kentucky in Louisville, where he is addressing the students and faculty, as well as meeting with potential investors. The university has a long history of cooperation with Belizean educational institutions. From the Blue Grass State Musa will […]
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News from Hattieville prison usually comes in two varieties: bad, namely beatings and breakouts, and good, consisting of donations and rehabilitations. Today was one of Hattieville’s better days… as Jose Sanchez found out. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The Prison Department has embarked on a new era of rehabilitation. It has instituted a three phase Victim Awareness […]
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Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into this version of Sports Monday. The mad rush to make the six-team BFL football playoffs continued into week XIV with Kulture Yabra looking to improve its options going down the stretch. However, Real Verdes after climbing all the way from the bottom of the standings to […]
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