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The Police Department has received equipment worth over four hundred thousand dollars to assist in fighting crime. A large part of the investment includes communications equipment and motorcycles to increase police response time as well as their presence within the community. This morning Minister of National Security, Jorge Espat, handed over the supplies to officers […]
Written on March 7, 2001 | Posted in
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The Dr. Marla Holder Award is an honour given every year by the Belize Business Bureau to a woman who has made a significant contribution to women’s development. This year it has been bestowed upon Jane Usher. The popular head of the Holy Redeemer Credit Union has been elected to the House of Representatives twice […]
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An organisation created ten years ago to give at risk girls a chance at a better future, the Youth Enhancement Services Programme, celebrates a milestone on Thursday, International Women’s Day. It will officially open its new training centre at a site in Lord’s Bank Village. Executive Director Florence Dillett says Thursday will be a proud […]
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They are working day and night to quickly finish a job that has the city’s traffic going in circles. When they are finished the western entrance to the old capital should look as up-to-date as its northern counterpart. Ann-Marie Williams inspected the job this morning. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Twenty-five percent of the work on the […]
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He’s getting more playing time, scoring more points and endearing himself to fans in Boston. Meanwhile, fans of Celtics guard Milton Palacio right here in Belize are also pulling hard for him to make a long career in the NBA. Milton’s father Clifford, in town to attend this weekend’s annual meeting of the National Garifuna […]
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She sang in Spanish, but danced in Creole… and her efforts made her the winner in last night’s session of Karaoke TV. Here is a clip of Rina Villanueva hearing the good news and singing an encore… with a little help from host William Neal. William Neal, Host, Karaoke TV “Our winner tonight is Rina […]
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D-Revelation’s Barefoot Music Festival usually plays to a sold out audience… and with the arrival of internationally applauded reggae gospel group Christafari, this festival is expected to attract new found fans. Public relation’s officer for the band Paul Flowers says it’s a family affair. Paul Flowers, P.R. Officer, D-Revelations “What D-Rev is going to do […]
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One year ago tonight the nation of Belize held its collective breath as word spread that a small plane was winging its way east with a precious cargo. Four Belizean law enforcement officers who had been kidnapped and imprisoned by the Guatemalan army a week and a half earlier, were on their way home. Those […]
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With football and basketball suffering from internal problems it is clear that Belize’s reigning national sport is politics. And even though the next election is probably two and a half years away, in many areas the streets are full of campaigners. Professionals, as well as part time politicians are busy dispensing promises as well as […]
Written on March 6, 2001 | Posted in
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On March thirty-first two highly regarded candidates will square off in Belize City’s Pickstock Division. At stake is a chance to represent the People’s Untied Party in the next general election in a constituency that has been held by the PUP for as long as anyone can remember. Ann-Marie Williams reports. Ann-Marie Williams “It’s not […]
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Madrid will be the site of the 2001 summit at which the Government of Spain sits down with the nations of Central America to look at ways to improve life in the region. Belize will be represented at the March eighth and ninth meetings by Prime Minister Said Musa and a delegation including Ambassador Assad […]
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He is now back in custody but for over a day, reputed gang leader Clay Monsanto managed to disappear from police who were holding him on a weapons charge. Details are sketchy, but somehow, in the midst of his arraignment in Belize City Magistrate’s Court on Monday, Monsanto simply walked out without making arrangements to […]
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It doesn’t fully qualify as bad news, but in the booming industry it’s about as close as we get. That news is that due to several bankruptcies of Florida based cruise lines, the number of cruise passengers arriving in Belize this year is not expected to grow. Both Premier and Commodore have shut down their […]
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The Southern Pine Bark Beetle, having laid waste to the Mountain Pine Ridge, has now set its sights on other parts of the country. Reports from the Forest Department indicate that the southern coastal plain, stretching from Silk Grass to Deep River and including Savannah, Swasey, Bladen and Machaca, contain significant pockets of beetle infestation. […]
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It’s an issue that consumed the undivided attention of Belize’s best diplomatic minds for almost two months and distracted both countries from the more important issue of dealing with the Guatemalan claim. Finally, however, the problem of three illegal Guatemalan settlements on Belizean soil appears to be solved. The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and National […]
Written on March 5, 2001 | Posted in
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Weekend shootings in the poorer neighborhoods of Belize City are not uncommon these days, but more often than not the victim has some connection with the shooter. While one incident last night loosely fits this pattern, a second appears to have been a deadly exception. Jose Sanchez Reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The first incident took […]
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Although Belmopan police have not been successful in making an arrest in connection with the high powered guns stolen from the training school armoury on January twenty-ninth they have had some luck in case of the break in at the station’s exhibit room. Police today confirmed that a nine millimeter pistol found in a San […]
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The reputed gang leader who watched his infant son die from a bullet meant for him is once again in trouble with the law. Twenty-six year old Clay Monsanto of Mahogany Street Extension in Belize City was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court this afternoon on charges of possessing an unlicensed firearm and ammunition and going equipped […]
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What appeared to have been a love triangle turned extremely ugly on Thursday. Police say Germaine Thompson Staine, a twenty-two year old domestic of Mahogany Street Extension, had a fight with her husband’s sweetheart, twenty-year old Melanie Bucknor of Aloe Vera Street in the St. Martin’s Area. Things took a bitter turn around 9:30 in […]
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A freak accident in the Corozal District has claimed the life of a labourer of Concepcion Village. Reports are that fifty-two year old Jose Pineda was drinking with two friends, and in a state of intoxication fell into a well. Pineda’s wife, Forunata, told police the incident occurred on Friday around 11:00 p.m. Pineda was […]
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As a preacher, one of the first sermons you’re taught to master is that of the ten commandments. But somewhere along the way it appears that an American missionary of San Felipe Village, forgot the ninth commandment-Thou Shall Not Bear False Witness. Police say that on Thursday, Stephen Griffith apparently gave Angel Serano a ride […]
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Three more conventions were held over the weekend to nominate People’s United Party standard bearers for the 2003 general elections. In Toledo East, incumbent representative Mike Espat turned back well known challenger Paul Mahung by a count of six hundred and eighteen to two hundred and sixteen. In Orange Walk South, what was going to […]
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On Friday March third, Prime Minister Said Musa and Minister of Home Affairs Dickie Bradley, went on a working tour of the Stann Creek District. While inspecting some projects that government is developing in the area, Bradley took time out to present a new fire truck to the fire service in Dangriga. The 2001 model […]
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Guanacaste Park, the nation’s smallest but most accessible protected area, is being improved courtesy of the Protected Areas Conservation Trust. PACT and the Belize Audubon Society today signed a grant agreement under which the park will receive twenty-one thousand dollars to repair damages suffered in floods spawned by Hurricane Keith. These include the replacement of […]
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A delegation of Belizean officials has returned from Havana where members participated in the fourth session of the Cuba-Belize Mixed Commission. The two-day series of meetings planned bilateral programmes in trade, agriculture, health, education, sports, culture, housing and tourism. A large number of Belizean students currently study at Cuban Universities and specialty schools, while Cuban […]
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