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The term “human development” covers a lot of ground, and today those officials, both in and out of government who fall under that topic’s wide umbrella, met to formalize the direction in which they’ll be heading. Ann-Marie Williams reports. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Belize leads the charge among her Caribbean sisters in developing a twenty-year human […]
Written on April 5, 2001 | Posted in
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For those viewers who watch this newscast regularly, the following story needs no introduction. So let’s just cut to the cash with Jose Sanchez. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Courts Furniture and Electrical Store is no stranger to aggressive promotion, but the latest gimmick, “Catch the Cash”, is pushing the envelope as customers are given the opportunity […]
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At any given time you will find Belizean university students scattered across the globe–not just in the familiar places like the U.S.A., England, Mexico and the Caribbean, but much further afield, as far as Israel, Norway, South Africa and even Australia. But nowhere around the world have Belizean students banded together as much as those […]
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A tense situation on Zericote Street ended peacefully last night as an angry man with a gun finally surrendered to police. Emerson Guild was embroiled in a dispute over a piece of land with one Stanley Francis. The two had a confrontation at Francis’s residence on Queen Charlotte Street that ended with Guild firing two […]
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A Mexican resident of Ladyville was killed on Tuesday when he was hit by a car as the result of a three-car traffic mishap. Adolfo Gomez, a herbalist from Veracruz, was walking near the intersection of Poinsettia Street and Hecker Road and it turned out to be the wrong place at the wrong time. It […]
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The streets of Belize City are not always a safe place, but today they were teeming with throngs of strange people, none of whom it seems, came to any harm. The reason for the invasion was a never before experienced confluence of events in the harbour: the anchoring of two cruise ships along with a […]
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For more times than we care to count, a promise by Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission has failed to come through, and as a result thousands of Belizeans will once again be left in the dark. Cities and towns nationwide will be hit by blackout tonight as the Merida Three plant, scheduled to return to service […]
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In environmental news, Cabinet has decided that a national sanitary landfill slated for establishment at Mile twenty-seven on the Western Highway will now be re-sited at mile twenty-four. The turnaround came after strident opposition from a coalition of environmental groups and local residents. According to Prime Minister Said Musa, the new site will work just […]
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All those tourists on the streets of Belize City today provided a positive background for the annual presentation of the Belize Tourism Board. News 5’s Jose Sanchez was on hand. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The Belize Tourism Board’s Third Annual Tourism Industry presentation highlighted the accomplishments of the last year as well as unveiled the marketing […]
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Musical groups around the Caribbean have always been popular in Belize, but the one that arrived today is expected to draw two distinct groups of fans that are often not seen at the same venue. We caught up with Christafari as they landed at the airport. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Christian music no longer consists solely […]
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Skilled tradesman like carpenters, welders, electricians and mechanics always seem to be in short supply in Belize… so it only stands to reason that more and more people would become interested in acquiring those valuable skills. Ann-Marie met a few of them this morning. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting It takes determination… Student “If you’re not determined […]
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If you are watching this newscast live at six-thirty, then consider yourself lucky, as almost half your fellow Belizeans cannot. The reason is a massive series of rolling power outages that were initiated this morning by Belize Electricity Limited. Worsening generation problems in Mexico have left Belize holding a bag full of empty promises and […]
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An arrest has been made in connection with a shooting incident that left one Belize City woman in the hospital. Friday night, Sharlette Augustus was injured during a drive by shooting while she was standing at the corner of King Street and West Canal. Twenty-one year old Alger Gordon has been identified by an eyewitness […]
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Last night police stopped a van they thought looked suspicious and hit the jackpot. Not only was the vehicle stolen, but its occupants also had it full of loot from a burglary. Reggie Patnet, a seventeen year old laborer of Ladyville, sixteen year old Ernie Miranda and twenty-one year old Richard Ferguson of Belize City […]
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What appears to be a seasonal epidemic of drowning continued on Monday, with a Cayo man as the latest victim. Paul Kaufman, a preacher from the Homestead Acres area on the Western Highway, had gone swimming in the river around three thirty, Monday afternoon. Around seven that night his wife became distraught when he did […]
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Information Technology is one of the fastest growing industries in the world and Belize has only in recent years begun to see it’s potential. The Belize Information Technology Professionals Association was recently formed by computer experts who had worked together in 1999 on the Y2K task force. BITPA has organized a forum for tonight to […]
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Though B.E.L. is having some difficulty keeping the power on, they are making some advances in consumer relations. In addition to having a customer care representative available until nine p.m., individual billing information will soon be available on the world wide web. Sean Fuller, Information Systems Manager, B.E.L. “Customers will be able to log on […]
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Six lucky Belizeans won themselves two thousand dollars each this morning as part of Courts Belize’s first Catch the Cash draw. They are Rosa Bent of Independence Village, Chiah Lin from San Ignacio, Alfonso Cierra, Orange Walk, Rosa Dardon of Roaring Creek, Valerio Pott, Corozal, and from Belize City Josephine Flores. And if you think […]
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We’ve all heard of government’s promise to see ten thousand houses built during its five-year term of office. What has been less publicized is how that effort impacts on the life of an individual. Today Ann-Marie visited one Belize City woman who hosted her on a tour. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting It’s always a homeowner’s pride […]
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One local talk show has dubbed him the “Fresh Prince of Pickstock”, but after one of the most grueling, competitive and expensive convention races in recent memory, Godfrey Smith is anything but fresh. Both Smith and his opponent, Bobby Usher, are well liked, well educated, well financed and well-connected PUP operatives. But in the end […]
Written on April 2, 2001 | Posted in
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It certainly wasn’t planned that way, but just as one justice of the Supreme Court was suspended, another has appeared to take his place. Ann-Marie Williams was on hand this morning for the swearing in. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Justice Samuel Lungole-Awich officially took his oath of office this morning and joined his colleagues on the […]
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Smith says that by early next month two new justices, Barbadian Christopher Blackman and Belizean Mansel Thurton, will be added to the court to bring it to full strength. We are not certain whether that number includes recently suspended justice George Meerabux, but Bar Association President Derek Courtenay brought us up to date on where […]
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In crime news a young woman was shot on Friday night in the course of a drive by shooting. Sherlette Augustus, her boyfriend and another friend were standing at the corner of King Street and West Canal when gunmen fired on them from a passing vehicle. Augustus was struck by a bullet to the abdomen […]
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It’s that time of year when soaring temperatures and cool clear waters combine to attract large numbers of Belizeans to bathe in the nation’s numerous rivers. Unfortunately the fun is sometimes marred by tragedy. On Friday afternoon fifteen-year-old Colwin Flowers Junior, a student at Belmopan Comprehensive School, went swimming with a friend behind the Nazarene […]
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Earlier in the weekend a Canadian citizen was knocked down and killed in the same area of Corozal. Around ten o’clock on Saturday morning in Santa Rita Heights, fifty-seven year old Rene Rioux was riding his bicycle towards the Free Zone when the he was hit by a grey Mitsubishi also heading towards the zone. […]
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