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Agriculture ministers from Central America, Mexico, Panama and the Dominican Republic are in the country today taking part in the twenty-first Ordinary Meeting of the Regional Council for Agricultural Co-operation and the Central American Agricultural Council. In his opening address, Minister of Agriculture Daniel Silva emphasised the need for Belizean farmers to move into crops […]
Written on June 7, 2001 | Posted in
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Biodiversity is a word we often hear these days and nowhere is that concept more relevant than in the rapidly changing district of Toledo. News 5’s Jose Sanchez travelled south this morning to see what students there are learning about their environment. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Despite its central location, it’s not always easy for all […]
Written on June 7, 2001 | Posted in
Education |
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Crucial testimony was given as the Commission of Inquiry into the use of AIDS tainted blood at the K.H.M.H. entered its third day. Ann-Marie Williams reports from the scene at St. John’s Credit Union in Belize City. Ann-Marie Williams “As days go by the testimonies become more intense. That was evident this morning when phlebotomist […]
Written on June 6, 2001 | Posted in
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HIV
Two men accused of a robbery in Dangriga made a poor choice of getaway vehicle and have been arrested in Belize City. Twenty-one year old Jason Kuylen, a resident of Sabal Street, and nineteen year old Ryan Valero of the Stann Creek Valley, are believed to be involved in the jacking of twenty-thousand dollars in […]
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While filling hotels during the winter months of December, January, February and March has never been a major problem for Belizean tourism operators, the other eight months of the year have traditionally been the industry’s downfall. But figures released today indicate that those familiar patterns may be changing. Tourist arrivals for May at the Philip […]
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Travel |
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In news from Cabinet, that body has decided to take action against two activities that have on occasion caused the government some embarrassment. The first effort to tighten up involves Belize’s merchant ship registry. As frequently reported on this newscast, Belizean registered ships operating on a flag of convenience principle, have been regularly busted around […]
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PACT, the Protected Areas Conservation Trust, celebrated its fifth birthday today. The government organisation, dedicated to the conservation and development of the nation’s various protected areas, has awarded over thirty small grants totalling a million dollars. These projects include infrastructural development, training and public awareness campaigns for numerous national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and archaeological sites. […]
Written on June 6, 2001 | Posted in
Environment |
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With the opening of a new hurricane season, there is an emphasis like never before on being prepared. News 5’s Jose Sanchez reports on the latest efforts at making sure that our next disaster is dealt with calmly and efficiently. Jose Sanchez, Reporting After the wind, rains and flooding of last year’s hurricane, organisations like […]
Written on June 6, 2001 | Posted in
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Jamal Shyne Barrow may be the only Belizean American rap artist to get on B.E.T.’s top ten countdown, but another young rapper is also hoping to make it to the big time. Twenty-five year old Len Berzerk has more in common with Shyne than just Belizean roots, as Berzerk has done some hard time on […]
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If you’ve looked around Belize City during the past few days, you would have noticed that officers in the Traffic Department are wearing new uniforms. And while it will make their presence more visible, the Belize City Council is banking on that point to make motorists think twice before breaking the law. According to Paco […]
Written on June 6, 2001 | Posted in
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The Commission of Inquiry investigating the transfusion of HIV tainted blood to three patients at the K.H.M.H. has entered its second day…and the time has come to name names and point fingers. In her testimony today Joy Charlie, head of the Blood Donor Service, recounted an April fifth meeting called to discuss how the infected […]
Written on June 5, 2001 | Posted in
Trials |
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In police news a man has been arrested for a murder which occurred last week. Stephen Hyde, a tour guide of Banana Bank, has been charged with the murder of eighteen year old Norma Orellana. Orellana, described as a prostitute working out of the M & S Bar in St. Matthew’s Village, was found dead […]
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The Inter-American Development Bank, which usually lends money for multi-million dollar investments, also has an interest in far smaller projects. This afternoon it awarded twenty thousand dollars to two local groups that participated in it’s Cultural Promotion in the Field Programme. The popular steel band, Pantempters, received eight thousand dollars to purchase instruments and encourage […]
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The Global Environmental Facility is an international small grants programme that assists grass roots organisations in developing community projects and creating jobs, mostly in rural areas. The funds, which can reach up to fifty thousand U.S. dollars, are monitored carefully by unpaid professionals who sit on G.E.F.’s National Steering Committee. Because it is the year […]
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Environment |
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Representatives of L.G. Electronics, the giant Korean Corporation that is contracted to provide government with its own high speed communication network, are in town this week to provide details of the system. News 5’s Stewart Krohn met with them this morning and was told that the wide band C.D.M.A. technology, originally developed for military use, […]
Written on June 5, 2001 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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While the system is designed primarily for data and Internet use, a limited amount of voice transmission will also be provided. But the equipment can be upgraded and expanded to form the nucleus of a full national telecommunications system. Glenn Godfrey, whose company, International Telecommunications Limited, partnered with L.G. on the project, was asked if […]
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The three man commission of inquiry appointed to investigate the circumstances under which three patients at the K.H.M.H. received HIV infected blood, convened this morning in Belize City. Although cameras were barred from the public proceeding, News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams was in attendance and she joins me in the studio tonight for an update. Ernesto […]
Written on June 4, 2001 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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A hit and run accident in Belize City has left a family mourning the death of their five year old girl. Shortly after noon on Saturday, Keely Oshon was killed on impact when a green Toyota pick-up ran her over as she tried to cross Barrack Road. Keely, her mother and brother, all Hattieville residents, […]
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A desperate mother tried to use her young daughter to hide illegal drugs, but her ploy has apparently backfired. Police in Orange Walk have arrested twenty-five year old Guatemalan Sandra Reyes and charged her with drug trafficking after finding five point five grams of crack cocaine concealed in the underwear being worn by her seven […]
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In what must be one of the fastest turnarounds in the history of Belizean publishing, the Government printer has just completed a book containing Belize’s oral arguments in the dispute with Guatemala. The case refuting the Guatemalan claim to Belize, made on May twenty-first and twenty-second in Washington, was presented at the OAS by Assad […]
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This morning youths from all over the country took to the streets for the commencement of Drug Awareness Week. Marlon McNab, Co-ordinator for the National Drug Abuse Control Council, says that it’s important to educate students from an early age because misuse of drugs and alcohol starts in primary school. Marlon McNab, Programme Co-ordinator, NDACC […]
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Education |
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The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada has returned eighty-two Mayan artifacts to Belize. The pieces, all but one of which originally came from the ancient Maya site of Altun Ha, were taken out of the country in the 1960’s under the care of archaeologist Dr. David Pendergast. At that time there were no facilities […]
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Archaeology |
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Good evening I’m James Adderley and we certainly want to welcome you to this exciting version of Sports Monday. Instead of taking you out to the football field, we’ll take you instead to Belize National Football Association’s executive office on Simon Lamb Street. As you can see, there is a whole lot of unusual activity […]
Written on June 4, 2001 | Posted in
Sports |
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News of her arrest shot across town with the speed of a Marion Jones sprint, but after a night in a Queen Street holding cell, Marisa Quan finally got to face her accusers. That’s when the sometimes creaky wheels of Belizean justice finally began to roll in her favour. The Government P.R. Officer, along with […]
Written on June 1, 2001 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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As Belizeans, we have come to associate the police with law and order, not to mention the violent environment that often comes with the territory. Today a gentler side of the police personality was served up when they dined with Belize’s golden citizens of the Sister Cecilia Home for the Elderly. According to Sergeant Gilbert […]
Written on June 1, 2001 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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