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The three man Commission of Inquiry which recommended a reprimand for serologist Leona Garbutt was heavily criticized by Garbutt’s brother, Dr. Bernard Bulwer on last night’s One On One with Dickie Bradley. Commissioner Paul Rodriguez, who was also on the show, defended the work of the Commission, saying a week of testimony was thoroughly sifted […]
Written on July 20, 2001 | Posted in
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In crime news police in Belize City and Dangriga have made major drug busts. Thirty-seven year old Conrad Lino of Hopkins Village was standing at the corner of St. Vincent Street and Yemeri Road in Dangriga around 11:00 Thursday morning when he was stopped by a police mobile patrol. When the cops opened Lino’s knapsack […]
Written on July 20, 2001 | Posted in
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The second annual BELPRO CONEX opened earlier this evening and News Five’s Ann Marie Williams found out that there’s plenty of local stuff worth seeing…and buying. Merilyn Young, Organizer, BELPRO CONEX “There’s some products that have just come out on the market that Belizeans will be able to sample. There are also some new items […]
Written on July 20, 2001 | Posted in
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On hand to open the expo was Prime Minister Said Musa. Only recently returned from an important trip to Venezuela, the P.M. was asked about the results of that journey as well as the latest developments in the Guatemalan claim. Said Musa, Prime Minister “The talks did not break down, the parties agreed for the […]
Written on July 20, 2001 | Posted in
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If you’re interested in another take on Belize’s socio/religious/political situation, a new publication will soon be on the market. “Heat On The Beast” is a hundred page paperback written by Belizean American schoolteacher, Wayne Lopez. Lopez says his first work chronicles the Belizean way of life. Wayne Lopez, Author “Heat On The Beast” “When I […]
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Over the past two weeks we’ve been highlighting several summer camps for children with a lot of time and energy on their hands. While many organizers behind the camps deal with the kids only at this time of year, the Youth Department is charged with the task of keeping our young people on track all […]
Written on July 20, 2001 | Posted in
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While the upper Stann Creek Valley has long been known as a lovely place to drive through, it has never been much of a destination on the tourist map. That may be changing thanks to the efforts of a group called Friends of the Valley. On Wednesday the Belize Tourism Board handed a five thousand-dollar […]
Written on July 20, 2001 | Posted in
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The facilitators in the OAS sponsored negotiations between Belize and Guatemala have spoken…and what they’ve said, essentially, is that the process is a sound one, we’ve made some progress and if you give us a little more time and some honest cooperation, we believe this problem can be solved. That opinion was expressed in a […]
Written on July 19, 2001 | Posted in
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The Guatemalan delegation, while not in the business of predicting the future, believes that substantial progress has been made. Foreign Minister Gabriel Orellana, speaking to News Five’s Janelle Chanona last night, said that one important result of the negotiations was a relaxation of tensions on the border, and that hopefully misunderstandings of the past would […]
Written on July 19, 2001 | Posted in
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As for the relationship between the two governments, Belize’s facilitator, Sir Shridath Ramphal, believes that the conditions are now ripe for progress. Sir Shridath Ramphal, Facilitator, Belize “This has been an important occasion and an important opportunity for the facilitators to really try to bring the parties together on the issues, which in a sense […]
Written on July 19, 2001 | Posted in
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A forty year old Belize City man almost lost his left arm and part of his skull this afternoon when a four foot crocodile attacked him as he took an afternoon swim in the Belize River near Manatee Lookout at Mile 8 1/2 on the Northern Highway. Egbert Coleman says he literally had to beat […]
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In crime news the Shell station at the airport cutoff was robbed Wednesday night. Two armed men wearing masks held up two attendants for an undisclosed amount of cash. A security guard tried to follow them but gave up after they fired a couple of shots. In another jacking that afternoon a gas truck making […]
Written on July 19, 2001 | Posted in
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A two-day seminar aimed at promoting the Inter-American treaties and procedures for protecting human rights got underway this morning at the Radisson. In opening the session Attorney General Godfrey Smith said that participants should come away with a better understanding of the operations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Godfrey Smith, Attorney General “I […]
Written on July 19, 2001 | Posted in
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There’s an old saying among economists about the difference between a recession and a depression. A recession, they say, is when your neighbour loses his job. A depression, on the other hand, is when you lose yours. With that adage in mind News Five’s Jose Sanchez looked into one project that hopes to keep women […]
Written on July 19, 2001 | Posted in
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It was a story just too juicy to resist: An angry crowd, defensive officials, and a politician who was missing in action. Jose Sanchez was on hand for the action. This morning around eight o’clock, the media was invited to witness the relocation of residents of the squalid North Creek area to better parts of […]
Written on July 19, 2001 | Posted in
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“Painstakingly detailed” is how one participant described today’s negotiating sessions in Washington D.C.; so much so that at newstime the Belize and Guatemala delegations were locked behind closed doors trying to tie up the loose ends of a set of recommendations that will hopefully move the process one step closer to an eventual solution. News […]
Written on July 18, 2001 | Posted in
Foreign Affairs |
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One of Belize’s cross-country buses has become the latest victim in the recent wave of armed robberies. Tuesday night around 8:40 a pair of masked men, one with a gun and the other carrying a knife, jumped out of the bushes near the Hattieville bus stop as a Novelo’s bus en route to Belmopan stopped […]
Written on July 18, 2001 | Posted in
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The donation of an ambulance is not all that unusual but today a particular type of ambulance was donated by the Rotary Club to the Belize Emergency Response Team, which will greatly expand BERT’s capabilities. Having the four wheel drive Toyota Land Cruiser means that in times of need, it’s that much more likely that […]
Written on July 18, 2001 | Posted in
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The summer camp season is in full swing with Belizean children engaged in everything from swimming classes to computer lessons. Today Jose Sanchez stopped by to see how things are going for young footballers. If the vast energy of children on holiday could be harnessed for electricity there would be no need for any Chalillo […]
Written on July 18, 2001 | Posted in
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And in another sports related item we need to make a slight correction in a story we reported on Monday. It seems that we and ESPN jumped the gun on announcing the value of Milt Palacio’s NBA contract with the Boston Celtics. The two-year pact inked today calls for the third year point guard to […]
Written on July 18, 2001 | Posted in
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Last Tuesday morning two armed robbers were shot by a downtown merchant and on Thursday one of them, Erlin Budram, died from his injuries. Today Budram was buried, but what happened during the six days following his death is evidence of a growing crisis in how the law, police and medical system deal with sudden […]
Written on July 18, 2001 | Posted in
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Officials from Belize and Guatemala gathered today for the long awaited report of the facilitators, those two distinguished gentlemen who, having listened long and hard to both sides, would pool their ample wisdom and come up with a set of suggestions on a way to put an end to Guatemala’s longstanding claim to our territory. […]
Written on July 17, 2001 | Posted in
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Charges have been brought against the driver of a car that crashed early Monday morning the Northern Highway, killing two of his own passengers. Noel Gonzalez has been arraigned on two counts each of manslaughter by negligence, and causing death by careless conduct as well as four counts of negligent harm and one of driving […]
Written on July 17, 2001 | Posted in
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A Dangriga man has been arrested for sexual offenses against three children. Fifty-one year old James Flores was charged with two counts of unlawful carnal knowledge and one count of indecent assault arising out of an incident on July 12th. A sixty-two year old woman of the Benguche area reported to police that she sent […]
Written on July 17, 2001 | Posted in
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“Made In Belize” is a campaign that government is promoting and one local private sector organisation seems to be responding. The second annual Belizean Producers Convention and Exhibition (BELPRO CONEX) affords local producers, exporters and manufacturers the chance to show off their products. Organiser Lourdes Smith says the two-day expo opens on Friday at 5:00 […]
Written on July 17, 2001 | Posted in
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