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Life will soon become tougher for those convicted offenders who insist on continuing a life of crime. Cabinet has announced its decision to take discretion out of the hands of Magistrates and automatically deny bail to those defendants who have previous convictions for serious crimes. Those crimes include attempted murder, robbery, firearms offences, drug trafficking […]
Written on August 22, 2001 | Posted in
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“When the health sector is under-resourced, the quality of care suffers.” So said Health Minister Jose Coye in handing over obstetric and paediatric equipment to the staff of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital earlier this evening. In receiving the donation, medical chief of staff Dr. John Waight, said today’s presentation is part of a larger […]
Written on August 22, 2001 | Posted in
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The more we in Belize are forced to learn about tropical weather, the more we realise what an inexact science the practice of meteorology is. With the widespread flooding following Keith and now Chantal we are gaining a greater appreciation for the nature of the nation’s many watersheds…and why a shift of only a few […]
Written on August 22, 2001 | Posted in
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Tropical storm Chantal, the wannabe hurricane that just couldn’t seem to get organised, passed over northern Ambergris Caye and the Corozal District last night. But before finally drifting off towards the Gulf of Mexico, Chantal, with winds reaching seventy miles per hour, packed just enough of a punch to remind Corozalenos that they are no […]
Written on August 21, 2001 | Posted in
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In related news, eleven people attempting to flee Chantal found themselves in the thick of it last night after the boats they were travelling in got lost between San Pedro and Corozal. Reports are still sketchy, but apparently two Mexican skiffs carrying eleven people left San Pedro around 10:30 Monday morning. The vessels lost their […]
Written on August 21, 2001 | Posted in
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Orange Walk police tonight have three men in custody who are believed to have robbed two gas stations on the Northern Highway. They are brothers Anthony McKoy Montes and Augustine Diego Montes, as well as Moises Williams, all of Belize City. Police say they received a report that sometime before daybreak this morning the Shell […]
Written on August 21, 2001 | Posted in
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Police have arrested and charged twenty-seven year old Wilhelm Coye, a resident of Camalote Village with manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct, driving without due care and attention, driving an unlicensed, uninsured motor vehicle and drunk driving. The charges come as the result of a traffic accident on Friday in Belmopan in which […]
Written on August 21, 2001 | Posted in
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In a successful radiothon over the weekend, Habitat for Humanity has raised enough money to construct another house. Pledges exceeded the initial goal of twenty-two thousand dollars for the construction of a two bedroom home and organisers are hoping to raise an additional three thousand dollars by the end of this month so that a […]
Written on August 21, 2001 | Posted in
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Speaking of that financial institution, Monday’s edition of the British newspaper “The Guardian” has breathlessly reported that Michael Ashcroft, the controversial Anglo-Belizean billionaire recently appointed to the House of Lords, is about to sell the Belize Bank. The newspaper’s sole evidence of the impending sale is a line from the most recent financial report of […]
Written on August 21, 2001 | Posted in
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With images of Hurricane Keith all too vivid in the memories of most Belizeans, few people were taking chances with a tropical storm named Chantal. As I speak, the centre of Chantal, born last week to the east of Barbados, is just now making landfall somewhere near the Belize Mexico border at Ambergris Caye. At […]
Written on August 20, 2001 | Posted in
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San Pedranos were not the only Belizeans making a temporary migration to the mainland. When News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams visited the Belize City Marine Terminal she found that other islanders were also on the move. Ann-marie Williams, Reporting Taking no chances with tropical storm Chantal, residents of Caye Caulker were this morning encouraged to move […]
Written on August 20, 2001 | Posted in
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A traffic accident on the Western Highway has claimed two lives. thirty-four year old Floyd Moro and seventy-three year old Daria Polanco, both of San Ignacio, died from severe head and body injuries following a head on collision near mile twenty. Moro and Polanco had been travelling east towards Belize City when they collided with […]
Written on August 20, 2001 | Posted in
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We usually gather at a wake to pay respects to the dead…but on Sunday in Dangriga, it became an occasion for murder. Forty year old Davis Martinez is said to have been attending a nine night at a home in the Lakeland area when he got into a fight with another man identified as fifty-three […]
Written on August 20, 2001 | Posted in
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Judging from the banners, posters and advertisements of Tony Leslie, one would have thought that the UDP contest in Port Loyola was a one-man race. Maybe it was…but on Sunday, that man wasn’t named Leslie. Anthony “Boots” Martinez captured his second Port Loyola convention for the UDP in a very close vote. He rounded up […]
Written on August 20, 2001 | Posted in
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Since Friday, we in the media have been fed with a steady stream of data on the progress of Chantal. Much of that information comes from our hardworking weather professionals. This afternoon Jackie took a look behind the scenes. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Handling storms is the responsibility of the people at the National Meteorological Centre, […]
Written on August 20, 2001 | Posted in
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Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re in tuned with this Chantal version of Sports Monday. Game I of the semi-pro basketball semi-final series between Data Pro Raiders and San Cas U.B. might have gone to the Raiders, but Game II certainly produced much more fireworks. Brimming with confidence and looking to close out the […]
Written on August 20, 2001 | Posted in
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Tropical storm Chantal is still many miles away, but having had a front row seat for Mitch in 1998 and Keith in 2000, no Belizean is going to take any chances as long as there is a piece of weather with a name attached to it anywhere in the Caribbean. The fast moving storm, which […]
Written on August 17, 2001 | Posted in
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The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is once again under fire. In a front page article appearing in this week’s Amandala newspaper titled: “Public hospital doctors threaten to stop “non-essential services,” the newspaper quotes unnamed doctors as saying they are tired of practising under deplorable conditions. These include the unavailability of essential equipment and the resulting […]
Written on August 17, 2001 | Posted in
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A storm may be brewing to the east, but that has not deterred the family of the late Doctor Ruben Delgado from trying to recover his body from the bottom of the Blue Hole. Delgado became separated from his fellow divers on August fifth as they were ascending from a depth of one hundred and […]
Written on August 17, 2001 | Posted in
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Two closely watched political conventions will be taking place this weekend in Belize City. Four contenders are vying for the PUP nomination in the Mesopotamia Division. They are Rhenae Nunez, Myrna Pandy, Philip Brackett and Kent Gabb, all seeking a chance to face incumbent UDP representative Michael Finnegan, in 2003. Meanwhile in Port Loyola, three […]
Written on August 17, 2001 | Posted in
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It may not be a presidential summit, but officials of Belize and Guatemala are meeting to find practical ways in which the two neighbours can help each other prosper. Coming together for the second day of talks at the Belmopan Convention Hotel are agricultural officers from the two governments. They are trying to co-ordinate and […]
Written on August 17, 2001 | Posted in
Economy |
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“Live, Laugh, Learn”, is the theme of a public health fair which focuses on ways to improve our lives. Acting Director of the Women’s Department Christy Castillo, says the event is specifically designed for youths ages thirteen to twenty-seven. Christy Castillo, Acting Dir., Women’s Department “We’re having sessions and games and workshops that all surround […]
Written on August 17, 2001 | Posted in
Health |
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With events like the Belize City Games, semi-pro basketball playoffs, Costa Maya Festival and Morgan Heritage, there is no shortage of things to do this weekend. Now lovers of classical music can add one more attraction: a visiting string quartet is in town…with one of our own as part of the mix. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting […]
Written on August 17, 2001 | Posted in
Uncategorized |
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There is a new Reina de la Costa Maya. She was crowned last night before an enthusiastic crowd in San Pedro. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was on hand for the pageant and came back to town just long enough to file the following report. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The tenth San Pedro International Costa Maya Festival […]
Written on August 17, 2001 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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Police have busted a Belize City man they believe is a major player in the city’s drug trade. Thirty-four year old Dean Gillett was arrested on Wednesday along with his girlfriend at their house on Berry Street. A search of the premises, prompted by a tip, resulted in the discovery of almost four ounces of […]
Written on August 16, 2001 | Posted in
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