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Reports from Honduras indicate that a long-time hotel owner from Placencia has been kidnapped and perhaps killed in that Central American country. Tom Giblin, a U.S. citizen who recently sold the Serenity Resort, was snatched from a beach house he was building on the Caribbean coast near Puerto Cortez. According to Honduran authorities, the sixty-four […]
Written on August 16, 2001 | Posted in
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Approximately half of Belize’s population live in rural areas and with recent legislation giving local councils more power, it is no surprise that village leaders are bonding together to advance their common interests. The first annual general meeting of the National Association of Village Councils is currently underway in San Ignacio and this morning Prime […]
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At one time, it was known as the piggy bank, the new kid on Albert Street, forced to compete with multinational giants like Barclays, Scotia and the Royal Bank of Canada. But three decades after opening its doors, Atlantic Bank Limited has established itself as a major player on the Belizean financial scene. Today Atlantic […]
Written on August 16, 2001 | Posted in
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You can see them littering virtually every village, town and city, not to mention the highways that connect them. But if the Belize Tourism Board gets its way, Belize’s derelict vehicles will soon be a thing of the past. The BTB is about to embark on a campaign to get rid of the rusting eyesores […]
Written on August 16, 2001 | Posted in
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For many Belizean young men the “cadets” may be the last chance to straighten out before adulthood. This morning News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams visited the Youth Development Centre at Rockville to witness a proud moment in a number of important lives. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Last June forty youths from all over the country entered the […]
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It’s classic reggae with more love than edge. And the band that made it famous, Morgan Heritage, is in the country for two big concerts. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was on hand as the talented Jamaican family touched down at the airport. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It all started with Daddy Denroy Morgan. Morgan says it […]
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By any measure, it was a horrible crime, with one man dead and another badly injured after they were shot while driving in their car. But as dangerous a place Belize City can be, what happened to the Naj brothers last night–at least according to the survivor’s account–does not resemble any recent murder that police […]
Written on August 15, 2001 | Posted in
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Another shooting occurred on Tuesday in Belize City, but without fatal consequences. Thirty-two year old Harry Staine was shot Tuesday morning during a fight with his nephew. According to police, Staine and eighteen-year-old Kenyon Andrews, both residents of thirty-seven Wagner’s Lane, became embroiled in an argument around eight in the morning. Staine says Andrews went […]
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A Belize City man, Herbert Wilshire, who’s no stranger to crime and punishment, is complaining of police brutality. Wilshire’s sister, Angela Francis, visited our studio this morning to register her displeasure with the shooting of her brother by police last night as he was apprehended in Ladyville. News 5 spoke to Francis and Wilshire at […]
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Last night a team from the Forest Department combed the canals of Belama in search of the crocodile responsible for the death Sunday of thirteen year old Jamaal Swift. The government officers, assisted by crocodile expert Mark Howells of Lamanai Outpost Lodge, snared a croc, which measured between eight and nine feet in length, that […]
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The controversy over bus routes that sparked the July thirtieth riot on the Tower Hill Bridge has been resolved. In a meeting today at the Ministry of Works and Transport office in Belize City, officials met with owners of both Tillett’s Bus Company and Castillo’s Bus Service. A government press release says the talks were […]
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Two of Belize’s biggest corporate heavyweights today announced the award of scholarships to deserving Belizean students. The Belize Social Security Board, in a ceremony at its Belize City office, presented fifteen scholarships to high school students from all six districts. Each scholarship is valued at one thousand dollars per year, and with good grades the […]
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Operations at the Philip Goldson International Airport were interrupted for a short period of time this morning as a small fire started in front of the terminal building. Lindford Rosado, the Manager of Finance and Administration at the Belize Airports Authority, says B.E.L. employees were at the airport working on a transformer when their welding […]
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It’s a scary scenario that at one time or another most people have run through their minds: what would I do if I was diagnosed with HIV? For one Belize City man that fantasy became reality–or so he thought. Ann-Marie has a story that reminds us that when your life is on the line it […]
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We open tonight’s newscast with a development on the political front. That news is the imminent election of a new PUP party chairman. It’s an occurrence that the Opposition will proclaim reflects a major rift in the ruling party’s hierarchy, while die-hard PUPs will sluff it off as just more evidence of the party’s vibrant […]
Written on August 14, 2001 | Posted in
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Last night’s stormy weather may have been fit for neither man nor beast…but it seems to have been custom made for a daring thief. Sometime during the night, the heavy rain was used to cover a break in at Hofius on Albert Street. The burglar or burglars entered the building by removing a plate of […]
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Last night’s strong tropical wave may have been good for thieves, but it was no fun for fishermen in the Belize City Harbour. Fonciano Copo told News 5 he received a call this morning saying his boat was in trouble. Fonciano Copo, Fisherman “A sugar barge came into the boats and knocked the boats and […]
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There is an old maxim that you can steal more money with a sharp pencil than with a loaded gun…and one unlucky Belize City contractor can testify from experience that it’s true. Viewers will recall that in July a brave woman in the Coral Grove neighbourhood, Matea Hoare, wrestled with a gun-toting assailant who tried […]
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The tiny house at the corner of Central American Boulevard and Matura Street went up in flames around 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning. How the fire started is no mystery, as family members saw one of their own relatives, Albert Matura, douse the floor with kerosene and light a match. According to Dorla Matura, who lives […]
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In recent months, we have become familiar with the Organisation of American States as the body helping to facilitate the peaceful settlement of the Guatemalan Claim to Belize. But the OAS is also helping Belize in other ways. The most recent benefit of membership comes in the form of seven scholarships given to Belizean students […]
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The management of Novelos Bus Line has made its position clear in the wake of last Monday’s death of one of its passengers under controversial circumstances. While police try to figure out whether fifteen year old Taneisha Trapp jumped or was pushed out of a Novelos bus as it sped along the Western Highway, the […]
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A survey conducted by the Central Statistical Unit shows that because of their risky sexual behaviour Belizeans between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four are those most vulnerable to HIV. Further study revealed that within the Belize District, the Port Loyola Division of Belize City had the highest incidence of HIV and AIDS. To address […]
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In case you haven’t noticed, September is just around the corner. Tonight Ann-Marie looks at one upcoming event that should get the celebrations off to a rousing start. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting It’s the season of pageantry and celebration, and one activity which usually kicks off the carnival season, is the Miss Cultural Heritage Pageant. It […]
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The calls to this station come in so often that we no longer consider them news. What I’m talking about is the sight of a crocodile strolling through a Belize City neighbourhood. But the tragedy, which unfolded on Sunday afternoon in the Belama area, was not just a sighting; it was a killing. And to […]
Written on August 13, 2001 | Posted in
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Not all Belizeans share the righteous anger of those Belama residents now mourning the death of Jamaal Swift. The Belize Zoo’s Tony Garel, says that man and nature can peacefully coexist–provided we follow some common sense rules. Tony Garel, Curator, Belize Zoo “First of all, let me express my sympathy to the parents. I have […]
Written on August 13, 2001 | Posted in
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