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Monday clearly wasn’t a good day for Novelo’s as the B.E.L. collection agency at the company’s terminal in Benque Viejo del Carmen was robbed of fifty-eight thousand dollars in cash and thirty-one thousand in cheques. Police say Emil Novelo, a twenty-two year old supervisor, reported that at the close of business on Friday, the money […]
Written on August 7, 2001 | Posted in
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In other police news, the Ministry of National Security has issued an update on the case of David Zabaneh, the fourteen-year-old killed during an altercation with British Soldiers at Raul’s Rose Garden on May tenth. According to the release, over five hundred witnesses have been interviewed, but much more investigative work remains to be done. […]
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On her whirlwind visit to Belize last year, Taiwanese Vice President Annette Lu was the picture of political professionalism and master of diplomatic deliberation. But this week she’s in trouble back home after suggesting that the densely populated island, beset by numerous natural disasters, might be better off shipping a bunch of its citizens off […]
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At newstime, residents of San Pedro were still without water after that town’s sole supplier of the precious commodity detected traces of an oil like substance in the water supply and shut down its operations to investigate. The cut off came Monday morning at around eight and since that time officials of Belize Water Limited–not […]
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It’s getting to be that time of year, when thoughts of summer vacations are being replaced by the anticipation of returning to school. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was on hand at the U.B. Faculty of Arts and Sciences to sit in with the latest crop of scholars. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Despite the heat of the […]
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What do you say to a six-year-old girl who, through no fault of her own, has been infected with HIV? News 5’s Jacqueline Woods spent some time this week with a young lady we’ll call “Maria.” While she has been forced to deal with things that at this point she cannot understand, there are other […]
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A week after the confrontation between rock throwing protesters and armed security forces at Tower Hill Bridge, the Belize Defence Force has cleared Captain John Borland of any wrongdoing. The investigation, conducted last week by a panel of B.D.F. officers, was presented last week to the Ministry of National Security. While the text has not […]
Written on August 6, 2001 | Posted in
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We don’t know if a riot that broke out in the wee hours of Sunday morning was spawned by Monday’s rebellion at Tower Hill, but the M.O. is similar. After police tried to close down a club in Roaring Creek when its 2:00 a.m. time limit expired, they were met by a hail of rocks […]
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Some of their lustre may have been tarnished by recent events, but that has not stopped the Belize Defence Force from getting on with its business. On Sunday, an eighty-eight man contingent from the Singapore Police Force arrived in the country to undergo five weeks of jungle training. The annual event, paid for by the […]
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The stage was set for a major tragedy, but good fortune intervened. Ann-Marie Williams reports on a fire that could have produced mass fatalities. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Two houses situated on North Creek in the Port Loyola Area of the city were totally destroyed by fire last night. Assistant Fire Chief Norris Fisher says they […]
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Pharmaceutical providers gathered at the Radisson this morning for a brief ceremony in which the Ministry of Health officially opened their drug tenders. The open system for tenders for pharmaceuticals used by government is the brainchild of Health Minister Jose Coye. According to supplies officer Norine Kerr, a committee comprised of health professionals recommended the […]
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Both the I.M.F. and the Opposition UDP have complained about the rapid increase in the government’s foreign debt. Today, however, comes news of a welcome reduction in the amount we owe abroad. As part of its efforts to encourage world-wide conservation, the United States government has agreed to cancel approximately half of Belize’s outstanding debt […]
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On Saturday, the University of Belize held its long awaited Mercedes Benz raffle. The draw, which took place at the Biltmore Plaza Hotel, was well attended, but the most important person, the lucky winner, was not present to receive her prize. Rosa Maria Bent of Punta Gorda says she was in Independence when she received […]
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Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into another dish of Sports Monday. The National ladies Softball Tournament took centre-stage at Rogers Stadium over the weekend with eight teams vying to be the best from amongst many. However, at moneytime, the two left standing were Camalote Durly’s of Cayo, a perennial challenger and BTL, […]
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As meetings of the House of Representative go, this one had something for everyone: a number of important bills, spirited but not uncivilised debate and a new Speaker who, although technically a rookie, appears to be running things like a pro. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting “The House meeting started with former president of the Senate, Elizabeth […]
Written on August 3, 2001 | Posted in
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While no minister of government saw fit to speak to News 5 today with regard to Monday’s riot at the Tower Hill Bridge, Henry Canton, Minister of Works and Transport, appeared on last night’s “One on One with Dickie Bradley.” Canton vigorously denied charges that his ministry awards bus permits based on political considerations. Henry […]
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Fifty-six year old George Domingo had to be treated at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital following a fire that engulfed the roof of his daughter’s house at the corner of Tibruce and Mango Streets in Lake Independence. Fire officials told News Five that Domingo, who is reported to have high blood pressure, had an attack […]
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A popular Cayo resort has been internationally recognised for its work in preserving the environment. The Lodge at Chaa Creek is this year’s recipient of the Islands Magazine-Caribbean Tourism Organisation Sustainable Tourism Award. The resort, located on the Macal River midway between San Ignacio and Benque Viejo, was honoured for its focus on the environment, […]
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On yesterday’s newscast, Belmopan Mayor Anthony Chanona talked about the future of the capital city. Today, courtesy of the Government Press Office, we’ll hear from the man who is well qualified to recount its past. At tree ceremonies Senior Minister George Price recalled the days in 1970, when he was Premier…and Belmopan became home. George […]
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A fifty-year-old mechanic of Cotton Tree Village lost his life in a freak accident shortly before noon today. Police say Clive Humes was repairing some seals under a piece of hydraulic machinery, when it appeared that he pulled a wrong lever. This caused the vehicle’s bucket to activate and it moved, crushing him to death […]
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There was a time not long ago when the business community’s charitable donation of choice was a scholarship to attend a favourite high school. But when secondary education was declared free under the last government, many donors found new causes to fund. Today, with increasing school fees taking the place of tuition charges and more […]
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With two juicy political issues in the form of a violent protest in Orange Walk and a less than glowing report from the I.M.F., the Opposition United Democratic Party would not be doing its job if it didn’t try to capitalise on those events. At a press conference this morning, the top brass of the […]
Written on August 2, 2001 | Posted in
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While the Opposition leader had to be careful not to come down too heavily on the security forces he once commanded, there were no such constraints on former Prime Minister Manuel Esquivel. No stranger to governmental economics, the man who spent the two terms as Minister of Finance told the press that an I.M.F. report […]
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While the UDP looks at what may have been the political roots of the Tower Hill riot, a commission of inquiry will soon be taking a look of its own into Monday’s violent events in which two rioters were injured by gunshots, presumably fired by security forces. Those two forces, the police and B.D.F., are […]
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In crime news, a Belize City business was burglarised sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning. Food and Beverage on the corner of New Road and Pickstock Street was broken into and the owner reports that a safe containing thirty thousand dollars in cash and items worth eight thousand, five hundred dollars was removed from […]
Written on August 2, 2001 | Posted in
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