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Three separate investigations are being conducted into the sinking of a dive boat during Hurricane Iris and the subsequent loss of twenty lives. Deputy Harbour Master Major Andrew Lewis told News 5 that the Port Authority has been investigating the incident in which the “Wave Dancer”, carrying twenty guests and a crew of eight, capsized […]
Written on October 23, 2001 | Posted in
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Another suspected criminal has been shot to death by police. The incident occurred around 5:00 this morning when police in Dangriga closed in on a house in the Lakeland area where three men, believed to be involved in two armed robberies in the Stann Creek Valley, were hiding out. According to a press release from […]
Written on October 23, 2001 | Posted in
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Police are looking for two brothers in connection with a fatal stabbing in the Orange Walk District. Reports are that Martin Adolphus was walking on the main street in Guinea Grass Village around 8:30 Sunday night when he was stabbed in his abdomen, left leg and head. Adolphus died before reaching Orange Walk Hospital.
Written on October 23, 2001 | Posted in
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This morning a twelve-inch diameter water pump was installed at the end of Jane Usher Boulevard to pump out sewerage contaminated water that has been trapped in the area due to the new dredging project. Since the pump was activated, the water has receded tremendously, much to the relief of those residents who have been […]
Written on October 23, 2001 | Posted in
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Belize Electricity Limited is moving rapidly to restore power to areas devastated by Hurricane Iris. According to a B.E.L. release, twenty-six percent of affected customers have had power restored and that percentage should climb to fifty by the end of the week. Full service, according to B.E.L.’s Michael Polonio, should be returned to all customers […]
Written on October 23, 2001 | Posted in
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There’s more good news of sorts for the south, in that according to a government assessment, the farmed shrimp industry has suffered less damage than originally feared. Only three of the ten farms south of Dangriga suffered damage and this, totalling a little over two point three million dollars, was primarily to ancillary infrastructure. Ponds […]
Written on October 23, 2001 | Posted in
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The Belize City Council is the recipient of some heavy computing power, courtesy of the Bank of Nova Scotia. The five year old piece of equipment, an IBM AS400 Server which the bank no longer needed, was handed over this morning to Belize City Mayor David Fonseca. David Fonseca, Mayor “It’s going to increase our […]
Written on October 23, 2001 | Posted in
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There are few prouder moments for a politician than the opportunity to open a new school building in his or her constituency. Today officials were all smiles as students in Belize City’s Albert Division prepared to move into their expanded facility. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The new two-storey school building took only five months to construct. […]
Written on October 23, 2001 | Posted in
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The United Democratic Party won a victory last week when Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh ruled that land situated at the south end of the BelChina Bridge and home to UDP headquarters is in fact the property of the Opposition. Today in a defeat of sorts, CJ Conteh ruled that the UDP counterclaim for exemplary damages […]
Written on October 23, 2001 | Posted in
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Assistant Police Commissioner in Charge of Operations, Hugh Cain, has been suspended from his duties amidst allegations that he’s involved in the transhipment of drugs through Belize. Cain told News 5 in an interview today that he was shocked when he was informed on Friday by Commissioner Hughington Williams that he had “bad news” for […]
Written on October 22, 2001 | Posted in
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While the PUP political volcano, which erupted on Friday, has now subsided to a state of occasional hissing and belching, the forces which lie beneath the surface are not expected to cool off any time soon. The resignation of Johnny Briceno from the post of Deputy Prime Minister has been confirmed, although he has agreed […]
Written on October 22, 2001 | Posted in
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While Acting Prime Minister Johnny Briceno was struggling with his political conscience, a gunman was putting a big dent in the family business. Shortly before ten this morning as single armed robber entered the One-Stop gas station at the Boulevard and Cemetery Road and put a pistol to the chest of the female manager. She […]
Written on October 22, 2001 | Posted in
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In the Stann Creek District, a merchant tells police that he was robbed twice in the same night. At around 8:30 Saturday twenty-seven year old Ling Feng Cai was robbed at his shop on the Valley Road by two masked men armed with a nine-millimetre pistol. They made off with an undisclosed amount of cash […]
Written on October 22, 2001 | Posted in
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Four armed Mexicans who landed their plane at an airstrip in the Orange Walk District have been formally arraigned in court. Ricardo Ruiz, Rafael Juarez, Jesus Urino, and Oscar Ramos have all been charged with possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition. They were intercepted by police on the afternoon of October seventeenth at the Blue […]
Written on October 22, 2001 | Posted in
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For those righteous citizens who complain that Chinese shops selling illegal boledo are never busted, there is some good news. On Friday night police arrested two Belize City shopkeepers for that crime. They are Dennis Chow of Freetown Road and Xing Ting Li of Second Street in King’s Park. The numerous sellers of illegal lottery […]
Written on October 22, 2001 | Posted in
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Visually impaired students from primary, secondary and tertiary level institutions in Belize stand to benefit from educational materials being converted into Braille. A five thousand dollar donation courtesy of Shell Belize was this morning handed over to Sister Elsa Oliva, President of the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired, to subsidise the programme. Shell Belize’s […]
Written on October 22, 2001 | Posted in
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The sewerage contaminated water in Port Loyola has receded a bit, but the yards of residents remain flooded. On Friday, we were told that a team from the Ministry of Works would be clearing the sewerage lagoon outflow canal to allow the water to flow to the sea instead of the neighbourhood. While we understand […]
Written on October 22, 2001 | Posted in
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Last week, in the midst of chronicling the wrath of Hurricane Iris, we paused to report on the devastation suffered by a Belize City family when their house burned down. Tonight Jacqueline Woods has a follow up. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting On Monday the Mahler family lost their house and household possessions after a fire gutted […]
Written on October 22, 2001 | Posted in
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James Adderley Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. As athletes across this nation prepare to participate in the 2001 Central American Games scheduled to open on November twenty-third at Guatemala, we took our cameras to the friendly match-up between the National Under-21 Football Team, headed for the games and Lazio of […]
Written on October 22, 2001 | Posted in
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The political rumour mill is still in high gear tonight after a midday news flash indicated that there had been at least two high level resignations from government. Sources close to the governmental hierarchy tell News 5 that this morning, Minister of Natural Resources Johnny Briceño handed in a letter, resigning from his post as […]
Written on October 19, 2001 | Posted in
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Port Loyola residents may soon have to evacuate, that’s the verdict of the Ministry of Health. The area has been underwater for over a month and has become a major health risk to the community. The water has been tested positive for high levels of bacteria and the Ministry of the Health has advised the […]
Written on October 19, 2001 | Posted in
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A mid-afternoon police operation in Orange Walk has resulted in the seizure of close to twenty-five thousand U.S. dollars and several weapons. According to police reports, around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, police received a tip that a plane would be landing at an airstrip near Blue Creek in the Orange Walk District. Police lay-waited the […]
Written on October 19, 2001 | Posted in
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More details surrounding the death of a twenty-five year old diver on Thursday were made available today. According to a press release from the Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute, Luke D’Silva, the biologist for Laughing Bird Caye died while conducting a reef assessment on the southern part of the reef in the wake of […]
Written on October 19, 2001 | Posted in
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International support for the victims of Hurricane Iris continue to flood Belize. It was announced earlier today that the U.K. Government has donated just over two hundred thousand Belize dollars to the International Federation of the Red Cross. The money, obtained through the Department For International Development, DFID, will be used to purchase emergency supplies […]
Written on October 19, 2001 | Posted in
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The Belize Fire Service has a new addition to its fleet of fire fighting machines. The keys to a new aerial platform truck were handed over today to Fire Chief Henry Baizar by Minister Responsible for the Fire Department Dickie Bradley and Prime Minister Said Musa. Bradley and Musa took a spin in the bucket, […]
Written on October 19, 2001 | Posted in
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