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Week four of Karaoke Television was another cliffhanger as only two points separated the winner from the runner up. After six stirring performances, host William Neal announced the decision of the judges. William Neal, Host, KTV “The winner for tonight is…contestant number six, Cherrymae Flowers.” (Cherrymae sings “Independent Woman” by Destiny’s Child) Cherrymae Flowers joins […]
Written on March 13, 2002 | Posted in
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Each year since its inception in 1998 La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge has captured an increasing share of the public’s imagination–and attendance–over the ninth of March weekend. So much so that, barring a miracle, the traditional Belize Harbour Regatta is dead in the water. But before high-tech Kevlar canoes raced down the Belize River, […]
Written on March 13, 2002 | Posted in
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Thousands of Belizean students had their already long weekend extended by an extra day, as their teachers left the classroom to stage a protest in Belmopan. Citing government’s failure to take their contract negotiations seriously, the demonstrators took their message within shouting distance of the corridors of power. Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Estimates […]
Written on March 12, 2002 | Posted in
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A midday murder/suicide in Cotton Tree Village has left two dead and two others fighting for their lives. According to police, just before noon today, forty-eight year old Orlando Figueroa and his fourteen year old daughter Daisy, had just gotten off a bus near this house when they were approached by thirty-nine year Anthony Quiroz. […]
Written on March 12, 2002 | Posted in
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A community leader in Pomona Village has been stabbed to death. Details are sketchy, but around three Sunday morning following a village social event, thirty-nine year old Alvin Cain, a former village chairman, was involved in a dispute with Gilbert Requena, a twenty-nine year old security guard of Silk grass Village. According to police, Requena […]
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A young Chinese woman and her cousin were severely beaten by a man who broke into their home early Sunday morning. The incident took place at number sixteen Orange Street in Belize City. Sixteen-year-old Seng Yen and her cousin, twenty-eight year old Zhu Juan Chen were sleeping downstairs in the house. Seng told police she […]
Written on March 12, 2002 | Posted in
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The often rocky relationship between police and the public has once more been put to the test. This morning in Belize City a police officer pursuing a suspect shot him in the leg after the accused felon had allegedly threatened him. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods filed this report from the scene. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Residents […]
Written on March 12, 2002 | Posted in
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This morning tragedy struck Hopkins Village as that community lost one of its very young residents. Dangriga police say around ten-thirty this morning two-year-old Rondeen Nunez was playing in her yard when her mother, twenty-four year old Rosella Lopez, left her daughter’s side to go inside and check on some fish frying in the kitchen. […]
Written on March 12, 2002 | Posted in
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The Commission of Inquiry appointed to investigate a shooting incident which claimed the life of three Guatemalans in November of last year got underway this morning in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court. Six witnesses took the stand this morning, who gave their account of what happened on November twenty-second 2001 when sixty-one year old Jesus […]
Written on March 12, 2002 | Posted in
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re welcome to this Baron Bliss edition of Sports Monday. The busy weekend of sporting activity got off Saturday night with the kick off of the Regent’s Cup playoffs at the Capital City’s Isidero Beaton Stadium. There the number one seed, Builders Hardware Bandits, played host to the number […]
Written on March 12, 2002 | Posted in
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Due to a public and bank holiday on March 11th, the next newscast will be on Tuesday, March 12th.
Written on March 8, 2002 | Posted in
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The occasion was the signing of an amended agreement to allow rehabilitation funds previously borrowed from the I.D.B. to be used for Hurricane Iris recovery. The four million dollars will be spent to repair and retrofit schools and community centres in Stann Creek and Toledo to better serve as hurricane shelters. But while Ministers Ralph […]
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His party won a political victory on Wednesday in Benque Viejo, but today in the legal arena Dean Barrow and the UDP took it squarely on the chin. In a decision announced this evening, the Court of Appeal overturned last year’s Supreme Court verdict, which had upheld the UDP’s title to a valuable strip of […]
Written on March 8, 2002 | Posted in
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It’s been home to athletics, football, cycling and carnival, but this afternoon spectators at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex witnessed a different type of event. Skydivers from the Aerial Circus Skydiving Team dropped in as part of their nationwide tour sponsored by Maya Island Air. The airline, which recently celebrated its fortieth anniversary, this week […]
Written on March 8, 2002 | Posted in
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With the technology for recording music and burning CD’s growing cheaper and more accessible, it’s no surprise that more Belizean artists are making their creativity available to the public. The latest guys to go commercial are no strangers to the Belizean music scene. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Lloyd Augustine and Felix “Reckless” Flores are the lead […]
Written on March 8, 2002 | Posted in
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This afternoon twenty students from Holy Redeemer Primary were invested into that school’s scouting group. The ceremony was significant because after six years without a scout banner, the school has revived its participation. Holy Redeemer has the distinction of establishing the first scout group in Belize in 1910, with the movement eventually spreading nationwide. Today, […]
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The exhibition is called “Revelaciones”, and comes to us courtesy of the Cuban Embassy in honour of International Women’s Day. This morning Jacqueline Woods spoke to the artist as she prepared for tonight’s opening at the Mexican Cultural Institute. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Marod Simpson has been painting since she was a little girl. There are […]
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The canoe race known as La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge has always been a curious mixture of well-muscled athletes with their well heeled sponsors and high tech canoes, side by side with starry eyed rookies armed only with rugged dreams and an endless supply of Bengay. If today’s opening leg is any indication, the […]
Written on March 8, 2002 | Posted in
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Today, the United Democratic Party claimed nation-wide bragging rights after their candidate was successful in the Benque Viejo town council by-election. Official results from the Elections and Boundaries Commission show that Said Badi Guerra won by a margin of one hundred and forty votes over PUP hopeful Leandra Chulin. Voter turnout was high with more […]
Written on March 7, 2002 | Posted in
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Next Tuesday, more than ten thousand teachers and public officers are expected to hold a national demonstration and rally in Belmopan. The move is being organised by three unions: The Belize National Teachers’ Union, the Public Service Union and the Association of Public Service Senior Managers. In a press conference this afternoon, union leaders maintained […]
Written on March 7, 2002 | Posted in
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We are not sure if the timing was intentional, but three Belize City females chose to celebrate Women’s Week by attempting to jack a grocery shop. Unfortunately, their aggressive feminism may earn them a stint in the women’s section of Hattieville. Twenty-three year old Rosalie Flowers, Sandra McKenzie, also twenty-three, and seventeen-year-old Nioka Savery have […]
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He is known to many of us as “Jolly Rancher”, but there is little joy these days in the life of Roderick Matura or his family. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports from the bedside of a young man whose world has been turned upside down. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Medically, there is not much more that […]
Written on March 7, 2002 | Posted in
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Last Friday night the public got a chance to see young men showcase their talent in the Mr. Nice Guy pageant. This Friday the students of Excelsior High School invite you to their sixth annual Miss Excelsior contest. For the past three months, the eight ladies have been working overtime getting ready for the pageant. […]
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The ability to communicate is among the most important skills taught in our schools. Today, some top students were honoured for their efforts in the field of writing. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The students were asked to write an essay on why it is important for children to have access to information and be able to […]
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Earlier in this newscast, we made a tongue-in-cheek reference to Women’s Week, reporting on the exploits of three accused robbers. But the role of females is changing radically in fields other than crime. For the past week News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams has been talking to a number of Belizean women in high places and found […]
Written on March 7, 2002 | Posted in
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