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They announced an impending rise in bus fares on Wednesday…but declined to detail the specific prices until today. As News 5’s Janelle Chanona discovered, for passengers, the news wasn’t pretty. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning twelve of the country’s bus operators presented the new fares that will come into effect on Monday, April fifteenth. From […]
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We don’t know if it’s a good sign or bad, but the facilitators in the OAS sponsored mediation have asked to meet with the leaders of Belize and Guatemala. Both President Alfonso Portillo and Prime Minister Said Musa have agreed to the request and the tête-à-tête will take place in Guatemala on Saturday, April thirteenth, […]
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Despite the widespread belief that Belize is in the grip of a major crime wave, one category of potential victims that seems to have enjoyed a period of relative tranquillity is that of tourists. Until this week that is, when three British visitors were held up and robbed at gunpoint on the Southern Highway. The […]
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An escaped prisoner has been captured…and wounded in the process. Twenty-one year old Emerson Talbert, an inmate at Hattieville, was labouring as part of a work gang in Belize City on Thursday when he made a break for freedom. He managed to elude his guards until nightfall, when he was apprehended in the vicinity of […]
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The report of an escaped prisoner and robbery of British citizens on the Southern Highway makes us recall another crime story we first reported in 1998. In August of that year, British Raleigh Venturer Anna Lightfoot was brutally murdered near the village of Red Bank by villagers Estevan Sho and Alan Cal. Lightfoot was stabbed […]
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Since the Friends of Paediatrics was established in 1998, more than one hundred children in Belize have been identified with various heart problems. Almost fifty of the young patients have already received surgery while the other children have been put on a waiting list. Friends of Paediatrics is a non-governmental organisation that provides specialised medical […]
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Bus commuters across Belize are bracing themselves tonight after the country’s main transportation providers announced that because of current world fuel prices, starting next Monday, a new, higher rate structure will be introduced. Efforts to elicit comment from the management of Novelos Bus Company, Belize’s largest, were unsuccessful as owners say they will be holding […]
Written on April 11, 2002 | Posted in
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The cocaine bust may not be in the same league as last year’s ton and a half haul found in a Belize City apartment, but eleven pounds of white powder is still nothing to sneeze at. That’s how much cocaine police found on Wednesday evening near Benque Viejo. Thirty-five year old Benqueño Javier Silva and […]
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Aside from higher bus fares, Monday will also witness the opening of some new financial institutions in Belize. The first of the freshly licensed casas de cambio will begin buying and selling foreign exchange, primarily U.S. dollars, and no one is quite sure what to expect. Although the exchange rate will technically remain at two […]
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Exactly one week ago, Fisheries officials busted a fisherman from Isabella Bank with several out of season hicatees. Well today, the News 5 crew was back at the Newtown Barracks after the officers caught a fisherman with the hicatee’s equally illegal seagoing cousin. Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This afternoon, officers from the Conservation […]
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It’s the language used daily by a majority of Belizeans, but most speakers of Bileez Kriol cannot read or write it. In an effort to make people more proficient in their lingua franca, the Bileez Kriol Projek is on Saturday organising an “orthography revision workshop” at the Bishop Sylvestre Memorial Centre in Belize City at […]
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However old we are, the presence of a magician always brings out the child in us. Fredrix, a professional magician with twenty years of experience from the U.S.A., is in Belize courtesy of Rotary International for two benefit shows. News 5 caught up with Fredrix earlier this week. Fredrix, Magician “First of all, it’s a […]
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On Wednesday, a school from the Belize district became the first rural institution to enjoy the benefits of Intelco’s Internet for Schools Project. Students from the Burrell Boom Methodist School are now able to access the Internet via any one of the eighteen machines in their new computer lab. During official opening ceremonies, area representative […]
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The hurricane season might be months away, but Belizean authorities are already getting ready for what is expected be a busy season. As part of the preparation process, today, representatives from the National Emergency Management Organisation, the National Meteorological Service, and officials from similar organisations in the region met in Belize City to discuss ways […]
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The Belize Premier Football League may have taken disciplinary action against players, management and fans, but the fallout from Sunday’s post match riot is far from over. Today police announced that criminal charges have been filed against Kulture Yabra’s substitute goalkeeper Anthony Bernard. Thirty-three year old Bernard, shown here on video tape struggling with a […]
Written on April 10, 2002 | Posted in
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He described himself as an expert in home security…and indeed he was. Twenty-two year old John Bartley had admitted to committing one hundred and fifty-two burglaries and only recently emerged from Hattieville having served a seven year sentence for his crimes. Having seen the error of his ways, Bartley vowed to reform and told the […]
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The streets of Belize City were extra crowded today as no fewer than three cruise ships were in the harbour. The Norwegian Sun, with two thousand, four hundred and twenty passengers on her manifest, the Galaxy, carrying two thousand and the Olympic Voyager with seven hundred, disgorged their guests at the Tourism Village from where […]
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The last few weeks have been quiet on the foreign exchange scene, and during that time prospective operators of newly enfranchised casas de cambio have been getting their applications in order. According to a release from the Central Bank, regulations establishing the exchange houses will take effect on Monday April, fifteenth. Twelve prospective currency traders […]
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Prime Minister Said Musa, current chairman of CARICOM, will represent the Caribbean Community at the sixteenth RIO Group Summit of Heads of State and Government, which will take place on Friday in San Jose, Costa Rica. The RIO Group was formed in 1986 and is comprised of seventeen member countries from Central and South America, […]
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Since we don’t have a million people, let alone a million men, the Assemblies of God churches in Belize have decided to call it the “Hundreds Men March”. Patterned after the Million Man March concept pioneered by Louis Farrakhan in the U.S., the event is the first of its kind for Belize. It is designed […]
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It is one of Belize’s best known educational institutions but has not always had the benefit of the resources to live up to its reputation. Today, for the Stella Maris School, that situation changed. Jorge Espat, Area Rep., Freetown Division “These young people with special needs, come together everyday to forward a common agenda. They […]
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Finding ways to turn direction-less youths into productive citizens has been a high priority for a generation of Belizean politicians and educators. Today, we highlight two of the latest efforts at vocational training, one a new endeavour in Ladyville and the other at a more established school in Belize City. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. […]
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A more familiar name in vocational education is the Centre for Employment Training. Today, we found that CET will soon be expanding its curriculum. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The course is not scheduled to start until four months from no. But when the programme gets underway at the Centre for Employment Training, it will be the […]
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She auditioned on Saturday as part of the Maya Island Air KTV Caravan…and by Tuesday night she not only appeared on the show, but walked away with a slot in the semi-finals. Here’s how it went at Calypso. William Neal, KTV Host “Our winner is contestant number two, Vanya Garcia.” (Vanya sings “Hero” by Mariah […]
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It’s an art that dates back to ancient times…and in Belize it’s being resurrected, not in the museum or house of culture…but behind bars. Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Young offenders from the Youth Enhancement Academy, based in Hattieville, weren’t breaking rocks in the hot sun…but they were breaking tiles. It’s a highly technical, […]
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