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Family members of three Guatemalan men shot and killed by a Belizean security patrol last November have been awarded payments from the Belize government. According to Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, David Gibson, on May sixteenth Belize’s ambassador to Guatemala, Moises Cal presented cheques valued at a total of forty-eight thousand […]
Written on May 20, 2002 | Posted in
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A payroll heist on Friday afternoon in Belmopan netted thieves nine thousand dollars, and has left over fifty workers out of a job. Employees of Caribbean Investors Limited, located on the Hummingbird Highway across from the agriculture show grounds, say around 3:00 p.m. two masked men emerged from the bush toting handguns. The gunmen demanded […]
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Over the weekend, a group of tourists visiting a Maya ruin in the Cayo District became the terrified victims of an armed hold-up. According to the police, on Sunday a tour guide from Benque Viejo took ten visitors to Belize to the El Pilar Maya ruin near Bullet Tree Village. The guide says sometime after […]
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Orange Walk police have arrested and charged two Belize City men after they threatened the life of a four year old child in order to steal from his mother. According to twenty-nine year old Hilma Chinchilla, around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May fifteenth, two men came to her door asking for water. She decided to […]
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Thieves were also busy in Belize City, as during the heavy rains of Sunday night, a downtown store was burglarised. The criminals are still on the loose and the owners have yet to determine just how much was taken. Jacqueline Woods has the details. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The hangers the thieves removed the clothes from […]
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While most visitors to the Agriculture Show grounds this weekend endured the intense heat to inspect the various booths and sample the food and drinks, the main tribute of the fair goes to Belizean farmers. As usual, three farmers from different parts of the country were awarded junior, woman and senior farmers of the year […]
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Agriculture |
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Leader of the Opposition Dean Barrow has consistently maintained his party’s right to replace standard bearers if it was deemed necessary… and today the first casualty of that policy was announced. Kenny Morgan, UDP candidate in the Pickstock Division has been asked to step down by the National Party Council. A UDP release did not […]
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Politics |
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We hate to admit it, but when News 5 is summoned to Mayflower Street, it’s usually because a shooting has just gone down or there’s a police raid in progress. Tonight we are pleased to bring you a very different sort of story from Mayflower Street. As News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams found out, the residents […]
Written on May 20, 2002 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re camped around another issue of Sports Monday. We’ll take you immediately into Friday night’s B.B.A. clash of undefeated ballclubs at the City Centre, where B.T.L. Nets played host to five-time champ, the Raiders. Meet the phone company’s big gun Keith Acosta, and he gets the contest started with […]
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