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Today, the General Secretary and an executive member of the Football Federation of Belize resigned from their positions. This evening, Ruperto Vicente and Gina Zabaneh held a joint press conference to tell the media that their decision was based on several differences they had with the Federation and President Bertie Chimilio’s unwillingness to correct those […]
Written on September 26, 2002 | Posted in
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When media guru Marshal McLuhan articulated his vision of the global village, he probably was not thinking in terms of Los Angeles, California. But for better or for worse, L.A., with its endless summer and equally endless stream of Hollywood movies and television shows, provides the physical and cultural backdrop for a set of values […]
Written on September 26, 2002 | Posted in
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He was a man caught between his own instincts and training as a diplomat, and the demands of a political party steeped in a tradition of rejection of anything associated with Guatemala. But tonight it appears that Opposition Leader Dean Barrow has bridged that gap. In an interview this afternoon he told News 5’s Stewart […]
Written on September 25, 2002 | Posted in
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A man lies in critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he was mistakenly shot during a hunting trip. Sometime on Tuesday night, forty-one year old Rogelio Coh and thirty-one year old Jesus Pott of Guinea Grass decided to go hunting about three miles outside of the village. According to Pott, as they […]
Written on September 25, 2002 | Posted in
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Two persons have been arrested following a police operation in the Cayo District. Around 4:30 on Tuesday evening, officers from Belmopan went into Ontario Village and searched the home of thirty-four year old Michael Patrick Monroe. Inside the house, police discovered a number of firearms and an arsenal of ammunition including a three-five-seven Magnum pistol […]
Written on September 25, 2002 | Posted in
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San Ignacio police are investigating a hold-up and robbery that took place Tuesday night at Western Gas Limited in Santa Elena. Around 6:30 that evening, the company’s manager, Orlando Martinez, two co-workers and a watchman were at the premises when they were held up by three armed masked men. Martinez told the police that the […]
Written on September 25, 2002 | Posted in
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While those two Guatemalans await charges in Cayo, another has been handed over to authorities across the border. This morning one of Guatemala’s most wanted fugitives, Jose David Carrillo, was captured in a predawn raid in the village of San Lazaro in the Orange Walk District. Thirty-eight year old Carrillo, wanted in Guatemala on charges […]
Written on September 25, 2002 | Posted in
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With millions of dollars in cash, and major investments in key areas of the nation’s economy, the Social Security Board is perhaps the most powerful financial entity in Belize. But that power has not always been exercised without controversy; hence the appointment of a commission to suggest reforms in the way it conducts it’s business. […]
Written on September 25, 2002 | Posted in
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They say laughter is the best form of medicine, and whether that is true or not, Curtis Gillett Productions has put together one show that promises to uplift your spirits. Today, Gillett stopped by News 5 to talk about the show, Laugh-O-Rama, that takes place Thursday night inside cinema one at the Princess Hotel. Curtis […]
Written on September 25, 2002 | Posted in
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The recently concluded September celebrations were among the best organised in recent years… but while the flag prepared to raise on independence eve, News 5’S Janelle Chanona and Rick Romero were touching down in Los Angeles, California. They returned this week with a series of reports on the Belizean experience in Lala land. Tonight we […]
Written on September 25, 2002 | Posted in
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Since it opened its doors in 1995 the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital has taken its share of criticisms, ranging from accusations of shoddy construction to substandard care…but the hit it’s taking this week hurts where the institution can least afford it: right in the pocketbook. Over the last month several hundred thousand dollars was illegally […]
Written on September 24, 2002 | Posted in
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A Belize City man lost his life on Independence Day when he was crushed under the wheels of a truck. According to police, the accident happened around 1:00 on Saturday afternoon. The citizen’s parade had just finished at the Yarborough Green and most of the floats that took part in the event were making their […]
Written on September 24, 2002 | Posted in
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The long holiday weekend saw its share of gunplay. On Saturday a young man was wounded in a scenario that is becoming all too familiar. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting “Eighteen year old Robert “Black” Jones was sitting on these steps with some friends when someone came from the back of the house and fired several shots […]
Written on September 24, 2002 | Posted in
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Shots rang out again in Belize City in the wee hours of this morning. According to police, three gunmen with automatic weapons sprayed two houses on West Canal with bullets leaving two people injured. The shootings, which occurred around 3:30, left twelve year old Victor McKenzie with a hip wound and in the second house […]
Written on September 24, 2002 | Posted in
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A man beaten unconscious, who was originally unidentified, has been I.D.’ed at the hospital. This evening a nurse at the K.H.M.H. gave the name of the mystery patient as her cousin Norman Bernard. Around nine on Saturday night the police found Bernard, who is homeless, lying on the street unconscious at the corner of Santa […]
Written on September 24, 2002 | Posted in
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And in a follow up to a double murder that occurred in the Corozal District on Thursday, a post-mortem has been conducted on the bodies of Enrique Sosa and Adrian Villanueva, both of Paraiso Village. The men, found with their hands and feet tied together, died as a result of fractured skulls. No arrests have […]
Written on September 24, 2002 | Posted in
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Having been run ragged over a busy week that included the release of the settlement proposals and the independence celebrations, Prime Minister Said Musa has travelled to London, where he will attend a meeting of Commonwealth Ministers of Finance. From the British capital Musa will head to Washington D.R.. where, joined by Budget Minister Ralph […]
Written on September 24, 2002 | Posted in
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And while the Prime Minister crosses the Atlantic his wife will be undertaking official business in Mexico. On Wednesday Joan Musa travels to Mexico City for a meeting of spouses of heads of government from the Americas. The theme of the three day conference is children and poverty. Mrs. Musa will be accompanied by Sandra […]
Written on September 24, 2002 | Posted in
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The excitement that surrounded last week’s release of the proposals has subsided and with the departure of facilitators Sir Shridath Ramphal and O.A.S. Assistant Secretary General Luigi Enaudi, it is now left to the Belize Government to explain and ultimately sell the package to Belizeans. That process, which will rely heavily on diplomatic personnel involved […]
Written on September 24, 2002 | Posted in
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On the twenty-first of September those Belizeans who ventured out to Memorial Park or tuned in on their radios were treated to a rare experience; a series of Independence Day addresses devoid of discord. Here are some excerpts, beginning with guest of honour Sir Shridath Ramphal, followed by Opposition Leader Dean Barrow and concluding with […]
Written on September 24, 2002 | Posted in
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God evening I’m James Adderley and we’re certainly glad you could join us for this Tuesday version of Sports Monday. One of the sporting activities to debut in this year’s national celebration is the one hundred and seventy mile Extreme Canoe Race which left San Ignacio at 3:42 p.m. on our independence day Saturday, September […]
Written on September 24, 2002 | Posted in
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It was likely his last State of the Nation address before facing the electorate sometime next summer…and while the Prime Minister’s annual speech would normally be scrutinised heavily, this year it was the anti-climactic ending to an historic week that saw the release of the proposals to settle the Guatemalan claim. For the diplomatic corps, […]
Written on September 20, 2002 | Posted in
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What is interesting is that one thing you don’t see in the Guatemalan press is any reference to the three point three square miles that country stands to gain from a more accurate alignment of the border line. This morning prior to our interview with the Prime Minister, we asked Mexican Ambassador Arturo Trejo if […]
Written on September 20, 2002 | Posted in
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Like the Prime Minister’s Sate of the Nation address, Belize’s school children also participate in an annual pre-independence day event. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This year’s version of the children’s rally leaned heavily toward entertainment provided by the students themselves. Faye Gillette, District Education Manager, Bz. Dist. “Today is […]
Written on September 20, 2002 | Posted in
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With no shortage of local artists trying to push their products on the Belizean market, the trick to success is to come out with something different yet catchy. That’s just what one young man and his collaborators have tried to do with “Supa Youth”. The album is an eclectic blend of various music genres by […]
Written on September 20, 2002 | Posted in
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