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The pig rearing facility at Central Farm has been transferred to private ownership. A contract was signed today awarding a ten-year lease on the facility to a Guatemalan company, Progenitores Porcinos de Centro America Limited. Under the agreement, the company will develop a modern operation that will produce high quality breeding animals for local farmers […]
Written on January 14, 2003 | Posted in
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This morning, representatives of the governments of Belize and Spain met in Belize City to finalize plans to enhance relations between the two countries. As part of the discussions, the delegations hosted a working luncheon with members of the Belizean press corps to highlight the initiative. According to Moises Cal, Director of International Cooperation in […]
Written on January 14, 2003 | Posted in
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Tonight, the banking community, along with many other Belizeans, mourns the death of one of its own. On Friday, forty-five year old Leopoldo Waight, Director of Provident Bank, died in the United States from complications caused by leukemia. “Polo” as he was well known, began his career at the Royal Bank of Canada in 1979. […]
Written on January 14, 2003 | Posted in
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We often point to Belize’s magnificent Caribbean coast, reefs, cayes and adjoining seas as perhaps the nation’s greatest natural resource. But when it comes to water, Belize’s most important variety may prove to be fresh, not salt. Marion Ali reports. Marion Ali, Reporting There is so much of it around us that we often take […]
Written on January 14, 2003 | Posted in
Environment |
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An accountant is supposed to be the most trustworthy employee of any business…but when that trust is misplaced, watch out. Today police arrested and charged an accountant at Pine Lumber Company in the Cayo District with a massive embezzlement which police say may total as much as three hundred thousand dollars. Thirty-nine year old Damaris […]
Written on January 13, 2003 | Posted in
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When we last saw it in October, it was patrolling the Sapodilla Cayes for illegal fishing and drug running… But today the B.D.F.’s formidable thirty-two foot skiff with its twin two hundred horsepower engines is no longer on duty. Sometime on Friday night or early Saturday morning, the valuable vessel was stolen from its mooring […]
Written on January 13, 2003 | Posted in
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Police are following up the discovery of a body found floating in waters near Bacalar Chico at the Belize-Mexico border. According to police, the deceased has been identified as Preciliano Ramos, a Mexican national, who was working in Sarteneja Village. On Saturday authorities from San Pedro Town visited the Bacalar Chico area where they observed […]
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Police are looking for a hit and run driver who knocked down a pedestrian Saturday night on the Western Highway. Thirty-two year old Jose Felix Barrera, a Guatemalan resident of Orange Walk, was struck from behind while walking between miles thirty-six and thirty-seven around 9:00 p.m. The driver, heading in the direction of Belmopan, did […]
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The Belize-Guatemala talks…a topic we have not discussed in detail for quite some time. But the latest from Belmopan is that a ministerial meeting has been rescheduled for early February and will be preceded late this month by technical talks. According to a government release issued late this evening, on Friday, February seventh, Belizean Foreign […]
Written on January 13, 2003 | Posted in
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With the country infected by election fever, politics and its attendant non-stop campaigning is running rampant. Over the weekend, the canvassers of every partisan persuasion hit the streets in force, and in Belize City, the People’s United Party held its previously postponed City Council convention to endorse incumbent mayor David Fonseca and his slate of […]
Written on January 13, 2003 | Posted in
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The report card on 2002 tourist arrivals is in…and guess what, the industry passed with flying colours. This afternoon, I caught up with Director of Tourism, Tracy Taegar who broke down the figures and provided an insider’s perspective on the developments. Tracy Taegar, Director of Tourism “The report has just come in for cruise ship […]
Written on January 13, 2003 | Posted in
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In news from the education front, this afternoon Wesley College joined its counterparts from around the Belize District as the proud recipients of new computers and internet service. The eighteen machines are part of the School Wide Area Network or SWAN program. According to Principal of Wesley College Brenda Armstrong, the new equipment will make […]
Written on January 13, 2003 | Posted in
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When most of us see a cockroach or annoying mosquito, we spray first and ask questions later. But not all bad bugs can or should be beaten by chemicals. And when that happens, scientists turn to remedies, which are not only more effective, but are also kinder to the environment. Marion Ali reports from Belmopan. […]
Written on January 13, 2003 | Posted in
Agriculture |
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The politicians are not the only ones gearing up for what appears to be an impending general election. We in the media, in addition to reaping a revenue bonanza that occurs only once every five years, are also making plans for election day. Jacqueline Woods reports on what you can expect from News 5 when […]
Written on January 13, 2003 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’ve logged on to the deal we call Sports Monday. Week two of the six game Belize Premier Football League playoffs brought the two remaining undefeated ball clubs to a showdown at capital city Saturday night, where defending champion Kulture Yabra of Belize City, was hosted by the Builder’s […]
Written on January 13, 2003 | Posted in
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Written on January 11, 2003 | Posted in
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With an as yet undeclared general election less than two months away, a factor is emerging that may have a major influence on the outcome. In fact, 2003 may well go down in political history as the year of the independent candidate. Nomination day has not even been announced, but if all those who have […]
Written on January 11, 2003 | Posted in
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And while traditional wisdom dictates that third party candidates are little more than spoilers, it doesn’t mean that voters want to see those names removed from the ballot. Today roving reporter Marion Ali was back in the streets…and she found that although the electoral appetite of most citizens is confined to a few familiar dishes, […]
Written on January 11, 2003 | Posted in
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A farmer of Santa Elena, Cayo is dead after he was knocked down on the Western Highway Thursday night. Forty-eight year old Guatemalan Samuel de Jesus Sinturion was reportedly hit by a Toyota pick-up near mile sixty-five at around 7:30. The man who hit him, fifty-eight year old Marcus Waight of Seven Miles Village, was […]
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An escaped prisoner is recuperating from bullet wounds to both legs after he reportedly attacked the prison officers who hunted him down. Thirty-eight year old Delito Ortiz, a trustee inmate, reportedly escaped around two-thirty Thursday morning from Yalbac Ranch where he and others had been taken to do some work. Prison officer, Alfredo Urbina, said […]
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Had the most recent diplomatic effort to end the Guatemalan claim been more successful, the visit of a high level business delegation from that country would be front-page news. But the fact is that profitable trade can flourish, even where politics falls short. News 5’s Janelle Chanona reports on the latest efforts in dollar diplomacy. […]
Written on January 11, 2003 | Posted in
Economy |
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After equipping dozens of schools and libraries with computers and high speed internet connections, an installation by Intelco is no longer big news–except to those fortunate people who will get to make use of the valuable equipment. And today that privilege was extended to one educational institution that is committed to making the most of […]
Written on January 11, 2003 | Posted in
Education |
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With a general election just around the corner, registration offices around the country were today doing brisk business. News 5’s Janelle Chanona, already in possession of her voting card, decided to see how the applicants were making out. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Belizeans lined up in numbers today…patiently waiting, carefully filling out forms and having their […]
Written on January 11, 2003 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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And while we led this newscast with the phenomenon of independent candidates, we’ll end with a rundown of the fifty-eight men and women carrying the standard of the traditional red and blue. Janelle Chanona, Reporting We begin in the north: In the Corozal Bay division, U.D.P. candidate’s Carlos Castillo will face off with Vildo Marin […]
Written on January 11, 2003 | Posted in
Politics |
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He faces a current legislative deficit of twenty-six to three, commands a slate of many first time candidates and is staring into the face of what looks like an early election. But why is Leader of the Opposition, Dean Barrow, smiling? This afternoon he got the chance to explain. Dean Barrow, Leader of the Opposition […]
Written on January 9, 2003 | Posted in
Politics |
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