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Written on April 30, 2003 | Posted in Miscellaneous | No comment
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Grocer clings to life; gunmen still at large
Belizeans as a society are a fairly complacent people…so while gang bangers kill each other with regularity and Chinese shopkeepers are gunned down with seeming impunity, the public takes it with hardly a shrug. But with last night’s point blank shooting of a well-known grocer in King’s Park, the forces of criminal anarchy may have […]
Written on April 30, 2003 | Posted in Crime | No comment
Police display haul of heavy weapons
Under pressure for a recent wave of violent crime on one hand and accusations of state sponsored kidnapping on the other, the Police Department today sought to polish their public image with a display of their latest catch of confiscated weaponry. The haul was the result of operations conducted last week and included three M-16s, […]
Written on April 30, 2003 | Posted in Crime | No comment
S.J.C. students rekindle literary tradition
Their school possesses a long and proud literary tradition, and the current students of St. John’s Junior College are not quite ready to see it die. That’s why some activists at S.J.C. are re-launching a publication of poems, essays, short stories and plays, all created by students. Metamorphosis 2003 is the title of the new […]
Written on April 30, 2003 | Posted in Education | No comment
San Ignacio man advances in karaoke competition
Only one point separated the top two contestants in last night’s karaoke competition. Here’s how it went when host Neil Hall announced the winner. Neil Hall, KTV Host “The winner is…round of applause…contestant number three, LeRoi Hyde.” (LeRoi sings “Sweat” by Inner Circle) LeRoi Hyde is the fifth weekly winner to qualify for the KTV […]
Written on April 30, 2003 | Posted in Miscellaneous | No comment
Fisheries brings conservation message to schools
In a country with an abundance of environmental attractions, Belize’s coastline, cayes and reefs may constitute our most important national resource. That’s why authorities are taking no chances…by getting their out conservation message to the young. Patrick Jones, Reporting The captive audience at Saint John Vianney Primary School was focussed on learning about the protection […]
Written on April 30, 2003 | Posted in Education | No comment
More drug suspects detained but not sent to U.S.
It’s a club that is not particularly exclusive, with officers numbering in the dozens, ordinary members running to the hundreds and perhaps thousands more young wannabees just waiting for their big score. But those people whose life revolves around Belize’s burgeoning drug trade have not been sleeping well lately, thanks in large part to Saturday’s […]
Written on April 29, 2003 | Posted in Crime | No comment
Late news: Popular grocer critical after shooting
And in a report just in, News 5 has confirmed that just after six this evening, seventy-five year old Alvin Godfrey, proprietor of Godfrey’s Store on Sixth Street, was shot in the face by a lone gunman. According to hospital authorities, doctors are at this time working frantically to save the elderly shopkeeper’s life. Anyone […]
Written on April 29, 2003 | Posted in Crime | No comment
Driver in fatal accident charged
The driver of a vehicle that killed a man crossing the Hummingbird Highway on Saturday has been arrested and charged. Bill Nidiver of Maya Beach on the Placencia Peninsula has been charged with manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct and driving without due care and attention. Nidiver’s Toyota Four Runner fatally injured Pedro […]
Written on April 29, 2003 | Posted in Auto Accidents | No comment
Champion bodybuilder charged for M-16
A suspect detained yesterday on suspicion of carrying an M-16 automatic rifle and a load of ammunition has been charged. He is well known bodybuilder and former Mr. Belize, Rushiel Bevans. Police believe that Bevans was the man who fled his vehicle after trying to evade police, a vehicle later found to contain the weapons […]
Written on April 29, 2003 | Posted in Crime | No comment
B.W.S. apologises for no water in nation’s capital
The nation’s capital has a well-deserved reputation for civilized living…but lately the residents of Belmopan have been suffering. Patrick Jones has more. Martin Greenhalgh, Chief Executive Officer, B.W.S. “It’s just to some extent, bad luck that this double failure occurred at this time.” Patrick Jones, Reporting And with that began the public apology by Belize […]
Written on April 29, 2003 | Posted in Social Issues | No comment
Plant pots not appreciated on Albert St.
A beautification project financed by the Belize City Council and being implemented by the Young Men’s Christian Association has hit a speed bump on the road to completion. Over the last three weeks a group of energetic young men have been busy in the downtown area hanging up plants along North Front Street, painting the […]
Written on April 29, 2003 | Posted in Miscellaneous | No comment
Cayo student missing; last seen in city
Tonight, a family from the Cayo District needs your help in locating their daughter, missing now for more than a day. Twenty-one year old Lubia Noemy Casasola, a student of Saint John’s Junior College in Belize City, is reported to have left her home in Saint Matthew’s Village on Monday morning bound for Belize City […]
Written on April 29, 2003 | Posted in Social Issues | No comment
Lotto jackpot gets $25,000 boost
For the eighth time since Tropical Gaming Company took over Lotto, the Jackpot has once again jumped the one hundred thousand dollar mark. On Saturday, the jackpot was upped to a hundred and two thousand, five hundred using twenty-five thousand from the unclaimed prize drawn on January second. On Wednesday night the jackpot will rise […]
Written on April 29, 2003 | Posted in Miscellaneous | No comment
Kidnapped? Two drug suspects sent to States
On Saturday morning a jet belonging to the United States government took off from the Philip Goldson International Airport and headed north. Aboard were two Belizeans wanted by the D.E.A. as suspects in a major cocaine smuggling case. And while few outside the men’s immediate family are shedding tears over their departure, there is strong […]
Written on April 28, 2003 | Posted in Crime | No comment
Two murders rock city over weekend
Two more young Belizean men are now counted among the dead as the rough and tumble streets of Belize City provided a bloody backdrop for separate murders over the weekend. The mayhem started on Saturday night when twenty-two year old Eugene Blades was gunned down as he drove his pickup truck along Faber’s Road. Blades, […]
Written on April 28, 2003 | Posted in Crime | No comment
Suspect detained for M-16 and ammo
A police patrol on the Northern Highway on Sunday stumbled across a small armoury and may have its owner in custody. According to police reports, the patrol observed a red car, which made an abrupt turn as the cops approached. The suspicious behaviour led the police to follow the car into a parking lot, but […]
Written on April 28, 2003 | Posted in Crime | No comment
Two dead in weekend traffic mishaps
The streets of Belize City were not the only killing fields this weekend as the roads in the south also saw their share of bloodshed. On Friday afternoon twenty-four year old Jose Sho of San Vicente Village, Toledo, was run over by the pickup truck in which he was riding. How is this possible? According […]
Written on April 28, 2003 | Posted in Auto Accidents | No comment
Belize City women take football title
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this all female edition of Sports Monday. The men have recently dominated the sport of cycling, but these two weeks will see a lot more focus on the female riders. Yesterday the Belize Cycling Association sponsored the Hill Circuit Classic, a forty-mile race for females that runs […]
Written on April 28, 2003 | Posted in Sports | No comment
Burn victim awaits care in U.S.A.
It is one of the most dangerous injuries that the human body can sustain…and tonight one seriously burned child lies in pain at the K.H.M.H.. He is waiting for the trip to the U.S.A. that is his only remaining chance for a full recovery. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods, who first brought you this story last […]
Written on April 25, 2003 | Posted in Uncategorized | No comment
House collapses; family shaken but safe
For eight years it was theirs to call home; then in an instant, it was all gone. A Belize City family is tonight out in the street after their home collapsed under the weight of what appears to be a combination of time and neglect. Patrick Jones has their story. Marcia Robinson, Occupied Fallen House […]
Written on April 25, 2003 | Posted in Disasters | No comment
Corozaleños protest bakery closure
Residents of Corozal took to the streets of their town this morning, but the mood was far from celebratory. The anger of the placard carrying demonstrators, numbering just over a hundred, was aimed squarely at a court ruling handed down this week, which effectively closes Panaderia Victoria. While there is little today’s protest can do […]
Written on April 25, 2003 | Posted in Social Issues | No comment
Big donation helps protect marine resources
It may be the end of April, but for a group of conservation organizations it is feeling like Christmas, as a regional initiative this afternoon provided some much needed gifts. At a brief ceremony in Belize City, over eight hundred thousand dollars worth of equipment and infrastructural materials were handed over. According to National Coordinator […]
Written on April 25, 2003 | Posted in Environment | No comment
P.M. pledges to fight illiteracy
It has been a persistent theme for Said Musa, dating back to long before he took over the leadership of the People’s United Party. It’s the issue of literacy, and today in an interview courtesy of the Government Press Office, the Prime Minister once again committed himself to helping more Belizeans learn to read and […]
Written on April 25, 2003 | Posted in Education | No comment
Venezuelan artist takes new look at nature
The explosive growth in Belize’s art scene includes not only local talent, but an eclectic mix of visiting artists and exhibitions. The latest such show to arrive opens tonight at the Image Factory. Patrick Jones has a preview. Patrick Jones, Reporting Manuel Piney’s twenty-three paintings and twelve sculptures will adorn the halls of the Image […]
Written on April 25, 2003 | Posted in Uncategorized | No comment
