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In other crime news, a San Pedro taxi driver has been arrested following the death of a two-year-old pedestrian. Forty-four year old Justino Chan has been charged with manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct and driving without due care and attention after backing over Alexia Santos near the town’s airstrip. The child was […]
Written on July 28, 2003 | Posted in
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Belize is the new home for five Harpy Eagles brought in from Panama over the last several months. Four have been released into the wild, while on Saturday one made its debut at the Belize Zoo. Speaking at the occasion, Rick Watson of the Peregrine Foundation, explained what the programme is all about. Rick Watson, […]
Written on July 28, 2003 | Posted in
Environment |
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And while the Minister of Natural Resources and Zoo Director were all smiles on Saturday, Sharon Matola, who is also the leading opponent of the Chalillo dam, could not have been pleased with developments in the Macal River Valley. BECOL today announced that a thirty-five foot temporary cofferdam has been completed at the site, which […]
Written on July 28, 2003 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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First it was radar guns, then breathalysers…now, once again, it’s bicycles. Will this latest crackdown be any different than the nine-day-wonders of the past? Today I visited the Belize City Traffic Department to find out. Kent Gabb, Manager, Traffic Department “We said we need to go back to registration of bicycles where we can identify […]
Written on July 28, 2003 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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Good evening I’m James Adderley and welcome to this latest issue of Sports Monday. Week three of the B.P.F.L. football season took Kulture Yabra of Belize City into the unfriendly confines of the Isidoro Beaton Stadium for a showdown with the sub-champion, Builder’s Hardware Bandits of Belmopan. We open with Norman “Tilliman” Nunez launching a […]
Written on July 28, 2003 | Posted in
Sports |
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10-10-199. It is supposed to give B.T.L. customers reduced rates on international telephone calls. Well this week, a large number of Belizean consumers took advantage of rates that reached all the way to zero. Reports to News 5 indicate that for several days people in the know have been using the service to make free […]
Written on July 25, 2003 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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A sixteen-year-old Belize City boy was found dead in Cayo this morning and the police are asking for the public’s assistance in solving the murder. The body of Abel Gonzalez was found on the Pilgrimage Valley Road, just outside of Santa Elena. It had a large cut wound to the back of the head. At […]
Written on July 25, 2003 | Posted in
Crime |
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Brian Brown was by his own admission no angel…but when authorities broke down the wall around his yard for being higher than City Council regulations allowed, he decided to fight back. Not with an AK47, but with his lawyer. Today the Supreme Court ruled that Brown had been unconstitutionally targeted. Attorney Dean Barrow explains. Dean […]
Written on July 25, 2003 | Posted in
Trials |
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Thirty-eight year old Alfred Richards may have taken his time to claim his prize, but after a day to think about it, the well-known southside barber could not hold back anymore. This afternoon he walked into the offices of Tropical Gaming Company to collect his winnings of one hundred and twelve thousand, five hundred dollars. […]
Written on July 25, 2003 | Posted in
Uncategorized |
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Its composition was a point of friction in the controversy over the Social Security Bill, but the matter was eventually resolved through compromise. And today the new Social Security Investment Committee was formally appointed by the Minister of Finance. Chairman is Lourdes Smith, a government representative, is joined on the government side by Hilly Martinez […]
Written on July 25, 2003 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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It has received a lot of play on the morning radio talk shows and in letters to the newspapers. But today, instead of complaining about the new water meter, I decided to ask Belize Water Services just what’s going on. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting A study of existing water meters has prompted the utility company to […]
Written on July 25, 2003 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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The traditional debate over Kriol has been whether or not it is a language, dialect or just bad English. But having declared victory in the linguistic wars, Kriol’s champions have gone one step further. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting The pulsating rhythm coming out of one southside neighbourhood this morning was the result of […]
Written on July 25, 2003 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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It was an anniversary of dubious distinction…but it still rates a mention: Last week marked a full year since the exposure of a major scandal in the Immigration Department in which it was discovered that Belizean passports were being illegally sold on a large scale to buyers around the world. An ongoing News 5 investigation […]
Written on July 24, 2003 | Posted in
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He gained notoriety as Belize’s busiest burglar…but tonight John Bartley is dead. The career criminal was apparently stabbed in the chest this morning by a fellow inmate at Hattieville prison. Officials at the K.H.M.H. tell News 5 that he reached the hospital around one-thirty this afternoon, but by two-oh-seven he was dead. Police from Belize […]
Written on July 24, 2003 | Posted in
Crime |
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A shootout between a policeman and a robbery suspect in Cayo has sent both men to the hospital. According to police, around ten-thirty Wednesday night two men robbed a bar owner and six patrons at a club on Peter August Street in Santa Elena. When the cops arrived on the scene they saw a man […]
Written on July 24, 2003 | Posted in
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There’s a very strong chance that somebody watching this newscast is over a hundred thousand dollars richer tonight. The trouble is that he or she probably doesn’t know it. That’s right, somebody hit last night’s Lotto jackpot of one hundred and twelve thousand, five hundred dollars, but according to the management of Tropical Gaming Company, […]
Written on July 24, 2003 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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A Belizean has earned top honours at the Royal Air Force College in the United Kingdom. B.D.F. officer cadet Shaun Young, attending the Initial Officers Training Course at Cranwell, today received the Overseas Students Prize. The award is presented to the Commonwealth cadet who has demonstrated the best overall performance in leadership and studies. It […]
Written on July 24, 2003 | Posted in
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Two Belizean children are back home after a ten-day visit to Mexico City as part of an art and academic exchange with Central America. Kalyla Jones of Santa Elena Evangelical Academy in Cayo and Alma Worrell of Escuela Mexico in Corozal were chosen to go on the visit because of their outstanding artistic and academic […]
Written on July 24, 2003 | Posted in
Education |
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Its motto is “Reading is Development and Development is Reading” and this week the National Library Service is trying to etch that concept on the minds of primary school children. The annual summer reading program, through sponsorship from Bowen and Bowen, challenges hundreds of children ages five to thirteen to explore the exciting world of […]
Written on July 24, 2003 | Posted in
Education |
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In Belize the term neighbourhood watch usually refers to thieves who watch your house, waiting for you to leave. But if one man has his way, the concept of a vigilant community will one day turn the tide against crime. Joe Sampson, Natl. Coordinator, Neighbourhood Watch “I personally saw a situation where a crime was […]
Written on July 24, 2003 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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It’s a familiar story: people with no place to live pick a piece of unoccupied land, throw up a rough dwelling, defy orders to leave and ignore threats of legal action. Time goes by, the law moves in, and–depending on whether an election is upcoming or just past–the squatters are either accommodated or evicted. Given […]
Written on July 23, 2003 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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Today Corozal police made two arrests in connection with the murder of Wilfredo Baeza. They are thirty-six year old Tomasita Villanueva and her twenty-two year old brother, Giovanni Villanueva. It was strongly suspected that Tomasita, who was home at the time of the killing on Saturday evening, may have been involved, and investigators believe that […]
Written on July 23, 2003 | Posted in
Crime |
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The Government of Belize is on the defensive tonight after reports in the Guatemalan press have accused B.D.F soldiers of making an incursion into Guatemalan territory last Friday. A Government release denies that any such incursion was made. They claim that the Belize Defence Force patrol in question was en route to a scheduled link-up […]
Written on July 23, 2003 | Posted in
Foreign Affairs |
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If you’re planning on doing the midweek laundry tonight, you may want to make a change in plans. Beginning at eight o’clock, Belize Water Services will cut off the flow at the old treatment plant at Double Run in order to hook up the company’s new facility to the system. Since April of last year, […]
Written on July 23, 2003 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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The latest round in the cruise ship war goes to Tom Greenwood and those boat owners trying to prevent the introduction of larger tenders to the industry. Confirming the unconstitutionality of a recent attempt to oust him, Greenwood was re-elected president of the Belize Cruiseship Industry Association at the B.C.I.A.’s annual general meeting held last […]
Written on July 23, 2003 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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