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This year, the organisation known as CARICOM is celebrating its thirtieth birthday. Officially created on the fourth of July 1973 in Chagaramas, Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean community has survived three decades, overcoming numerous obstacles to achieve significant accomplishments for the benefit of the region. To mark this important milestone, the secretariat has planned several […]
Written on September 16, 2003 | Posted in
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If you would like to take part in this year’s carnival road march but without the pressure of dealing with costumes or competition, then we just might have what you are looking for. B.T.L.’s Telejammers have re-emerged after a three-year hiatus from the annual festivity. According to the T-shirt band coordinator, Sherilyn Waight, because there […]
Written on September 16, 2003 | Posted in
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The last big novel published by a Belizean to hit the local literary scene was Zee Edgell’s “In Times Like These.” This month three more titles are about to be added to the Belizean booklist. “The Moon Children”, “Good Angel Bad Angel” and “Seasons of Denial” are the work of writer Calvin Moir. Moir told […]
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From humble beginnings fifteen years ago, Belize Medical Associates on St. Thomas Street has grown into a major player on the local health scene. Today, News 5’s Jacqueline Woods previewed some of the clinic’s newest diagnostic equipment. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Two weeks after twenty-five year old Said Acosta was treated for a stab to the […]
Written on September 16, 2003 | Posted in
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With the annual Belikin calendar now in its third year and enjoying enviable success, it was only a matter of time until someone got the bright idea to publish a calendar full of photogenic Belizean males. That time has now arrived. Tanya Barrow, Green Banana “Women scream when they open the calendar, gial we di […]
Written on September 16, 2003 | Posted in
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It is one of our society’s dirty little secrets that you won’t find in any tourist brochure. Like incest, rape and sexual abuse of children, domestic violence is a criminal act that occurs often, but is seldom reported, let alone discussed in the press. But today one badly battered woman decided that she couldn’t take […]
Written on September 15, 2003 | Posted in
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The amnesty for illegally held firearms is over…but one Belize City couple may wish they turned in their guns and ammo when they had the chance. On Thursday police searched a residence on Moho Caye and discovered two pump twelve shotguns, a twelve gauge double barrel shotgun, two thirty-eight handguns, forty-four shotgun shells, sixty-eight bullets […]
Written on September 15, 2003 | Posted in
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The mystery over who will represent the People’s United Party in the upcoming by-election in Cayo South is over. Joaquin Cawich, son of the late Agripino Cawich, earned the right to seek his father’s old seat in the House when he defeated Sam Waight and Carlos Santos in Sunday’s convention. The final tally was seven […]
Written on September 15, 2003 | Posted in
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Over the weekend, the fifth ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization came to an end in Cancun, Mexico. But the big news is that the delegates went home without any sort of agreement in hand. According to Belize’s head of delegation, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, Eamon Courtenay, in this instance, no deal […]
Written on September 15, 2003 | Posted in
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The merger took place almost a year ago, but it was only this weekend that Barclays Bank in Belize made the visual transition to FirstCaribbean International. In a ceremony held Sunday afternoon officials from the bank as well as Prime Minister Said Musa described what the bank’s new face means to the region. Julian Murillo, […]
Written on September 15, 2003 | Posted in
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It’s been twenty-five years since St. Francis Xavier and the Methodist High School in Corozal amalgamated to form Corozal Community College. This morning the institution broke ground on two major projects. Patrick Jones, Reporting The groundbreaking ceremonies marked initiation of a project to construct a computer and technology building for the Corozal Community College. Principal […]
Written on September 15, 2003 | Posted in
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It’s called the Belize Extreme Canoe Race. And unlike its better known cousin that travels the same route down the Macal and Belize Rivers, this trip is not done for fun. Eleven teams took part in the second annual event, and in case paddling virtually non-stop from San Ignacio to Belize City is not challenging […]
Written on September 15, 2003 | Posted in
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we want to welcome you to this hefty September portion of Sports Monday. There were vents galore for the Belizean sports fan over the weekend. And while we couldn’t capture everything, we certainly are proud to show you what we’ve got. We go straight to the podium inside the […]
Written on September 15, 2003 | Posted in
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Opening ceremonies are taking place at this hour in Belize City for the first Black Summit. Organised by the UBAD Educational Foundation and the World Garifuna Organization, over three hundred people have signed up for the weekend event, which has as its primary goal to assess the current state of Afro-Belizeans and suggest ways of […]
Written on September 12, 2003 | Posted in
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Busts for crack cocaine are usually measured in grams, but police in Dangriga seem to have found a mother lode of the life destroying rocks. On Thursday they searched a home on Sabal Street and found thirteen parcels of the drug. Back at the station, the haul weighed in at one point three kilograms or […]
Written on September 12, 2003 | Posted in
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A late night Belize City robbery has one businesswoman a grand short and the perpetrators living large for the weekend. Reports are that around eleven on Thursday night two armed men walked into an establishment owned by Yu Qiong Liu on Cemetery Road and demanded she give them money. Yu complied, and handed over one […]
Written on September 12, 2003 | Posted in
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Unlike many delegations, Belize did not have to go far to attend the fifth ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization, now underway in Cancun. As with virtually all previous meetings, the Cancun gathering attracted its share of protesters, but inside the conference hall, it was internal conflict that has prevented substantial progress toward new […]
Written on September 12, 2003 | Posted in
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With no shortage of things to do this weekend organizers everywhere are pitching hard for a crowd. But the men and women behind this year’s Expo Belize aren’t worried. According to officials of the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry, they’ve got a hundred and ten booths set up, albeit in various stages this afternoon, […]
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In recent years September has become synonymous with big name musical talent from abroad. But one group of homegrown musicians believes that while there’s a place for the foreigners, this patriotic season ought to showcase the best that Belize has to offer. The show, dubbed SoundFest, debuted last year after its organizers, the Association for […]
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It is a sport that produced no less a celebrity than Arnold Schwarzenegger. And while it’s not certain whether any of the contestants in tonight’s Mr. Belize bodybuilding contest will ever become a movie star or politician, it’s a sure bet that they’ll generate some heat on the stage. Patrick Jones has a preview. Patrick […]
Written on September 12, 2003 | Posted in
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Staying up all night to bring in the tenth is a time honoured Belizean tradition…but dawn on St. George’s Caye Day is supposed to bring echoes of patriotism, not the sound of deadly gunfire. Around five on Wednesday morning an allegedly rowdy young man attempted to run from a law enforcement patrol not far from […]
Written on September 11, 2003 | Posted in
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Cayo South voters will go to the polls this weekend in the first of two elections designed to fill the House of Representatives seat made vacant by the death of Agripino Cawich. While the United Democratic Party has already declared John Saldivar as its candidate in the division, the People’s United Party has three hopefuls […]
Written on September 11, 2003 | Posted in
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Trick question…what do cerveza Superior, tacos and a mechanical bull all have in common? They’ll all be at the Belize-Mexico Friendship fair this weekend in Belize City. For the third-year running organisers have cooked up a five day programme which includes dance, music, food and fun. According to Mexican Ambassador to Belize, Arturo Trejo, the […]
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Throughout the night tonight, members of the Belize Chinese community will take to the streets…filling the air with the colour of culture, the rhythm of beating drums, and the explosions of firecrackers. But they aren’t just making noise. It’s all part of the Full Moon Festival. The festival is celebrated every year and as President […]
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It is a demographic fact that over the last forty years the ethnic mix of Belize has been steadily changing, with the proportion of Afro-Belizeans steadily falling to the point where today people who describe themselves as Creole or Garifuna make up only thirty-one percent of the population. Mestizos weigh in at close to fifty […]
Written on September 11, 2003 | Posted in
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