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The majority of the original Image Factory Art crew may have made the transition from self-employed iconoclasts to publicly supported icons, but that doesn’t mean the old neighbourhood has been neglected. Tonight a new art exhibition opens on North Front Street featuring two veterans and a rookie. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting One thing Jeanne Bennett, Sandra […]
Written on September 5, 2003 | Posted in
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They had barely unpacked their bags following a summit in Taiwan, but today the leaders of Central America once again sat down together, this time in Belize, in an effort to attack some major problems that transcend geography and nationality. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning, heads of government and foreign ministers representing the seven countries […]
Written on September 4, 2003 | Posted in
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In crime news a forty-one year old Belize City man has been arrested and charged with incest. The complaint was brought on Monday by an eleven-year-old girl who told police that since the age of four she has been sexually molested by her father. Reports to police of incest and child rape have increased dramatically […]
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It was always considered the most troubled of the three major public utilities and was the last to be sold to private interests. But while Belize Water Services Limited still has a long way to go, its numbers are at least beginning to improve. At the company’s annual general meeting tonight B.W.S. will report a […]
Written on September 4, 2003 | Posted in
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For several decades his name was synonymous with diving in Belize; and when he died last July the family of Hugh Parkey decided to honour his lifelong passion with the establishment of a foundation to promote undersea education. This weekend a fundraiser will be held featuring the work of some of the world’s best underwater […]
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It’s the subject of what seems like a never-ending debate. But while the public tries to figure out the role of Creole in our society, the language’s proponents are busy putting pen to paper. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting They’re not your usual spy or fiction novels; but the excitement over the latest books […]
Written on September 4, 2003 | Posted in
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One week after Guatemala rejected the Ramphal-Reichler proposals for settling that country’s long-standing territorial claim to Belize, today News 5 went straight to the top–or almost to the top–for an explanation of the abrupt change. Guatemalan Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez, who is in Belize for a technical meeting in advance of tomorrow’s gathering of Central […]
Written on September 3, 2003 | Posted in
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His name is Ari Curtis Vanzie and tonight he’s one Belizean in a whole lot of trouble. Vanzie, a Customs Officer, was one of four men picked up at sea by a U.S. Coast Guard cutter on August twenty-third, approximately fifty-five miles south of Jamaica. On board Vanzie’s vessel was a whopping three thousand, six […]
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The ships of the United States Coast Guard and Navy are not the only vessels plying the waters of the Caribbean in search of drug runners. The United Kingdom usually has at least one ship of the Royal Navy cruising somewhere between Bermuda and Belize. That patrol, aside from drug interdiction, is also ready to […]
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And turning from the sea to the air, we are informed that the mysterious cargo plane that landed on a farm road near Blue Creek last Friday has finally been moved. Authorities engaged two big tractors from the Mennonite community to tow the twin-engine aircraft a distance of about a half-mile up the road and […]
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Police are asking your help tonight to identify the body of a man found today in the Mopan River near Benque Viejo del Carmen. The corpse is that of a Hispanic in his mid twenties around five feet, six inches tall. The partially decomposed body was clad in green pants and a striped T-shirt. It […]
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Well it’s official…the world’s biggest cruise line is setting up shop in Belize… for a long, long time. This afternoon, officials from Carnival Corporation in Miami officially confirmed to News 5 that the company has reached an agreement with Belize Ports Limited to construct a new cruise terminal facility at the port…a deal which would […]
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This evening, the Women’s Issues Network unveiled the publication: Definition of Gender in the Belizean Context. It is a guide that will assist organizations on how to better integrate and serve their male and female employees. WIN says it recognizes that both sexes have different needs, perspectives and interests and therefore every policy, project or […]
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You may remember his face from all the Ruta Maya canoe races he’s won over the years; but make no mistake, Alex Lisbey is just reaching his peak. During the summer Lisbey took flight to conquer canoeists in the United States, and guess what? He did it. Lisbey is a three-time champion in the Texas […]
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He’s no stranger to the regional gospel music scene and this weekend, Trinidadian artist Sherwin Gardner will bring his unique style of ministry to audiences in San Pedro and Belize City. Gardner, who is in the country at the invitation of the Heavenlies Gospel Band, touched down at the Phillip Goldson International Airport on Tuesday […]
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With the Belizean art scene in a state of steady expansion and the nation’s library system aggressively developing new activities, it seems only natural that the two trends would eventually collide. And that’s exactly what’s happening this month upstairs at the Leo Bradley Library in Belize City. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting If you’re looking for a […]
Written on September 3, 2003 | Posted in
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Just before three this morning much of the country was plunged into darkness after electrical storms in Mexico tripped Belize’s power supply from the Comission Federal de Electricidad (C.F.E.). But, as you might recall, after the last series of blackouts, Belize Electricity Limited had promised that its new gas turbine at Mile Eight would have […]
Written on September 2, 2003 | Posted in
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It would be the largest single private investment in the nation’s history, but tonight there are more questions than answers surrounding the announcement of plans to build a huge new cruise terminal near the port in Belize City. The official unveiling came in the form of a press release issued last night by Belize Ports […]
Written on September 2, 2003 | Posted in
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A Belizean official is in the United States tonight, charged with a crime. Details are still sketchy, but late this evening, Public Relations Officer for the U.S. Embassy, Edgar Embrey, confirmed that a Belizean Customs Officer is being held in Miami by U.S. authorities. But that’s about as much as we know. We were unable […]
Written on September 2, 2003 | Posted in
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There are four days left for anyone in possession of illegal guns and ammunition to freely hand in your weapons without penalty. Collection centres were opened all over the country in early August, but to date less than a dozen firearms have been turned in. According to the National Coordinator for the Gun Amnesty and […]
Written on September 2, 2003 | Posted in
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It has been the “pilinkiest” raining season in recent memory…at least until this morning, when Belize City residents, who woke up to a city with a shortage of electricity, also found a massive surplus of water. Jacqueline Woods reports from one thoroughly soaked neighbourhood. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting There was water everywhere as heavy showers overnight […]
Written on September 2, 2003 | Posted in
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As an institution the cultural gathering known as CARIFESTA must deal with many of the same midlife crises as its sponsoring organisation, CARICOM. But as they say, the show must go on. Today our delegation returned from the event and News 5’s Patrick Jones was at the airport to meet it. Patrick Jones, Reporting The […]
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It began innocently enough…the hum of an engine piercing the silence of sunset in the Mennonite community of Blue Creek in the Orange Walk District. But within minutes, the noise increased and then villagers watched in surprise as a sixty-foot cargo plane used their farm road as a runway. Strange vehicles bearing Mexican license plates […]
Written on September 1, 2003 | Posted in
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A shooting incident in King’s Park on Friday night has residents on edge and police community relations tense. Police reports are that between seven and eight that night, a unit posted at the residence of Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord, located on St. Thomas Street, spotted two men on bicycles in the vicinity of the house. […]
Written on September 1, 2003 | Posted in
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In more disturbing crime news, a senior police official has been arrested and charged with wounding and harm. Superintendent Ewart Itza, the officer in charge of the Southern Formation is at home tonight on interdiction after two separate reports filed by residents in Dangriga. The “victims”, identified as Lincoln Cardinez and Timothy Cano, both allege […]
Written on September 1, 2003 | Posted in
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