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The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Central America today concluded two days of meetings with their Taiwanese counterpart. During the course of the eleventh meeting of the Central American Integration System mixed commission meeting, the delegates discussed areas of cooperation, with special emphasis on projects that are for the mutual benefit of both SICA and […]
Written on November 25, 2003 | Posted in
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Coming off a humiliating eighteen-nil loss to Guatemala, there is no dispute that the on-going battle between the Football Federation of Belize and the Belize Premier Football League has turned the Jewel into the joke of the football world. With virtually every top player in Belize participating in the B.P.F.L. tournament, and therefore ineligible to […]
Written on November 25, 2003 | Posted in
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Each year on November twenty-fifth, governments, non-governmental organisations, and private sector concerns across the globe hold activities to raise awareness about violence against women. Belize is no exception, and today a special ceremony took place at the Battlefield Park in Belize City. According to the Director of the Women’s Department, Anita Zetina, since 1985 they […]
Written on November 25, 2003 | Posted in
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Exactly one year ago, CARE-Belize was established to give special assistance to the disabled, especially young children. What makes the organisation’s work unique is that most of its services are conducted in the homes of the people it helps. That means its field officers must travel on the road to get their work done. Today […]
Written on November 25, 2003 | Posted in
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It’s that time when our thoughts turn to Christmas and the days that lay beyond. If your mind is straying toward 2004, News 5’s Patrick Jones has a suggestion. Patrick Jones, Reporting When the new year rolls around, Belizeans at home and abroad will have an attractive way to keep track of important dates, while […]
Written on November 25, 2003 | Posted in
Environment |
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Archives: the name alone connotes stacks of dusty yellowed documents that crumble at the touch. But just as technology has moved from clay tables to DVD’s, the nature of our archives has similarly evolved. Today, as Belize’s Archives Department celebrated its thirty-eighth anniversary, Patrick Jones discovered that the information housed in its Belmopan headquarters is […]
Written on November 25, 2003 | Posted in
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The church state system that has been the bedrock of the nation’s educational system is not without its problems. Today one persistent conflict over “who runs things” in Belize’s classrooms became the subject of public debate. News 5’s Patrick Jones has the story. Patrick Jones, Reporting The mid-afternoon press conference was called by the National […]
Written on November 24, 2003 | Posted in
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Three teenagers are tonight safely locked down at the Hattieville Prison after their run for freedom was short lived. Around five-thirty on Saturday morning John Cadle, Carl Thompson, and Martin Matura convinced the guard at the boot camp section of the prison to let them go for a walk outside. Reports are that shortly after, […]
Written on November 24, 2003 | Posted in
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In crime news, the weekend passed without any deadly violence and police made a number of arrests and detentions for incidents nationwide. These include two men detained for a Belize City robbery, two more for a chopping in Orange Walk and a trio who have been charged with preparing to commit a robbery. Two accused […]
Written on November 24, 2003 | Posted in
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A man from the Corozal District is dead following a traffic accident this morning on the Northern Highway. Twenty-nine year old Harish Mirpuri of Santa Rita was travelling south towards Orange Walk when between miles seventy-four and seventy-five he lost control of his Ford Ranger pickup. The vehicle rolled over several times and Mirpuri was […]
Written on November 24, 2003 | Posted in
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The timing was obviously coincidental, but this morning’s fatality occurred on the first working day of Traffic Safety Week. And with deaths on our roads becoming far too common, authorities say it’s time to crack down on the roots of the carnage. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting In 2002, traffic accidents claimed […]
Written on November 24, 2003 | Posted in
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The National Committee for Families and Children today received a welcome donation from the Radisson Fort George Hotel. The money, totalling a little over fourteen hundred dollars, represents the proceeds of a September fund raising drive. This evening the Radisson’s Maria Otero handed over the cheque to N.C.F.C. Director Judith Alpuche. Maria Otero, Chief Executive […]
Written on November 24, 2003 | Posted in
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With the public perception that Belize City is overrun by crime, many urban residents have taken the opportunity to relocate to the countryside. But as News 5’s Patrick Jones discovered, you can run but you can’t necessarily hide. Maureen Leslie, Asst. Police Commissioner “We are trying to show that safety and security is everybody’s business. […]
Written on November 24, 2003 | Posted in
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we’re underway with this week’s dish of Sports Monday. Week five of the Regent Insurance Cup tournament found Kulture Yabra of Belize on the road in search of its first season win against league leading Builder’s Hardware Bandits in four tries. Of course Belmopan, with eleven points, already qualifies […]
Written on November 24, 2003 | Posted in
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Members of Belize’s legal community convened in Belize City today for the annual Bench and Bar Summit. But this year, the focus was on the changes that could lie ahead as the Caribbean Court of Justice comes on stream. Patrick Jones was on hand for the opening. Godfrey Smith, Attorney General “Today’s deliberations should not […]
Written on November 21, 2003 | Posted in
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They may seem like nothing more than little green and yellow wooden boxes along the major highways, but police checkpoints are becoming increasingly important tools in the fight against crime. Today, two more booths were officially dedicated in Cayo, and as you will see, before the ceremonies were even over some drugs were discovered. Patrick […]
Written on November 21, 2003 | Posted in
Defense |
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Trade Ministers of the Americas met in Miami this week to renew their commitment to conclude negotiations for the establishment of a hemisphere wide free trade area by January 2005. Today they agreed to the text for a Ministerial Declaration on the Free Trade Area of the Americas, F.T.A.A.. According to a release from the […]
Written on November 21, 2003 | Posted in
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On Tuesday thousands of people flocked to Dangriga to celebrate National Garifuna Day. But it was not just the re-enactment that brought them to that southern town. In fact, organisers of Punta Fest 2003 estimate that two thousand people turned out at the Why Not Island for their first annual punta concert. According to the […]
Written on November 21, 2003 | Posted in
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One Punta group that made the trek to Belize this year for National Garifuna Day was “Punta Cartel” of Los Angeles. They describe themselves as sixty percent Belizean, forty percent Honduran, and their music as “ancestral” mixed with a little Latin flavour. Band leader Nuru and promoter Rafael Larios spoke with News 5 today. “Nuru” […]
Written on November 21, 2003 | Posted in
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Whenever we get sick we’re generally treated with a little extra care and compassion by the people we know, especially our families. But sadly, this is not always the case, even if we discover we have a potentially fatal disease like HIV. Next week is World AIDS Week, and once again the focus in Belize […]
Written on November 21, 2003 | Posted in
Health |
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News 5 has been asked to issue a correction to statements made on Thursday’s newscast regarding the cost of the new NEMO headquarters in Belmopan. According to Daedra Isaacs, the building was built for two point three million dollars–not twenty-one million. The funds were provided by the Caribbean Development Bank, with the Government of Belize […]
Written on November 21, 2003 | Posted in
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While most of the nation was celebrating Garifuna Settlement Day on Wednesday, the court martial of three British Army Gurkhas continued at the George Price Centre in Belmopan. The defendants, Durgahang Limbu, Yograj Rai, and Ramesh Rai are charged with “violent disorder” in connection with a brawl at Raul’s Rose Garden on May tenth, 2001. […]
Written on November 20, 2003 | Posted in
Trials |
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It was the day for NEMO dedications it seems. This morning a warehouse retrofitted by the U.S. government was handed over in Ladyville, and this afternoon the new NEMO headquarters in Belmopan was officially opened by the Prime Minister in Belmopan. But as News 5’s Jacqueline Woods found out, the headquarters was already being put […]
Written on November 20, 2003 | Posted in
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It has slipped below the local news radar in the last couple of weeks, but alleged incidents of child rape in Punta Gorda remains very much a part of the social conscience of the nation. One group that has decided to take the matter outside of their circle is the Mother’s Union of the Anglican […]
Written on November 20, 2003 | Posted in
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Today is World Children’s Day and the anniversary of the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of the Child. To mark the occasion, the National Committee for Families and Children made a presentation to Prime Minister Said Musa this afternoon in Belmopan. News 5 was there. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting In 1990, Belize became the fifth […]
Written on November 20, 2003 | Posted in
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