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When the court martial of three British Army Gurkha soldiers resumed this morning in Belmopan, the prosecution announced that there were some “startling developments”. That turned out to be a massive understatement, as by noon, after two and a half years of investigation and two million pounds of expenditure, the crown abruptly decided to abandon […]
Written on December 15, 2003 | Posted in
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This weekend two Belizeans lost their lives to stab wounds almost simultaneously in different parts of the country. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods examined the circumstances behind the homicide that occurred just after midnight Saturday in Belize City. Dawn Anderson, Mother of Deceased “God give me Jermaine as a gift and I think that dah time […]
Written on December 15, 2003 | Posted in
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Fortunately, no one was hurt in an incident that occurred twenty-four hours later in Belize City, but the armed robbery had all the ingredients for disaster. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The management of the Radisson Fort George Hotel say at this time they are not willing to give us an on camera interview about the incident. […]
Written on December 15, 2003 | Posted in
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If you haven’t put up your Christmas tree yet, it’s about time you get with it…and while you’re at it this year you may want to consider going natural. The Forest Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources will have a limited number of real pine Christmas trees on sale this Thursday in front of […]
Written on December 15, 2003 | Posted in
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A woman from Seine Bight Village in the Stann Creek District is forty thousand dollars richer tonight following some good luck in the latest Courts Megabucks spin. The name of Julia Ariola was drawn last week from thousands of Courts customers and on Saturday she took her turn at the wheel at the store’s main […]
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It’s one of those good news, bad news situations. The bad news is that a mother has abandoned her newborn child. The good news, however, is that the infant appears to be healthy and in the loving care of professionals. Patrick Jones has the story. Patrick Jones, Reporting Meet baby Jane Doe, blissfully asleep and […]
Written on December 15, 2003 | Posted in
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley with a fresh delivery of Sports Monday. With ten days to Christmas the Regent Insurance Cup Championship reached money time at the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday as Kulture Yabra of Belize City with a one game lead played host to the Builder’s Hardware Bandits of Belmopan in game two. It’s a […]
Written on December 15, 2003 | Posted in
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It’s that time of year for new curtains and linoleum, exchanging gifts, and putting up the Christmas tree. But it is also the time of year when Belize’s resilient corps of robbers, burglars, and all-purpose thieves grow aggressive in their quest for holiday cheer of their own. Today police in Belize City used the example […]
Written on December 12, 2003 | Posted in
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As predicted by police yesterday, a suspect detained for the shooting of a Belize City man has been formally charged. Mark Medina was slapped with charges of attempted murder, dangerous harm, and use of deadly means of harm for the shooting of Alex O’Brien on Wednesday afternoon on Dean Street near West Collet Canal. O’Brien […]
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While Medina will likely go to trial sometime in the new year, three British soldiers charged in a court martial in Belmopan have been waiting over two and a half years for justice to be delivered by the British Army. The trial of Yograj Rai, Ramesh Rai, and Durgahang Limbu for the crime of violent […]
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Crime is a staple of local newscasts worldwide and Belize is no exception… but our next story involves not the commission of crime, but an attempt to reduce its root causes. This morning I visited a familiar southside Belize City neighbourhood where a small but dedicated group of people are attempting to reverse a process […]
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The competition was announced in April and artists from across the Caribbean responded with hundreds of paintings; but in the end only twelve made it unto the 2004 Corporate Calendar for CLICO, the Colonial Life Insurance Company. One of those dozen colourful images was the creation of Belizean artist Pedro Cruz. Aside from the international […]
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‘Tis the season for giving and receiving, and this evening four Belize City organizations were on the latter side of the equation, as Tropical Gaming Company handed out its yearly Christmas donations. In addition to the Salvation Army, Belize City Lions Club and Hospital Auxiliary, Manager of Tropical Gaming Carol Young says another worthy recipient […]
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It started out as a story, intended to help three children understand their family history and ended up as a history of Caye Caulker Village. Today, the daughter of Antonio Vega Senior came home to launch “Caye to Success”, a documentary of her father’s rise out of poverty. Mati Vega Gomoll, who currently resides in […]
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It’s going to be a major weekend for sports with the Regent’s Cup football championship on the line at the M.C.C. Grounds and a pair of high school basketball crowns up for grabs in Belmopan. News 5’s Patrick Jones caught up with Belize City’s hoop dreamers as they left for the nation’s capital. Patrick Jones, […]
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The Government of Belize today confirmed what the Opposition announced yesterday: that is, the impending sale of majority ownership of Belize Telecommunications Limited. According to a release today from the Government Press Office, Michael Ashcroft’s Carlisle Group has agreed to sell its fifty-two point four-six percent interest in B.T.L. for a price of fifty-two million […]
Written on December 11, 2003 | Posted in
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Police have detained a Belize City man accused of shooting twenty-seven year old Alex O’Brien on Wednesday afternoon. The motive for the shooting is not altogether clear, but it appears to have been the result of an old beef. The shooter, a man in his early twenties, is expected to be charged with the crime […]
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While police appear to have solved the O’Brien shooting, they are trying to catch up with the perpetrators of a series of armed robberies last night. The spree started on Church Street around six-thirty when police say two men held up sixteen year old Ceferino Salam. The teenager told police that one of the men […]
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And finally in crime news, police have taken two more deadly weapons out of circulation. A search of the home of fifty-five year old boxing instructor David Dakers on Tuesday evening yielded a point three-eighty automatic pistol along with six live rounds. On Wednesday morning a similar operation at the home of forty-seven year old […]
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A team of officials from the Institute of Archaeology is set to start salvaging work at a small Mayan site in Benque Viejo del Carmen that was bulldozed on Tuesday afternoon. But even as work begins, there is still confusion over exactly how property owner Francisco Miranda obtained title to the land that is clearly […]
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On Friday, the nation’s primary schools will be closing for Christmas… so you might think a truancy workshop held today would have been a lost cause. But organizers say they are taking the necessary steps to ensure that when school reopens in January, there will be significantly more students at their desks. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting […]
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It’s a little known programme with big bucks to assist business people in the African, Caribbean, and Pacific block of nations. And today PROINVEST, through its local counterpart, the Belize Chamber of Commerce, hosted a seminar to explain to local entrepreneurs how to access the project’s money. According to the Chamber’s Director of Membership Services, […]
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2003 is not yet history, but one sporting organisation has already made its selection for the record books. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. Fiona Humes-Gonzalez, Top Female Cyclist “It was rough, but looking at the cheque and the recognition I have received, it was worth it and I planned to work harder next […]
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It was originally scheduled to take place on November twenty-eighth but due to inclement weather the annual Mr. Nice Guy pageant had to be postponed. But keep your fingers crossed as it looks like the weather will hold up long enough for the staff and students of Anglican Cathedral College to go ahead with the […]
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Once upon a time–and it was not that long ago–Belize’s sole maritime protected area was a tiny patch of sea surrounding Half Moon Caye. Today it’s a different story, with nearly a dozen marine reserves covering large areas of the cayes, reefs, and atolls. Yesterday News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was on hand for a major […]
Written on December 11, 2003 | Posted in
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