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Next week the long anticipated education summit takes centre stage. But while the policy makers try to wrap their arms around the big picture, efforts less noted continue to be made on the educational front lines. Today I visited one such session in which teachers are sharpening their tools for learning. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting These […]
Written on May 20, 2004 | Posted in
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The show, called “Cubanisimo”, is part art exhibition, part entertainment, and part bazaar. And as News 5’s Patrick Jones discovered, depending on your mood, this small touch of Cuba can be a very rewarding experience. Patrick Jones, Reporting The exhibition which will run through Friday of next week at the House of Culture is featuring […]
Written on May 20, 2004 | Posted in
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This week has been set aside for observance as Disability Week. But when you must live with a disability of your own, every week is disability week. This morning I joined a number of Belizeans with disabilities for a demonstration of just what they face in making their way through the old capital. Jacqueline Woods, […]
Written on May 20, 2004 | Posted in
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Collective bargaining is an integral part of our economic system, and tonight that institution is being put to the test in one of the nation’s most important industries. For over three decades king cane has reigned at the top of Belize’s export hierarchy and while it has recently been overtaken by tourism and seafood production, […]
Written on May 19, 2004 | Posted in
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In the media we know PACT–The Protected Areas Conservation Trust–as that organisation that every few months hands out cheques to local NGOs to initiate projects that help the environment. But go abroad in conservation circles and you will find out just how jealous the world’s environmentalists are of PACT and the kind of respect it […]
Written on May 19, 2004 | Posted in
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Institutions of higher learning no longer see themselves as isolated ivory towers…and from its creation, the University of Belize has prided itself on a “real world” approach to education. Today that concept was amply demonstrated in a small village on the Western Highway where University of Belize students applied their knowledge. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick […]
Written on May 19, 2004 | Posted in
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While our crew was on the highway en route to their assignment in St. Matthew’s, the camera took note of a problem that has become increasingly common. Drivers on the Western Highway are very familiar with the large number of dump trucks on the road, and for the most part, thanks to laws passed several […]
Written on May 19, 2004 | Posted in
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Coming up on Friday is the much anticipated final round in the Coca Cola National Spelling Bee. But while the sharpest spellers from six districts were studying their lists, another group of potential champions was working just as hard. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The students all between the ages of five and thirteen may not have […]
Written on May 19, 2004 | Posted in
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He was brought in to clean up the mess in the Immigration Department in the wake of major scandal. But after less than two years on the job, Director of Immigration Colonel Peter Parchue has found himself in the middle of controversy. His troubles began with the arrest of his daughter, April Parchue, a cashier […]
Written on May 18, 2004 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Said Musa left Singapore today en route to Taiwan where he will attend the inauguration of re-elected President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu on Thursday. Meanwhile, halfway around the world in Geneva Belize was providing Taiwan with diplomatic payback for the generous economic support that country provides. The occasion was the […]
Written on May 18, 2004 | Posted in
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It may lie in the same district as the nation’s commercial and population hub, but the rural communities of the Belize River Valley sometime seem as isolated as the villages of Toledo. That situation should change however, with the paving of the road from Burrel Boom into the district’s heartland. On Friday, Minister of Works […]
Written on May 18, 2004 | Posted in
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A new road doubling as a runway would have been helpful, but last month the pilot of a Maya Island airplane had to settle for an emergency landing deep in the mangrove off the Western Highway. We would never have believed it could be done, but recently the wreckage was extracted from the mud. The […]
Written on May 18, 2004 | Posted in
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It was a horrible crime that spanned two neighbouring countries and has the respective police forces working overtime. Today I travelled across the border to find out why anyone would want to torture and murder a Belizean businesswoman trying to make a living in Melchor de Mencos. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Fifty-five year old Carlota Yacab, […]
Written on May 18, 2004 | Posted in
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With numerous heavy rains in March, April, and May 2004 will go down in history as “the year without a dry season”. Today News 5’s Patrick Jones visited the Meteorology Department to find out what’s going on with Belize’s weather. Frank Tench, Forecaster “The dry season has been more wet than normal because of the […]
Written on May 18, 2004 | Posted in
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He’s been at the centre of a number of controversies including the B.T.L. share sale, a twice-promised cruise port, and a passport scandal that refuses to die. But on Thursday Prime Minister Said Musa began what will be a ten-day change of scenery as he tends to the nation’s business in Asia. The main event […]
Written on May 17, 2004 | Posted in
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In crime news, the big story is that…there isn’t any…at least not any cases of murder or life threatening violence. There were also no fatal traffic accidents, despite the Agricultural Show weekend. While we are thankful for the respite from what often seems like a daily dose of criminal mayhem and carnage on the nation’s […]
Written on May 17, 2004 | Posted in
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While the morgue may be empty, it doesn’t mean that police were lamping up over the weekend. On the contrary, one officer in Bella Vista Village in Stann Creek was forced to shoot a disorderly bar patron in the foot. According to police reports, Jeremy Turcios was hit by a single bullet from the service […]
Written on May 17, 2004 | Posted in
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One man has been detained in connection with a gas station robbery over the weekend. Around five on Saturday evening, a lone gunman held up the cashier at the Texaco station at the Bel-China Bridge. He escaped with a bag containing an undisclosed amount of cash. Later that night in Dangriga, twenty-six year old Patricio […]
Written on May 17, 2004 | Posted in
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And in Belmopan, police may have prevented a future violent crime when they confiscated a prohibited firearm and detained its owner. On Sunday morning, a police patrol in Roaring Creek saw a man run after he noticed their vehicle. He was then observed throwing a white bag into a yard. Police caught up with him, […]
Written on May 17, 2004 | Posted in
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While we previously mentioned the weekend’s lack of violence, it must be noted that police in Benque Viejo did find a dead body today on the banks of the Mopan River just inside Belizean territory. It will not be counted in our official statistics, however, as it is all but certain that the death occurred […]
Written on May 17, 2004 | Posted in
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It is a day celebrated every year by what has traditionally been the nation’s monopoly telecommunications provider. This year, with the company under new ownership, News 5’s Patrick Jones discovered that B.T.L. has no plans to rest on its technological laurels. Patrick Jones, Reporting Hundreds of primary school children flocked the display booths to check […]
Written on May 17, 2004 | Posted in
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It was an event that, as usual, lived up to the hype. In the end the new Miss Y crowned over the weekend was a popular choice with a Cinderella story and winning personality. Emcee “Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Y 2004-2005 is none other than contestant number four, Catherine Flowers.? Jacqueline Woods Catherine did you […]
Written on May 17, 2004 | Posted in
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It’s not everyday that you get married…so imagine the excitement of one happy couple when they found out not only that a wedding was in the works, but the entire affair would cost them hardly a cent. Host ?Couple number two, that?s Tifarah and Ernest, received twenty-seven points, making them the lucky couple who will […]
Written on May 17, 2004 | Posted in
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Good evening, I?m James Adderley and we?re back in the saddle here on Sports Monday after a few weeks absence and we want to thank Patrick Jones for filling in for us. The first thing we want to do is play catch up on the Regent Insurance Cup Tournament which concluded its three-game schedule under […]
Written on May 17, 2004 | Posted in
Sports |
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The accusations, made today in Dangriga, sound eerily similar to those filed back in October of last year in Punta Gorda: a U.S. resident residing in a small town involved in the sexual exploitation of children. But unlike last year’s drama, which has yet to be resolved in the courts, the latest case has been […]
Written on May 14, 2004 | Posted in
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