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The Printers Association was caught off-guard today in the Supreme Court in their fight to have the Government fully disclose all documents relating to the privatization of the Printing Department and a subsequent contract it entered into with the new company, Print Belize. Appearing before Justice Denys Barrow, Solicitor General Elson Kaseke informed the court […]
Written on May 10, 2004 | Posted in
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More Belizeans are achieving excellence in the field of music?at least that’s the implication of the latest examination results. Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This year sixty students from various music schools across the country sat the annual Royal Schools of Music Examination. Of that number, eight of the violinists and pianists passed […]
Written on May 10, 2004 | Posted in
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Patrick Jones A new female cross country champion crowned in Belize City… The Bandits draw closer to first place in football…and the ladies of Unitedville extinguish the Flames in Camalote. Good Evening, with the post Mother?s Day weekend edition of Sports Monday, I am Patrick Jones. The sporting scene was a busy place this past […]
Written on May 10, 2004 | Posted in
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The Public Utilities Commission today announced what it calls “new rates” for the telecommunication industry; but after careful perusal of the document issued at a mid-morning press conference, it appears that the more things change, the more they remain the same. However, those of you carrying around both Intelco and B.T.L. cellular phones will be […]
Written on May 7, 2004 | Posted in
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The Commissioner of Police has ordered a full investigation into the stabbing of a prisoner at the Eastern Street police station on Thursday. Twenty year old Jermaine Pascasio was stabbed numerous times to the chest and back with a sharp object that was somehow smuggled into the holding cell. So far, neither the victim nor […]
Written on May 7, 2004 | Posted in
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With the conviction this week of Jorge Manuel Torres Teyer, the leader of a Juarez Mexican drugs and stolen vehicle ring which did business in Belize, it is perhaps most timely that Belize join a regional effort to track down hot wheels. Today the Ambassador of Taiwan, Charles Tsai, handed over a check for almost […]
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Foreign Affairs |
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They were the subject of much speculation both before and after the sale of majority shares in Belize Telecommunications Limited to Innovative Communication Corporation. But today, Prime Minister Said Musa in one fell swoop lay to rest all the controversy and uncertainty over the fate of the shares belonging to the Public Service and Belize […]
Written on May 7, 2004 | Posted in
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We call them man’s best friend, but sometimes, it is the dog that needs a friend. Especially if it has been abandoned on the streets or suffering from mange. Well, a new programme at the Hattieville prison is combining puppies and prisoners, with very positive results… for both parties. Patrick Jones, Reporting It was really […]
Written on May 7, 2004 | Posted in
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He was accused of killing a Belize City businessman, but today he didn’t get his day in court…not because of a mix up or problem with the justice system, but because he was attacked at the Queen Street police station. Jacqueline Woods has the details of this startling incident. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This afternoon twenty […]
Written on May 6, 2004 | Posted in
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A key piece of evidence in this week’s Belize Bank robbery has surfaced and authorities hope it will be the lead they need to crack the case. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This is the blue Ford Taurus car authorities believe was the getaway vehicle in the Belize Bank robbery on Tuesday at mile […]
Written on May 6, 2004 | Posted in
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His arrest in Belize three years ago rocked the drug trade in three countries, netted law enforcement authorities a ton and a half of cocaine, and resulted in multiple arrests of major players in the illegal trade. And tonight, forty-one year old Jorge Manuel Torres Teyer, described as a member of one of Mexico’s most […]
Written on May 6, 2004 | Posted in
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An elderly man has been arrested in the Cayo District following a report by a toddler of molestation. The five year old girl told police she was in the home of seventy eight year old Felix Hob in San Martin Village when the incident took place. Luckily, her seven year old brother heard her cries […]
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This afternoon, at around the same time school children would normally be stopping by for a treat, two men held up the popular Scoop’s Ice Cream shop in Belize City. A clerk reported that the pair came in wearing only shorts and ordered rum raisin ice cream. When she started to fill their order, they […]
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They’ve taken their healing ministry all over the world, and now Lorna and Thom Lisk are in Belize to lay hands on the sick, and bring relief to the suffering. The husband and wife duo are among the featured speakers at the eighth national Catholic Charismatic Renewal rally. The event, which takes place on Saturday […]
Written on May 6, 2004 | Posted in
Religion |
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Throughout her reign, she’s become a household name, and on Friday night, Miss Belize Leilah Pandy is inviting the public to come to the Princess Hotel for an evening of entertainment as she models her costumes for the upcoming Miss Universe Pageant. According to the hopeful contestant, the fundraising event is part of efforts to […]
Written on May 6, 2004 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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A lot of our young people are willing, even eager to work, if only they had the right skills. And next week a new programme designed to help youths help themselves gets underway. News 5 was invited for a preview. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Over fifty at-risk youths living in the Lake Independence area will be […]
Written on May 6, 2004 | Posted in
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If you’d like to get a jump start on your Mothers’ Day weekend celebration, then the House of Culture in Belize City is the place to be Friday night. The annual Jazz and Blues show will bring together a number of artists for a night of soul music under the moon by the sea side. […]
Written on May 6, 2004 | Posted in
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There was much fanfare at the ground-breaking for a Carnival Cruise ship terminal in Belize City last week. At that event Prime Minister Said Musa went on record that he sees no clash between the Fort Street Tourism Village owned by Royal Caribbean and the soon to be Carnival port. In fact, he assured both […]
Written on May 5, 2004 | Posted in
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Today the Ministry of Health is being cautiously optimistic following the results of a study conducted on HIV and AIDS over the past five years in Belize. According to Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Edwards, they have noticed there was a decrease in the rate of increase of new HIV infections and they hope that the finding […]
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Health |
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It’s a sentence that’s on just about every brochure about Belize…forty-two percent of our natural resources are protected. And although numerous studies have been conducted to highlight that fact, there has never been an effort to put together a protected areas policy and system plan to ensure that Belize’s resources are being properly managed…that is […]
Written on May 5, 2004 | Posted in
Environment |
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A woman has been hospitalized after being shot while on her veranda on Yarborough Road in Belize City. On Tuesday night Jacklyn Williams and her nephew, nineteen year old Godfrey Hemsley, were outside around eight when two men approached the house. One of the men raised a handgun and fired a total of nine shots, […]
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With the assistance of the public, Orange Walk police have arrested a man in connection with a fatal hit and run accident on the Northern Highway. Twenty-six year old Henry Garcia of Sarteneja Village was charged today with manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct, driving without due care and attention, failure to stop […]
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The Novelo’s Bus company and its multi-million dollar fiasco with D.F.C. has largely faded from the public spotlight, but a recent incident which took a number of the company’s buses out of commission is a stark reminder that the Novelo’s bankruptcy has not been forgotten–at least not by one malicious person, or persons. Patrick Jones […]
Written on May 5, 2004 | Posted in
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There was a time when bank robberies were things we watched happen in movies… but today, more than twenty Belizeans watched it happen right in front of their eyes. In broad daylight, a well planned attack was executed at the Belize Bank at mile one and a half on the Northern Highway. And although no […]
Written on May 4, 2004 | Posted in
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In related crime news, police have detained three men in connection with a gas station hold-up on Monday night. Reports are that just after eight-thirty that night, a tinted, four-door maroon van pulled into the Ladyville Shell gas station at the airport junction on the Northern Highway. But instead of gas, the occupants were after […]
Written on May 4, 2004 | Posted in
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