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It’s the first full week of the new primary school year and while some students are still adjusting to their classes, today eight lucky children from across the country–not to mention their parents–got some financial help from Courts. As part of its community outreach programme, the electronics and furniture store gave participating customers a chance […]
Written on September 14, 2004 | Posted in
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September is the month of patriotism and while it would seem that our list of historical heroes is pretty much fixed, a new exhibition demonstrates that there are many ways to identify our patriotic citizens. Patrick Jones, Reporting They are the faces of some of the country?s best known patriots and others not so well […]
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Most of the weather news we’ve seen over the last month had to do with hurricanes and their potential to assault Belize with high winds and torrential rains. But while many Belizeans have been focussing on catastrophic storms, the fact is that since June the nation has been in the grip of a severe drought […]
Written on September 14, 2004 | Posted in
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Long holiday weekends in Belize are no strangers to deadly violence and the one we just experienced was no exception. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports on a double homicide in Belize City that police are still trying to sort out. G. Michael Reid, Police Press Officer ?There is concern; in particular it seems that people […]
Written on September 13, 2004 | Posted in
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It is not being classified as a murder, but what do you call it when a man gets drunk, steals a car, knocks down a pedestrian and drives away, leaving his victim to die. That’s pretty much what happened on Saturday night in Orange Walk. The dead man is seventy year old Dionicio Villar, of […]
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Late Friday night shots rang out in Belize City and unlike Sunday morning’s victims, these two men are still among us, the difference between life and death being only a few inches. One of the wounded was philosophical about his brush with death. Alex Myers, Shooting Victim ?It no make no sense to talk about […]
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A pre-Tenth outing at a Hattieville night spot has left a twenty one year old villager hospitalized with gunshot wounds to his leg. And the off duty Belize Defence Force soldier says the irresponsible behaviour of the police is responsible for his injury. Arthur Danderson Junior says he was playing pool on Thursday night when […]
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And while there may be independent witnesses who will be able to shed light on Thursday night’s incident in Hattieville, in Cayo, investigators of another alleged case of police brutality will have a more difficult time. Twenty-three year old Fernando Crawford, an escaped inmate of the Hattiveille Correctional Facility, was shot in both legs last […]
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Today’s newscast, like many Monday editions, is heavy on weekend crime. But the phenomenon of what appears to be an increasingly violent society is felt in many ways. This morning News 5’s Patrick Jones got a preview of a new study that seeks to get behind the grim headlines. Patrick Jones, Reporting Every time there […]
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There are close to fifty young residents at the Dorothy Menzies Child Care Centre, double the number the home was originally built to hold. Throughout the year a number of donations help the centre to meet its commitments and this morning’s handing over was no exception. The British Army Training Support Unit, BATSUB, recently held […]
Written on September 13, 2004 | Posted in
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It may not have been the biggest carnival road march…and the rain did put a damper on things at the end…but carnival 2004 was still a hit with the participants and thousands of spectators. Here are some highlights of Saturday’s happenings, as broadcast right here on Channel 5. Scenes from Carnival Southside Masqueraders took top […]
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Good evening, I?m James Adderley with yet another fresh dish of Sports Monday. For the past five years, we?ve observed the Lionman Triathlons evolve from a worthy recreational experiment into a major sporting event, second only to the cross country cycling classic in Belize. In the fifth edition of the event, number eighteen Wolly Wolger, […]
Written on September 13, 2004 | Posted in
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There will be no newscast on Friday, September tenth due to a public and bank holiday in recognition of the Battle of St. George’s Caye. The next newscast will be on Monday, September thirteenth.
Written on September 9, 2004 | Posted in
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For weeks now, the silence out of Belmopan has been deafening, despite mounting political pressure, national financial crisis and determined public outcry. Until today that is. Immediately following a meeting with business and labour representatives this morning, Prime Minister Said Musa met with members of the press. The meeting opened with a statement by the […]
Written on September 9, 2004 | Posted in
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While a hundred thousand Grenadians try to put their lives back together and two point five million Jamaicans anxiously prepare for the worst, the nation of Belize holds its breath as Hurricane Ivan looks like a near miss. This morning News 5’s Jacqueline Woods visited the Met Office in Ladyville and found that we’re not […]
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Whether you call it a melting pot, mixture or mosaic, there’s no denying that the Belizean nation is made up of a multitude of ethnic groups. And while the relative numbers of those groups have been changing, the unifying culture of Belize has remained that of the Kriol. Today in Belize City the Kriol Council […]
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With a little more than two days left to get in a gear for the big day, Carnival groups are racing against the clock to get ready. William Neal made the rounds Wednesday night as he went camping from Faber’s Road to King’s Park and a few places between. William Neal, Reporting Saturday?s Carnival will […]
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It is one of Belize’s most industrious and prosperous communities. Situated on a series of hills in the Orange Walk District, tucked against the Mexican border, the village of Blue Creek first caught our attention almost twenty years ago when it built the nation’s first hydro-electric plant. That feat was followed by major investments in […]
Written on September 8, 2004 | Posted in
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A foul up at the Queen Street Police Station today allowed two accused murderers to escape…and while one, Basil Willis, was quickly captured, the other, Darrington Lauriano, remains at large. The two inmates, both on remand at Hattieville, were brought to the city for court hearings. At around one thirty this afternoon a check of […]
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The United Democratic Party, still riding high on the success of the March for Belize a week and a half ago, today picketed the offices of the Belize Social Security Board countrywide. Secretary General Philippa Griffith Bailey says the UDP is determined to keep pressuring the government of Prime Minister Said Musa to launch an […]
Written on September 8, 2004 | Posted in
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While political activists expressed their views at Social Security, across Princess Margaret Drive another group of Belizeans were busy in the pursuit of learning. Patrick Jones reports from the Leo Bradley Library. Patrick Jones, Reporting The annual book fair gave the public, especially students, a chance to sample the literary work of Belizean authors and […]
Written on September 8, 2004 | Posted in
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It’s still a long way across the Caribbean but a look back into history, both near and far, tells us that Hurricane Ivan, located just north of the Dutch ABC Islands, bears close watching. News 5’s Stewart Krohn did some research and found that the only thing we really know about hurricane forecasting…is that we […]
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It was a hastily organised season, played without the presence of big name imports, and as a result attendance has been disappointing. But that has not dampened the enthusiasm of the players of the two teams facing off in the finals of this year’s semi-pro basketball championship. News 5’s Patrick Jones offers a preview of […]
Written on September 8, 2004 | Posted in
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Even during the most heated battles of world wars one and two, there would be brief periods of truce, during which each side could bury its dead, observe Christmas, or just take a rest from the bloody business of killing. And while our political wars thankfully lack bloodshed, the concept of raising the white flag […]
Written on September 7, 2004 | Posted in
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They are the frontline soldiers in the never-ending battle to heal the sick and maintain a healthy population. But tonight the nation’s public system medical workers are not a happy group. They have fired off a request for an urgent meeting with Minister of Health Vildo Marin to discuss what a press release from the […]
Written on September 7, 2004 | Posted in
Health |
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