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The upstairs of this two storey concrete structure situated at the corner of King Street and Euphrates Avenue looks like a normal residence, but its occupants were doing more than just living at the location. Today members of the Belize City Council’s Sanitation and Environmental Department along with the police and Public Health officials literally […]
Written on October 26, 2004 | Posted in
Health |
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The final report on the redistricting of electoral boundaries has been sent to and approved by the Election and Boundaries Commission. Building on the work of the first task force, which increased the number of constituencies from twenty-nine to thirty-one, and allowed for a wide variance in the number of voters in each, the second […]
Written on October 26, 2004 | Posted in
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He’s our favourite folklore character, having survived for centuries on the lips of Mahogany cutters and generations of irrepressible grannies. And today Anansi’s exploits were celebrated in a new book. News 5’s Patrick Jones has more. Patrick Jones, Reporting He?s the perennial underdog; but in the world of Belizean folktales, Bra Anansi always beats the […]
Written on October 26, 2004 | Posted in
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The major thrust of AIDS education, in both Belize and other places, has been promotion of safe sex; that is…use of a condom. But you don’t have to be a Jesuit priest to know that the safest sex of all is…no sex. Not a realistic option you say? You may want to think again…as News […]
Written on October 26, 2004 | Posted in
Education |
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The controversy over the Carnival Cruise Terminal is not the only hot issue at the Belize City Port. Today the men who work the Cargo ships were out in force, protesting the new labour arrangements that accompany the Port’s transition from public to private ownership. News 5’s Patrick Jones has the story. Patrick Jones, Reporting […]
Written on October 25, 2004 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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In crime news police have charged a Belize City man with burglary and handling stolen property. Forty-two year old Joseph Bevans is accused of stealing a computer and accessories from the offices of the Wesley Healing Centre on Albert Street in Belize City. A doctor working at the facility reported the equipment missing and told […]
Written on October 25, 2004 | Posted in
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Naked and trying to hide in his victim’s yard. That’s how police say they found twenty-six year old Steven Castillo early on Sunday morning after he attempted to rape a nineteen-year-old Belize City woman. The woman told police that she was awakened around four on Sunday morning by the presence of a man in her […]
Written on October 25, 2004 | Posted in
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A Sunday afternoon outing in the Orange Walk District turned deadly for one resident of Shipyard. According to police reports, thirty-five year old Abram Theissen was having some drinks with friends when the group went down to Blue Creek for a swim. Upon reaching the water’s edge, Theissen reportedly jumped in and but failed to […]
Written on October 25, 2004 | Posted in
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Children and loaded guns are a deadly combination…and on Friday one family paid the ultimate price for letting the two meet. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods is just back from Xaibe Village with the tragic story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting On Friday afternoon, three year old Eriberto Catch, Junior died from a gunshot blast to his chest. […]
Written on October 25, 2004 | Posted in
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The latest edition of the Courts Gold Rush took place on Saturday in San Ignacio. The lucky man at the wheel was Glenford Belisle. Let’s see how he did. Raphael Martinez, Host, Gold Rush ?People are we ready to play Gold Rush? All right Mr. Belisle, spin that wheel. Goodness gracious! What is that? What […]
Written on October 25, 2004 | Posted in
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Belizean body builders continue to represent the jewel in impressive fashion at international events…the latest showing coming at the Pan American Body Building and Fitness Championships. A contingent of six athletes, including current Miss Fitness Jolie Pollard, travelled to Guatemala City this past weekend to pose down with competitors from Mexico, Central and South America. […]
Written on October 25, 2004 | Posted in
Sports |
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James Adderley, Reporting Good evening, I?m James Adderley with this big blast we call Sports Monday. So we?ll roll out immediately to the Northern Highway for the start of this sixty-mile road race as presented by the Belize Cycling Association Saturday morning. Indeed, it is a crowded start with over forty-five athletes in the hunt […]
Written on October 25, 2004 | Posted in
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The last regular meeting of the House of Representatives was on July sixteenth. Since that time the political temperature has risen sharply, with Prime Minister Said Musa facing near constant assaults from within and without over a number of pressing issues. Until today, however, many of those questions had yet to be debated in the […]
Written on October 22, 2004 | Posted in
Politics |
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Today, police brought charges against thirty-three year old Lincoln Robinson. Shortly after ten on Thursday morning, Robinson tried to get away from a police patrol by running into the grounds of Queen’s Square Anglican School. Despite the fact that there were children in the vicinity, Robinson is alleged to have pulled out his firearm, a […]
Written on October 22, 2004 | Posted in
Crime |
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An ongoing programme for youths at risk has resulted in the release of the latest CD on the local music scene. Dubbed HIV and AIDS Warning, the effort is just one of many measures taken by Operation Positive Reinforcement at Youth For the Future to help combat the deadly disease. Today, peer educator Louie Ganzie, […]
Written on October 22, 2004 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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When you go through the doors of the Image Factory on North Front Street you’re never quite sure of what you’ll meet…except that it won’t be boring. Today I got a preview of the latest in a long line of art exhibitions at the Belize City gallery. Gilvano Swasey, Curator, Image Factory ?The public has […]
Written on October 22, 2004 | Posted in
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It was originally scheduled as part of the September celebrations but was deemed to fit better as part of the Christmas season. I’m talking about the Brukdown Song Competition in which Belizean musicians are being asked to write and perform an original Brukdown creation and be rewarded with significant prizes. The deadline for submissions is […]
Written on October 22, 2004 | Posted in
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Belizean firefighters, armed in recent years with new equipment and improved training, have generally received high marks from the public for their quick response time and ability to prevent large scale disasters. But things do not always go according to plan and this afternoon, on Usher Street in the Pickstock Division, it appears that everything […]
Written on October 21, 2004 | Posted in
Disasters |
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While fire had residents worked up on the northside, it was gunfire that spread fear to some of our youngest citizens across the river. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods visited the yard of one southside school that was the scene of a mid morning shootout. Nelma Mortis, Principal, Queen?s Square Anglican Primary School ?After the incident […]
Written on October 21, 2004 | Posted in
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In other crime news a Belize City man was shot in the chest and buttocks Wednesday night. Twenty-four year old Mark Gardiner told police that around eight o’clock he opened the door of his house on Jane Usher Boulevard, only to be the target of several shots fired by a man on a bicycle. Gardiner […]
Written on October 21, 2004 | Posted in
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With Herbert Panton off to study law in Guyana a vacancy was created for a UDP appointee on the Elections and Boundaries Commission. That space has now been filled by veteran politician Dean Lindo. Lindo, an attorney and former leader of the United Democratic Party, was sworn in this morning by Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh.
Written on October 21, 2004 | Posted in
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They are now a permanent fixture on many street corners in Belize City and in most towns around the country. I’m talking about vendors who sell everything from hot dogs to tacos. But while these fast food carts offer convenient alternatives for people on the go, public health officials are concerned that consumers may be […]
Written on October 21, 2004 | Posted in
Health |
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They are the men and women of the police department who are given the special task of forging a close working relationship with the community they serve. And while they’ve been making those critical connections under less than perfect conditions, this week the officers of the Zone Beat Liason Unit got a helping hand with […]
Written on October 21, 2004 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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In five years of studies at the University of the West Indies, twenty-three year old Ashanti Arthurs accumulated more prizes than most lawyers amass in a lifetime. Now she’s back in Belize, poised to begin a legal career. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods caught up with Arthurs at her desk at a local law firm. Jacqueline […]
Written on October 21, 2004 | Posted in
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The news broke on Friday that the World Trade Organisation had ruled against the European Union on the issue of sugar subsidies. Now that the news has sunk in, Belizeans ranging from farmers to factory executives are beginning to take stock of the situation and plot a unified strategy. We asked Minister of Foreign Trade […]
Written on October 21, 2004 | Posted in
Economy |
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