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The service is only twice a week and the route is not particularly busy. But the inauguration of direct air links between Belize and Guatemala City is one of the few hopeful developments in the otherwise stagnant diplomatic situation between the neighbouring countries. This morning I was on hand for the festivities at the P.G.I.A. […]
Written on October 15, 2004 | Posted in
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The Northern Fisherman’s Cooperative held its long awaited special general meeting today and according to reports from those attending, there was no raising of issues arising from revelations that the management committee and executives had granted themselves large unsecured loans and salary advances. Following official concerns expressed by the Cooperatives Department and made public, Northern’s […]
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The Belize Court of appeal today gave reason for optimism to the Belize Printers Association in their long campaign against the way Government turned its Printing Department into a private company, Print Belize Limited. According to a BPA release, the court upheld the Supreme Court’s ruling that Government must produce the original five-year contract with […]
Written on October 15, 2004 | Posted in
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Today the Elton Gillett Memorial Park in Burrell Boom was filled with the aroma of a variety of local foods. The occasion? A fair to commemorate World Food Day. Visitors to the event were sensitized about proper nutritional habits, the types of food available in Belize and what they can do to prevent diseases such […]
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Late this morning residents of Buttonwood Bay noticed a baby manatee that appeared abandoned and disoriented in the shallow waters near the neighbourhood park, apparently suffering from a propeller wound. Specialists were called and by three p.m. a rescue was well underway. Nicole Avil, Wildlife Trust ?This animal is a calf. From in the water, […]
Written on October 15, 2004 | Posted in
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He goes by the name Lexxus and fancies himself a ladies man. And this weekend, dance hall music lovers will get to see him live on stage in Belize. The high energy Jamaican performer touched down this afternoon for a one night only performance on Saturday at Bird’s Isle. Lexxus ?What up. Yeah what up, […]
Written on October 15, 2004 | Posted in
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We all know that the miraculous forensic solutions so neatly wrapped up in an hour on C.S.I. and its many spin-offs, are–to put in mildly–works of fiction. But while TV drama may not be reality, the fact is that the Belize Police Department’s ability to investigate a crime scene has been less than spectacular. Hopefully, […]
Written on October 15, 2004 | Posted in
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Police are tonight looking for two people who held up an employee of Grace Kennedy this evening. According to financial controller Bernard Pickwood, the company’s messenger was on his way to deposit the proceeds of the day’s sales at the nearby branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia on the Northern Highway. But before the […]
Written on October 14, 2004 | Posted in
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It was derided by the Opposition as a pliable tool of government, but the Senate Special Select Committee appointed to investigate the operation of the Social Security Board appears to be going about its work with both speed and diligence. A release today summarizing the committee’s third private meeting, held on Wednesday, reports as follows: […]
Written on October 14, 2004 | Posted in
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With Belize’s financial status now under the microscope, both domestically and internationally, the country is faced with the difficult task of convincing its lenders that the nation is on the road back to financial health. That’s the message coming out of Belmopan tonight following annual meetings in Washington, D.C. with the International Monetary Fund, the […]
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This month, the Government of Belize announced that supervision of the country’s credit unions would be moved from the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives to the Ministry of Finance, specifically, the Central Bank. The shift has created some confusion as traditionally Belize’s membership owned credit unions have been regulated much less stringently than the nation’s […]
Written on October 14, 2004 | Posted in
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We are well acquainted with the large corps of dedicated doctors and nurses from Cuba who work in Belize…but there is another group of volunteers, less well known perhaps, who also serve with distinction. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting If you have been to the Accident and Emergency at the Karl Heusner […]
Written on October 14, 2004 | Posted in
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While News 5 was at the Karl Heusner Memorial hospital this morning, our crew decided to check in on thirteen-year-old Stanwell Arana. The boy, who was severely beaten and left to die almost two weeks ago, was being tended by his fifteen-year-old sister. Conscious but tired, he managed to smile with his visitors and eat […]
Written on October 14, 2004 | Posted in
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A fifth person has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the death of twenty-five year old Nadir Husman. According to authorities, their ongoing investigations into Husman’s death have led them to twenty-nine year old Elrington Ottley of Marble Cone Avenue in Buttonwood Bay. Ottley has been charged with murder and remanded to […]
Written on October 14, 2004 | Posted in
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Investigations continue tonight into a series of shootings in the area of Kraal Road that have left two people recovering from gunshot wounds. According to police, the first call reporting gunfire came in at seven Wednesday night at a snack shop. No one was injured but officers noted that the glass door on a refrigerator […]
Written on October 14, 2004 | Posted in
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The initiative known as Youth for the Future has never been short of publicity…but beyond the hype of buzzwords like “empowerment,” “technology transfer” and “entrepreneurial training,” there are questions about just how effective the programme has been. Today, News 5’s Patrick Jones attended the final session of a three week seminar designed to teach young […]
Written on October 14, 2004 | Posted in
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It may be a quarter century late but Government will soon be formulating a national energy policy. That decision was made by Cabinet on Tuesday following a yearlong study on a national energy plan. That study, partly financed by the United Nations Development Programme, recommended that an Office of Energy be established within the Ministry […]
Written on October 13, 2004 | Posted in
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Thousands of students in the nation’s capital, from preschool to university got an unexpected holiday today, as the Ministry of Education took the extraordinary step of suspending mid-week classes. The suspension, according to a ministry official, was taken primarily for health reasons, as Belize Water Services had informed Belmopan residents that its entire system would […]
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Sports fans eagerly anticipating semi-pro football action this weekend will have to wait until next year as the Belize Premier Football League has decided to cancel the Commissioner’s Cup Tournament. According to commissioner of the BPFL Maito Perdomo, three teams have already indicated that they would not be participating this year. Kulture Yabra has cited […]
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Details are sketchy but an altercation between acquaintances in the Corozal District has left one man dead and another in police custody. According to police reports, on Tuesday night sixty-four year old Edward L. Guck, a resident of Consejo Shores, was involved in a fight with another man, identified by witnesses as forty-two year old […]
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It may not have the stature of a Delta or U.S. Air but a new international airline is slated to inaugurate service to Belize. Beginning Friday Tikal Jets will fly twice weekly from Guatemala City to Belize City via Flores. The flights, which will run Monday and Friday, are scheduled to arrive at the P.G.I.A. […]
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Over the last three months, Tropical Gaming Company has paid out over two hundred and twenty-two thousand dollars in lotto jackpots. Today the company paid out another eighty two thousand, five hundred as the winner of Saturday’s jackpot stopped by to collect his prize. Belize City resident Leonard Castro told News 5 that he used […]
Written on October 13, 2004 | Posted in
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Experts have been telling us for years that diabetes is on the rise in Belize, but statistics show that in addition to the very young and very old, it is teenagers and young adults who are increasingly at risk. The reason is believed to be unhealthy lifestyles coupled with an acute ignorance of how damaging […]
Written on October 13, 2004 | Posted in
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This afternoon, Belize’s candidate in the annual Unsung Heroes competition sponsored by FirstCaribbean International Bank was officially introduced to the public. She is sixty-year-old Margaret Juan, a nurse who has worked at the Good Shepard Clinic in Succotz Village for the past twenty years. Juan was selected from a group of fifteen nominees in recognition […]
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A shooting at a popular nightspot on the Southside of the city has left a teenager dead and his killer on the loose. Witnesses tell News 5 that around one thirty on Saturday morning, during a private party at the Bismark Club, a single shot was fired at sixteen year old Dual Ernest Wagner. The […]
Written on October 12, 2004 | Posted in
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