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As controversy swirls around Government’s plans to liquidate the Development Finance Corporation there will come the inevitable finger pointing and calls for investigation. How could one of the nation’s premier financial institutions go from powerful engine of economic growth to bankrupt mendicant, bringing down not only itself but crippling the Social Security Board and Government […]
Written on November 16, 2004 | Posted in
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The application by the Belize Tourism Industry Association for judicial review of the Carnival contract will proceed, despite the recent signing of a “clarification agreement”. That’s the word from the B.T.I.A.’s executive committee following a meeting this morning with their attorney. News 5 understands that the Association believes that even with the additional amendments portions […]
Written on November 16, 2004 | Posted in
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Police in San Ignacio have charged twenty-seven year old Santa Elena resident Henry Baptist in connection with a double shooting on Sunday morning. Authorities say nineteen year old Kevin Diaz and twenty four year old Victor Olivera were walking on Orange Street in Santa Elena Town around two thirty Sunday morning when they were shot […]
Written on November 16, 2004 | Posted in
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The M.O. is identical, only the victim’s employer is different. Tonight, following a report of a second armed hold up in seven days, police are investigating the possibility that a duo of criminals is targeting delivery trucks in the Yabra area of Belize City. According to police press officer G. Michael Reid a salesman for […]
Written on November 16, 2004 | Posted in
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The Protected Areas Conservation Trust has announced the names of those Belizean environmental organisations whose project proposals have been approved for grant funding. According to a release from PACT, more than two hundred thousand dollars will be divided between the University of Belize, the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management, the Rio Blanco Maya Association, […]
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With substandard streets, drainage, electricity and water service, it’s a part of Belize City that has not always been blessed with luck. And that unfortunate trend continued for one Port Loyola family, who has seen their modest home transformed from a two story to a bungalow. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones Reporting The three-bedroom house […]
Written on November 16, 2004 | Posted in
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Long before the internet or the concept of life in a global village took root, art was the great communicator, breaking the borders of the spoken word and cultural taboos to spread its message. That strength is at the centre of the latest art exhibition to hit the Belizean entertainment scene, courtesy of the Mexican […]
Written on November 16, 2004 | Posted in
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It was a contract that had all the appearances of a giveaway to Carnival Cruise Lines. But after some hard bargaining by the Minister of Tourism and constant pressure from the Belize Tourism Industry Association and other groups, that agreement has been modified…at least to the point where the more offensive clauses have been removed. […]
Written on November 15, 2004 | Posted in
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And while the Minister of Tourism hopes that the Carnival controversy is now behind us, a far larger problem–one that’s not going away any time soon–is the matter of government’s financial situation. With deadlines rapidly approaching for some major payments on its own loans as well as those guaranteed for others in default, it is […]
Written on November 15, 2004 | Posted in
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Somebody’s in big trouble tonight…but we’re not sure who. A release from the U.S. embassy reports that on October twenty-eighth, following a month long investigation, two containers destined for the Corozal Free Zone were closely inspected by Customs officers. Instead of slippers, as stated on the customs entry, what they found was one thousand six […]
Written on November 15, 2004 | Posted in
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Three people caught in the act of robbing a Dangriga business establishment over the weekend appeared in Magistrate’s court this afternoon. Twenty-year-old Ryan Valerio, twenty-two year old Gary White and thirty-one year old Luis Castillo were arrested on Saturday evening after a shootout and chase by police. According to press officer G. Michael Reid, officers […]
Written on November 15, 2004 | Posted in
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The latest edition of the Courts Gold Rush was held Sunday afternoon at BTL Park in Belize City. After some lucky customers won various electronic equipment, appliances and furniture, it was time for Bruno Kuppinger of Punta Gorda to take his place at the wheel, where the right spin could win him as much as […]
Written on November 15, 2004 | Posted in
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News on the health front in Belize is usually mixed; that is for every advance in the quality of care there seems to be a corresponding setback. But one area where the news has been consistently upbeat is in the battle against childhood diseases. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Ninety-five percent […]
Written on November 15, 2004 | Posted in
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James Adderley, Reporting Good evening, I?m James Adderley with yet another fresh dish of Sports Monday. The Annual Central Division Secondary School Basketball season shines in full effect at the Civic Centre so we visited the scene Friday night where the bitter rivalry between St. Michael?s College and Wesley College was about to turn another […]
Written on November 15, 2004 | Posted in
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It has been a major source of friction within the tourism industry, not to mention the Cabinet. But tonight the controversy over the Carnival Cruise Port contract may be over. Speaking to News 5 late this evening from Belmopan, Minister of Tourism Mark Espat reports that a “clarification agreement” was signed this afternoon with Carnival […]
Written on November 12, 2004 | Posted in
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Even in the best of times, there is a lot of hardship in Belize…and with the economy bracing for a government induced slowdown in the new year, the needs of society’s less fortunate members will only increase. That’s why we’ll front tonight’s news with a subject appropriate to both the times and the season: charity…and […]
Written on November 12, 2004 | Posted in
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He was assaulted in July 2003 at his home in Dangriga and died in August of that same year. On Thursday a fourth suspect was arrested and charged for the murder of Solomon Pike. He is twenty-eight year old Mark Ramos of Dangriga and he joins Dennis Nunez, Albert Castro and Eldon Leslie, all previously […]
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Two men have been detained following an armed robbery in the Cayo District. The proprietor of the Three Flags gas station and shop reported to police that around seven Thursday night four men in a black Toyota pulled up, three armed with handguns and the fourth brandishing a knife. They stole six hundred and forty-nine […]
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On last night’s newscast, we reported on the arrest of a U.S. fugitive from justice arrested by Belize Police at San Pedro, where he had apparently been living for a number of years. While James Robert Harold, who took the name of Samuel Foster when he came to Belize, awaits extradition in Hattieville prison to […]
Written on November 12, 2004 | Posted in
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It’s not often that the big guns from the Anglican Church in the Caribbean make their way to this far flung corner of the province but over the next week or so Belize City will be the site of a major gathering…at which Anglicans will be wrestling with some tough issues. Bishop Romero ?The clergy, […]
Written on November 12, 2004 | Posted in
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It may not be the biggest fish ever caught in Belize, but this goliath grouper could easily provide dinner for two football teams, with plenty left over for tea. The best part for hopeful Belize City fishermen is that the monster was caught right off the seawall near Babb’s warehouse on Princess Margaret Drive. Just […]
Written on November 12, 2004 | Posted in
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With the advent of home computers and the availability of affordable software, it seems like Belizean artists are coming of age virtually every day. With such flamboyant names as Johnny Bling, Indio, Huligan and Gambino, the works coming out of these self-made artists are as varied as their personalities. This weekend, they will put it […]
Written on November 12, 2004 | Posted in
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Their advance publicity was strong and today Friends of Paediatrics hosted over two hundred people, including parents, patients and professionals, who gathered at the Princess to discuss better ways to deal with some troublesome diseases. Jacqueline Woods has more. Kera Leslie, Parent ?I want to know how you can take of her you know because […]
Written on November 12, 2004 | Posted in
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A fire has totally destroyed a popular entertainment spot in Placencia. The Sugar Reef bar, restaurant, and resort burned to the ground early this morning. According to co-owner Hannah Cowell, the blaze started sometime after three A.M. in the front section of the bar. Within a short time the flames spread to three cabanas and […]
Written on November 11, 2004 | Posted in
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He is a retired consultant who has been enjoying the good life in San Pedro for the last three years, but tonight James Robert Harold is a guest at Her Majesty’s hotel. Harold, who has been living under the name Samuel Foster, was arrested on Wednesday by Belize police, acting on a request from U.S. […]
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