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After staying out of the headlines for a couple of weeks, tonight PUP area representatives and former ministers Mark Espat and Cordel Hyde have weighed in with their opinions on this weekend’s national convention. In a joint release from the Lake Independence and Albert committees entitled, “A Call for Greater Democracy”, Espat and Hyde say […]
Written on February 17, 2005 | Posted in
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Last night Belizean environmentalists gathered in the old capital to honour one of their own. Well known conservationist Eloy Cuevas has been selected as the recipient of this year’s James A. Waight Award by the Belize Audubon Society. According to BAS, Cuevas was chosen for his work in the development of alternative livelihoods for fishermen […]
Written on February 17, 2005 | Posted in
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It’s one of those events that can easily be dismissed as a talkshop with no tangible outcome besides money being spent to hold a press conference. But tonight organisers of a new government initiative say the job of enforcing environmental treaties signed between Belize and governments around the world will be challenging but achievable. According […]
Written on February 17, 2005 | Posted in
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Over the years, their lifestyle has been revered and ridiculed but whether you’re down on or down with your neighbourhood Rastas, there is little argument over Bob Marley’s place in the musical and cultural history of our planet. Today, the House of Culture unveiled its latest collection featuring the legend that is Bob Marley and […]
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I’ve rappelled three hundred feet down into a sinkhole, flown over land and sea in ultralight aircraft and hiked with soldiers through miles of jungle in search of marijuana plantations…all in the name of journalism. But none of those adventures could come close to the rush I experienced yesterday while covering a story in San […]
Written on February 17, 2005 | Posted in
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There was news on land and sea today, with the groundbreaking for a new U.S. Embassy in Belmopan along with that country’s donation of a new boat for Belize’s embryonic coast guard. But we’ll lead tonight’s broadcast with the latest developments involving electronic signals that pass through the air…that is telecommunications. In an interview this […]
Written on February 16, 2005 | Posted in
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At fifty million U.S. dollars it’s cost may exceed that of all our government buildings in Belmopan…but, as we’ve all heard, it’s a new world out there and a new U.S. Embassy is not just any building. News 5’s Patrick Jones reports on this morning’s ground breaking. Patrick Jones, Reporting The new U.S. Embassy will […]
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Right now it’s a coastguard in name only, an amalgamation of equipment and personnel put together from Police, BDF, Fisheries, Port Authority and other units involved in patrolling our far reaching waters. But come the new financial year those forces will begin to coalesce into a body that will hopefully live up to its name. […]
Written on February 16, 2005 | Posted in
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Four days after the incident which drew public outrage, Police Commissioner Carmen Zetina today announced that he has ordered the interdiction of police constable Aldo Ayuso. Ayuso is the officer who fired the single gunshot to the forehead that fatally wounded twenty-one year old Leslie Rogers Junior. A release from the police department says Ayuso’s […]
Written on February 16, 2005 | Posted in
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A San Pedro taximan has been arrested and charged with several traffic offences after an accident on the island almost a week ago has now claimed the life of a bicyclist. Twenty-one year old Oscar Casanova sustained severe head and body injuries when he was knocked off his bike on Thursday night. The driver of […]
Written on February 16, 2005 | Posted in
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A brutal attack on a prominent member of the Corozal community has left residents shocked, and police hot on the trail of the attacker. Doctor Glanda Major, a dentist practicing at the Corozal Hospital, was badly beaten and left unconscious in her home in the South End area of Corozal Town on Monday afternoon after […]
Written on February 16, 2005 | Posted in
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We are happy to report that Hazel Morgan, the woman missing from her Sand Hill home since Saturday, has turned up alive and well in Corozal. Reports are that Morgan left following a domestic dispute and needed some space from a relationship that had gone seriously off the tracks.
Written on February 16, 2005 | Posted in
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Never mind that all over the world big companies are coming together to get even bigger…in Belize merger mania has never really caught on. But things may be changing. This week the country’s two largest insurance companies, Regent and F&G, announced that come April first they will become one, joining forces to create a new […]
Written on February 16, 2005 | Posted in
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It was one of those performances that made the hair on the back of your neck stand straight up…and despite some fine performances from the other four contestants, last night’s edition of KTV belonged to a single singer. William Neal, Host, KTV ?Our winner for tonight is contestant number…three.? Angelo Fabro, age eighteen, is a […]
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It’s convention time for the ruling Peoples United Party and this Sunday’s national gathering should be one of the most interesting since the election of Said Musa as party leader in 1996. Despite his recent challenges from within and without, there is little chance of a serious threat to Musa’s leadership…but the two posts of […]
Written on February 15, 2005 | Posted in
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Even if he wanted to campaign for a favourite Deputy Prime Minister Said Musa would have a difficult task. He left today for the CARICOM Intercessional Summit in Suriname and won’t be back in the country until Friday. Dominating the meeting will be the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy and the establishment […]
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The Kraal Road and Majestic Alley neighbourhoods are on edge tonight after law enforcement operations this afternoon left some residents questioning the behaviour of police. According to an area resident, she was startled by a gunshot near her house around four this afternoon as police apparently tried to capture a suspect they were chasing. Not […]
Written on February 15, 2005 | Posted in
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Tonight forty-year-old Hazel Elizabeth Morgan, co-owner of the Hanger Café at the municipal airstrip, remains missing after she disappeared from her home following an argument with her common-law-husband early Saturday morning. Today twenty-one year old Olivia Galvez told News 5 that she fears something bad has happened to her mother because otherwise she would have […]
Written on February 15, 2005 | Posted in
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Tonight environmental organisations are up in arms over a government move in the fishing industry. According to the Association of Protected Areas Management Organizations, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is now being asked to reconsider a recently signed statutory instrument which would allow non-Belizeans the right to fish in Belizean waters. Advocacy Director of […]
Written on February 15, 2005 | Posted in
Agriculture |
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It seems that every day the news is filled with reports of deadly violence, particularly involving young people. And while most of us can do little more than shake our heads and throw up our hands, one organisation continues to agitate for new attitudes by and toward our disaffected youths. Patrick Jones has more. Patrick […]
Written on February 15, 2005 | Posted in
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We don’t know if they’re listening to this newscast for the first time but today dozens of Belizeans are hearing better thanks to the donation of new hearing aids. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was on hand for the fittings. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Shortly after nine this morning, six year old Ajawnie Swift arrived at the […]
Written on February 15, 2005 | Posted in
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The storm of deadly violence that has hovered over the south side of Belize City since the new year claimed another life over the weekend. And while this latest shooting did not involve gangbangers on bicycles, there are indications that an “old beef” may have played a role. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. […]
Written on February 14, 2005 | Posted in
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Police need your help in putting a name and face to a human skeleton that was found on a feeder road near Gracie Rock village late Friday evening. A farmer who frequents the area stumbled on the bones and alerted authorities. According to Police Press Officer G. Michael Reid, the decomposed remains appear to be […]
Written on February 14, 2005 | Posted in
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Three people from Belmopan are in police detention following a chopping incident that has left a Salvapan resident hospitalized. Twenty-nine year old David Aguilar was severely wounded on Saturday morning, as according to police, when arrived on the scene on Costa Rica Street, they found the area resident suffering from cuts to the head, face […]
Written on February 14, 2005 | Posted in
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The enticing waters of the Macal River in Cayo claimed the life of a Santa Elena man over the weekend. Around one on Sunday afternoon San Ignacio police say they recovered the body of Gregorio Cal from an area near the low-lying wooden bridge that connects the twin towns. While police await the results of […]
Written on February 14, 2005 | Posted in
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