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“If I can’t live with you, then nobody will.” That is what twenty-seven-year-old Shirley Lambey claims her live-in boyfriend twenty-five-year-old Travis Olivera told her just before he allegedly tried to burn down their house with her inside the building. The incident occurred following a domestic dispute early Sunday morning. Lambey has told police that sometime […]
Written on March 21, 2005 | Posted in
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A seventeen-year-old has been charged and two other people are being sought after a security officer was robbed at a Belize City shop over the weekend. Keith Franklin told police he was leaving the store in the St. Martin de Porres area around 8:45 pm when three men, one armed with a pistol forced him […]
Written on March 21, 2005 | Posted in
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Three people have been arrested and charged for what police say is the crime of attempting to suppress evidence and harm. Eighteen-year-old Joshua Lewis along with a sixteen-year-old and a seventeen-year-old were arrested following a report that they threatened to kill forty-three-year old Hilbert Cutkelvin. Police say Cutkelvin was in front of the Marine Terminal […]
Written on March 21, 2005 | Posted in
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Actress Debra Winger is in Belize as part of her duties as Ambassador for “Sight Savers International.” As a partner and funding agency for the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired, “Sight Savers” is interested in the BCVI’s programmes and assistance to Belizeans of all ages. Today their ambassador met one of the BCVI’s most […]
Written on March 21, 2005 | Posted in
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James Adderley, Reporting Good evening, I?m James Adderley and you?ve logged on to Sports Monday. The mighty King of the Ballers Basketball Tournament kicked off its three game championship series at Big Birds Isle Friday night. So let?s check it out as Blackballers played host to BTL?s Scaredem Bullets. Tonight it?s Carlisle Barrow sneaking past […]
Written on March 21, 2005 | Posted in
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The intentions have been clear for weeks but it was not until today in the House of Representatives that Government formalised the results of lengthy negotiations with the nation’s unions and business groups, over taxes and political reforms. Patrick Jones reports from Belmopan. Prime Minister Said Musa ?Madam Speaker this Bill represents a very strong […]
Written on March 18, 2005 | Posted in
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It was not the scene that many people expected but the tension inside the House was probably greater than that among those who demonstrated outside. While the protesters were orderly, they were also determined. Compared to the last demonstration on the steps of the national assembly building, today?s protest was a low key affair. But […]
Written on March 18, 2005 | Posted in
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While today’s protests outside the National Assembly were peaceful, an act of sabotage last night had the entire nation on edge. At approximately 8:35 p.m. the country was plunged into darkness when a fault on the one hundred and fifteen kilovolt line between Orange Walk and Maskall caused it to trip, cutting off the supply […]
Written on March 18, 2005 | Posted in
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One brother is dead and another clings to life following a car crash in Spanish Lookout. This afternoon I met with the grieving family. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Nineteen-year-old Jacob Loewen, Junior lies comatose at Universal Health Services. Doctors say it will be a few more days before they know for sure if he will ever […]
Written on March 18, 2005 | Posted in
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Belize Western Energy Limited would not comment on just how much money was stolen on Thursday morning but sources tell News 5 it was a sizeable payroll snatched from an employee who was held up at gunpoint just outside of the company’s office on Central American Boulevard. The robber, described only as a clear complexioned […]
Written on March 18, 2005 | Posted in
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Ask most famous dancers how they got their start and they’ll tell you about their childhood visits to the dance studio. And while not all the performers on the stage this weekend will become famous, all of them will benefit from the graceful skills they’ve mastered on the polished hardwood floor under the tutelage of […]
Written on March 18, 2005 | Posted in
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The title is both an exaggeration and understatement, but the show is a strong dose of reality. This morning I took an early tour of the latest photographic offerings on North Front Street. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting As part of the Image Factory?s tenth anniversary, the art foundation is holding a photographic exhibition titled, ?Latta Pichaz?. […]
Written on March 18, 2005 | Posted in
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They reserved the right to strike under a February agreement with Government if their demands for no new taxes were not met. And on Friday, member organisations of the National Trade Union Congress will march on Belmopan to tell the Prime Minister they are not happy with the new taxes that went into effect on […]
Written on March 17, 2005 | Posted in
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Although the unions were busy planning for their protest in Belmopan, this afternoon they took time out to join with the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry to sign a “cooperation agreement”. That agreement, signed by Chamber President Arturo Vasquez and N.T.U.C.B. President Horris Patten, establishes a working relationship between the two organisations, based on […]
Written on March 17, 2005 | Posted in
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At that point the Chamber’s executive director, Kevin Herrera, took a stab at answering the question: “What type of tax system does the Chamber want?” Kevin Herrera, General Manager, B.C.C.I. ?I think your question was in terms of the principle of equity. That principle states that everybody would pay a little but the whole may […]
Written on March 17, 2005 | Posted in
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If you’ve ever been involved in a domestic relationship you know that two lives merged into one household does not always result in bliss. But while most marital disputes eventually end with a make-up kiss, this morning an argument in Belize City was cut short by a deadly weapon. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was at […]
Written on March 17, 2005 | Posted in
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Meanwhile Belize City police continue to seek a runaway robber who jacked more than five thousand dollars from members of the Human Development Department. According to the authorities, just after nine on Wednesday morning, H.D.D. social worker Jeanette Griffith and security guard Margaret Pratt were walking from their main office in the Commercial Centre to […]
Written on March 17, 2005 | Posted in
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Police in Ladyville say that thanks to the community’s help, a suspected burglar is behind bars. Reports are that on Wednesday, residents of the area called in to the station regarding a robbery in progress at a house at mile ten on the Northern Highway. When officers arrived at the scene they found a broken […]
Written on March 17, 2005 | Posted in
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One week ago we reported on the re-opening of the freshly refurbished Matron Roberts Polyclinic on the south side of Belize City. Today ceremonies were held for the re-opening of its twin sister across the river, named after Cleopatra White. Patrick Jones has more. Patrick Jones, Reporting Six months after the old wooden structure was […]
Written on March 17, 2005 | Posted in
Health |
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It’s a unique approach but this month local women activists are hoping that basketball will help take women off the back bench of society and onto the court of life in a positive way. According to officials of the Women Issues Network, so far six teams have signed up to participate in their first ever […]
Written on March 17, 2005 | Posted in
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The organisation known as PACT has for years been funding initiatives nationwide to help grass-roots groups manage, develop and preserve protected areas. This week PACT is doing something a little bit different to focus on one of Belize’s largest and last frontiers. On Wednesday I took bush to check it out. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Challenge […]
Written on March 17, 2005 | Posted in
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The recent public debate has revolved around how much excise tax to impose on beer and whether the environmental tax should be one percent or two…but today key members of cabinet said that the real solution to the nation’s financial problems lies in creating a new, more equitable system of taxation. Speaking at a press […]
Written on March 16, 2005 | Posted in
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One key part of the overall reform will involve land taxes. This morning Minister of Natural Resources Johnny Briceño, spoke of changes now being made to redress anomalies in the present system that have discriminated against certain types of landowners, particularly in the productive sector. Those changes will involve the creation of a larger number […]
Written on March 16, 2005 | Posted in
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With the media focussing on the courtroom and boardroom battles for B.T.L., we neglected to report that Speednet, the upstart newcomer to the telecom scene, last week published its rates. And while those charges fall somewhat short of provoking the U.S. style price war that consumers were hoping for, they do represent some savings, particularly […]
Written on March 16, 2005 | Posted in
Economy |
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Things are looking up in the citrus industry. Not only is a record crop now being harvested, but prices are inching their way up on world markets. A release from the Citrus Growers Association reports a new estimated final price for oranges of one dollar and one cent per pound solid, up substantially from the […]
Written on March 16, 2005 | Posted in
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