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The hurricane season doesn’t officially begin for another two weeks, but here we are, still in midst of a record drought…with a named storm on our doorstep–that is our back doorstep. Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Tropical storms in the Pacific Ocean rarely threaten Central America. That is why this unusual weather system […]
Written on May 18, 2005 | Posted in
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In March, Belize Electricity Limited, as part of a full tariff review proceeding, applied for a fourteen percent increase in rates, largely on the basis of increased costs for imported diesel. The Public Utilities Commission, in its initial decision, granted only an eight point six percent increase. Now, as part of the review process, following […]
Written on May 18, 2005 | Posted in
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It has become the mainstay of Belize’s economy…and unlike other major foreign exchange earners, the fortunes of tourism are not tied to the fickle fate of world commodity prices. But while the tourism industry is looking good its future is only as strong as the people who work it… as News 5’s Patrick Jones discovered […]
Written on May 18, 2005 | Posted in
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It is news just in. Around six this evening Lauren Augustine, a ramp supervisor for Tropic Air at the Municipal Airstrip, was shot as he rode his bicycle home from work. According to witnesses, Augustine was approaching the corner of St. Matthew and St. Charles Street when a young man riding in the opposite direction […]
Written on May 17, 2005 | Posted in
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With a government proclaimed deadline of June fifth looming large and no deal on the table, representatives of B.T.L. employees are growing restless as their chances of purchasing over thirty-seven percent of the company are breaking up like a bad cell phone connection. Today union representatives accused Belmopan of hindering their efforts to Belizeanize the […]
Written on May 17, 2005 | Posted in
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All hopes of rescuing a missing toddler in Toledo were dashed early this afternoon when the child’s skeletal remains were found in the general vicinity of where he was last seen five days ago. According to police, two-year-old Rosendo Coy’s bones were found today in the bush near Sunday Wood Village. At this time, however, […]
Written on May 17, 2005 | Posted in
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She’s called the “mother of all snakeheads”, a wholesale smuggler of illegal Chinese immigrants into the United States and the target of an intense law enforcement investigation spanning the globe for more than two decades. And when she was finally arrested, guess what she had in her pocket? A Belize passport. That’s right, when this […]
Written on May 17, 2005 | Posted in
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This week, researchers at the Institute of Social and Cultural Research are exploring the vast world of religion, specifically, the connection of mainstream beliefs to African roots. Here in Belize, Catholicism and Obeah might be household names but have you ever heard of Pocomania or Santeria? Programme Director of the I.S.C.R., Froyla Salam, maintains that […]
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He is the latest in a line of young art prodigies who seem to spring up from diverse environments countrywide… And today I took a good look at his work. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Growing up on the picturesque Placencia peninsula, nineteen year old Ernest Garcia has always tried to capture the beauty of his surroundings […]
Written on May 17, 2005 | Posted in
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It’s a day that the nation’s major phone company usually celebrates each year with an ambitious display of its latest technology…and while 2005 was no exception, the hoopla put out today by Belize Telecommunications Limited took place under a very dark cloud. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting The observance of World Telecommunications Day this […]
Written on May 17, 2005 | Posted in
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The exact details may be sketchy, but the result could not be more conclusive. A dead body in the middle of a downtown street in the wee hours just before dawn. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Around four Saturday morning twenty-eight year old Michael Pou was shot and killed at the […]
Written on May 16, 2005 | Posted in
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There is no evidence to indicate foul play but hopes are growing dim in the search for a missing toddler in rural Toledo. Two year old Rosendo Coy has been missing since around five-thirty Thursday evening when his mother, twenty-eight year old Amelia Coy, told police that she left the child with her in-laws in […]
Written on May 16, 2005 | Posted in
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Two U.S. citizens are behind bars tonight awaiting extradition to their homeland. Forty-nine year old Michael Mendenhall was arrested in San Pedro on April twenty-ninth on charges of using indecent words and obtaining property by deception following an altercation with the manager of a shop in that island town. Subsequent investigations by the Belize Police […]
Written on May 16, 2005 | Posted in
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B.T.L. Park in Belize City was the venue for the third and final Courts Treasure Show. The man making the big choices was lucky Courts customer Francisco Camara of Guinea Grass Village in the Orange Walk District. Here’s how it went on Sunday afternoon. Raphael Martinez, Host, Courts Treasure Show ?Which one of the keys […]
Written on May 16, 2005 | Posted in
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Here on Regent Street in downtown Belize City the only birds we get to see belong to a flock of resident pigeons who have the uncanny ability to drop dirty little bombs on anyone entering the station. But there’s more to bird watching than urban terrorism, as News 5’s Jacqueline Woods discovered. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting […]
Written on May 16, 2005 | Posted in
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Before I introduce this next story I want you to do something for me. Get up out of your chair and go to the nearest mirror. Take a good look at your belly, thighs…backside. Do you like what you see? If you don’t, as Patrick Jones discovered, those extra rolls of fat affect more than […]
Written on May 16, 2005 | Posted in
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She’s the latest in a proud line of Belizean royalty that dates back all the way to the last century. On Friday night before a packed house at the Belize City Centre Judith Baptist claimed the crown of Ms. Y 2005. Here are some of the sights and sounds. (Montage of contestants performing talent segment) […]
Written on May 16, 2005 | Posted in
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Good evening I?m James Adderley with this massive dish of Sports Monday on your TV dial. Week two of the Regent?s Cup Playoffs took us to captivating Calcutta in Corozal where the home team Bulls played host to a red hot Juventus ball club from inside Orange Walk. Thus it?s no surprise that the Calcutta […]
Written on May 16, 2005 | Posted in
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It is becoming a real case of he-says, he-says, as today the entity seeking millions of dollars in damages from G.O.B. for its termination of an airport management contract in 2003, weighed in with its own press release via email from Boston. Chairman of Newco, Carl R. Vercollone, refutes government’s claim that Lufthansa is not […]
Written on May 13, 2005 | Posted in
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While many of us were thankful for the rain of the past few days, grateful for the relief in these dry times, for some the rains brought back an old problem that despite their repeated cries for help, is still with them. Once again, News Five went back to a portion of Belize City where […]
Written on May 13, 2005 | Posted in
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A sixteen-year-old boy underwent surgery today for chop wounds to his head, inflicted early this morning. The youth told police he had left his grandmother’s house around two a.m. and was on his way to his own home on West Collet Canal when it began to rain and he ducked into a yard to shelter. […]
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As students countrywide honour their teachers today, Anglican Schools are preparing to recognise some of their own outstanding educators. On Saturday night, five teachers from Anglican Schools will be rewarded with the Spotlight of Excellence Award. According to the General Manager of Anglican Schools Carol Babb, the event is one sure way to demonstrate how […]
Written on May 13, 2005 | Posted in
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Sometimes the best laid plans get tied up by red tape, tape that can seemingly stretch for years. Such is the case of a health policy that is finally getting the attention it deserves. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It is hoped that the Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy will not be placed on a shelf and […]
Written on May 13, 2005 | Posted in
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His photographs documenting our people and places have been praised as both prolific and provocative, and tonight the artist that is Richard Holder lives up to his reputation as he unveils his latest exhibition. “X-posure Divine” is a collection of religious images reproduced in reverence and designed to evoke a sense of spirituality and humanity. […]
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It was intended to be a truce of sorts, a chance for enemies to put aside their grudges and to shoot hoops instead of bullets… And perhaps even more importantly, a welcome break from the violence that consumes so many young lives. Patrick Jones reports from the court, the basketball court. Patrick Jones, Reporting Their […]
Written on May 13, 2005 | Posted in
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