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In Belize we just seem to love pageants. Many schools hold them as fundraisers, to promote school spirit, or build confidence in young participants. But one Belize City church has decided that a pageant might just help its congregation explore their faith in a higher power. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting When the curtain […]
Written on June 16, 2005 | Posted in
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The Women’s Issues Network is known to many simply by its initials, WIN… and last night, it really was about women winning when the culmination of a basketball tournament pitted two strong teams against each other. James Adderley has the action in a special sports report. James Adderley, Reporting The WIN-Belize Female Basketball Tournament presented […]
Written on June 16, 2005 | Posted in
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From the very start, lead investigator Mario Vernon said the brutal rape and murder of Lord’s Bank housekeeper Mara Garcia began as a routine amateur robbery by local youths–not some mysterious drug-related retaliation directed against her employer. Today the dramatic arrests and confessions of two teenagers has proved that the soft-spoken Vernon knew what he […]
Written on June 15, 2005 | Posted in
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But no sooner had police cracked one major case than another appeared to take its place–that’s right, the fourth murder in less than a week. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Around seven forty-five this morning, Belize City police had the gruesome task of collecting the body of thirty-nine year old Roderick Todd from an area near mile […]
Written on June 15, 2005 | Posted in
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Another young man from Belize City, wanted on charges of murder and attempted murder in two separate incidents, has been taken into custody. After police put out the word that Edward Barahona was wanted for questioning at a press conference on Monday, the following day he handed himself into San Pedro police. This morning after […]
Written on June 15, 2005 | Posted in
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Every week in the newspapers readers will see the names of dozens of Belizeans whose homes or properties are being sold at auction because they have failed to repay their loans to the Development Finance Corporation. But seldom appearing in the D.F.C. hard pay advertisements are the names of so-called “first Belizeans,” those favoured few […]
Written on June 15, 2005 | Posted in
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There was no bombast, little hard talk, and the name of Said Musa–with or without epithets attached–was not even mentioned. Those observations may say more about the state of the once powerful Trade Union Congress than anything actually said at their nearly two-hour long press conference this afternoon. Billed as an update on union activities […]
Written on June 15, 2005 | Posted in
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He was singled out as one of Belize’s most wanted by the police high command at their Monday press briefing…and less than twenty-four hours later Michael Faux was behind bars. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods has the latest from an increasingly violent city. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Around ten this morning, eighteen-year-old Michael Faux in the company […]
Written on June 14, 2005 | Posted in
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Four days after twenty-year-old Mara Noemi Garcia was found brutally murdered inside the home where she worked as a housekeeper, police have yet to make an arrest. However, on Monday night authorities conducted a special operation in Ladyville where they believe their suspects, perhaps as many as three young men, may reside. As a result, […]
Written on June 14, 2005 | Posted in
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He escaped from lockdown at the Hattieville prison, but Owen Parham’s flight to freedom was short-lived. Around seven this morning, shift supervisors who had just reported for duty, discovered Parham missing while making routine checks. It is not known how the twenty-seven year old managed to walk away from the facility undetected, but late this […]
Written on June 14, 2005 | Posted in
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The Director of Public Prosecutions hasn’t had much luck lately in the Magistrate’s or Supreme Courts… but today in the Court of Appeal it was definitely the D.P.P.’s day. The case involved an incident in July of 2004 when fifty-three year old Mehetebel Slusher intervened in a fight and used a machete to chop a […]
Written on June 14, 2005 | Posted in
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The Belize Governance Improvement Commission this week submitted its first position paper to the Prime Minister… and almost a year after its creation the body is flexing its muscles. Citing a “worsening atmosphere of cynicism” and “recurring doubts… of government’s commitment to the reform agenda” the thirteen-member body is seeking a broader mandate and increased […]
Written on June 14, 2005 | Posted in
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Last week we brought you the story of a group of investors in the Cayo District who are drilling for oil in Spanish Lookout. And while we regret to inform viewers that no petroleum has yet been discovered, latest reports from the west say the bit is still boring through the ground and has now […]
Written on June 14, 2005 | Posted in
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Today is World Blood Donor Day…and unless you’ve ever had a loved one in a life or death situation, you may not realize just how important those little bags of red liquid can be. Jacqueline Woods has more. Ronald Stuart, Pres, Volunteer Blood Donor Service ?I heard the testimony of a relative who had somebody […]
Written on June 14, 2005 | Posted in
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The latest art exhibition at the Mexican Cultural Institute continues that forum’s policy of presenting shows that, while not always pretty, are never ordinary. News 5’s Patrick Jones has a preview. Patrick Jones, Reporting Come with an open mind. That?s how Mexican artist Jeannette Betancourt wants visitors to view this travelling collection of her works. […]
Written on June 14, 2005 | Posted in
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The march of acronyms continues unabated, although we must admit that the latest to emerge from the alphabet soup–BRITE–is in fact a pretty bright idea. That is, take a group of ambitious people living in an economically depressed area and turn them on to Belize’s biggest industry: tourism. That, at least, is the theory… and […]
Written on June 14, 2005 | Posted in
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It was as gruesome and brutal a crime as we ever see in this country, perpetrated with the kind of cruelty more closely associated with Baghdad than the quiet community of Lord’s Bank. And to make matters worse, the depraved men who raped and murdered a young woman on Friday are still on the loose […]
Written on June 13, 2005 | Posted in
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A shooting on Sunday night has left a Belize City man hospitalised with a bullet wound to the leg. Thirty-three year old Carl Bradley told police that around ten, two guys on bikes rode up to where he was standing on West Canal and one fired several shots at him with a handgun. No arrests […]
Written on June 13, 2005 | Posted in
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Three men accused of various crimes in a case of piracy at sea have been cleared of all charges after the prosecution decided to throw in the towel. Lincoln “Kilo Boy” Allen, Leonardo Casanova, and Jairu Sedacey walked out of Belize City Magistrate’s Court free men, after charges of attempted murder, grievous harm, use of […]
Written on June 13, 2005 | Posted in
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The Belize Court of Appeal is back in session in what looks to be a busy schedule. The court, which began deliberations today, will hear a total of twelve criminal appeals and six civil cases. Two of the civil appeals involve Belize Telecommunications Limited; one concerning the enforceability of a U.S. District court order and […]
Written on June 13, 2005 | Posted in
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He walked into the forest, chopped down some mahogany trees, cut them into blocks, and was hauling them to Orange Walk Town. But Forestry Department officials disrupted forty-year-old Andrew Adolphus’s illegal logging operation late last week when they confiscated his trailer full of timber at the Tower Hill Bridge. Around six on Thursday evening, Adolphus […]
Written on June 13, 2005 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Health is looking to overhaul antiquated legislation which covers this vital aspect of the country’s development. A two-day workshop which started today is analyzing the regulations, identifying loopholes, and separating responsibilities among different government agencies. Director of Health Services Dr. Errol Vanzie says updating the legislation will eliminate a lot of confusion […]
Written on June 13, 2005 | Posted in
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And when it comes to health, experts have discovered that many of our problems can be avoided by taking better care of our bodies both before and after we get sick. Diet, as News 5’s Patrick Jones discovered, even plays an important part in the treatment of HIV and AIDS. Patrick Jones, Reporting The ?Healthy […]
Written on June 13, 2005 | Posted in
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Good evening, I?m James Adderley with yet another dish of Sports Monday. The WIN-Belize Female Basketball Championship series is currently taking centre stage at the City Centre. Yesterday Maria Chang Eagles went into game two of this three game series against perennial rivals Sparks with the opportunity to close out the show and grab the […]
Written on June 13, 2005 | Posted in
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Belize City gangs have once more turned portions of the city into their own private war zone with two men killed and three others injured during shootings on Cemetery Road, Police Street, and West Canal between Thursday night and this afternoon. We begin tonight with the latest incident around one-forty-five this afternoon when the meeting […]
Written on June 10, 2005 | Posted in
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