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A nurse from Burrell Boom Village will be honoured by the Prime Minister next week for her dedicated service to Belize. Nurse Dorothy M. Bradley will be given the title “Honorary Commissioner for Belize’s Millennium Development Goals.” Nurse Bradley has spent the last fifty years as a rural health nurse serving villages all over Belize. […]
Written on September 23, 2005 | Posted in
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A nationwide cleanup of the country’s coastline, riverbanks and waterways will take place this Saturday as part of the twentieth Annual International Coastal Cleanup. According to local organiser and Director of Education at the Belize Scout Association, Roberto Harrison, everyone is encouraged to come out to collect the debris polluting the country’s waterways. This will […]
Written on September 23, 2005 | Posted in
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This evening seven students were recognized for their winning entries in the first Hugh Parkey Foundation for Marine Awareness and Education poster art contest. The lucky winners are: Malcolm Tillett of Corozal Nazarene School who captured first prize in the lower division category, while Holy Redeemer student Erwin Quintanilla walked off with the first prize […]
Written on September 23, 2005 | Posted in
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In the deadly aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on the U.S. Gulf Coast, this time around, Americans aren’t taking any chances. When evacuation orders were issued for parts of Texas, an estimated five million people packed up and hit the road. But instead of getting out of dodge, tonight thousands are still sitting in “parking lots” […]
Written on September 22, 2005 | Posted in
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If your gas tank is reading anything below full, you might want to think of dipping into emergency reserves because come Saturday morning, local fuel costs will jump more than thirty-five cents for premium and regular gasoline. According to a government press release issued this afternoon, the new prices at the pump this weekend are […]
Written on September 22, 2005 | Posted in
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Tonight, a Belize City businessman is recovering from gunshot wounds after a brazen robbery at his store on Tuesday. According to police press officer G. Michael Reid, surveillance cameras captured the scene that unfolded around eight that night when three men, one armed with a handgun, entered J and K supermarket on Teacher’s Street and […]
Written on September 22, 2005 | Posted in
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It’s a scene that has played out in every Belizean household: parents fighting in front of their children. But on Wednesday afternoon, one such domestic dispute in the Toledo District had deadly consequences. According to police reports, the Choc family was at their home in San Marcos Village when Mr. and Mrs. Choc began to […]
Written on September 22, 2005 | Posted in
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Tonight authorities need your help in identifying the victim of a traffic accident on the Western Highway. According to police reports, the victim, known only as “Corozal,” was knocked down on Wednesday night between miles four and five. He was rushed to the K.H.M.H. where he continues to lie in an unconscious state. The driver […]
Written on September 22, 2005 | Posted in
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Five men who tried to rob a seventy-five year old fisherman were remanded to Hattieville Prison today pending charges of wounding, attempted robbery, abetment to commit robbery, and conspiracy to commit robbery. According to court reports, around nine on Monday night, Enrique Alamina was standing in front of the People’s Restaurant on North Front Street […]
Written on September 22, 2005 | Posted in
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As part of traditional Independence Day activities on Wednesday, official ceremonies held at the Memorial Park in Belize City included addresses to the nation from community leaders. In his speech, Prime Minister Said Musa spoke of development through national unity. Prime Minister Said Musa “We are Belize. We are linked in so many ways. When […]
Written on September 22, 2005 | Posted in
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For Opposition Leader Dean Barrow, the challenges facing our country have highlighted the strength of diverse people working towards one goal: a better Belize. Dean Barrow, Leader of the Opposition “The Kriol Kulcha fair, now to be an annual fixture on the September calendar seeks to restore the lustre of a foundation culture, to place […]
Written on September 22, 2005 | Posted in
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We don’t know how they’ll be celebrating Independence Eve, but Andrew “Papa” Brown and his brother Floyd walked down the steps of the Belize City Magistrate’s Court as free men this morning after Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord dismissed the extradition action against them. In handing down his decision, Lord maintained that a prima facie case […]
Written on September 20, 2005 | Posted in
Trials |
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A Belize District man has been remanded to jail following a report of sexual abuse by a thirteen-year-old girl. According to the victim, from March to September of this year, twenty-seven year old Vicente Myvett, also known as Bobby Gongora, sexually molested her. As a result of their investigations and a medical examination, police have […]
Written on September 20, 2005 | Posted in
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In news from the prison itself, last Friday guards detained a visitor after he tried to smuggle a plastic container filled with weed into the facility. On Monday, twenty-five year old Kirk Pollard appeared before Magistrate Emerson Banner where he pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking. According to court reports, just after one on Friday […]
Written on September 20, 2005 | Posted in
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The next case on the News Five court docket didn’t involve weed, but it does include cigarette smoke, noise and a landlord who tried to evict his tenants using a shotgun. Sixty-seven year old Jesus Aldana rents out part of his home on T Street in Belize City, but on Monday he told the court […]
Written on September 20, 2005 | Posted in
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Still on the crime beat, two men have been arrested and charged with burglary for breaking into a church building. News Five understands that when officials of the Methodist Church visited the Berham Manse Building on Albert Street, they were greeted by broken padlocks and doors. Initial inspection of the site showed that a person […]
Written on September 20, 2005 | Posted in
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A police checkpoint near the Northern border has netted law enforcement officials a container load of uncustomed goods. According to customs officials, an anonymous tip called in to the department and their police counterparts led to a trap being set up at the checkpoint a short distance south of the border. Sure enough, when the […]
Written on September 20, 2005 | Posted in
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At least thirty fishermen took time out this week to learn how to use equipment like the marine radio and global positioning system, G.P.S. The reason is that these devices will help in the co-management of the remote areas where they fish, namely Lighthouse and Glover’s Reefs. Alan Burn, Member, National Fishermen Cooperative “It’s important […]
Written on September 20, 2005 | Posted in
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The group was not the first band of Caribbean musicians to be enjoyed in Belize, but over the years the name of Byron Lee and the Dragonaires has become synonymous with visiting entertainers from the islands. And tonight the crowd that defined the term “jump up” will once again have Belizeans moving. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting […]
Written on September 20, 2005 | Posted in
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The schedule of special September events is heavy and culminates tonight and tomorrow with the traditional Independence Day festivities. And while the public enjoys these weeks of celebration, the schools are also getting involved… as News Five’s Jacqueline Woods found out this afternoon. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Today the students of St. Mary’s School took a […]
Written on September 20, 2005 | Posted in
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With Independence Day now twenty-four years behind us, we’ve got to face the fact that the majority of Belizeans were not yet born on that rainy night in 1981 when the Union Jack was replaced by the flag of Belize. With footage from a British television crew on the scene at the time, we have […]
Written on September 20, 2005 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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There will be no newscast on Wednesday due to Belize’s Independence Day celebrations. The next broadcast will be on Thursday, September 22.
Written on September 20, 2005 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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If you came to Belmopan this morning expecting to hear about the Social Security scandal, a bankrupt D.F.C., skyrocketing government debt, and a credit rating that even a pawn shop might consider risky… you came to the wrong meeting of the House. Today’s session, held on the steps of the Administration Building, was confined to […]
Written on September 19, 2005 | Posted in
Economy |
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following his address, Prime Minister Musa pressed the flesh with a long line of well-wishers ranging from diplomats to campaign workers… after which he found time to engage in some give and take with the press. The P.M. was first asked whether he really thought that the bulk of his problems were behind him. Prime […]
Written on September 19, 2005 | Posted in
Politics |
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This evening the National Trade Union Congress of Belize held a press conference to speak out on a number of issues, and the ten million dollar Sunshine loan was at the top of the list. Contrary to the Prime Minister’s hopes, the union representing the B.T.L. workers continues to treat Sunshine like a case of […]
Written on September 19, 2005 | Posted in
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