Home » October, 2005
You are currently browsing entries posted in: October, 2005
It seemed like a half-hearted effort to begin with… and some bizarre events today strongly suggest that the Government of Belize really does not want Belizeans to own shares in Belize Telecommunications Limited. Our suspicions were initially aroused when G.O.B. announced that the offer to sell five percent of the company’s shares to Belizeans was […]
Written on October 17, 2005 | Posted in
Economy |
Comments Off on Want to buy B.T.L. shares? Don?t bring greenbacks
An unlicensed thirty-eight revolver and ammunition has landed a young Belizean in Hattieville prison. Twenty-two year old Joel Belizaire pleaded guilty today in Magistrate’s Court to the two firearm charges and was fined ten thousand dollars for the gun and another ten grand for the ammo. Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord demanded that five thousand be […]
Written on October 17, 2005 | Posted in
Trials |
Comments Off on Unlicensed loaded revolver results in 2 year jail term
It was big news back in October of 2004. That is a shootout near Queen Square Anglican School that had the community worried about innocent children being caught in the crossfire. Today that story has resurfaced as Lincoln Robinson, the man charged with aggravated assault and threat of death against a police officer, has failed […]
Written on October 17, 2005 | Posted in
Trials |
Comments Off on Bail jumper and guarantor forfeit 10 grand each
Tonight Belize City police need your help in identifying this hit and run victim who lies unconscious at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Authorities say the young man has the word “love” tattooed on the fingers of his right hand and is believed to be around eighteen years of age. He was found on September […]
Written on October 17, 2005 | Posted in
Auto Accidents |
Comments Off on Unconscious hit and run victim remains unidentified
There’s good news and bad news tonight for inflation weary consumers. The bad news is that gasoline has finally reached the shock inducing price of ten dollars per gallon. The good news is that according to Government, the pump price would have been much higher if Belmopan had not intervened to absorb some of the […]
Written on October 17, 2005 | Posted in
Economy |
Comments Off on Premium gasoline reaches ten dollars per gallon
On Saturday some two hundred representatives of Neighbourhood Watch programmes throughout the country gathered at the George Price Centre in Belmopan to give updates on each community’s plan of action to address crime and share ideas on how best to move forward. But not everyone is participating in the effort. Today News Five’s Jacqueline Woods […]
Written on October 17, 2005 | Posted in
Social Issues |
Comments Off on Neighbourhood Watch programme looks for growth
It was a way for the public to greatly assist law enforcement authorities and since the special constables programme was first established in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, similar efforts have been set up in Dangriga, Punta Gorda, and now Placencia. Police Press Officer G. Michael Reid spoke with News Five about the latest class of […]
Written on October 17, 2005 | Posted in
Defense |
Comments Off on Placencia special constables sworn in
If you live in Belize City you’ve seen or more likely heard the cart man and his familiar refrain of “seaweed”. According to experts now in the country, if fishermen play their cards right, all that seaweed in our waters will one day provide them with extra cash, in addition to a healthy drink. News […]
Written on October 17, 2005 | Posted in
Environment |
Comments Off on Fishermen encouraged to cultivate seaweed
Good evening, I’m James Adderley with this week’s dish of Sports Monday. Week six of the RFG Insurance Cup tournament found F.C. Belize in action against Hankook Verdes in a bitterly contested ballgame inside the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday. As a matter of fact folks, the action gets heated early when the Verdes striker Luciano Rodriguez […]
Written on October 17, 2005 | Posted in
Sports |
Comments Off on F.C. Belize tops Verdes in weekend football action
