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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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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
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A police officer convicted of rape last week was sentenced to eight years in prison today in the Supreme Court. Before the sentencing, Crispin Jeffries Jr. asked Justice Adolph Lucas to be as lenient as possible and stated that when he left home on the night of March thirteenth, 2004, he did not have any […]
Written on October 14, 2005 | Posted in
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Also in the Supreme Court, the verdict was returned in the case of a sixteen year old girl accused of chopping off the finger of a woman with a machete. After three hours of deliberation, which ended at seven-thirty last night, the jury found the teen, who was fourteen at the time of the incident, […]
Written on October 14, 2005 | Posted in
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A career chain snatcher has been given six years in prison for yet another incident involving a gold chain. Rudolph “Tuba” Smith of Plues Street was found guilty of robbery after his victim, Lorraine Herrera, testified that she was walking on Water Lane in Belize City on November fifteenth, 2004, when Tuba accosted her, held […]
Written on October 14, 2005 | Posted in
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As more and more Belizeans are diagnosed with heart disease, diabetes and other life threatening ailments, nutrition has become extremely important to our population. And as attention shifts to food and healthy diets, the issue of food security naturally arises. Today those topics were at the centre of discussion in Corozal. Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle […]
Written on October 14, 2005 | Posted in
Agriculture |
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Anyone interested in purchasing the B.T.L. shares being offered by the Government of Belize will have to hurry. Subscription forms, an offering memorandum, and a B.T.L. prospectus became available today at the Central Bank. But according to a release from the Ministry of Budget Management, the offering ends on October twenty-eighth… giving any potential buyer […]
Written on October 14, 2005 | Posted in
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The students of two Belize City primary schools, Trinity Methodist and St. Joseph’s, got a special treat today as musical superstar Leela Vernon performed at their campuses. The shows were part of a new joint initiative between the National Institute of Culture and History and the Ministry of Education called “Mobile Legends” which will be […]
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The wait is over… Belize City police have finally decided which people to credit with the arrest of American fugitive Niles Scott. But in addition to helping rid Belize of a wanted criminal, the three are in line to collect the sizeable reward being offered by talk show host Oprah Winfrey. Today I tracked down […]
Written on October 14, 2005 | Posted in
Crime |
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It’s hard to believe it’s really been fifteen years since the Belize National Dance Company was created and began training with Cuban master, Professor Eduardo Rivera. The group, which drew dancers from all over the country, has flowered since 1990. But today the company is facing a crucial turning point as founding members are getting […]
Written on October 14, 2005 | Posted in
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When we last heard from the commission of inquiry investigating the Development Finance Corporation in June, they had just cleared a major legal hurdle in the Supreme Court: getting access to key financial documents. Since then, the three-person team has been wading through mounds of paperwork, scrutinizing files for the forty largest loans, board papers […]
Written on October 13, 2005 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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If it seems like there are more cases of domestic violence and abuse than ever before, you are right. But there are also more spouses fighting back against their abusers and a tougher crack down on those who violate restraining orders. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods investigated one such case today and spoke with the Women’s […]
Written on October 13, 2005 | Posted in
Crime |
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And in another similar case, three people accused of kidnapping the ex-girlfriend of one of the men and robbing her, appeared before Magistrate Margaret McKenzie today. The trio, Anthony Gabourel, Eldon Bevans, and Kimberly Brown, were arrested following a report by nineteen year old Emily Rhaburn. She told police that on the night of October […]
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This weekend law enforcement officials and community leaders will converge in the capital city as part of the second annual Neighbourhood Watch Conference. Organised by executives of the Ministry of Home Affairs and members of the Belize Police Department, the strategy this year is to promote neighbourhood watch groups through success stories. It is hoped […]
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With the widely available information on HIV/AIDS in our region, it’s hard to imagine that some people still react with fear, even hatred against people diagnosed with the virus. But it happens… and more frequently than we imagine. What can be done? Well some believe that the way to change people’s attitudes is by going […]
Written on October 13, 2005 | Posted in
Health |
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It was postponed due to the threat of bad weather two weeks ago, but organisers say nothing short of a hurricane will stop the Fourteenth Annual Plant and Flower Show this weekend. The gardening showcase has a new venue and theme this year. News Five spoke with two of the club’s most enthusiastic members about […]
Written on October 13, 2005 | Posted in
Environment |
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A young man’s death in Orange Walk has police looking hard for an explanation. The body of eighteen year old Shawn Cal was found hanging from a mango tree on Monday morning in a yard off the San Estevan Road. Reports indicate that Cal and several friends had been drinking heavily into the night on […]
Written on October 12, 2005 | Posted in
Crime |
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Between U.S. sex offenders and Belizean bail jumpers, there has been no shortage of fugitives in the news these days… and tonight we have an update out of the Cayo District on Aaron Juan. Viewers may recall that Juan is wanted in connection with reports of rape by three British schoolgirls vacationing in Belize on […]
Written on October 12, 2005 | Posted in
Crime |
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