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Following our anniversary celebrations last week, this morning, Channel Five handed over cheques to five humanitarian organisations. And when representatives arrived at our studios today, we confirmed the news that the management of Great Belize Productions had decided to triple their portion of the proceeds from Gimme Five. That’s right, triple… times three. We collected […]
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In recent years, basketball has dribbled off the local sports scene, largely due to lack of support from sponsors and fans. But right around the time P.U.P. backbencher Cordel Hyde was reinstated as Minister of Sports and Youth, came word that come 2006 sneakers will be screeching across the hardwood in official league play. Tonight […]
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This morning, officials of the University of Belize gathered in Belize City for a press briefing designed to highlight the accomplishments of the educational institution and its plans for the future. According to President of U.B., Dr. Corinth Morter-Lewis, one of the centres of excellence of the school is its Natural Resource Management degree programme, […]
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One hundred plates in five minutes…that’s just how long it took members of the National Youth Cadet Service Corps to serve food this afternoon to the city’s homeless and hungry. This is the second time the organisation has held lunch at the Battlefield Park. According to counsellor Michael Barrera, today’s event is just one way […]
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As an institution, the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital receives its fair share of bad press, but today the hospital is making headlines as it celebrated its most valuable asset: its employees. In a special ceremony held in their honour, more than fifty staff members of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital were awarded for their outstanding […]
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In a dramatic turn of events, a couple charged with selling a young girl into sexual slavery has changed their plea…from guilty to not guilty. Latest reports out of Belmopan indicate that twenty-one year old Celia Garcia and her common-law husband Walter Swazo appeared in Magistrate’s Court this afternoon as scheduled, but as the judge […]
Written on December 13, 2005 | Posted in
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They call themselves the GST team: a group of public officers from the Sales Tax, Income Tax, and Customs departments who have been charged with the mandate to tour the country in a series of informational meetings with the public on the new tax. Though some important kinks have yet to be ironed out in […]
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High from the success of their campaign to legally operate on the nation’s highways, this afternoon National Transport bus company announced the publicity stunt of the year. According to Public Relations officer Ismael “Miley” Garcia, the Novelo family and the company’s employees have decided to make this Saturday a fare free day. This afternoon Garcia […]
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A Belize City businessman has been arrested, charged, and fined for threatening a customer with a loaded gun. According to court reports, thirty-two year old Zhu Yin Ruan pleaded guilty this morning to taking out his licensed nine millimetre handgun and pointing it at his customer Tiffany Westby. Apparently, on Monday afternoon, Westby was trying […]
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A second employee of the Sales Tax Department has been arraigned in Magistrate’s Court for extortion. According to court reports, twenty-eight year old Ben Bol appeared before Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie this morning where he pleaded not guilty to the offence and was granted bail in the sum of two thousand dollars. Bol has been […]
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For the third year running, Belize has claimed top honours in the FirstCaribbean International Bank’s Unsung Hero award programme. It was announced today that retired teacher seventy year old Gloria Edwards was chosen from more than one hundred candidates from fifteen countries as the 2005 regional winner. Edwards has promoted music and the arts in […]
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This afternoon, a special visitor arrived at the Belize City House of Culture. No, it wasn’t some foreign head of state or a Hollywood celebrity; it was someone much more important. Yes, that’s right, the man of the month, Santa Claus made a personal appearance at Continental’s annual Christmas Party. And as you will see, […]
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This year things have been tense for the Salvation Army. It struggled to meet its December goals for its toy drive and continues to push for support for the Kettle Appeal programme. But this afternoon gratitude for all that hard work came in the form of a roomful of smiles and laughter from the city’s […]
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This evening, fifty Belize City families and their children received gift donations courtesy of local businessman Simon Quan and Company. News Five was on hand as the presentation was made through the Young Women’s Christian Association at their headquarters on Freetown Road. Birdy Francis, Member, YWCA Board of Directors ?He is giving thirty need families […]
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This afternoon rush hour traffic came to a grinding halt on the main streets of Belize City…and even though there were plenty of sirens, there wasn’t a bad accident. No, this afternoon, local radio station, LOVE FM launched its twelve days of Christmas programme with a parade. Here are some of those sights and sounds. […]
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By now most Belizeans realise that anything having to do with land or houses in Belize City is a complicated web of documents, arguments, and reality. But tonight there is a disturbing case emerging from Port Loyola involving the eviction notice served to the residents of a small house on Arlington Drive. They have no […]
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A Punta Gorda man has been charged with drunk driving following a traffic accident on the Southern Highway on Saturday night. According to the authorities, thirty year old Ernesto Rash has been arraigned on charges of driving a motor vehicle with an alcohol limit above the prescribed amount, driving without due care and attention, and […]
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Auto Accidents |
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The weekend’s second accident has left twenty-eight year old Belize City mechanic Kelvin Geban in serious condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Around eleven Saturday night Geban and another man were on this R-One thousand Yamaha motorcycle when they crashed on Coney drive near the Napa Auto Parts building. However, tonight there are conflicting […]
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In news of yet another traffic accident, Kevin Baptist remains admitted to ward at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital recovering from serious body injuries sustained during a collision with a cow. Baptist was on a motorcycle travelling on the Burrell Boom road when he struck the animal. This morning Baptist declined an on camera interview, […]
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The Belize Transport Board has officially confirmed today that the Novelo brothers have been approved to operate legally on the nation’s highways. According to a release this afternoon from the board, National Transport will “fill gaps” on the Western Highway, running four routes between Belize City and Benque Viejo. We understand the permits are temporary, […]
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A child molester from the Belize District has been fined for an attack against an eight year old girl. According to court reports, Godfrey Coote was found guilty of aggravated assault after the child reported that he had oral sex with her in 2004. Throughout trial, Coote did not deny the incident. For the offence, […]
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Trials |
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There has been a political upset in the west following municipal conventions by the United Democratic Party in Benque Viejo. Incumbent Mayor Said “Badi” Guerra will not represent the town in March following a blistering loss on Sunday to the former mayor Marconi Sosa. According to the U.D.P. secretariat, Sosa garnered five hundred and fifty-eight […]
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The Salvation Army and the Rotary Club are just two organisations rounding up toys for tots this Christmas. This morning, six members of the Belize Tourism Unit in Belize City stopped by our studios to inform us that since October, they’ve been spending their days off collecting books and toys to donate to needy children […]
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Following a public appeal by the Salvation Army for Belizean businesses to step up with contributions towards its toy drive, Courts Belize has come forward with a donation from the company and its employees. This afternoon Major Errol Robateau received more than five hundred dollars worth of toys, one hundred and eighty of which were […]
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Another humanitarian organisation accepted a welcome donation this afternoon as the sponsors of the Nissan truck raffle handed over a cheque valued at more than five thousand dollars to the Belize Cancer Society. During brief ceremonies at Bravo’s office on the Northern Highway, financial supporters including Habet and Habet, Brothers Habet, Builders Hardware, United Insurance, […]
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