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Tonight local INTERPOL officials in Belmopan continue to investigate a reported case of human trafficking involving a minor, the child’s parents, and an American citizen. Information about the case is still sketchy as authorities have remained tight-lipped. This is what we do know: a thirteen year old Belizean girl was found in the company of […]
Written on December 5, 2005 | Posted in
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We’ve reported some bizarre criminal activity over the years, but this one still stands out in the weird category. A Belize City teen has reported that he was robbed by his own brothers. According to fifteen year Robinson Michael, he was on Rocky Road around noon on Saturday when his brothers: nineteen year old Orin […]
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Tonight, a Ladyville family continues to nurse their loved one to good health after a traffic accident almost claimed his life five days ago. But as I discovered this morning, that traumatic ordeal pales in comparison to their frustration with the justice system. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Eight year old Darwin Melendez had just had lunch […]
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It’s official, today Belize Electricity Limited served the Public Utilities Commission with an official request for higher rates. According to a press release issued to the media, B.E.L. is asking for an additional five point four cents per kilowatt hour. Company C.E.O. Lynn Young continues to maintain that the “financial integrity of B.E.L. is threatened […]
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When it comes to local programming, it’s closest competitor is KTV…that’s right, tonight at eight, Gimme Five kicks off right here on Channel Five. This year, the show celebrates its fourteenth anniversary and the return of host William Neal. And for an extra twist, this time around Gimme Five will not only be rewarding callers […]
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Two days after the hurricane season officially closed, weather experts christened Hurricane Epsilon in the Atlantic Ocean. And with surface temperatures still above normal, tonight the weather is anything but predictable. That’s why the Catholic diocese is calling on Christians everywhere to join in prayer in thanksgiving that Belize was once again spared Mother Nature’s […]
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Two Belizean students have been honoured regionally for their academic excellence in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate Examinations. According to the Ministry of Education, Saint John’s College student Lowell Navarro is the country’s top scholar, while Jessica Chee of Saint Catherine’s Academy placed second. Navarro received nine grade ones in biology, Caribbean history, English A, […]
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Good evening, I?m James Adderley and you?ve just landed aboard this monster ride we call Sports Monday. It survived a two-week postponement and a highly intensive vetting process, but by the time the first ever Mountain Bike Cross Country event rolled off from its start yesterday at Garbutt?s Gas Station in Roaring Creek, it had […]
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When they moved to an area called “Fresh Pond,” they didn’t expect to actually live in one every time it rained. But tonight residents of the Burrell Boom neighbourhood say that’s exactly what poor drainage and saturated soils have forced them to endure. Thirty-four year old Dalton Gillett and his four legged friend ?Trouble Rubbles? […]
Written on December 2, 2005 | Posted in
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A Belize City woman is in police custody tonight charged with stealing clothes off another woman’s line. According to Consita Beeks of Tranquil Lane, early Thursday morning she washed a load of clothes and hung it out to dry. Beeks claims that later when she went to pick in the laundry, all the garments had […]
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Tonight a Honduran family is appealing to the Belizean community for help in finding a loved one, missing now for more than a decade. According to the Tosta family of Omoa, sixty-two year old Leonel Tosta left home twelve years ago on a fishing trip with friends. However, the boat Tosta and two other men […]
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Meanwhile separate incidents of car jackings have resulted in arrests in Dangriga and Orange Walk. According to police, last weekend, Orange Walk resident Eder Urbina reported his white 1990 Grand Marquis missing from its spot in the yard. Several hours later, the vehicle was discovered in Crooked Tree, stripped and abandoned. Subsequent investigations have led […]
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A post-mortem examination conducted on the body of twenty year old Sherwin Yarwood has certified cause of death as traumatic shock due to a gunshot injury to the head. Yarwood’s corpse was discovered early Wednesday morning in an abandoned lot near the Southern Foreshore. Police suspect the young man was lured to the area by […]
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A suspected burglar was formally arraigned in court today in connection with a home break-in on Woodpecker Street in Ladyville. According to court reports, thirty-eight year old Dennis Quilter pleaded not guilty to the charge of burglary and was granted bail in the sum of six thousand dollars or two sureties of three thousand dollars […]
Written on December 2, 2005 | Posted in
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Following the deaths of too many Belizeans at the hands of drunk drivers, this past October frustrated families and friends of victims formed PADD: Parents Against Drunk Driving. In one of its first official acts as an organisation, on Thursday afternoon the first billboard sign was unveiled on the San Antonio Road in the Orange […]
Written on December 2, 2005 | Posted in
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Reports to News Five are that bus service out of the Dangriga hub has returned to its regularly scheduled runs, but tonight it appears the real chaos in the transport industry might just be getting started. On Thursday, the Development Finance Corporation officially posted notice in local newspapers of its intent to pursue legal recourse […]
Written on December 2, 2005 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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With country-wide municipal elections only three months away, political campaigns are already in high gear. And while much of the country will be asked to choose candidates from the two main political parties, this Sunday, residents of Belmopan will be introduced to the men and women of a third entity offering themselves up for election. […]
Written on December 2, 2005 | Posted in
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In December the curtain goes up at the Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts and this Saturday, the Belize School of Music takes centre stage with its annual Christmas concert. But the event is not just for parents and family of the students, the public at large is invited to come out and enjoy the […]
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In November, the Protected Areas Co-Management Partners held its annual general meeting in Punta Gorda Town. Twenty-three agencies were represented at the two-day event, which reviewed activities in 2005 and included a presentation from the Forest Department on its five year action plan. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources, Johnny Briceño addressed the […]
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Environment |
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The show is called Detritus…which can be defined as rubbish, debris or silt. You might think naming an exhibition in such a manner would be an insult, but to artists Cornelius “Magnus” Harreil and Michael Gordon, that title is merely symbolic. News Five’s Karla Heusner reports. Karla Heusner, Reporting Cornelius Harreil, or Magnus as he […]
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In more than a hundred countries around the world, today, December first is being celebrated as World AIDS Day under the theme: Make the Promise! Keep the Promise! Prevent HIV/AIDS. Here in Belize, church bells tolled at ten this morning in observance of the millions who have died from the deadly disease. Belize’s infection prevalence […]
Written on December 1, 2005 | Posted in
Health |
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A police officer convicted of manslaughter appeared in Belize City Supreme Court today for mitigation plea hearings. Sheldon Arzu and his attorney Linsbert Willis appeared before Justice Troadio Gonzalez and argued that the jury opted to go with the charge of manslaughter as opposed to murder, giving credence to the assertion that the shooting was […]
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Trials |
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Two Belize City men appeared in Magistrate’s Court this morning after being arrested and charged for stealing a child’s bicycle. Twelve year old Neville Armstrong reported to police that on Wednesday, while doing an errand for his mother, he was stopped by two men at the corner of Pen Road and Raccoon Street Extension. The […]
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Police have arrested and charged a security guard with attempted rape following a report by a twelve year old. According to the minor, while playing in her yard in March of this year, thirty-six year old Lindel Gibson pulled her into a bedroom, locked the door, stripped her naked, and attempted to have sex with […]
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Meanwhile, two more people have been charged in connection with an attack against a child, but this time the offence was committed by a dog. Julian Reid reported to police that while in her neighbour’s yard around noon on Monday, she was shocked to hear the screams of her five year old son Corbin, who […]
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