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If walking isn’t your thing, on Sunday cycling enthusiasts will congregate in the Toledo district for the start of the first annual Temple to Temple Cross Country Bicycle Expedition. The race route begins at the Lubaantun archaeological site at seven-thirty in the morning and over the next seven days riders will travel to different ancient […]
Written on January 24, 2006 | Posted in
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According to the Elections and Boundaries Department, when the cut-off date for new registration of voters passed on January tenth, a whopping two thousand, one hundred and seventy-seven people had been added to the electoral list. This afternoon Chief Elections Officer Stuart Leslie maintained that this is a record for Belize. Official sources indicate that […]
Written on January 24, 2006 | Posted in
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For more than a decade she suffered severe mental and physical abuse at the hands of her husband, but tonight, justice has been handed down in the Lorna Wade case. This afternoon the accused, forty-five year old Elston Young, appeared before Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh where he was formally arraigned for a second time on […]
Written on January 23, 2006 | Posted in
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In the Supreme Court today, a naked intruder was convicted and sentenced to spend the next ten years behind bars. It took the jury less than forty-five minutes to convict thirty-one year old Steven Castillo of aggravated burglary, attempted rape, and harm. Chief Justice Conteh told the defendant: “You are found guilty of a serious […]
Written on January 23, 2006 | Posted in
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Today friends and family are mourning the loss of a loved one following a traffic accident on the Northern Highway on Saturday night. According to Hubert Faber Junior, around seven that night he was driving family members to Corozal because their grandmother had passed away and relatives were planning the funeral. But Faber says as […]
Written on January 23, 2006 | Posted in
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An Orange Walk resident is tonight pleading for the public’s assistance following a home invasion that netted intruders more than thirty thousand dollars in jewellery and household items. According to Antoinette Young, sometime between five-thirty and eight-thirty on Friday evening, a thief or thieves used a butcher knife to pry open the kitchen window of […]
Written on January 23, 2006 | Posted in
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A Belize District student is dead tonight after a late night swim went terribly wrong. According to police, around ten-thirty on Saturday night, sixteen year old Richard James Casimiro, a student of Ladyville Technical High School was at a party in Lord’s Bank when he and three other friends decided to go swimming. We understand […]
Written on January 23, 2006 | Posted in
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According to the weather experts, between nine last night and nine this morning, much of the country was trapped in a deluge of water. Rainfall gauges at the Hershey compound on the Hummingbird Highway recorded five point one seven inches, while Belize City was flooded by some three point eight inches. We understand the trough […]
Written on January 23, 2006 | Posted in
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In early February the staff of the newborn intensive care unit of the paediatric ward at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital will hold a very special party. Over the last decade, doctors and nurses say they have cared for hundreds of premature babies, dedicating time, energy, and emotion to the tiny patients. But rarely do […]
Written on January 23, 2006 | Posted in
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Child labour: like many countries around the world, many of our youngest citizens are forced to endure unsafe conditions, exposure to the elements, and a lack of education. According to local officials, the illegal activity occurs mostly in the agricultural sector, in both commercial and family subsistence farms. In July 2005, Belize joined regional partners […]
Written on January 23, 2006 | Posted in
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We often hear tales of Belizeans who move abroad and make it large… and tonight we are happy to report on one such hometown boy who took a good idea in Belize and made it bigger in the U.S.A. Bobby Espat started Rose’s Paper Products in a shabby building in downtown Belize City and eventually […]
Written on January 23, 2006 | Posted in
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They made headlines in 2005 as the heroic officers who circled the skies tirelessly as part of a search and rescue mission for four missing tourists. And during the annual Belize Tourism Awards ceremony at the Biltmore Plaza on Friday night, members of the Belize Defence Force Air Wing were presented with an official token […]
Written on January 23, 2006 | Posted in
Defense |
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He bought a two hundred dollar cell phone and tonight he’s driving a new car. During brief handing over ceremonies at the Bravo Motors headquarters today, the keys to a 2005 Nissan Platina were handed over to B.D.F. Sergeant Mark Loredo by B.T.L.’s Public Relations Officer, Linette Canto. Sgt. Loredo is the grand prize winner […]
Written on January 23, 2006 | Posted in
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Good evening, I?m James Adderley, this is Sports Monday. The RFG Cup Tournament finals kicked off Saturday night inside the Michael Ashcroft Stadium as BOCA F.C. of Mango Creek played host to New Site Erei of Dangriga to kick off this home and away series for the Belize Premier Football League title. The last time […]
Written on January 23, 2006 | Posted in
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A Belize City man who admitted to lying to police this week has been convicted and charged for the offence. According to court reports, this morning forty-five year old George Grant appeared before Magistrate Roberto Ordonez where he was formally arraigned on the charge of false statement declaration. The matter is considered a hybrid offence, […]
Written on January 20, 2006 | Posted in
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A charge of rape dismissed against a Belize City man earlier this week has been reinstated. According to court reports, forty-four year old Lindon Jeffrey appeared in court on Monday to answer to charges of rape and aggravated assault in connection with an incident in July 2004. But the matter was struck out entirely as […]
Written on January 20, 2006 | Posted in
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Today members of Belize’s legal community gathered in Belize City as part of the seventh annual Bench and Bar Summit. Topics for this year’s event were focused on the theme, “Sustainable Development: Challenges for the Environment and the Law.” According to the experts, cases such as the BACONGO lawsuit to stop the construction of the […]
Written on January 20, 2006 | Posted in
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As part of official tourism week activities, this Sunday, the B.T.B. is sponsoring a relay triathlon in Belize City. And according to organisers, with first prize set at nine hundred dollars and a trophy, participants are lining up to swim, ride and run their way across the finish line. We caught up with Leila Peyrefitte […]
Written on January 20, 2006 | Posted in
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Thousands dream of a singing career, hundreds actually make it on a CD, but it’s only a select few who have carved out a name for themselves on the Belizean music scene. This month one group of local artists is releasing a religious compilation CD that they hope will find its way into your collection. […]
Written on January 20, 2006 | Posted in
Religion |
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This week, Belize City is hosting more than a hundred regional religious leaders in an annual conference organised by the local Methodist community. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods explains. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The one hundred and forty fifth annual district meeting includes representation of the seven Methodist circuits of Belize and the north coast of Honduras. […]
Written on January 20, 2006 | Posted in
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For the past two days, scientists, researchers, and government officials have gathered in Belize City to talk water, that is, the country’s marine resources. This morning, News Five’s Karla Vernon got her feet wet in the discussion and discovered that there is need for collective analysis of the state of Belize’s marine environment. Karla Vernon, […]
Written on January 20, 2006 | Posted in
Environment |
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Police say they suspect foul play in the discovery of the remains of a man found in a shallow grave two miles off the Northern Highway. The badly decomposed corpse was recovered from the site situated near the boundary between the Belize and Orange Walk districts. Today police would not say why they strongly believe […]
Written on January 19, 2006 | Posted in
Crime |
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A Guatemalan national has been arrested and charged with carnal knowledge after an eleven year old girl reported that the man has engaged in sexual intercourse with her on two different occasions. The minor told Belmopan police that thirty-two year old Jose Hueso had sex with her on January thirteenth and fourteenth. A medical examination […]
Written on January 19, 2006 | Posted in
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A twenty-five year old Belize City fisherman has been convicted of robbery and grievous harm. Eric Martinez was found guilty this evening by Magistrate Margaret McKenzie and will be sentenced on January twenty-fifth following some clarification of his identity. On May tenth of last year Martinez accosted Daniel Brooks as he left a food stand […]
Written on January 19, 2006 | Posted in
Trials |
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Two men appeared in court today, on trial for a burglary committed last March. But it was a witness in the case who tonight finds himself behind bars. George Grant was called to the stand to testify against two men–Philip Peyrefitte and Enrique Soberanis–accused of breaking into Juanita’s on Albert Street. Grant, a watchman working […]
Written on January 19, 2006 | Posted in
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