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The efforts of Corozal cops and their Chetumal counterparts investigating last week’s murder in San Joaquin Village have produced enough evidence to make two arrests. According to police, twenty-seven year old Edmund Crawford Sanka of Carolina Village and twenty-five year old William Wade of Calcutta Village were arrested in connection with the murder of Chinese […]
Written on March 20, 2006 | Posted in
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Kite flying in March is about as Belizean as you can get, but a family is in mourning tonight after an accident in Sandhill Village left a loved one dead. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Shortly before five on Sunday evening twenty-six year old Kennon Hernandez decided to take advantage […]
Written on March 20, 2006 | Posted in
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A traffic accident on the Western Highway has left a cyclist hospitalised. Police reports are that around eight on Saturday night, William Velasquez was riding his bicycle between miles sixty-seven and sixty-eight toward San Ignacio when he was knocked down by a Toyota Camry travelling in the same direction. The driver of the car, thirty-two […]
Written on March 20, 2006 | Posted in
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Meanwhile, cops in the west are also investigating a drunken brawl that left five friends suffering from stab wounds, cuts, and bruises. Apparently, Robert Velasquez was hosting a party at his house on Joseph Andrews Drive and Jesus Lobos, Wayne Murray, Edgar Ayala, and Jimmy DeLeon showed up to celebrate. But somewhere along the line, […]
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Members of the Dangriga HIV/AIDS Society are the victims of vandalism after someone or a group of people attacked one of their billboards over the weekend. According to officials of the N.G.O., the sign at mile three on the Stann Creek Valley Road was a symbol of fighting stigma and discrimination. But as we later […]
Written on March 20, 2006 | Posted in
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Popular paediatrician and President of the Friends of Paediatrics, Dr. Egbert Grinage, are convalescing in an American hospital tonight after suffering a mild heart attack late last week. According to family members, the forty-four year old Grinage woke up around three on Friday morning complaining of pain in the chest and left shoulder. Grinage was […]
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A father of four from the Cayo district is dead tonight after an accident over the skies in Spanish Lookout. According to family members, On Sunday thirty-two year old Ben Kornelsen decided to take advantage of the strong winds by flying a parapropter, which is described as a motorized parachute. But shortly after taking off, […]
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He’s been serving the rich and famous at Cayo Espanto for years, but tonight Ernesto Azueta is, at least by Belizean standards, rich and famous in his own right. On Wednesday, Azueta won the seventy-seven thousand five hundred dollar Lotto jackpot. The thirty-two year old stopped by Tropical Gaming this morning to pick up his […]
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Over the weekend, residents of Dangriga and members of the southern town’s new council participated in a beach clean up designed to improve the area’s tourist image. According to organisers, the project is a joint effort between Town Hall and the Petters Research Institute. We understand volunteers, including Mayor Frank “Papa” Mena, began work on […]
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A new art show opened over the weekend at the Image Factory in Belize City featuring the work of conceptual Honduran artist Adan Valencillo. The exhibition is called “Asepsic Power” and according to curator Gilvano Swasey, is sure to provoke a lot of thought. Swasey says the idea is to shake up the norm. Gilvano […]
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For years advocates have been appealing for high school students to take centre stage a la their younger peers in the Festival of Arts. And though this is not the first time secondary schools have participated in the event, when the show officially opened this morning, it was clear that the Belize district institutions were […]
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Good evening, I?m James Adderley and we welcome you to this fresh serving of sports Monday. Week five in the RFG Trophy Tournament found F.C. Belize of the Metropolis inside the Isidoro Beaton Stadium Saturday night against Belmopan United. And it?s the home team looking for the early lead off this spotkick from Derys Benavides, […]
Written on March 20, 2006 | Posted in
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If nothing else, today’s budget presentation was stark in contrast to February 2005 when tear gas and angry protests interrupted the proceedings in the House of Representatives. The police was out in force this morning, but inside and outside the House, the yearly financial report was distinctly anticlimactic. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports from Belmopan. […]
Written on March 17, 2006 | Posted in
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In police news, Belize City cops have arrested a man after he opened fire on his former girlfriend, her child, and a male companion. Reports are that around three-thirty on Thursday evening, thirty year old Aloma Ashon, her five year old son, and her boyfriend were walking in the Water Hole area near Wagner?s Lane […]
Written on March 17, 2006 | Posted in
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Meanwhile, a police officer found guilty of rape has been sentenced to spend the next twelve years behind bars. After mitigation pleas from his attorney and former superior officers, this morning Evan Reynolds was ordered to stand to hear his fate. Justice Adolph Lucas told the convicted man, “Mr. Reynolds you slip, you mek all […]
Written on March 17, 2006 | Posted in
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Twenty Belizean students are the lucky recipients of medical scholarships to Cuba. According to a press release from the Cuban Embassy, the students will attend the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana, with classes set to begin on April first. The selection process included interviews by the ministries of Education and Foreign Affairs, and […]
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After a week of official activities, today the Young Women’s Christian Association celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. The milestone marks five decades of hard work in the name of service to the Belizean community. The Y’s First Vice President and Public Relations Officer Beverly Brown says the journey has been all about empowering women both young […]
Written on March 17, 2006 | Posted in
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The religious community is in mourning tonight after the loss of one of their own. Today I spoke with the grieving family members. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Shortly after three this morning, President of the Baptist Association of Belize and well known personality, Pastor Rodney Gordon died after suffering from a massive heart attack. Diana Gordon, […]
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Open days are always highlights on school calendars, but every educational institution tries to put its own spin on the event to reel in potential students. And as News Five=s Karla Vernon found out today, there’s no telling how far some students will go. James Ruiz, Student 1A ?We are acting out stories in the […]
Written on March 17, 2006 | Posted in
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With the scandal in City Hall dominating the past week’s headlines, the work of Belize’s criminals has gone relatively unnoticed … that is until last night. Once more armed thugs invaded a Chinese owned grocery … and once more, a businessman lay dead. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports from Corozal. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Ji Chen […]
Written on March 16, 2006 | Posted in
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This morning in a pre-dawn raid, Belize City police acting on a tip, visited a residence on George Street. A search was conducted and on the house’s rooftop authorities discovered several high powered assault weapons and a quantity of ammunition. Police say they strongly suspect the guns were recently used and are investigating to see […]
Written on March 16, 2006 | Posted in
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A Belize City man has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting that occurred last month. This afternoon twenty-one year old Lionel Neal was arraigned for the attempted murder, attempted robbery and dangerous harm of Kareem Wright on February eighteenth. As the offences are indictable, bail was denied and Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord […]
Written on March 16, 2006 | Posted in
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A Sandhill resident has been sentenced to seven years in jail. This morning twenty-year old Tyrone Davis pled guilty to aggravated burglary in the courtroom of Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord. Upon hearing that the maximum sentence for the charge is twenty years, Davis’s older brother begged the judge to go easy him. Taking the plea […]
Written on March 16, 2006 | Posted in
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There are new developments in the parental kidnapping of a Belize City boy. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Today the boys and girls at Sister Clara Muhammed School continued with their daily activities … all hoping that eleven year old Lexy Dickson, Jr. will soon return to class. The boy?s mother […]
Written on March 16, 2006 | Posted in
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In a preview to Friday’s budget presentation the National Economic Council yesterday heard from the Financial Secretary and Governor of the Central Bank. According to a release from the Government Press Office, Governor Sydney Campbell reported that real G.D.P. growth for 2005 will come in at around three point one percent. Unemployment stood at eleven […]
Written on March 16, 2006 | Posted in
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