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There is a major anti-drug operation underway in the Orange Walk district, but disturbing reports from Belizeans stopped at a checkpoint on the Northern Highway indicate that it is being operated and directed by agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Two separate accounts to News Five by extremely reliable witnesses say that at a […]
Written on March 8, 2006 | Posted in
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And while the operation of the Carmelita checkpoint may be of dubious legality, its presence has resulted in several arrests. In one case police arrested two men in a pickup truck carrying a sawed-off sixteen gauge shotgun with a single cartridge. David Middleton of Carmelita and Abel Camara of Guinea Grass were charged with keeping […]
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Details are in short supply, but news outlets in the United States are reporting that a Belizean teenager has been kidnapped in California. According to television stations in Los Angeles, thirteen year old Kalan Dapson was abducted from his home in Inglewood on Tuesday night around nine. According to police, the boy was with his […]
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A soldier of the Belize Defence Force remains unconscious tonight following a traffic incident on Tuesday in the Cayo District. According to a B.D.F. spokesman, around eight-twenty that morning Corporal Justo Cho was among a group of soldiers who were being transported by truck from Camp Belizario to go on patrol. Reports are that as […]
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The Belize Court of Appeal began its first quarterly sitting for 2006 on Tuesday with a slate of fourteen criminal cases. Of note is that four of those appeals are for crimes committed by law enforcement officers. Former superintendent of police Ewart Itza is back in court, this time appealing a Supreme Court decision. According […]
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A Ladyville man has been sentenced to twenty-five years for a string of break-ins. Today Emeterio Reyes appeared before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord where he pleaded guilty to five separate counts of burglary. As a result, he was given five individual five year sentences, but because they are to run concurrently, Reyes will only be […]
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Government’s budget will be presented on March seventeenth. That’s the word from Cabinet, which spent Tuesday reviewing the numbers. According to an official release, there will be no new tax measures other than the already passed ten percent G.S.T., which replaces the nine percent sales tax and enters into law on July first. The budget […]
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The National Trade Union Congress of Belize has filled two vacancies on its executive. At its annual convention held on Saturday, the union umbrella organisation elected Ray Davis as president and Dylan Reneau as General Secretary. They replace Horris Patten who resigned as president in December 2005 and George Frazer, who, according to a release, […]
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Ten years ago, St. Mary’s Primary School initiated a feeding programme for its students. Today a total of two hundred and fifty children during the school week receive a daily balanced meal that many would not be able to afford. While the programme is a success, the achievement largely depends on donations received by the […]
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It’s the middle of their week and today News Five’s Jacqueline Woods joined women from all over the country at the Radisson for what was billed as a summit. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Since the first International Women?s Day was observed in Belize in the late 70?s, various organisations have worked hard to promote women?s rights […]
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Women’s Week: it’s hardly the kind of story you’d expect to lead this newscast following a long holiday weekend. But the progress of Belizean women has been building slowly over many, often frustrating years. And if future historians are asked to cite a point at which the movement reached critical mass, it would probably be […]
Written on March 7, 2006 | Posted in
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From the dance floor on Wilson Street, it was a short hop to the exhibition floor on North Front Street where the interlocking worlds of work and artistic expression were on display at the Image Factory. Janelle Chanona, Reporting It?s called ?She means We?, the official exhibition of Women?s Week in Belize. The show features […]
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Not all the artistic expression of Women’s Week was manifested through crafts. On Saturday night the stage at the Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts came alive with the poetry of women from Belize and abroad. Here are some highlights, courtesy of the National Institute of Culture and History. Poet #1 ?Today her spirit freely […]
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The Belmopan City Council has responded to reports on this newscast of political victimisation in the nation’s capital. Today, in a three sentence press release the council has essentially confirmed those charges, stating: “Mr. Vincent Pascascio, Valuation Officer, is presently on administrative leave with benefits because of his active public campaigning for the People’s United […]
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A Belize City student remains in critical condition tonight after he sustained a gunshot wound to the head on Friday night. But this shooting was no ordinary drive by or the result of a “misunderstanding.” Police reports are that around ten that night, seventeen year old Aubrey Hernandez and two female relatives were sitting outside […]
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Tonight authorities are looking for a hit and run driver after a traffic accident in the Cayo district left a man dead. Reports are that between four and five Sunday morning, forty-two year old Modesto Chulin was walking on the Cristo Rey Road when he was knocked down by a passing vehicle and left for […]
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A weekend fishing trip has ended in tragedy, claiming the life of a Dangriga man. On Monday, forty-five year old Edwin Coleman and two friends, Jorge Fuentes and Marvin Coleman, went fishing near Columbus Caye, about sixteen miles off the coast. According to the men, during the trip their net got caught in some rocks […]
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The family of Lydia Rodriguez is in mourning following the young woman’s death on Sunday night. According to relatives, Rodriguez passed away in her sleep around eight-thirty p.m., surrounded by loved ones. On February seventh, the pregnant woman was involved in a traffic accident on the Guinea Grass road that left her in critical condition. […]
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The Director of Public Prosecutions has withdrawn charges of murder against four men. This afternoon Darren Banks, Joel Bishop, Joseph Bishop, and Akeem Logan-Gotoy appeared before Magistrate Sharon Fraser where they were informed of their good fortune. According to Fraser, while the murder charges have been dropped, she was not certain if the D.P.P. wanted […]
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In other court news, two men were arraigned today for burglary and assault before Magistrate Harry Hulett. Nineteen year old Jovi Carballo was this afternoon read charges of one count of aggravated burglary and two counts of aggravated assault, along with a charge of conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary, which is shared jointly with seventeen […]
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Good evening, I?m James Adderley with this hefty version of Sports Monday. The Baron Bliss weekend brought with it a plethora of sporting activity and we?ve got most of it for you. First we head west to the Hawkesworth Bridge in San Ignacio for the ninth running of this La Ruta Maya event. This year?s […]
Written on March 7, 2006 | Posted in
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There will be no newscast on Monday, March sixth due to a public and bank holiday in celebration of Baron Bliss Day. The next newscast will be on Tuesday, March seventh 2006.
Written on March 3, 2006 | Posted in
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Across the country, the winning United Democratic Party candidates are moving into the offices of city councils and town boards. But just two hours after the new Belmopan City Council walked into city hall on Thursday morning, one employee, Vincent “Tommy” Pascascio was served with this letter: “Dear Tommy: I am instructed to inform you […]
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As for municipal developments in Belize City, this morning the U.D.P. city council participated in meetings with party leadership and later prepared to move into their new home. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports from City Hall. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This afternoon, Mayor Zenaida Moya and Belize City?s councillors visited their new offices on North Front […]
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A Guatemalan accused of murder was escorted to Belize City Magistrate’s Court this morning where he was formally arraigned. Sixty-three year old Adrian Ascencio appeared before Magistrate Margaret Gabb-McKenzie where the details of the offence were read to him through a court interpreter. Ascencio has been remanded to Hattieville prison until his next court appearance […]
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