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Police have yet to detain any suspects in connection with the shooting of thirty-six year old Martin Santos. According to police reports, around nine on Wednesday night, two masked men entered Santos’s home on Matron Roberts Street in Belize City, where Santos, along with his girlfriend and two other friends, were watching television. When one […]
Written on May 18, 2006 | Posted in
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The next bit of crime news did not involve a gun … or even a knife. But the injuries suffered by the victim were nearly fatal. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin reports from San Ignacio on the hideous assault of a senior citizen by a well known young criminal who remains on the run. Anna Chan, […]
Written on May 18, 2006 | Posted in
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He was elected to the House of Representatives from the Stann Creek constituency in 1957 and went on to serve as a loyal member of George Price’s Cabinet from self government in 1964, until his retirement in 1989. I’m talking about David McKoy, the veteran labour leader turned politician. McKoy died today in Dangriga at […]
Written on May 18, 2006 | Posted in
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After a string of violent attacks against visitors to the Chiquibul and Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserves, members of the tourism industry are taking a stand. Today the Belize Tourism Industry Association, the Belize Hotel Association, the Belize National Tour Operators Association and the Belize National Tour Guides Association issued a joint press release asking […]
Written on May 18, 2006 | Posted in
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It’s the one institution in Belize that never seems to be short of cash. But that doesn’t mean the Social Security Board and its employees don’t engage in some extracurricular fundraising for a worthy cause. Janelle Chanona, Reporting After five and a half hours on the road, around eleven thirty this morning some thirty six […]
Written on May 18, 2006 | Posted in
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In related news the Social Security Board has announced that it is expanding its scholarship programme to include bachelor degrees at the University of Belize. The six, two year scholarships, valued at twenty thousand dollars each, are open to sixth form graduates with a minimum three point zero grade point average and have received a […]
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In its efforts to update the National Poverty Elimination Strategy and Action Plan, today the Ministry of National Development held consultations in the Belize District. The idea behind today’s session at Bird’s Isle was to define poverty, specify how poverty affects everyone in the community and recommend ways to reduce its prevalence. Latest statistics, which […]
Written on May 18, 2006 | Posted in
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And speaking of poverty, the Belize National Basketball Team continued to fare poorly in its match up with Mexico. Having dropped two games at home, the Belizeans headed to Mexico Monday night for games in Playa del Carmen and Chetumal. The results were no more encouraging as we went down on consecutive nights, one hundred […]
Written on May 18, 2006 | Posted in
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It may just be coincidence but in the last six months it seems that things have grown pretty chummy between the U.S. Military and Belize. They give us fast boats to fight illegal drugs, our sailors serve on their Coast Guard cutters, we host the general in charge of their Southern Command … and they […]
Written on May 18, 2006 | Posted in
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In the early hours of Sunday morning two brothers were gunned down … and today two young men were officially charged with the murders. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin has the update. Today Ricardo Aguilar and Joseph Kee were arrested and charged with two counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder, four counts of conspiracy […]
Written on May 17, 2006 | Posted in
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Also spending the first of what may be many nights at Hattieville is the young man police believe is responsible for the third brutal killing on Sunday morning. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Twenty four year old James Swan Junior was charged with the murder of twenty four year old Tyrone Felix. A killing that police believe […]
Written on May 17, 2006 | Posted in
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His appearance was delayed by a bullet wound to the leg … but also charged today in Belize City Magistrate’s Court was nineteen year old Michael Trapp. He appeared this afternoon to be formally arraigned on two counts of robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery following an attack against a young couple on Marine Parade […]
Written on May 17, 2006 | Posted in
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A police officer has been sentenced to five years in jail for beating a prisoner. Today Cyril Wade appeared before Justice Troadio Gonzalez after being convicted of aggravated assault. In announcing the sentence Justice Gonzalez pointed out that because of a 2003 conviction for wounding, for which Wade received only a five hundred dollar fine, […]
Written on May 17, 2006 | Posted in
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No possession is more dear to Belizeans than that often mystical commodity known as land. And this morning in Ladyville a group of citizens who felt they were about to lose their piece of the jewel took their case to the streets. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin was there. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting The property in question […]
Written on May 17, 2006 | Posted in
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In late breaking crime news police have found a cache of assault weapons in the Orange Walk district. Acting on a tip, the police anti drug unit searched a jungle area three miles from the Northern Highway along the Guinea Grass Road. There they discovered two Mak 90 riffles and three AK 47s. No arrests […]
Written on May 17, 2006 | Posted in
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In Belize the words telecommunications and controversy usually go hand in hand. And while there is no shortage of questions surrounding the nation’s near monopoly telecom company, B.T.L. today used the occasion of an international observance to highlight some of the industry’s less topical challenges. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Today Belize Telecommunications Limited joined other telecom […]
Written on May 17, 2006 | Posted in
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And while B.T.L. talks earnestly about cyber security it has been less forthcoming regarding its own problems with missing money; namely the over seven and a half million dollars that disappeared in a pair of slippery foreign exchange transactions. I asked Minister of Public Utilities Ralph Fonseca where that investigation stands. Ralph Fonseca, Minister of […]
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It’s Education Week and today, as a part of the activities, the Ministry of Education held an open house at the Belize City House of Culture. According to organisers, the exhibition aims to educate the community on the wide range of services being provided by the ministry. This morning, Minister of Education Francis Fonseca described […]
Written on May 17, 2006 | Posted in
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Of the three “R”s: reading, writing and arithmetic, experts have maintained that reading is fundamental. With that in mind, today the Belize National Teachers Union and the Caribbean Centre of Excellence in Teacher Training teamed up to celebrate the all important skill with a literature day and exhibition at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall. The […]
Written on May 17, 2006 | Posted in
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The competition was close but when the votes were tallied week seven of Channels Five’s Karaoke television had a winner. Here’s how it went at the Palm Court. William Neal, Host of KTV ?And the winner is ? it was a very close decision, however, in the end the judges decided it should be contestant […]
Written on May 17, 2006 | Posted in
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The armed forces of the United States of America may be bogged down in the occupation of Iraq , and stretched thin fighting twin wars against international terrorism and illicit drugs. But despite the superpower’s burdens, it still manages to find places in its prestigious military universities for students from abroad. And this year tiny […]
Written on May 17, 2006 | Posted in
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It is not a pleasant story to report but despite major efforts by government, the Police Department, Belize Defence Force and the private sector, another major armed robbery of tourists has taken place on the road to Caracol … and this time a man was shot and a woman sexually assaulted. The incident occurred on […]
Written on May 16, 2006 | Posted in
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Belize City police have detained three suspects in connection with the double homicide of Kevin and Philip Brannon. Said Perdomo, Brian Kee and Ricardo Aguilar are tonight in police custody while authorities have yet to detain a fourth man, Taedron Bennett. On Monday, one of the shooting victims, Basil Brannon, identified Aguilar and Bennett as […]
Written on May 16, 2006 | Posted in
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Police may be no closer to apprehending the person who chopped to death a man in Belmopan over the weekend but at least they now know his identity. According to authorities, the murder victim is twenty-six year old Honduran, Hector Manuel Molina. The prime suspect, a man last seen in Molina’s company prior to his […]
Written on May 16, 2006 | Posted in
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Justice Troadio Gonzalez has upheld the controversial verdict of convicted police officer Cyril Wade. This afternoon after submissions were made by defence attorney Hubert Elrington and prosecutor Cheryl Lyn Branker-Taitt, Justice Gonzalez returned from his chambers and told the court that while he is troubled by the matter, his hands are tied and the guilty […]
Written on May 16, 2006 | Posted in
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