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Financial assistance from the United States government has diminished over the years, with the bulk of Uncle Sam’s grants to Belize going to drug interdiction efforts and his loans coming via multi-lateral institutions like the I.D.B. and World Bank. But now and then the U.S. Ambassador is able to shake loose some funding for special […]
Written on October 10, 2006 | Posted in
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The drug trade is similar to many other high risk business ventures in that it is not unusual for arrangements to come unglued. But what makes narcotics trafficking different is that when a cocaine deal blows up in your face somebody usually winds up dead. On Saturday afternoon in Orange Walk nobody died, but one […]
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In Magistrate’s Court today, the accused killer of Mark Gardiner was formally arraigned on a charge of murder. Twenty year old Kareem Lopez of Faber’s Road turned himself in to authorities on Friday afternoon after he was named by the cops as someone who could assist in the official investigation into Gardiner’s death. Following an […]
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In an astonishing turn of events, a police officer convicted of rape and sentenced to twelve years behind bars, has had that verdict overturned and his sentence set aside. According to court reports, acting on his own behalf Evan Reynolds appeared before the Justices of the Court of Appeal this morning and successfully persuaded the […]
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He’s only a boy but Belmopan police say he’s a prime suspect in a number of burglaries in the capital city. So when fourteen year old Ian Albert Tun tried to escape from the police station, cops had to get him back behind bars. The official version of events is that shortly after four on […]
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Two men on remand for the September fourteenth attack on a sixty-five year old man in Dangriga have had their charges upgraded to murder after the victim died. Twenty-six year old Frank Arzu and twenty-seven year old Eldon Leslie were charged with attempted murder after they allegedly burglarised Nunez’s Sharp Street home, hit the owner […]
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A Belize City woman is lucky to be alive tonight after she was accidentally shot in the head. According to the police, around ten on Saturday night, a patrol spotted a grey S.U.V. in the area of Berkeley Street going the wrong way on a one way street. The officers tried to pull the vehicle […]
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Meanwhile, cops in the old capital are also on the lookout for a gang of men that shot a security guard in the stomach … for his bicycle. According to thirty-seven year old Marcial Toledo, around ten on Sunday night he was heading to his Vernon Street home when six men approached him and ordered […]
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Today countries around the world took time out to bring attention to an often neglected health issue: mental illness. In Belize, an official ceremony commemorating World Mental Health Day was held at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall in Belize City. Guest speakers cited some grim global and local statistics relating to this year’s theme: “Mental […]
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Good evening, I?m James Adderley and here?s your dish of Sports Monday. If we lived in the desert people, the nine days of continuous heavy rain would have been a most welcome thing. Unfortunately, these here flatlands located inside the tropic zone are now largely inundated under the relentless deluge. In fact, a look at […]
Written on October 10, 2006 | Posted in
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For the third time in as many days, this morning News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin and Chris Mangar hit the Western Highway, this time to get a first hand look at the man accused of single-handedly murdering a family of six … and destroying a small community’s sense of peace. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Today twenty-seven year […]
Written on October 6, 2006 | Posted in
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A Belize City man is tonight behind bars, accused of sexually molesting a ten year old girl. According to court reports, forty-nine year old Hilberto Perez appeared before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord this morning and pled guilty to one count of Aggravated Assault against a minor and a second count of Harm. Perez was arrested […]
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In court news from the Corozal District, the murder trial against three family members has ended with a guilty verdict. According to officials from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, a jury of twelve unanimously convicted Giovanni Villanueva of Murder, Sharim Baeza was found guilty of Conspiracy to Commit murder, while Javier Villanueva […]
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Arthur Young is out on bail tonight, following proceedings in Belize City Magistrate’s Court earlier today. According to court reports, Young appeared with his attorney, Ellis Arnold before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord today and pled not guilty to one count of Kept Unlicensed Firearm and one count of Kept Ammunition Without a License. Police prosecutor […]
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And rounding out the reports from the old capital courtrooms is word that today Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh, the three judges of the Supreme Court and six magistrates, three from the Family Court and three from Magistrate’s Court left Belize this morning en route to Flores, Peten in Guatemala. It is understood that the judges […]
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The murder of Mark Gardiner is the country’s sixty-seventh of the year, but as News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports, his death has triggered more questions than answers about national crime rates and their impact on the country’s resources. Janelle Chanona, Reporting At ten fifteen last night, doctors at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital recorded the […]
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While authorities have made an arrest in the Mayen killings, the second murder to rock the Cayo district remains unsolved. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin has the details. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting As family and friends arrived at the Tzib?s residence in Cristo Rey Village to attend funeral services for seventeen year old Pricilla Arcenia Tzib the […]
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In related news from the Cayo district, today we were officially informed of that following ceremonies on Thursday, Senior Superintendent of Police Gilroy Nicholas has retired from the Belize Police Department. Nicholas joined the force thirty-one years ago, the last seven of which he served as the Officer in Charge of the San Ignacio police […]
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Does your mouth salivate at the mention of cochinita pibil and relleno? Can’t help but stomp your feet to the tune of the hog head dance? If so, you’ll definitely want to be in San Jose Nuevo Palmar in Orange Walk this weekend for the third annual Fiesta del Pueblo. The event is organised by […]
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In news from the region, a young Belizean student has been named a finalist in the fourteenth annual “My Caribbean” essay competition. Ten year old Vivian Courtenay, a standard four student at Humming Bird Elementary was one of more than a hundred entries from twenty-six countries around the Caribbean. The contest is sponsored yearly by […]
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Due to a Public and Bank Holiday on Monday, October ninth, there will be no newscast. The next broadcast will be on Tuesday, October tenth, 2006.
Written on October 6, 2006 | Posted in
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It was one of the most shocking crimes in our young nation’s history but tonight police have arrested the man they say killed a family of six from the Cayo district. The alleged face of evil belongs to Alberto Ara, also known as Ali, a resident of Ontario Village. Ara now stands accused of six […]
Written on October 5, 2006 | Posted in
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Mark Gardiner is a name that is familiar to police, the media and by extension, the public. He’s one of a couple dozen “perpetual suspects”; a regular player in a culture of deadly violence that has become ingrained in an increasing number of Belize City neighbourhoods. Tonight Gardiner lies in critical condition at the K.H.M.H., […]
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Today, Belize City police arrested two men they strongly believe went on a robbery spree on Tuesday afternoon that yielded them a total of fourteen hundred dollars. Authorities say thirty-three year old Sherlock Martinez and twenty-four year old Denroy Domingo have been positively identified as the two robbers who held up thirty-six year old Ronald […]
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Two days ago, he walked away from a murder charge but tonight thirty-one year old Arthur Young is back in custody for possession of an unlicensed firearm. According to police, this morning officers of the Criminal Intelligence Unit spotted what they say was a suspicious vehicle. They attempted to stop the car and question its […]
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