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Arrests have yet to be made following the disappearance of one hundred Belizean passports earlier this month but today the Immigration Department has recommended the suspension of the two officers being investigated by police in connection with the theft. According to a release issued by the Government Press Office, the formal request to suspend Finance […]
Written on October 5, 2006 | Posted in
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The lights are back on in Toledo following a bad night and a worse morning. According to a release from Belize Electricity Limited, power to the district was restored shortly after noon today following a series of outages during the night and a five hour blackout this morning. B.E.L. says the source of the problem […]
Written on October 5, 2006 | Posted in
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He will never be mistaken for one of the avant garde on the Belizean artistic scene … but Noel Escalante is living proof that the role of the gifted amateur is very much alive and well. This afternoon I visited his annual show at the Belize City House of Culture. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Informative, unique […]
Written on October 5, 2006 | Posted in
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You have probably seen him on the streets of Belize City, selling his thirst quenching elixer from a bicycle cart. Today this hard working father is on a different sort of mission. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Thirty-five year old Steven Hemsley popularly known as the ?Seaweed Man? needs your help as he struggles to get the […]
Written on October 5, 2006 | Posted in
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The Cayo District is sometimes referred to as the wild, wild west … but that slogan was never meant to describe the kind of deadly violence that is occurring there with alarming frequency. The latest outrage took place last night in the usually peaceful village of Cristo Rey, when a young woman was murdered in […]
Written on October 4, 2006 | Posted in
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It was sensational news back in April when three police officers were charged with carnal knowledge following a complaint filed by a fourteen year old girl. Today that case has come to an end as the last two defendants have had all charges against them dismissed. Twenty-five year old Gilroy Usher and twenty-six year old […]
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While charges were dropped against one set of accused sexual predators, they were reinstated against another. The charges of Carnal Knowledge, Trafficking in Persons, Aggravated Assault and Obstruction were once again filed against sixty-nine year old Henry Stein. They had been thrown out last week after attorney Dickie Bradley successfully argued that the prosecution failed […]
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Charges were also brought today against Albert Guy, the man who is accused of stealing a car from a taxi driver and knocking down two pedestrians as he fled a police road block on Monday afternoon. Guy has been charged with “Taking a Motor Vehicle Without Consent” and is expected to be additionally charged with […]
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In news regarding Belize Defence Force cardiologist Dr. John Gough, earlier today his family informed us that they have filed an appeal against the disciplinary action with the Security Service Council. According to family spokesman, Dr. George Gough, his brother remains in detention in Ladyville and has now formally requested that the officials review his […]
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With the People’s United Party command structure locked down in an introspective retreat at Caye Chapel, the Opposition United Democratic Party had the media spotlight all to itself. The U.D.P. used the opportunity to introduce some brand new faces. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This afternoon, the United Democratic Party announced its […]
Written on October 4, 2006 | Posted in
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Last week News Five’s Kendra Griffith presented a series of reports on both the necessity for and the ease with which HIV testing can be obtained in Belize. Today one group of Belizeans took her advice. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Today four members of the National AIDS Commission went under the needle at the Voluntary Counselling […]
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For a family of six people to perish in a house fire is a tragedy of immense proportions. But what kind of tragedy is it when evidence indicates that the fire may have been arson, and the deaths a case of premeditated murder. This morning I travelled west in search of answers. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting […]
Written on October 3, 2006 | Posted in
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Tonight the man accused of shooting his wife in the chest over the weekend is behind bars at Hattieville Prison. According to court reports, this morning, thirty-one year old Ken Young was formally arraigned on the charges of manslaughter by negligence, manslaughter and two counts of aggravated assault. The inclusion of the last two counts […]
Written on October 3, 2006 | Posted in
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In an update to reports of grand theft auto and subsequent hit and run last night in Ladyville, medical officials tell News Five that a mother and her ten year old child injured during the incident are recovering at home. According to personnel at the Belize Defence Force Hospital at Price Barracks, the woman and […]
Written on October 3, 2006 | Posted in
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Two men accused of murder and one charged with attempted murder, are free men tonight after the charges against them were withdrawn. Arthur Young, accused of the August 2002 murder of Jose Chavarria, Ronlee Petillo charged with the January 2006 murder of Dennis “Ticky” Gladden and Arden Smith Robinson, remanded for the attempted murder of […]
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It’s a situation we’ve had to report too many times: a hunting trip that ends with one friend mistakenly shooting another. The latest incident took place two miles outside Santa Anna Village in the Toledo District around one thirty this morning. Twenty-six year old Dwayne Jacobs has reported to police that he, his uncle and […]
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An official investigation into the disappearance of one hundred passports from the Immigration Department in Belmopan continues but as of news time tonight no one has been charged in connection with the incident. According to police, the two employees detained following the report, Finance Officer Audrey Bennett and her deputy Jacqueline Wagner, have been questioned […]
Written on October 3, 2006 | Posted in
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Over the last year we’ve brought viewers the high drama of the annual Spelling Bee, the full menu of the Nutrition Quiz and most recently the crunching numbers of the Math Olympiad. Today News Five’s Kendra Griffith had a front row seat for the latest academic incentive. Lusiola Castillo, Librarian ?Reading is very important and […]
Written on October 3, 2006 | Posted in
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The facts of how it happened are not completely clear, but the bottom line is that a Woman Police Constable is dead, shot by her boyfriend in what may or may not have been an accident. Today I travelled up the Northern Highway to the scene of the killing in an effort to better understand […]
Written on October 2, 2006 | Posted in
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Thirty-two year old Jerome Goff is no stranger to the police; in fact authorities say he was constantly in trouble with the law. But on Friday night Goff came under deadly attack as he sat in his car on Mahogany Street. Police say their investigations reveal that around eleven that night Goff was with two […]
Written on October 2, 2006 | Posted in
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A man once accused of abducting a female student, Albert Guy, is in police lock down after he not only stole a taxi but knocked down a woman and a child during his getaway. The drama unfolded late this evening in Ladyville. According to police, Guy caught the cab in Ladyville, saying he wanted to […]
Written on October 2, 2006 | Posted in
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Two brothers have been arrested and charged after they were caught before they could flee the scene of a burglary. Nineteen year old Darren Gillett and his twenty year old brother Kenroy Gillett were found by police inside the Esso New Road Service Station after a burglary was reported at the establishment Sunday evening. A […]
Written on October 2, 2006 | Posted in
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It is a criminal act that is repeated hundreds if not thousands of times each day and deprives the treasury of large sums of money … but for some reason, nobody ever seems to get busted for selling illegal lottery. Obviously something went wrong Friday night because cops actually arrested someone. The unfortunate merchant is […]
Written on October 2, 2006 | Posted in
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The Commission of Inquiry into the operations of the Development Finance Corporation will not resume its public hearings this week as scheduled. A release from the Commission explains that due to urgent medical treatment being received by Chairman David Price, the hearings have been indefinitely postponed. It is understood that Price is undergoing tests to […]
Written on October 2, 2006 | Posted in
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In an update to the controversy surrounding the annual general meeting of Belize Telecommunications Limited last Monday, this afternoon attorney Lionel Welch confirmed that he has spent much of the past week preparing to file contempt of court charges against the company’s board. According to Welch, all that remains are signatures on two affidavits … […]
Written on October 2, 2006 | Posted in
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