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As we reported earlier this week, the Belize Chapter of Partners of the Americas is planning to adopt the Noel Ferguson Park, located near Cinderella Plaza. During the organization’s annual convention, today visiting delegates took time out to plant trees, paint benches and repair swings. According to the local president, Doctor Christopher Bennett, the community […]
Written on November 17, 2006 | Posted in
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Professional athletes, weekend warriors and the brave at heart will test their physical and mental endurance this weekend by participating in the first ever Sol Belize Triathlon. And as News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports, the highly competitive nature of a triathlon is fast becoming a mainstay on the Belizean sports scene. David Gomez, Member, Triathlon […]
Written on November 17, 2006 | Posted in
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Due to a Public and Bank Holiday on Monday, November twentieth, there will be no newscast. The next broadcast will be on Tuesday, November twenty-first, 2006.
Written on November 17, 2006 | Posted in
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A suspect has been arrested in Monday’s execution style killing in Belize City. Twenty-one year old James Escarpeta of Aloe Vera Street has been charged with the murder of recently returned deportee Kevin Parks, who was gunned down on Euphrates Avenue in broad daylight. Police are seeking another man, Brandon Tillett, whom they believe can […]
Written on November 16, 2006 | Posted in
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Another daytime shooting–this time not fatal–rocked Belize City just as most of us were heading to work or school. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin has the story. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Sixteen year old Norman McKenzie has been identified by a witness as the young man who shot twenty-one year old Hubert Faber in his back and […]
Written on November 16, 2006 | Posted in
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While on one side of the city gunmen, victims and police played out their deadly drama, across town the old capital put its best foot forward to host a diverse international gathering of people focussed on a more positive future. News Five’s Janelle Chanona has more. Janelle Chanona, Reporting With pomp and circumstance, this morning […]
Written on November 16, 2006 | Posted in
Foreign Affairs |
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With University of Belize students protesting both the prospect of increased fees and the establishment of an ITVET facility on the Freetown Road Campus, the U.B. administration had been on the defensive. Following the lead of Education Minister Francis Fonseca, Prime Minister Said Musa this morning defended his government’s proposal and pointed to other forces […]
Written on November 16, 2006 | Posted in
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And while we had the Prime Minister’s attention we asked him to explain the status of diplomat extraordinaire, Assad Shoman. Janelle Chanona, Reporting ?I needed to ask you to respond to exactly what Ambassador Assad Shoman will be doing in London. I understand there is some concern about the amount of money he is going […]
Written on November 16, 2006 | Posted in
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Another murder case in the Supreme Court had ended with the words Nolle Prosequi. Forty-one year old Hubert Bennett is a free man following an unsuccessful bluff by prosecutors. At the opening of the trial the Crown’s Kamar Henry offered the defendant a plea bargain, allowing him to plead guilty to manslaughter in exchange for […]
Written on November 16, 2006 | Posted in
Trials |
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It’s a pillar of Belize’s economy and today the people at the helm of the nation’s tourism industry met to talk shop and choose new leaders. Jacqueline Godwin reports. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Today, the new board of the Belize Tourism Industry Association was installed during B.T.I.A.?s twenty-first annual general meeting. Outgoing president Lucy Fleming says […]
Written on November 16, 2006 | Posted in
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Education officials met in Belmopan this morning as part of ongoing efforts by the Petters Research Institute to improve the quality of classroom instruction to primary school students. President of the Institute, Dr. Arlie Petters and his team conducted a countrywide survey during the summer holidays and determined that teacher re-education and standardized textbooks are […]
Written on November 16, 2006 | Posted in
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The call for submissions for the poster competition went out to schools in July. Students were tasked to come up with art pieces using the theme “Protect the Ozone Layer-Save Life on Earth.” The contest, an initiative of the Department of Environment, aimed to sensitise and educate the children on the importance of the ozone […]
Written on November 16, 2006 | Posted in
Environment |
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It’s a large and beautiful area of primary jungle … and while lately the Chiquibul Forest has been in the news as a place to get lost, we were reminded today how critical it is to the nation’s natural heritage. News Five’s Kendra Griffith explains. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Consisting of two hundred and sixty-six thousand […]
Written on November 16, 2006 | Posted in
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Controversy between the students of the University of Belize and its board of management moved from Belmopan to the streets of Belize City. News Five’s Janelle Chanona has the details from this afternoon’s protest rally. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Escorted by members of the Belize Police Department, this afternoon a small but determined group of University […]
Written on November 15, 2006 | Posted in
Education |
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Former Social Security Chief Narda Garcia received another judicial setback today when Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh declined to allow her leave to appeal his earlier decision not to grant judicial review. Garcia’s earlier request to have the court review and quash the report of the Senate Select Committee investigating actions of the Social Security Board, […]
Written on November 15, 2006 | Posted in
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A man charged with molesting a ten year old girl has been acquitted. The case against forty-nine year old Hilberto Perez fell apart when a witness presented a solid alibi for the accused. Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord also cited other inconsistencies in the prosecution’s evidence. While Perez was acquitted on the charge of Aggravated Assault […]
Written on November 15, 2006 | Posted in
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A bus accident in the Stann Creek District has left a little girl dead. According to Independence police, around four thirty on Tuesday, four year old Shaneke Ramclam was run over by a James Bus, driven at the time by thirty-six year old Liston Parham. In his report to cops, Parham said he only realized […]
Written on November 15, 2006 | Posted in
Auto Accidents |
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Following a stabbing incident in Belize City over the weekend, police have arrested and charged two men for the crime. Seventeen year old Anibal Lemus and eighteen year old Maricio Lemus, brothers from Banak Street, have been charged with Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm and Use of Deadly Means of Harm. The duo were detained following […]
Written on November 15, 2006 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Education has announced Belize’s top performer in the most recent C.X.C. exams. He is Ian Lizarraga of St. John’s College. Lizarraga obtained ten grade ones at the general proficiency level and two grade twos. He also won individual subject awards in three categories. The second highest scorer was Aimee Flores of St. […]
Written on November 15, 2006 | Posted in
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As access to medicine and treatment options increase, experts leading the fight against HIV and AIDS are working hard to simultaneously promote prevention measures to the general public. According to Rodel Beltran Perrera, Executive Director of Alliance Against AIDS, while Belize must begin to implement social support systems for persons living with the deadly disease, […]
Written on November 15, 2006 | Posted in
Health |
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Those public education campaigns about HIV and AIDS that we referred to earlier in the newscast often include the fact that many of the people living with the deadly disease are the working class. But tonight we investigate how the pandemic is affecting some of our most vulnerable citizens: our children. Rana Flowers, Unicef Country […]
Written on November 15, 2006 | Posted in
Health |
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Last week, the Salvation Army of Belize launched its annual Kettle Appeal to help raise money to purchase toys for needy children. Today the Belize Rotary Club has also decided to get a head start on its drive to collect playthings for the less fortunate. Today we caught up with Rotarian Eddie Bouloy at one […]
Written on November 15, 2006 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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For years student life at the University of Belize was marked by what can only be called extreme apathy … but as the nation’s flagship institution of higher learning spreads its academic wings, so too are its students and faculty flexing their organisational muscles. Today those currents converged … and as News Five’s Janelle Chanona […]
Written on November 14, 2006 | Posted in
Education |
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David Price, Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into the Development Finance Corporation, was flown out to Cuba for medical care yesterday afternoon after his condition worsened over the weekend. Reports indicate that the trip went well for Price, who was transferred smoothly to a Havana hospital following arrangements coordinated by the Cuban embassy in […]
Written on November 14, 2006 | Posted in
Health |
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General Elections may be sixteen months away but the United Democratic Party is beginning to gear up for March 2008. According to a U.D.P. press release, a number of decisions were taken at an all day workshop for standard bearers on Sunday. Among them was the appointment of former B.D.F. Commandant Robert Garcia as the […]
Written on November 14, 2006 | Posted in
Politics |
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