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He was wounded by gunmen in yesterday’s execution style killing of Kevin Parks. Today, from his bed at the K.H.M.H., Charlie Moss told us what went down on Euphrates Avenue. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Thirty-eight year old Charlie Moss is paralyzed on the left side of his body after the bullet entered under Moss?s left arm, […]
Written on November 14, 2006 | Posted in
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Twenty-four year old Trevor Matthews, driver of a U.S. embassy vehicle that crashed, killing a passenger, has been arrested and charged with a number of crimes. Appearing before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers, Matthews was arraigned for Manslaughter by Negligence, Causing Death by Careless Conduct, Negligent Harm, Driving Without Due Care and Attention and Failure to Conform […]
Written on November 14, 2006 | Posted in
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Over the next four or five days Belize will be hosting several hundred visitors from all over North, South and Central America, as well as the Caribbean. They’re here for the forty-second annual convention of Partners of Americas. That organisation, founded in 1964, paired various U.S. states with individual countries to the south. In 1966 […]
Written on November 14, 2006 | Posted in
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In today’s global financial system exports are the lifeblood of a nation’s economy. Just where Belize fits in to this reality was the subject of a meeting today at Old Belize. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning, the Belize Trade and Investment Development Service organized a one day symposium for local […]
Written on November 14, 2006 | Posted in
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They say that knowledge is power … and San Ignacio’s Cornerstone Foundation is doing its part to make sure that Belizeans stay informed on what’s happening with HIV/AIDS. The foundation has begun production of a magazine entitled AIDS Link. It features local, regional, and world news on HIV; info on what organisations are doing around […]
Written on November 14, 2006 | Posted in
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It may not be a new story but it sure is an important one. Diabetes continues to kill and restrict the lifestyles of thousands of Belizeans. Today was set aside to learn more and hopefully bring down the numbers. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting In a recent survey by the Pan American Health Organization, seventeen percent of […]
Written on November 14, 2006 | Posted in
Health |
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Observers in both the criminal and law enforcement communities will tell you that there is an ebb and flow to the pace of violent crime in the city … and today what has been a period of tension on the streets was punctuated by a burst of gunfire that has left one man dead and […]
Written on November 13, 2006 | Posted in
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Legal scholars will tell you that in order to be convicted of murder it must be shown that the perpetrator had the intent to kill. While in our next story that criminal purpose may have been lacking, the outcome was no less final. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Nineteen year old Rasheeda Young usually took a taxi […]
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As we have already seen, fatal violence comes in many different varieties. On Friday night it was a simple argument that resulted in death of a Belize City youth. Arlene Sentimento, Family Friend of the Deceased ?I couldn?t handle hearing it on a hold, so I had to come home and find out if it […]
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Murder and vehicular homicide were not the only crimes faced by city police over the weekend and at a press briefing this morning the top man on Queen Street elaborated. Asst. Supt Crispin Jeffries, O.C. Eastern Division ?We are making an effort to appeal to the friends and family of these people to encourage them […]
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Three men have been arrested for Wednesday night’s armed jacking of Bluebird Ice Cream Parlour. Twenty-eight year old Marlon Budran, twenty-four year old Philip McKenzie and twenty-one year old Eleuterio McKenzie were jointly charged with Robbery, Deadly Means of Harm and two counts of Wounding, for the attack on two employees and subsequent theft of […]
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There are some drug dealers in Corozal who are not too happy tonight. Acting on a tip, police visited a swampy area in the Pueblo Nuevo area of the town where they discovered a green cooler filled with over twenty-nine pounds of cocaine. No arrests were made and the drugs are being treated as found […]
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A fire shortly after noon today in San Ignacio destroyed a building that housed students attending various high schools in the twin towns. The wooden structure on Victoria Street, operated by the Catholic parish, was completely engulfed by flames that also burned up the belongings of the eight students who lived there. No one was […]
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This morning the faculty and students of St. Ignatius Primary School were getting clued in to cleanliness at the launch of its Civic Pride Week. The initiative is a move by management to encourage students to clean up their environment and adopt healthy practices. During the week-long event, the students will be visited by members […]
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The tradition of Belizean political parties owning their own media organs is as old as our two party system. Having started with newspapers, the partisan penetration of the radio dial was completed today with the inauguration of Positive Vibes. News Five’s Janelle Chanona was on hand for the festivities. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Backed by a […]
Written on November 13, 2006 | Posted in
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Good evening. I?m James Adderley, so sit back, relax and enjoy this portion of Sports Monday. Undefeated Wagiya of Dangriga came to the city yesterday after giving up the home field advantage to face F.C. Belize at the M.C.C. Grounds in game one of the R.F.G. Insurance championship series. The high from eliminating Hankook Verdes […]
Written on November 13, 2006 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, we broadcast the deplorable state of one Belize City bakery after the business was shut down by health officials because inspectors found evidence of rat and roach infestation as well as raw sewage on the property. But as News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports tonight, unsanitary conditions are plaguing most of the old capital. […]
Written on November 10, 2006 | Posted in
Health |
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The relationship between Belize and Taiwan is expected to expand in military cooperation following reciprocal official visits of leaders of the two countries’ armed forces. News Five’s Kendra Griffith has the highlights of day two of Taiwanese General, Lee Tien-yu’s second day in the country. Kendra Griffith, Reporting General Lee Tien-yu began his second day […]
Written on November 10, 2006 | Posted in
Defense |
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Two years after a fatal traffic accident on the Northern Highway, a driver involved in the incident has been found guilty of related offences. On Monday, a jury of nine convicted forty-five year old Valentine Ferguson of Manslaughter by Negligence in connection with the death of thirty-two year old Shawn Smith on June nineteenth. On […]
Written on November 10, 2006 | Posted in
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It’s a regular feature on the Belizean Christmas Calendar: The Salvation Army’s Kettle Appeal. But as News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin reports, this year organizers are counting on your generosity to give hundreds of needy Belizean children a happy holiday. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting This year, the Salvation Army hopes to raise twenty thousand dollars through its […]
Written on November 10, 2006 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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You didn’t necessarily have to smoke to participate but it certainly helped one resident of the Cayo district win some pretty cool household appliances. Jackie Godwin explains. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting According to company officials, there were seven hundred and eighty thousand entries in the Caribbean Tobacco?s Home Sweet Home Sweepstakes ? which why San Ignacio […]
Written on November 10, 2006 | Posted in
Economy |
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In related news, today three other Belizeans also claimed their prizes in another local promotion, this time organized by Scotia Bank. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting For the past month and a half, Scotia Bank Belize has been holding a promotional event designed to improve customer service. Josie Andrews, Sales/Marketing, Scotia Bank Belize Limited ?We are a […]
Written on November 10, 2006 | Posted in
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Tonight the Belize City Council is seeing red after the Director of Public Prosecutions informed them by letter on Wednesday that criminal charges will not be filed against former P.U.P. Mayor David Fonseca. Via telephone this afternoon D.P.P. Kirk Anderson explained that the allegations of theft could not be confirmed. Under the law, theft is […]
Written on November 9, 2006 | Posted in
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A ruling in the Belize City Supreme Court late this afternoon by Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh has lifted an interim injunction against the Belize Times. Around three today, the C.J. set aside his earlier decision against the People’s United Party paper, which barred the Times from publishing anything further about Lois Young Barrow with regard […]
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On Wednesday, masked men hit two Belize City businesses in separate attacks. The first incident occurred in downtown Belize City on Wednesday night and left the two store owners injured. According to police, around nine last night the Blue Bird Ice Cream Parlour on Albert Street was ambushed by three masked men brandishing handguns. Proprietors […]
Written on November 9, 2006 | Posted in
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