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This afternoon, the Alliance Against AIDS formally presented is action plan for 2007 to the media and partners. According to Executive Director Rodel Beltran Perera, although 2006 was both busy and challenging, they are looking forward to working with HIV positive persons and other agencies in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Rodel Beltran Perera, Executive Director, […]
Written on January 29, 2007 | Posted in
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Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and you know this is Sports Monday and boy do we have a hefty package for you today, so strap up. We’re here inside the People’s Stadium at Sugar Land where the F.F.B.’s five thousand dollar football Knockout Tournament exploded to an entertaining conclusion yesterday as Sugar Boys Juventus hosted […]
Written on January 29, 2007 | Posted in
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For many, poverty is an issue that is studied more than it is addressed. But as News Five’s Janelle Chanona discovered this morning, one finding that all experts agree on is that the successful elimination of poverty is the responsibility of every citizen. Janelle Chanona, Reporting In 2002 the Country Poverty Assessment report revealed that […]
Written on January 26, 2007 | Posted in
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The sound of gunshots echoed across a Belize City neighbourhood last night and when nervous residents emerged from their homes, they found a teenaged bystander fighting for life. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin reports. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Tonight fourteen year old Joshua Palacio lies in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound to […]
Written on January 26, 2007 | Posted in
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An internal police investigation is underway tonight following reports by a stevedore that he was beaten by city cops. Twenty-eight year old Kevin Peters is lying in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital suffering from a broken right leg and other injuries that he claims were inflicted by four police officers on patrol in the St. […]
Written on January 26, 2007 | Posted in
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In response to the resurgence of gun violence in Belize City, on Sunday Mothers Organized for Peace will be holding a special memorial service in memory of murder victims. According to organizers, the event will include the laying of wreaths and an awareness rally. The activities are scheduled to start at two in the afternoon […]
Written on January 26, 2007 | Posted in
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Three days after Cabinet proposed to pay the Belize City Council one U.S. dollar from the seven dollar cruise passenger head tax, the municipal body has yet to announce whether or not it has accepted the terms of the deal. Tonight we understand that on Saturday Mayor Zenaida Moya and her councilors will meet with […]
Written on January 26, 2007 | Posted in
Politics |
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Despite its reputation for helping the less fortunate, the Salvation Army school has been the target of thieves who have robbed the institution of everything from desks to blackboards to food and school supplies. The most recent attack took place on Tuesday, forcing frustrated officials to appeal for the public’s assistance in reporting suspicious activity […]
Written on January 26, 2007 | Posted in
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The Salvation Army wasn’t the only school to receive financial assistance this week as on Thursday, Minister of Youth and Sports Cordel Hyde paid a visit to the 4H Youth Development Centre in Belmopan where he handed over a cheque for three thousand dollars. According to Manager Luke Ramos, the money will be used for […]
Written on January 26, 2007 | Posted in
Education |
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Three weeks ago life in the Bol household changed forever when their seven year old son was run over in a traffic accident near his Ladyville home. And as News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin reports, while his physical wounds are healing, the mental scars of the accident continue to haunt the little boy. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting […]
Written on January 26, 2007 | Posted in
Auto Accidents |
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Earlier this week primary school students from across the country busted their brains in the Belize Tourism Board’s annual Social Studies Quiz. Questions put to the young competitors covered various topics including the country’s geography, history, culture, and politics. The event got us thinking: how many adults know the answers to those same questions? To […]
Written on January 26, 2007 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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The last three months have been tumultuous for the members of the D.F.C. commission of inquiry, but as News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports from the resumed public hearings, this morning Merlene Bailey Martinez and Herbert Lord reaffirmed their commitment to the task at hand. Today the Commission of Inquiry investigating the financial affairs of the […]
Written on January 25, 2007 | Posted in
Economy |
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There has been no reaction from the Belize City Council to government’s offer to divert one U.S. dollar of the seven dollar head tax on cruise passengers to that municipal body. The reason, according to United Democratic Party Leader Dean Barrow, is that two days after the Cabinet made the decision, it has still not […]
Written on January 25, 2007 | Posted in
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A Dangriga man has been arrested and charged following an armed robbery in the Stann Creek Valley. He is twenty-two year old Albert Palacio of Dangriga’s Lakeland neighbourhood. Around nine Wednesday night a lone intruder with a handgun entered the Quality Poultry compound at mile one and a half on the Valley Road and held […]
Written on January 25, 2007 | Posted in
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Another theft, this time in Belize City, has not been followed by an arrest … but as News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports, all is not lost at Salvation Army School. Kendra Griffith, Reporting It was through this newly repaired window that school officials believe a thief, after cutting the bars and bending the louvers, entered […]
Written on January 25, 2007 | Posted in
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Two U.S. tourists, caught hiding cocaine in hard to find places, today pled guilty to drug trafficking. Brothers Andrew and Joshua Shumate, age twenty-three and twenty-six respectively, appeared before Magistrate Sharon Fraser this morning with lawyer Lionel Welch. Welch pointed out that the young men had no prior police record and asked the magistrate to […]
Written on January 25, 2007 | Posted in
Trials |
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It is no secret that the Belize Defence Force and the United States army have a strong working relationship. Only last week, the New Horizons programme was launched and next week U.S. soldiers will be in Toledo conducting a Medical Readiness and Training Exercise. Later this year the B.D.F., along with the United States Southern […]
Written on January 25, 2007 | Posted in
Defense |
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It’s hard to think of anything good coming from the death of a woman just entering the prime of her life, but if the tragedy manages to stir us to take action to prevent others from suffering a similar fate, then at least she would not have died in vain. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting On Sunday, […]
Written on January 25, 2007 | Posted in
Health |
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After weeks of saying that even if the Belize City Council needed more money, it shouldn’t come from the head tax on cruise tourists, government suddenly reversed itself as Cabinet approved a plan to provide the council with exactly what it asked for. Today the Mayor ran a victory lap and News Five’s Janelle Chanona […]
Written on January 24, 2007 | Posted in
Politics |
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The Belize Police Department, apparently on a roll following some high profile arrests, continued their P.R. campaign today, this time highlighting the seizure of weapons and the community’s help in their discovery. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting It may be only a drop in the bucket compared to how many guns are actually on the streets, but […]
Written on January 24, 2007 | Posted in
Crime |
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Two brothers visiting Belize on a cruise ship will have an interesting story to tell when they reach home. According to police, twenty-three year old Andrew Shumate and his twenty-six year old brother Joshua were observed acting suspiciously by security personnel Tuesday afternoon at the Fort Street Tourism Village. When detained by police in the […]
Written on January 24, 2007 | Posted in
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In news from the Stann Creek Valley, the showdown in the citrus industry is now focussing on a single day next month. A release from the Citrus Growers Association indicates that its annual general meeting will now be moved from February tenth to the third. That means the A.G.M. and the special general meeting called […]
Written on January 24, 2007 | Posted in
Agriculture |
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The rapid plunge in world oil prices is finally being felt in Belize. A release from government indicates that the new retail price of premium gasoline is nine thirty-nine, down thirty-five cents from the old rate of nine seventy-five. Regular is down twenty-three cents to nine thirty-three, while the price of diesel and kerosene remain […]
Written on January 24, 2007 | Posted in
Economy |
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Since Monday children with varying bone defects have been attending special clinics through an ongoing project that has assisted a total of two hundred and seventy young patients. The children are being assessed to see whether or not they may be in need of surgical treatment to improve their quality of life. The patients are […]
Written on January 24, 2007 | Posted in
Health |
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It may be part of Tourism Awareness Week, but the questions asked at today’s school competition at the Bliss are ones that should be answered by all Belizeans, not just those in the hospitality industry. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Students from all over the country packed into the Bliss today to […]
Written on January 24, 2007 | Posted in
Education |
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