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The press releases started flooding our newsroom almost before the ink was dry on Christine Perriott’s termination letter. The PUP’s reached first and their condemnation of her firing barely made it on yesterday’s newscast. Similar sentiments were echoed shortly afterwards by the U.D.P. and V.I.P., not to mention a host of unions and other organisations. […]
Written on February 28, 2007 | Posted in
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A Belize City man lost his life today when an argument escalated to a fistfight and then climaxed when a shot was fired. Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Around one thirty this afternoon, thirty-two year old Michael Gladden, also known as “Papa”, was shot in the head by a lone gunman on Lovely Lane. […]
Written on February 28, 2007 | Posted in
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Another man has been arrested and charged following Monday evening’s armed hold-up of former prison superintendent turned security consultant, Bernard Adolphus. Twenty-five year old Richard Russell joins twenty-one-year old Herman Elijio as the two men accused of pointing an Uzi at Adolphus as he exited the offices of Belize Unit Trust on Central American Boulevard […]
Written on February 28, 2007 | Posted in
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All of us who ever attended school can tell you about teachers who inspired us to learn … and those who, well, probably shouldn’t have ever entered the classroom. Today the Ministry of Education confirmed that assessment … and vowed to do something about it. Anthony Fuentes, President, B.N.T.U. “We can only achieve quality education […]
Written on February 28, 2007 | Posted in
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When you think of Belize’s extensive system of protected areas, the first things that come to mind are majestic forests, cascading waterfalls, and idyllic beaches. And while this assessment is absolutely true, what you may not realise is that this natural paradise is not immune to the same social ills that afflict the rest of […]
Written on February 28, 2007 | Posted in
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Tonight the Belize Communication Workers Union is reeling from the news that its General Secretary Christine Perriott has been fired. According to Perriott, this morning she filed three grievances against Belize Telecommunications Limited, one involving what she referred to as “threats” directed at her by management. Just hours later, she says she was summoned to […]
Written on February 27, 2007 | Posted in
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While Janelle Chanona was speaking to Christine Perriott on St. Thomas Street, News Five’s Stewart Krohn was on the phone to B.T.L executive Karen Bevans. According to Bevans, Perriott’s anti-management behaviour crossed the line and left the company no choice. Karen Bevans, Head of Business Dev./Marketing/P.R., B.T.L. ”Basically, the relationship between her and the company […]
Written on February 27, 2007 | Posted in
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Almost two years after he was accused of the crime, this afternoon a Belize City man was convicted of murder. Around four this afternoon a jury of five men and seven women declared twenty-one year old Michael Fox guilty of the June ninth, 2005 shooting death of Sydney Bradley. Justice Adolph Lucas has set Monday, […]
Written on February 27, 2007 | Posted in
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Two armed robbers received a shock on Monday evening when the man they attacked fought back. That should not be any surprise to people who know the victim. He’s Bernard Adolphus, former Superintendent of Prisons and current owner of Big Bird Security. The drama unfolded around four just outside of Belize Unit Trust on Central […]
Written on February 27, 2007 | Posted in
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Almost two weeks after former Ambassador Moises Cal was stopped by Panamanian customs officials for trying to enter that country with unusually large amounts of cash it appears that he will escape criminal prosecution in both Panama and Belize. As previously reported, the two countries do not have an extradition treaty and there has been […]
Written on February 27, 2007 | Posted in
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It’s no secret that Belize City is running out of land. But what you may not know is just how fierce the competition has become. News Five’s Janelle Chanona has the story. Janelle Chanona, Reporting For several years the living and the dead have been locked in a land dispute at the Lord Ridge Cemetery, […]
Written on February 27, 2007 | Posted in
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This afternoon as part of its celebrations marking the first anniversary of being elected to office, the Belize City Council took time to honour those individuals and businesses that have helped the council. And while the council was honouring people for their past cooperation, one councillor clearly had his eye on bigger things. According to […]
Written on February 27, 2007 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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Awards come in all shapes and sizes, but the one announced today by the Belize Tourism Board is a hefty sum by any standard. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Eleven year old Josie Lee is the top junior winner in the 2007 Florida Caribbean Cruise Association Environmental Poster Competition held each year for the region’s students. Lee […]
Written on February 27, 2007 | Posted in
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Josie Lee was not the only Belizean to be awarded for an environmental cause. According to a press release from the Belize National Commission for UNESCO, Belmopan resident Venetia Briggs is the recipient of the UNESCO-L’OREAL Fellowship for Young Women in Life Sciences. The award is worth up to forty thousand U.S. dollars for a […]
Written on February 27, 2007 | Posted in
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It was commissioned by the Prime Minister to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Belize’s Independence … and for three nights in September 2006, ninety-one musicians took to the stage at the Bliss performing thirteen pieces under the guidance of composer Frankie Reneau. Tickets sold like Saturday barbeque and the mammoth project received rave reviews. But […]
Written on February 27, 2007 | Posted in
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On Monday night the 2007 National Secondary School Festival of Arts came to a close at the Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts. The final presentation included some of the best performances of the past week. But as explained by the Institute of Creative Arts programme director, Leroy Green, although there were some excellent moments, […]
Written on February 27, 2007 | Posted in
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Tonight the Belize Police Department is reeling from the arrest of three officers accused in a sordid story of human trafficking and sexual assault. The drama unfolded in the early morning hours of Saturday at a lonely checkpoint on the Northern Highway, but as I found out today, this case could have far reaching implications […]
Written on February 26, 2007 | Posted in
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Four days after seventy year old Juan Tot was brutally murdered police have yet to determine a clear motive behind the crime. The victim’s body was discovered around nine last Thursday night in an orange orchard belonging to the Citrus Company of Belize in La Democracia Village. Several severe chop wounds had been inflicted to […]
Written on February 26, 2007 | Posted in
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The spate of traffic accidents continued over the weekend as incidents in the north and south of the country have claimed two more lives. According to police around nine on Friday night, a head-on collision between miles fifty-eight and fifty-nine involving a tow head truck and trailer and a small brown car produced fatal results. […]
Written on February 26, 2007 | Posted in
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Meanwhile, the latest victims of armed robbery in Belize City are a couple of high school teachers. According to Saint John’s College teachers Kevin Hall and Brian Plummer, while standing on Kraal Road around nine-thirty on Saturday night, two unmasked men armed with a handgun approached them and demanded money. The culprits escaped with jewellery, […]
Written on February 26, 2007 | Posted in
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A five day workshop designed to address the country’s response to the impact of avian influenza and possible pandemic began this morning in Belize City. The event is being organised by the Ministry of Health in partnership with the Pan American Health Organization, the National Emergency Management Organization, and the Belize Agricultural Health Authority. According […]
Written on February 26, 2007 | Posted in
Health |
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In many instances, a group of women sitting down talking informally is dismissed as gossiping. But this week, a Belize City based organisation is hoping to capitalise on that social atmosphere to create an open space for women to address the issues facing their gender. The event is called a Speak Out and is the […]
Written on February 26, 2007 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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In just a few months thousands of Belizean students will sit the Primary School Examination and administrators will be holding their breaths. Because when the results were announced in 2006, the national mean performance in math was only forty-five point seven percent, well below the sixty percent deemed satisfactory by the Ministry of Education. The […]
Written on February 26, 2007 | Posted in
Education |
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Good evening I’m James Adderley and here’s your weekly portion of Sports Monday. The R.F.G. Insurance Cup Tournament which features 12 teams in 2 divisions of 6 kicked off yesterday with all teams seeing action. Here in Belize City the annual B.P.F.L. Football Competition saw F.C. Belize play host to Tex Mar Boys from Mango […]
Written on February 26, 2007 | Posted in
Sports |
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Over the last two months, a spate of traffic accidents across Belize has resulted in the death or critical injury of fifteen people. The latest incident to occur on one of our highways has claimed the life of a veteran employee the Belize Social Security Board. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin reports. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Today […]
Written on February 23, 2007 | Posted in
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