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This morning residents of five villages in the Stann Creek District took part in a march for the environment. The event, organised by the N.G.O. Friends of Nature included the participation of students and residents of Independence, Placencia, Seine Bight, Hopkins, and Monkey River. The villagers say they want to make their feelings known about […]
Written on February 2, 2007 | Posted in
Environment |
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It’s a school that is no stranger to bad luck … but today the administration, faculty, and students of Belize City’s Salvation Army Primary were counting their blessings. News 5’s Kendra Griffith reports. Barbara Lino, Principal, Salvation Army School “The children from Salvation Army School are very, very poor kids and many of them will […]
Written on February 2, 2007 | Posted in
Education |
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In my two decades as a broadcaster I have reported on the murder of hundreds-perhaps thousands-of Belizeans… but tonight, for the first time, it is my unhappy duty to chronicle the homicide of a colleague. For the last two years Richard Hulse was News Five’s court reporter. While you never saw his face on T.V. […]
Written on February 1, 2007 | Posted in
Crime |
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Tonight police need your help in providing the identity of this man who was found dead around six thirty this morning in Ladyville. Authorities were called out to an area between miles eleven and twelve off the Northern Highway. The body was found lying in a yard with what appeared to be a gunshot to […]
Written on February 1, 2007 | Posted in
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There’s trouble brewing on the labour front as the Belize Communications Workers Union is threatening industrial action following the dismissal of three B.T.L. employees. Andy Sutherland, Nelson Young, and Enrique Monima, are union liaison officers who all work in the stores section. According to the union, they were terminated without explanation in violation of the […]
Written on February 1, 2007 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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It is by far Belizean’s number one source of protein, not to mention our favourite food … but as of today, the cost of chicken is going up. According to a release from the Belize Agro-Productive Sector Group the average price of whole dressed chicken will rise twenty-two cents per pound, from one seventy-two to […]
Written on February 1, 2007 | Posted in
Agriculture |
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The tone of the hearings conducted by the Commission of Inquiry into the Development Finance Corporation changed significantly today, as the opening testimony came not from a D.F.C. employee or client, but from an investigator hired to look at the books. News 5’s Janelle Chanona has the story. Janelle Chanona “Today Chartered Accountant Mark Hulse […]
Written on February 1, 2007 | Posted in
Economy |
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Xate: it’s a nondescript jungle plant that Belizeans would likely never know about were it not for the fact that Guatemalans routinely and illegally cross our borders to steal it. But this long lasting source of greenery, used in floral arrangements around the world, is now being harvested by Belizeans. News Five Kendra Griffith reports […]
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Agriculture |
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