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The government of the People’s United Party is not the only political entity with a hotfoot in Toledo. According to a press release from the United Democratic Party’s Toledo East constituency, its own U.D.P. councillor, Wil Galvez, is being asked to resign his seat on the Punta Gorda Town Council. His crime? Apparently he is […]
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Two stolen cars have been recovered and two suspected thieves arrested in Benque Viejo. One of those suspects was wounded by a police bullet in the course of his apprehension. According to official reports, around midnight Tuesday a police patrol observed two Toyotas travelling at high speed on the Arenal Road toward Benque. A chase […]
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Meanwhile, in San Ignacio police are dealing with an unusual death. Around eight Tuesday night police and firemen were called to a house on Melhado Road where they found smoke coming from a burning pot of beans on the stove. After extinguishing the fire and searching the house they discovered in the bathroom, the partially […]
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it’s a time of the year when fair weather and four days of holiday make for fun all across the nation. And to make sure we don’t return on Tuesday to a newscast full of bad news, Belize’s law enforcement authorities today announced some ambitious plans for Easter. Gerald Westby, Police Commissioner “It was emphasized […]
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Travellers heading north can now travel in style as this morning National Transport launched a new luxury service. The Premier Line consists of three buses making three trips from Belize City to Chetumal daily at six, nine, and eleven a.m. Executive Secretary Linda Trejo told News Five what amenities come with the ticket. Linda Trejo, […]
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On Saturday morning all Belizean ears will be tuned to a radio for the seventy-ninth Cross Country Cycling Classic. And while the publication has come out just under the wire, the magazine known as “The Tradition” has made its third annual appearance. With a photo of defending champ Shane Vasquez on the cover and some […]
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The debate over communal, traditional and ethnic rights in Belize is not a new one … in fact the reason it comes up so often is that despite all the talk, the issue has yet to be resolved. Leading the charge over the last decade have been Maya activists from the Toledo District. Today they […]
Written on April 3, 2007 | Posted in
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Following a brazen hold-up on Monday morning, today nineteen year old Ryan Welcome of Caesar Ridge Road and twenty-eight year old Kevin Sutherland of Faber’s Road were handcuffed and taken over to Magistrate’s Court where they were arraigned on a charge of robbery. Welcome and Sutherland are the two men police believe held up two […]
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A Belize Defence Force aircraft made an emergency landing today and while the plane likely suffered heavy damage, all eight passengers and crew were unhurt. The drama infolded around three this afternoon when the twin engine Britten-Norman Islander, en route from Punta Gorda to the Philip Goldson International Airport, experienced difficulties and was forced to […]
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Belize Electricity Limited, the nation’s sole distributor of electrical power, has applied for new rates … but before anyone gets excited it should be explained that according to B.E.L., charges will actually be reduced for most customers. The rebalancing of rates is part of an Annual Review Proceeding that B.E.L. has requested under the regulations […]
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In Belize there is no shortage of concerns over health. From the multimillion dollar government bailout of Universal Health Services to the growing gap between available treatments and the ability to pay for them, the nation’s health is an increasingly hot topic. And today, on World Health Day, authorities reminded us that our own well-being […]
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And while health authorities prepare for the possibility of an Avian Flu outbreak, they must also deal with the existing scourge of HIV and AIDS. The Ministry of Health has released the 2006 annual statistics on the virus and while the numbers are open to interpretation, it appears that neither side in the struggle can […]
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As you get ready to enjoy your Easter Holiday the last thing you may want to think about is hurricanes. But with only two more months to go before the season, this year’s prediction may very well have you making early preparations. Well known forecaster professor William Gray says that 2007 will be a very […]
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Two men who snatched a bag full of loot as it was about to be deposited in the bank are behind bars tonight, thanks to some quick thinking by police. The action unfolded in the Belama area of Belize City around eleven-thirty this morning. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting This black Honda Civic car with taxi license […]
Written on April 2, 2007 | Posted in
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Two years ago he was charged with the murder of Dangriga resident Michael Palacio, but when witnesses failed to show up to testify, the case against thirty year old Sherwin Baltazar evaporated and he was subsequently released from Hattieville prison. On Sunday morning, however Baltazar’s freedom came to an abrupt and vicious end. Dangriga authorities […]
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Dangriga police may have arrested one alleged murderer, but they are still on a manhunt for two other suspected killers. Guatemalans twenty-nine year old Carlos Adelmito Zuniga and forty-one year old Neftali Cruz, both of Alta Vista in the Stann Creek Valley, are being sought for the murder of thirty year old Ismael Castellanos. Castellanos’ […]
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Over two weeks after twenty year old Cruz Sho was brutally murdered inside her house in Lords Bank Village, this afternoon police charged their third suspect in the killing, nineteen year old Lynsdale Franklin. Franklin has been on the run since the homicide on March fifteenth, but police say last Friday he turned himself in. […]
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A weekend traffic accident in the Toledo District has claimed the life of a Belize City man. According to Punta Gorda police, around three Saturday morning, seventy-nine year old George Grant, Sr. of Vernon Street in Belize City was driving a grey Dodge pickup near the Cerros Hills Bridge when he apparently lost control, causing […]
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The case of Christine Perriott versus Belize Telecommunications Limited got underway this morning in the courtroom of Justice John Muria. But before they tackled the substantive issues of Perriott’s reinstatement and compensation for her alleged losses, her attorney Lois Young is in the meantime asking the court to force B.T.L. to give Perriott her job […]
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Week three of the nationwide balloting for village councils is now history and to absolutely nobody’s surprise, the major political parties once again have different interpretations of the results. According to a press release from the United Democratic Party, they won twenty-one of the thirty-eight villages outright and say that an additional four villages in […]
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Residents of two Toledo villages will file a suit in the Supreme Court tomorrow, claiming that the Government of Belize has failed to protect traditional Maya land rights. A press release from the Maya Leaders Alliance says the residents seek to have Belmopan formally recognise communal rights to land and related resources based on “longstanding […]
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Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The WIN Belize Basketball Competition reached money time Friday night inside the Civic Center as Acros Whirlpool found itself in a must win situation against the red hot Lake I Boyz in the three game senior male championship series. It’s a pretty good start for […]
Written on April 2, 2007 | Posted in
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