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Also remaining closed, it appears, will be many of the nation’s schools, as the union representing Belize’s teachers has decided to go ahead with its plans to protest. Will the rank and file respond? Clement Wade, General Manager, Catholic Schools “They will look at whether what they are doing is worth making the sacrifice and […]
Written on May 24, 2007 | Posted in
Education |
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The University of Belize is the latest educational institution to suffer a break-in. According to a police press release, on Wednesday morning the library assistant at the Freetown Road campus filed a report that sometime between five p.m. on Tuesday and eight Wednesday morning its Engineering Resource Centre was burglarised. Stolen from the room were […]
Written on May 24, 2007 | Posted in
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A new C.D. debuted on the music scene this week and it’s packing three punches. The compilation is religious, it’s in Kriol, and it’s locally composed. For the past year, more than twenty people representing different denominations have been working with a visiting enthnomusicologist to translate the Bible to Kriol. But during that project, participants […]
Written on May 24, 2007 | Posted in
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The latest political developments, while dramatic in their own right, have done little to quell the fear of many Belizeans that the demonstrations still planned for tomorrow could turn hostile and lead to significant destruction of property. But when does a violent confrontation become a riot? The question is more than academic, as News Five’s […]
Written on May 24, 2007 | Posted in
Trials |
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In case you haven’t noticed, there’s a political crisis in Belize and as we get closer to Friday’s crucial vote in the House of Representatives, the level of noise keeps increasing. Today there was no end of meetings, pronouncements, and press conferences, not to mention unending ads on radio and television. What’s hard to determine, […]
Written on May 23, 2007 | Posted in
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The Leader of the Opposition vowed last week that come this Friday, his supporters would be back on the steps of Independence Hill. And while over the last few days there were doubts that authorities would let Dean Barrow have his way, today the planned demonstration received the thumbs up from the Supreme Court. News […]
Written on May 23, 2007 | Posted in
Politics |
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Dry weather and old wood: it’s a deadly combination that can result in disaster. And that’s just what I experienced this morning on Curl Thompson Street in Port Loyola. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting When News Five arrived on the scene, the fire had already burned one small wooden house and the flames had spread to this […]
Written on May 23, 2007 | Posted in
Disasters |
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This morning’s fire would not have been big news if a number of other blazes, deliberately set last night, had succeeded. Politics, it seems, was being expressed through arson. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Shortly after midnight someone threw what is believed to be kerosene on the Women’s Department building on Albert Street and set it on […]
Written on May 23, 2007 | Posted in
Crime |
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Police have added to the woes of Mark Medina, the man charged yesterday with the murder of businesswoman Cui Su Xhau. Today the twenty-three year old was additionally charged with Aggravated Burglary based on a complaint filed by a resident of Ordonez Avenue. Eighteen year old Michael Cocom told police that on Friday morning a […]
Written on May 23, 2007 | Posted in
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Two women have been charged with assault for unrelated attacks involving machetes. The first incident occurred in Seine Bight Village on Sunday between sixteen year old Alejandra Diego and thirty-five year old Valerie Bernard. According to the teen, around five that evening she was talking with some friends when a machete-wielding Bernard suddenly came after […]
Written on May 23, 2007 | Posted in
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A ten year old girl has drowned in the Belize River. According to police Jacqueline Carcamo of Belmopan was swimming near Banana Bank on Monday afternoon when she went under and did not resurface. She was accompanied by her mother and sister. Jacqueline’s body was recovered at the scene and a post-mortem conducted on Tuesday […]
Written on May 23, 2007 | Posted in
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An independent expert has been appointed by the Public Utilities Commission to offer input in the Annual Review Proceedings for Belize Electricity Limited. He is Dr. Paul Sotkiewicz of the University of Florida. Under the terms of the P.U.C. regulations, Sotkiewicz will review the initial P.U.C. decision and deliver his report within twenty days. Following […]
Written on May 23, 2007 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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The majority of Belizeans have probably heard of or seen a performance of the Garifuna dances John Cunu or Charikanari, as well as the Mayan Deer and Cortes dances. But how many of you can say who or what influenced these cultural displays or what they mean? Fortunately, that’s the purpose of an exhibition at […]
Written on May 23, 2007 | Posted in
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They have been on a collision course for weeks–some would say years–over a host of issues culminating in the recent crisis surrounding the Universal Health Services loan guarantee. This morning the train wreck between ministers Mark Espat and Cordel Hyde and Prime Minister Musa finally occurred in the Cabinet room in Belmopan. There are various […]
Written on May 22, 2007 | Posted in
Politics |
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Meanwhile, that resolution introduced last Friday in the House was today discussed in committee, but according to Port Loyola representative Anthony “Boots” Martinez, the meeting was a sham and the Opposition was dissed. Anthony “Boots” Martinez, Area Rep., Port Loyola “The meeting was postponed based on my recommendation as a member of the committee today […]
Written on May 22, 2007 | Posted in
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And speaking of dangerous things, the police high command were today looking back at Friday’s events in Belmopan and trying to learn lessons for what may happen this week. News Five’s Janelle Chanona has the story. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Tonight official estimates are that during the violent confrontations between protestors and the police in Belmopan […]
Written on May 22, 2007 | Posted in
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Meanwhile, as both the Opposition and Government plot strategy, more and more observers are looking at where this all might be headed. In the wake of the rebellion in Cabinet, one scenario has Prime Minister Said Musa resigning, but his party staying in power for another ten months. Can it happen? Senator Godwin Hulse says… […]
Written on May 22, 2007 | Posted in
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Murders in Belize come in all shapes, sizes, and motives, but when it comes to sheer senseless cruelty, the one that occurred on Sunday in Belize City has few rivals. Wen Fei Xu, Daughter/Sister “This is something really, really tragic. It has already broken our family.” Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting According to Sue Wen Faye, around […]
Written on May 22, 2007 | Posted in
Crime |
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Separate traffic accidents over the weekend have left three people dead. According to police reports, the first incident took place around ten-thirty on Saturday morning near Constitution Park in Belize City. Twenty-three-year old bus driver Delroy Dawson has told authorities that at that time he was heading towards Pound Yard Bridge when a man suddenly […]
Written on May 22, 2007 | Posted in
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The combination of small boat and big sea proved fatal to a Belize City man over the weekend. On Sunday morning, three fishermen looked forward to a day of recreation in local waters about four miles off the coast. Only two returned. News Five’s Kendra Griffith has the story. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Twenty-two year old […]
Written on May 22, 2007 | Posted in
Disasters |
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Another accident, this time in rural Belize, has cost a teen his life. Police reports are that on Sunday evening Rockstone Pond residents sixteen year old Edison Zelaya and twenty-five year old Terryl Cunha were hunting for parrots near Maskall Village. During their search, the duo spotted a nest and proceeded to chop down the […]
Written on May 22, 2007 | Posted in
Disasters |
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A robbery gone wrong made for high police drama in Punta Gorda before dawn on Monday. According to authorities, around four-thirty that morning, two officers were dispatched to Cherrish Store on King Street to investigate a robbery in progress. The cops discovered the back door open and when they went inside, their flashlights found the […]
Written on May 22, 2007 | Posted in
Crime |
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Good evening I’m James Adderley and we welcome you to this version of Sports Monday. The semi-final round of the RFG Cup Tournament brought Tex Mar Boys of Mango Creek into the M.C.C. Grounds on Sunday to kick off the home and away series with F.C. Belize. We’re just inside this ballgame when Ashley Torres […]
Written on May 22, 2007 | Posted in
Sports |
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It was another one of these eventful days in the nation’s capital, with legislators debating in the House of Representatives and protesters gathered outside. News Five’s Janelle Chanona and Stewart Krohn are just back from Belmopan and between the three of us, along with the camera work of Rick Romero and George Tillett, we’ll try […]
Written on May 18, 2007 | Posted in
Politics |
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Marleni Cuellar “We’re reviewing the footage of what was happening in Belmopan today and while Janelle was outside getting the view of the protestors, Stewart, you were inside listening to the conversation and the debates that were going on inside. You want to fill us in on that.” Stewart Krohn “Well Marleni, it was not […]
Written on May 18, 2007 | Posted in
Politics |
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