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It’s Music Week in Belize and to celebrate, workshops have been held countrywide for aspiring musicians to learn what it takes to do an actual recording with professional engineers. The activities have been organised by the Music Industry Association of Belize. News Five caught up with MIAB’s consultant/producer Gregory Vernon at the House of Culture […]
Written on May 18, 2007 | Posted in
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Four seriously ill Belizeans have joined hands to form a unique alliance to raise money for the operations they urgently need. On Saturday, Fransin Cain, Jose Cruz, David Vasquez, and Hector Hoare are hoping a benefit telethon and mini fair will result in the raising of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. This afternoon Cruz, […]
Written on May 18, 2007 | Posted in
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In the year 2000, in infestation of the Southern Bark Beetle devastated the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve, killing million of trees and turning the once verdant area from green to brown. But in the years since then a combination of replanting and natural regeneration started to lay the groundwork for a renewed healthy forest […]
Written on May 18, 2007 | Posted in
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Viewers please note that due to the holiday on Monday May 21st, there will be no newscast. We will resume our regular newscast on Tuesday May 22nd.
Written on May 18, 2007 | Posted in
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The battle lines have been drawn, both between the two major political parties and within the ruling P.U.P. After a day of intrigue in Belmopan, on the eve of Friday’s meeting of the House of Representatives here’s how things stand. Sources indicate that Prime Minister Said Musa has negotiated an agreement with the Belize Bank […]
Written on May 17, 2007 | Posted in
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In the meantime, Opposition Leader Dean Barrow will introduce his motions, which on principle no PUP will support, however much they might agree with his sentiments. News Five’s Stewart Krohn spoke to Barrow this morning, before many of these details became known. We asked him what he expected to happen, both inside and outside the […]
Written on May 17, 2007 | Posted in
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And while it will likely have little effect on the size of tomorrow’s rally, it should be noted that today’s Guardian ran what appears to be the first Belizean political advertisement ever presented in Chinese. The full page ad inviting the public to Friday’s protest, also ran in English and Spanish.
Written on May 17, 2007 | Posted in
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Almost anyone who drives a car has at some time fantasized about what he or she would do if their car plunged under water … and how you would manage to escape. Unfortunately, that grim fantasy became reality around two this morning on the wooden bridge connecting the twin towns of San Ignacio and Santa […]
Written on May 17, 2007 | Posted in
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Another traffic accident, this time in San Pedro Town, has also claimed a life. Police will more than likely bring charges against forty-two year old Eladio Balam after the vehicle he was driving hit and killed eight year old primary school student Jose Raudalez. According to reports, young Raudalez was heading home for lunch around […]
Written on May 17, 2007 | Posted in
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Around the same time that Raudalez was knocked down, another tragedy involving a young victim was unfolding in Dangriga at the residence of thirty-seven year old Antoinette Flowers. Police in that southern municipality report that Flowers was at home with her one year old daughter, Ann Marie Martinez, when the mother left the toddler in […]
Written on May 17, 2007 | Posted in
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A Belize City youth lies in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, the victim of yet another shooting. According to police, twenty-one year old Marvin Ramirez was critically wounded after an unidentified gunman shot him in the left side of the chest, abdomen, hip, thigh, wrist, and bicep. Ramirez reportedly came under a hail of bullets […]
Written on May 17, 2007 | Posted in
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With tourism growing solidly in Belize, those involved in the industry are always trying to find ways to improve what the country has to offer. And with funding from the Inter-American Development Bank, the Belize Tourism Board and Belize Tourism Industry Association launched one such project in 2005, entitled Improving Small Business Competitiveness in the […]
Written on May 17, 2007 | Posted in
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We are a bit late in reporting it, but we happen to be in the middle of Education Week. Wednesday’s feature event was a fair to focus on the latest development in the classroom. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Despite the hot weather, many primary school students attended the fair in observance of Education Week. Maud Hyde, […]
Written on May 17, 2007 | Posted in
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Most of the news these days involving Belize Telecommunications Limited has to do with controversy: the ownership fight between Michael Ashcroft and Jeffrey Prosser, the labour dispute with its union, and the lawsuit filed by Christine Perriott over her termination. But despite the wrangling, the phones keep ringing and the gigabytes keep flowing. Today B.T.L. […]
Written on May 17, 2007 | Posted in
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Both sides in the battle over the Universal Health Services bailout continue to jockey for position at Friday’s pivotal meeting of the House of Representatives. Outside the National Assembly the U.D.P. will be leading the mass demonstrations, but the partisan aspect is expected to be soft peddled as a wide cross-section of civic groups and […]
Written on May 16, 2007 | Posted in
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Fire in motor vehicles are not particularly unusual … except when the vehicles in question are empty, parked, and not running. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Belize City police are investigating to determine if two buses that burst into flames sometime after ten this morning were the result of arson. Senior Superintendent Allen Whylie, O.C. Eastern Division […]
Written on May 16, 2007 | Posted in
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Police have identified the drowning victim whose body was found yesterday in the Mopan River near Santa Familia. He is fourteen year old Victor Maheia. According to witnesses, Maheia was swimming with friends when he went under and did not come up. A search led to the discovery of the body nearby. Police do not […]
Written on May 16, 2007 | Posted in
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A seventeen year old and his eighteen year old brother were today charged with rape and abetment respectively. According to court reports, a sixteen year old girl reported to police that she was walking on Euphrates Avenue on May eighth when she was dragged into an alley and held down by Rojan Staine while Stephen […]
Written on May 16, 2007 | Posted in
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There were some major changes in command at the Police Department announced today. Four senior women listed among those promoted include Senior Superintendent Yolanda Murray, Superintendent Louise Willis, Assistant Superintendent Desiree Philips and Inspector Corrine Jacobs. Meanwhile Assistant Commissioner of Police Crispin Jeffries has been transferred to Belmopan as the Commander of Operations. Jeffries replaces […]
Written on May 16, 2007 | Posted in
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Meanwhile Police Commissioner Gerald Westby says his officers will be doing all they can to ensure that peace is maintained on Friday in Belmopan. Westby says the two major political parties and at least one of the independent parties have already requested permits to assemble in protest. Gerald Westby, Police Commissioner “Certainly the security forces […]
Written on May 16, 2007 | Posted in
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Today the police also put on display five brand new vehicles that were donated by the South Korean government through the efforts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to Police Commissioner Gerald Westby, the new wheels include a Hyundai thirty seater bus and three Ssang Yong pickup trucks. Westby says the vehicles complement those […]
Written on May 16, 2007 | Posted in
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The lengthy process of approving new rates for Belize Electricity Limited continues. Today the Public Utilities Commission announced that it has received two objections to its initial decision in B.E.L.’s Annual Review Proceeding. Those objections, one from Government and the other from B.E.L., mean that under P.U.C. bylaws the body must now appoint an independent […]
Written on May 16, 2007 | Posted in
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Traditionally, Belize’s stamps have featured pretty wildlife or events and personalities from the distant past. The latest issue, however is different. Yasser Musa, President, NICH “Art is about life. It is what life brings to you and how you interpret it and so I am very honoured to be associated with our stamp advisory committee.” […]
Written on May 16, 2007 | Posted in
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Today marked the official wrap-up of Tradewinds 2007, the training exercise in which Belize hosted a thousand soldiers from fourteen Caribbean countries plus the U.S.A. and U.K. At closing ceremonies this evening at Price Barracks, Defence Minister Cordel Hyde noted that the mission of the region’s military has changed in recent years and the training […]
Written on May 16, 2007 | Posted in
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If viewers are a bit confused about all the international military activity going on in Belize, don’t worry, sometimes so are we. While Tradewinds 2007 winds down, another type of exercise, this one a humanitarian effort involving the B.D.F. and U.S. military, is also putting on some finishing touches. News Five’s Kendra Griffith has the […]
Written on May 16, 2007 | Posted in
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