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Today marked the closing of one week of activities held to observe the services of the Belize Red Cross. Over the past five days, volunteers from across the country participated in various events designed to promote the organisation and recruit more members. According to Director General Lily Bowman, their efforts were a success. Lily Bowman, […]
Written on May 11, 2007 | Posted in
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Our coverage thus far of the annual Tradewinds exercise has focussed on things like crowd control, hand to hand combat, and emergencies at sea. But tonight, the military men show their softer side through music. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting In collaboration with the Governor General’s Music in Schools Programme, for the past week high school students […]
Written on May 11, 2007 | Posted in
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While many Belizean mothers will be relaxing on Sunday, others will be busting a sweat in the eighteenth edition of the Female Cross Country. News Five’s James Adderley reports. James Adderley, Reporting Mother’s Day comes this Sunday, May thirteenth and with it comes the eighteenth running of the annual female cross country cycle classic, a […]
Written on May 11, 2007 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Said Musa has intimated both privately and publicly that the bulk of his recent political problems are rooted in an overly aggressive and opinionated press corps that is pushing the Opposition’s agenda. Today, after ostensibly whipping a rebellious Cabinet into line and mounting a unilateral media offensive, the P.M. finally met his tormentors […]
Written on May 10, 2007 | Posted in
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According to Chief Information Officer Nuri Mohammed, the Prime Minister’s press conference this morning was cut short because of a previous commitment. That pressing engagement had to do with the fact that Belize is the venue of the tenth meeting of the CARICOM Council for Foreign and Community Relations. This week, Belize’s Foreign Minister Eamon […]
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The rumours were confirmed by University officials earlier this week: that is the replacement of Dr. Corinth Morter-Lewis as President of the University of Belize. During his press conference this morning, the Prime Minister explained the rationale behind the decision. Prime Minister Said Musa “Let me say that I’ve had only but excellent relations with […]
Written on May 10, 2007 | Posted in
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A convicted U.S. sex offender hiding out in Belize has been arrested and sent home. According to police, last September an arrest warrant was issued for forty-seven year old Randall Allen Smith after he failed to register as a sex offender following a conviction and jail term for the indecent assault of a female child […]
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In other crime news, police have made arrests in separate shootings that occurred this week. According to investigators, twenty-two year old Carl Egbert Archer is the gunman who opened fire on twenty year old Meldric Flowers and fifteen year old Michael Malic, while the two were double riding on Raccoon Street Extension on Saturday night. […]
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Anyone driving from Belize City to Belmopan can’t help but notice the large areas of burnt and burning countryside. These seasonal fires are not unusual in that pine ridge terrain and are part of a natural pattern of regeneration. But wildfires are not confined to rural areas and, as I discovered today, are becoming increasingly […]
Written on May 10, 2007 | Posted in
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The issue of domestic violence is a complex one, both for the perpetrator and victim. What is not hard to figure out, however, is that something needs to be done to stop it. Today the Women’s Department introduced a new weapon in the fight. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting The reality is that men do not feel […]
Written on May 10, 2007 | Posted in
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A Dangriga woman is seventy-seven thousand dollars richer after winning Wednesday’s lotto jackpot. This afternoon Pearl Valdez picked up her cheque from Tropical Gaming’s office and told News Five her win was a sweet surprise. Pearl Valdez, $77,500 Lotto Winner “The numbers I get from a power mint sweet. They have some lucky numbers from […]
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The military exercise known as Tradewinds 2007 continued today, but while most of the multinational force trained in the heat and dust of the mainland, one contingent of participants headed out for the blue. News Five’s Kendra Griffith was aboard. Kendra Griffith “Out on the water today these coast guards will be practicing BECC’s, Basic, […]
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The controversy over Prime Minister Said Musa’s unilateral government guarantee and subsequent assumption of a thirty-three million dollar loan from the Belize Bank to Universal Health Services has now escalated into something more closely resembling a financial, constitutional, and political crisis. Today the P.M. for the first time spoke directly to the Belizean people on […]
Written on May 9, 2007 | Posted in
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With those obvious questions still awaiting answers, it was left to the Leader of the Opposition to weigh in with his assessment. For Dean Barrow, a man who pursues the P.U.P. for a living, it was just one more instance in which Said Musa’s mouth got him into even deeper trouble. Dean Barrow, Leader of […]
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We’re not sure if they’re going to have a victory party, but the residents of West Landivar have something to celebrate tonight because they have triumphed in their efforts to quash a project proposal by local developer David Gegg. The businessman had expressed his intention to construct a marina, restaurant, and office complex on his […]
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Corozal police are investigating the deaths of two men who were found in an abandoned well five hours after they were hired to clean the water hole. According to forty-six year old Antonio Campos, a farmer from the Corozal District, on Tuesday he hired thirty year old Herman Perfilio Sanchez and seventeen year old Marcos […]
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For the last six months, he’s been outside local jurisdiction, but come Monday morning, Belize City businessman Ben Bou-Nahra will stand trial for manslaughter. Today, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions confirmed to News Five that the case against Bou-Nahra in connection with the death of Shawn Copius will start next week. The […]
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Four days after a Blue Marlin Drive home was burglarised and its owners robbed at gunpoint, Belize City police have arrested the three young men they strongly believe committed the crime. This morning, seventeen year old Julian Ebanks, twenty-six year old Nicholas Gordon, and twenty-eight year old Kenrick Reneau were all charged with Aggravated Burglary […]
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A former traffic officer convicted of knocking down and killing a teenager has been fined for the offence. Convicted of causing the death of nineteen year old Dwayne Francis by careless conduct last week, this morning Glen Rivero appeared before Justice Adolph Lucas for sentencing. Before handing down his decision, Lucas listened to mitigation pleas […]
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For better or for worse, technology has infiltrated the lives of Belizeans all over the country. And on Monday technology found its way to the Valley of Peace in the Cayo District with the inauguration of an internet cafe and community data centre. The centre comes equipped with three state of the art computers and […]
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Watching the natural disasters that routinely parade across the screens of international T.V. newscasts, it becomes clear that the world’s military forces do far more than fight wars. That’s why the uniformed men and women now in Belize are not just shooting guns. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting The training participants are part of the contingent taking […]
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As the popularity of poetry grows, so does the number of local enthusiasts who will no doubt welcome the new C.D. launched today. The disc samples the work of some of the best already in the business and newcomers hoping to make a name for themselves. This morning News Five’s Kendra Griffith enjoyed a preview […]
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Today Cabinet met in Belmopan and while the Musa administration spent much of the meeting trying to work out a “structured” settlement of the government guaranteed Universal Health Services debt, the Prime Minister has yet to face the public on the issue. The usual Cabinet release won’t be out until tomorrow, but sources indicate that […]
Written on May 8, 2007 | Posted in
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Anyone who reads the newspapers each week cannot help but observe the endless pages of foreclosure notices against borrowers by their respective financial institutions, most notably the D.F.C. And while it’s not surprising to find an occasional friend or well known person on the list of unfortunates, this weekend’s Amandala newspaper contained a shocker: The […]
Written on May 8, 2007 | Posted in
Economy |
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Belizeans have never really had much of a penchant for long term strikes or other acts of self-sacrifice. Today, however, one disgruntled resident of Belize City vowed to stage his own personal protest for as long as it takes to set matters right. Charles Good, On Hunger Strike “But this will take some time for […]
Written on May 8, 2007 | Posted in
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