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The banana industry has received more assistance from the European Union to compensate for declining price supports. Two contracts, totalling over one point one million Belize dollars, were awarded locally for rehabilitation of farms. The first, granted to the University of Belize, was for six hundred and sixty-two thousand dollars to supply four hundred and […]
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In related development news, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye will see water and sewer services extended to the north side of the island town. According to a release from Belize Water Services Limited, B.W.S. will begin the first stage of what promises to be a thirty million dollar expansion of the present system. Under the terms […]
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On the stage, on canvas and with words … Belizeans have proven their natural talent for the arts time and time again. But with many schools already faced with limited resources, organised classes are few and far between. But as News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports, one rural institution’s efforts to pursue art education have paid […]
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While the art of rural Cayo was on display at the Image Factory, some of the old capital’s budding artists were doing their thing just across the river. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting It was uncomfortable hot for the children, but the weather did not stop the boys and girls of the Belize District from celebrating the […]
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Belize’s military forte may be jungle warfare, but over the next two weeks the Caribbean, U.S., and U.K. troops gathered here for the annual Tradewinds Exercise will focus on other important skills. News Five’s Kendra Griffith had a front row seat. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Today Price Barracks was abuzz with activity as soldiers participated in […]
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Prime Minister Said Musa returned home on Sunday but since then the silence out of Belmopan has been deafening. Despite several requests for an interview from our newsroom, the P.M.’s intermediaries made it clear that Mr Musa is not talking to the media. But tonight our sources suggest that the P.M., who also happens to […]
Written on May 7, 2007 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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Two weeks ago it was a rumour but tonight we can confirm that Dr. Corinth Morter-Lewis is being replaced as President of the University of Belize. According to U.B. Board Chairman Dr. Louis Zabaneh, although Lewis’s contract does not come to an end until the middle of next year, beginning in June she will be […]
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One man is in the morgue and another in the hospital following a fatal weekend shooting in Belize City. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Around eight-thirty on Saturday night twenty year old Meldric Tyrone Flowers was riding his bicycle on Raccoon Street Extension with fifteen year old Michael Malic sitting on the handle bar when they were […]
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Authorities strongly believe that twenty-three year old Earl Crawford knows who shot him and why but police say he has not been cooperating with the investigation. Crawford was driving a Honda Civic on Dean Street towards Euphrates Avenue around eleven on Saturday night when upon reaching the intersection gunshots rang out. Crawford was hit in […]
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Police and the law abiding public have eight more guns in the hands of criminals to worry about. No one would speak to us at Anchor Security, but tonight the company is without a number of its firearms following a hold up at its office on East Canal in Belize City. The company’s night supervisor […]
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Well known Belizean cyclist, twenty-seven year old Leroy Trapp, better known as “Lyrics”, is dead following a traffic accident. The crash occurred on the Western Highway, just fifty yards away from where well-known businessman David Courtenay also lost his life on Friday morning. According to police reports, Trapp was driving a loaded cement truck towards […]
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The tourism industry in the Cayo District has been rebounding nicely from a string of armed robberies last year on the road to the Caracol ancient Maya site, but a hold-up at Xunantunich is once again giving cause for concern. Police report around nine-thirty this morning a group of ten tourists were robbed at gun […]
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In today’s tight economic times, administrators at many Belizean schools must depend on the business community’s kindness, parental support, and active fundraising efforts to meet the educational needs of our youngest citizens. So when school property is stolen or damaged, teachers and their students are especially hard hit. Such was the case today at St. […]
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Today, in front of his teachers and peers, eighteen year old Keran Rocke, a student at Sadie Vernon High School, was honoured by the police for doing the right thing. Rocke’s name was submitted by the school principal who became aware of his determination to succeed in life despite a troubled past in which he […]
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On Saturday night, six Belizean women aged sixty to seventy-eight, took to the stage at the City Centre for the Ms. Y competition. They sang, they danced, they recited and by the end of the night a winner was crowned. Here are some highlights. (Highlights of Contest) Lauren Burgess, Emcee “who come in third, second […]
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Good Evening I’m James Adderly and here’s your weekly issue of Sports Monday. The 2007 RFG Insurance Cup Playoffs blasted off this weekend with all eight teams seeing action. Here in Belize City the M.C.C. Grounds hosted the clash between F.C. Belize and San Pedro’s Costa Del Sol Nairi’s in a ballgame that brought with […]
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When Prime Minister Said Musa returns to Belize on Sunday, a welcoming committee will not be waiting. Many people, from all sides of the political spectrum, including his own party, will be looking to the P.M. for an explanation of recent bizarre developments regarding the Government guarantee of the Universal Health Services debt at the […]
Written on May 4, 2007 | Posted in
Politics |
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He was a member of one of Belize’s most prominent political families, a successful businessman, and as former Deputy Chairman of the D.F.C., was a key witness in the recent Commission of Inquiry public hearings. Tonight we regret to report that David Courtenay is dead. Sometime around five this morning, Courtenay lost control of his […]
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Tonight we also regret to announce the death of former Belize City mayor, deputy speaker of the House, and Collet area representative Remijio Montejo, Sr. Montejo died just after ten on Thursday night at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. He was fifty-six years old. Montejo fell gravely ill several months ago and was later diagnosed […]
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Belize City police have confirmed the identity of a man found dead on Belcan Bridge early Thursday morning. According to investigators, the corpse is that of Giovanni Martinez, a resident of Coney Drive. And while cops know who he is, tonight they are still trying to figure out how Martinez died. Because he had a […]
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A boating accident on the Lighthouse Reef Atoll earlier this week has prompted calls for improved navigational aides. According to the Belize Port Authority, around ten on Wednesday night, their officers were informed that a catamaran had run aground on the reef near Halfmoon Caye. The thirty-eight foot sailing vessel named Sun Jam, is registered […]
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Environment |
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The Department of Environment has released its findings into the Crooked Tree fish kill. According to the report, dissolved oxygen levels were really low in Black Creek where it enters into the lagoon, south of the causeway, and in the northern section of the lagoon. Today News Five spoke with Advocacy Manager at Audubon, Tanya […]
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Environment |
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Earlier in this newscast, we announced the untimely death of former mayor and area representative Remijio Montejo due to brain cancer. According to the World Health Organization, cancer was responsible for the death of more seven and a half million people worldwide in 2005. And while statistics are hard to come by in Belize, for […]
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Health |
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Every day, there are as many as one hundred and fifty landings at the P.G.I.A. But as News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin reports, a significant investment by the Aviation Department should make every one of those arrivals that much safer. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting For the first time in Belize, planes flying above our skies will show […]
Written on May 4, 2007 | Posted in
Travel |
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The high political drama surrounding government’s unauthorized payment of a private loan was not the only conflict taking place in Belize this week. On the prosperous north coast of Belize City, irate residents and an ambitious developer were locked in a war of words over the neighbourhood’s future. News Five’s Janelle Chanona was there. Cecil […]
Written on May 4, 2007 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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