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The report of Justice Herbert Lord, one of the two co-chairs of the Commission of Inquiry investigating the Development Finance Corporation, has been received by the Prime Minister and released to the public. A quick but full reading indicates that Lord’s report is a not unfamiliar rendition of what transpired over many months of public […]
Written on July 18, 2007 | Posted in
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There are several sidebars to this story, both concerning the official status of the report. We are reliably informed that this afternoon former D.F.C. Chairman Glenn Godfrey sought an interim injunction to prevent the Lord report from being made public and, because it was issued by Lord alone, to have it declared not to be […]
Written on July 18, 2007 | Posted in
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As the victim of a vicious stabbing over the weekend continues to recover at the K.H.M.H., this afternoon two men were formally charged with the crime. Around two on Sunday morning, twenty-one year old Jermaine Jones was stabbed an incredible sixty-eight times while on Gibnut Street. Subsequent police investigations have resulted in the arrest of […]
Written on July 18, 2007 | Posted in
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After a series of setbacks, including the disappearance of a police file and the accused being out of the country, this morning a jury was empanelled to hear the case against Ben Bou-Nahra. In May of this year, Bou-Nahra was ordered to stand trial in connection the death of Shawn Copius, who was shot five […]
Written on July 18, 2007 | Posted in
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A fire Tuesday night in Port Loyola has left a family of four homeless. According to Operations Manager Michael Middleton, around eight twenty-five the National Fire Service received a call from the police informing them of a fire on Louise Bevans Street. Michael Middleton, Operations Manager, Fire Department “We immediately dispatched two trucks to the […]
Written on July 18, 2007 | Posted in
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It’s not a day that usually makes the headlines, but on Tuesday, the sugar cane processing season officially ended. For cane farmers and the sugar company, it was a year of extremes. This afternoon, officials explained that the while Tower Hill factory received a record one point two million tonnes of cane, the deliveries were […]
Written on July 18, 2007 | Posted in
Agriculture |
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With most murders that take place in Belize–at least those not connected to a robbery–there is usually a connection between the killer and the victim. But the homicide that occurred Monday evening in the Cayo District appears to be an exception … and a popular U.S. born educator will never again appear in a classroom. […]
Written on July 17, 2007 | Posted in
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A man has died following the capsizing of an oil rig near the Port of Big Creek. Thirty year old Allen Bonnell of Independence was one of nine men aboard the jack-up rig which was in the process of being towed into the port Monday night. Details are still sketchy, but it appears that about […]
Written on July 17, 2007 | Posted in
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Tonight co-chair of the Commission of Inquiry investigating the Development Finance Corporation, Merlene Bailey-Martinez, finds herself in unchartered waters. Following the submission of an independent report by co-chair Herbert Lord to Prime Minister Said Musa, Bailey-Martinez has been trying to figure out her next move. Via telephone this afternoon, she was still hopeful that the […]
Written on July 17, 2007 | Posted in
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New rules for boaters are bound to make major waves in Belizean waters. This week the Belize Port Authority embarked on an intensive public information campaign to highlight the tighter regulations. According to Port Authority officials, amendments to the Harbour and Merchant Shipping Act will provide for improved maritime safety, but veteran mariners may find […]
Written on July 17, 2007 | Posted in
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If you’ve ever lived in a wooden house–or even a concrete house with wooden components–you know that the battle against termites is never ending. In the case of our studios here at Channel 5 where some of the wood dates back to the mid eighteen hundreds, that fight has been going on for over a […]
Written on July 17, 2007 | Posted in
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The quest for the ten thousand dollar first prize in Channel Five’s Ultimate K.T.V. continues tonight as we meet fourteen more hopefuls from around the country as they audition for a chance to face off against returning champions. Here’s a preview. Kendra Griffith “Julianie, how are you feeling today?” Julianie Ferguson, Corozal Town “Anxious, nervous, […]
Written on July 17, 2007 | Posted in
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A woman and young boy are dead following a traffic accident that occurred this morning near Trial Farm in the Orange Walk District. According to police reports, around eleven-fifteen, twenty-eight year old Silvana Vellos of San Andres Village in the Corozal District was heading on the Northern Highway towards Orange Walk Town in her Toyota […]
Written on July 16, 2007 | Posted in
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They were not fatal, but wet weather over the weekend contributed to a number of other traffic accidents. The first occurred around six on Saturday evening on the Southern Highway and left ten people hospitalised. Twenty-eight year old Tashira Wagner of Independence Village told police she was carrying fifteen passengers in her Isuzu pickup truck […]
Written on July 16, 2007 | Posted in
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It was a brazen armed robbery in an upscale Belize City neighbourhood, but today police told the media that the case was quickly cracked and the perpetrators have been arrested. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Belize City police strongly believe the proprietor of the Tequila Bar, fifty-one year old Derek Nisbet may have been followed for days […]
Written on July 16, 2007 | Posted in
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A convicted cop killer will spend the rest of his life behind bars. That was the sentence handed down to twenty-six year old Chadrick Debride this afternoon by Justice Troadio Gonzalez. Earlier this month, Debride was convicted in connection with the shooting death of Police Constable Nedi Reymundo. On Christmas Eve in 2004, Reymundo had […]
Written on July 16, 2007 | Posted in
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From its start, the Commission of Inquiry into the Development Finance Corporation has had a rough time, particularly when Chairman David Price died, leaving the two remaining Commissioners to co-chair the remainder of the proceedings. As odd a couple as Herbert Lord and Merlene Bailey-Martinez may have appeared, no one thought they would have wound […]
Written on July 16, 2007 | Posted in
Economy |
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The Public Service Union has elected a new President. She is Jacqueline Willoughby Sanchez. Willoughby was previously the first Vice President of the union and takes over from Dylan Reneau, who will now serve as Secretary General. Other members of the executive include Lizandro Quiroz as first V.P., Ofelia Gomez as second V.P., Audrey Bennett […]
Written on July 16, 2007 | Posted in
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Traffic on the Hummingbird Highway came to a standstill early this morning after an eighteen wheeler jack-knifed across the road. According to Guatemalan driver Carlos Lima, around six-thirty a.m. he was heading towards Dangriga with forty tonnes of cement on his flatbed, but as he attempted to ascend the hill between miles twenty-eight and twenty-nine, […]
Written on July 16, 2007 | Posted in
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The controversy appeared to have been settled back in May when citizens of the West Landivar neighbourhood convinced the Belize City Council that a marina proposed by businessman David Gegg ought not to go forward. Apparently the developer is not giving up so easily. Over the weekend workers began to chop mangrove on the site […]
Written on July 16, 2007 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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People who regularly wait to catch a ride at the corner of Western Avenue and the Western Highway will no longer need to brave the sun or rain for that lift. Thanks to Belize Medical Associates, a bus stop will now provide the much needed shelter. According to B.M.A.’s marketing manager, Therese Diego, the construction […]
Written on July 16, 2007 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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It may seem odd that a government department that took in one hundred and eighty-six million dollars of consumer’s money in the last twelve months might try to keep that information on the down low, but leave it to our good friends at the General Sales Tax office to actually make us happy to pay […]
Written on July 16, 2007 | Posted in
Economy |
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Sports correspondent James Adderley is out of the country this week, but we convinced Janelle Chanona to try her hand at reporting the athletic action this weekend, courtesy of Berger Paints. In sporting news from the diamond, a small but diehard group of softball fans showed up in Sand Hill on Sunday afternoon to witness […]
Written on July 16, 2007 | Posted in
Sports |
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The notice of mass resignation of six senior managers threatened to send the Belize City Council into a tail spin, but after a series of closed door meetings, tonight it appears a truce has been brokered. The talks began at five-thirty Thursday evening and included three sides: the United Democratic Party executive, headed by Dean […]
Written on July 13, 2007 | Posted in
Politics |
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Today the victims of a dramatic and destructive fire that occurred in the Albert division on Thursday afternoon are embarking on the painful journey of rebuilding their lives. And while their plight is a major cause of concern, tonight the National Fire Service finds itself in the hot seat because fire fighters showed up a […]
Written on July 13, 2007 | Posted in
Disasters |
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