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On last night’s newscast we reported on the presentation of Merlene Bailey Martinez’s Commission of Inquiry report to the Prime Minister. Yet almost before she reached Belmopan, former D.F.C. Chairman Glen Godfrey had succeeded in obtaining a temporary ex parte injunction against the publication of the report. Godfrey’s attorney, Elson Kaseke, successfully argued that the […]
Written on October 31, 2007 | Posted in
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In an election year, most politicians agree that all is fair in love and war. But following the release of separate advertisements using recordings of closed door conversations, the People’s United Party has taken off the gloves. One ad prepared by the P.U.P. purports to include the voice of United Democratic Party standard bearer Melvin […]
Written on October 31, 2007 | Posted in
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It seems that Belmopan’s decision to back off of plans to de-reserve almost three thousand acres of Bacalar Chico National Park was only part of its policy reversal. According to a release from the Association of Protected Areas Management Organizations, at a meeting held today with Minister of Natural Resources Florencio Marin and a number […]
Written on October 31, 2007 | Posted in
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Two days after a bus driver was held up and robbed, Belize City police still have no leads as to who committed the crime. The victim, fifty-five year old Seaford Dawson, who works for James Bus Line, reported to authorities that around eight-forty on Monday night, he stopped at the Pound Yard Bridge to let […]
Written on October 31, 2007 | Posted in
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Twenty-two year old Darren Myvette, a resident of Georgeville Village, has been charged with carnal knowledge following an incident involving a twelve year old girl. When the child was taken for a medical examination it was also discovered that she is pregnant. According to police, the girl, in the company of her mother, told them […]
Written on October 31, 2007 | Posted in
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Police in Benque Viejo have been busy busting Guatemalans involved in the heavy cross border marijuana trade. On Monday morning they stopped two suspicious men carrying knapsacks and found seven pounds of weed in one and four pounds in another. Twenty year old Armando DeJesus Jimenez of Dolores, Guatemala and twenty-one year old Nelson Otoniel […]
Written on October 31, 2007 | Posted in
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A man on trial for murder was this afternoon remanded to prison after he was acquitted of that charge and the twelve member jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on the alternative charge of manslaughter. Julio Che of Ladyville was on trial for the stabbing death of Alberto Jaime Serano, who was killed on […]
Written on October 31, 2007 | Posted in
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We have all heard about the major accolade being bestowed on Andy Palacio and Ivan Duran in Spain earlier this week and now we have the picture to prove it. The veteran musician and his producer were honoured Sunday night with the prestigious Womex Award at the World Music Expo held in Seville Spain. The […]
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A generation ago most Belizeans—not to mention foreigners—would have characterised Kriol as “bad English.” How times have changed. Thanks to the tireless efforts of a handful of committed activists, Kriol is today ready to take its place as a full and equal partner in Belize’s family of languages. News Five’s Marion Ali reports. Marion Ali, […]
Written on October 31, 2007 | Posted in
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Belize has a new queen tonight. No, Elizabeth the second is still very much alive; the royalty I’m talking about is the Queen of Belizean Karaoke. The winner of Channel Five’s Ultimate KTV competition was announced last night before a standing room only crowd at the Bliss. Prior to the announcement the show’s usual format […]
Written on October 31, 2007 | Posted in
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It was almost an identical scenario to that which unfolded in the awarding of preferential oil leases to three well connected businessmen. That is, the Opposition leader cries scandal, the press and civil society jump in … and then government reverses its policy, saying it was all a misunderstanding in the first place. Today, in […]
Written on October 30, 2007 | Posted in
Environment |
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It took her longer than expected, but late this afternoon Merlene Bailey Martinez, co-chair of the Commission of Inquiry into the Development Finance Corporation, delivered her report to the Prime Minister. It has not yet been announced how the report will be made available to the public. On July twelfth co-chair Herbert Lord elected to […]
Written on October 30, 2007 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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This morning, the eighty-third recruit squad marched ceremoniously across the Arthur Adolphus Parade Square as they officially graduated from the Police Training Academy. Over the last six months, the seventy-three men and six women have endured intensive physical and mental training in technical and academic subjects so their last test was easy as the recruits […]
Written on October 30, 2007 | Posted in
Defense |
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And while the Police Department celebrated the newest cops to hit the block, this afternoon Minister of Home Affairs Ralph Fonseca responded to public outcry following the collapse to the Ben Bou-Nahra manslaughter case in the Supreme Court. According to Fonseca, the officers who took the stand have been charged with perjury and there has […]
Written on October 30, 2007 | Posted in
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The police have yet another hit and run mystery to solve. The accident that occurred just before seven on Monday night took the life of forty-eight year old Daniel Diaz. Diaz, a mason of Trial Farm Village in the Orange Walk District, was riding his bicycle on the right hand side of the Northern Highway […]
Written on October 30, 2007 | Posted in
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Customs officials have declined to comment on a case of forgery that Belize City police are investigating, telling News Five that the detective work has only just begun. According to the authorities, Miguel Uk, an enforcement officer with the Customs Department, reported that between the period of August eighth and October nineteenth of this year, […]
Written on October 30, 2007 | Posted in
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Only four years since its formation, the organisation known as Crimestoppers has become a regular part of the law enforcement and media scenes. But as crime and violence continue to dominate the headlines it is worth asking just how effective its efforts have been. News Five’s Marion Ali reports on the group’s latest initiative to […]
Written on October 30, 2007 | Posted in
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Activists in the field of HIV have long maintained that stigma and discrimination form a barrier to combating the disease and this week, two workshops by separate organisations are focussing on that issue. This morning at the Biltmore Plaza the National AIDS Commission and Pan American Health Organization opened a two-day seminar examining the human […]
Written on October 30, 2007 | Posted in
Health |
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Whether it’s a botched operation, crumbling infrastructure or political interference, the nation’s largest medical facility often seems like the place we love to hate. But like a trusty Timex watch, as much as the K.H.M.H. takes a licking, it somehow keeps on ticking. Today I witnessed some new efforts to do better. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting […]
Written on October 30, 2007 | Posted in
Health |
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They say that nice guys finish last … but tonight we have news of some nice Belizeans—a guy and a gal actually—who finished second. One is eleven year old Alexander Fonseca who was one of two runners up in the Conde Nast “My Caribbean” essay contest. Fonseca, the son of Minister of Education Francis Fonseca […]
Written on October 30, 2007 | Posted in
Sports |
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Two police officers whose failure to identify a defendant resulted in his acquittal were this morning arraigned before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie. The two officers, forty-six year old Sergeant Anthony Polonio of Halfmoon Avenue, Belmopan, and forty-five year old Constable Darius Ramos of Faber’s Road in Belize City, were interdicted last Friday from active police […]
Written on October 29, 2007 | Posted in
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In other judicial news, this time in the Supreme Court, twelve jurors were empanelled before Justice Troadio Gonzalez this morning in the murder trial of Elvis Myers. The accused is charged with the Boxing Day, 2005 shooting death of Winfield Slusher Junior in Gales Point. The incident occurred at a bram on the night of […]
Written on October 29, 2007 | Posted in
Trials |
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A teenager has been arrested and charged in connection with last week’s murder of a Corozal man. According to investigators, eighteen year old Arlo Joseph Carter is the person who bludgeoned fifty-five year old Ernesto Riverol to death sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning. Concerned neighbours later discovered Riverol’s body in a pool of […]
Written on October 29, 2007 | Posted in
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While Corozal police have made an arrest in the Riverol murder, tonight they are still looking for two robbers who stole thousands of dollars in cash and a handgun from a local businessman. Construction supplies retailer Ricardo Gomez has reported that around five-thirty on Friday evening, he was crossing the double lane boulevard that separates […]
Written on October 29, 2007 | Posted in
Crime |
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Tonight, Raul Rodriguez, a resident of Orange Walk Town is a lucky man. This morning he was discharged from the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he was knocked off his bicycle around eight on Sunday night by the Mile Eight community on the Western Highway. Although Rodriguez’s bike was damaged extensively we understand that the […]
Written on October 29, 2007 | Posted in
Auto Accidents |
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