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Separate traffic accidents over the weekend have left one man dead and thirteen people injured. According to police, the first incident occurred just before nine on Saturday morning. Officers in Independence were called to the junction of the Southern Highway and the Georgetown Village road where they saw an extensively damaged Ford Ranger pickup on […]
Written on October 8, 2007 | Posted in
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The 2007 Belize Scholarship recipient has been announced. He is nineteen year old Belize City resident Philip Harold DeShield. At the end of the last school year, DeShield was one of two hundred and twenty-seven Belizean students who sat the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations, but his grades in Biology, Chemistry, and Communication Studies have made […]
Written on October 8, 2007 | Posted in
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On Sunday night, a local audience was treated to dance, music, and vocals, courtesy of the Chinese community. “What a Beautiful Jasmine” was held at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts, but as organisers Lilly Yang and May Chui told us, the stage presentation was more than just entertainment. Lilly Yang, Organizer, What a […]
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Good evening I’m James Adderley and we welcome you to this edition of Sports Monday. We get our first look at the Belize Defence Force this football season as they took to the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday to face the defending champion F.C. Belize in week II of the R.F.G. Insurance Cup Tournament. The Military certainly […]
Written on October 8, 2007 | Posted in
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A short time ago, Marion Jones, one of Belize’s National Heroes suffered a stunning fall from grace as she issued a statement to friends, family, and fans admitting that she was using performance enhancing drugs when she won five medals in the 2000 Olympics. Jones faced a New York judge today and formally confessed her […]
Written on October 5, 2007 | Posted in
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As Marion’s confession makes it way through the Belizean community, it’s hard to miss the disappointment felt by many. When Marion lifted the Belizean flag in Sydney for all the world to see, she lifted our spirits along with it, and that simple yet profound gesture ensured that she would always have a place in […]
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The seventy-first murder of the year took place last night in southern Belize. According to police, around seven-thirty this morning, residents in Independence Village called 911 to report that a man was lying in a pool of his own blood inside a clothing store at the corner of King and Main streets. Subsequent investigations revealed […]
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Meanwhile, another Belize City resident has been charged with the murder of Kirlyn Felix. This afternoon nineteen year old Mark Vernon was brought before Magistrate Albert Hoare where he was formally arraigned for Murder, Attempted Murder, Grievous Harm and Use of Deadly Means of Harm. This is the second arrest in connection to the death […]
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And while those two accused murderers are behind bars, tonight police need your help to find this man, Brandon Taylor. According to police, last night a mobile patrol looking for Taylor came under fire from the young man. Officers say around ten-thirty they were at the corner of King Street and East Collet Canal when […]
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With elections less than six months away, Belize has a new Chief Elections Officer. She is Ruth Meighan, a career public servant with a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor’s in Public Administration. This morning Meighan was officially sworn in as Acting Chief Elections Officer by Danny Madrid, National President of the Association […]
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As Meighan settles into her duties, we’re pretty sure she’ll be checking her voters list and tonight there’s a good chance that total number has already gone up by almost two hundred people following a special ceremony in Belmopan earlier this week. On Thursday, Immigration and Nationality officials took the oath of one hundred and […]
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In other political news, today mayors, city councillors, and municipal administrators from across the country gathered in Belize City for a two-day workshop designed to help them do a better job. According to Director of Local Government, Eugene Palacio, the idea is to make sure everyone knows their roles and responsibilities. Eugene Palacio, Director of […]
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While most of us are celebrating the fact that the hurricane season is winding down, Belizeans who bore the brunt of Hurricane Dean in August are still trying to rebuild their lives. The Belize Red Cross has been a key partner in that process and as News Five’s Marion Ali reports, today the Society got […]
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His name has become synonymous with one of Belize’s most prized musical genres. Tonight as we continue our coverage of The Coming of Age series, we highlight the incomparable Wilfred Peters and the Brukdown. Rudy Castillo, Narrator It is called Brukdown Music and there is no one more closely associated with its performance and preservation […]
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Like murders, traffic accidents seem to come in clusters … and this past week has seen one of the worst. Tonight there is a new fatal crash to report and an additional death from one that occurred yesterday. But we’ll lead our coverage with developments from the horrific collision that occurred on Independence Eve. Jacqueline […]
Written on October 4, 2007 | Posted in
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Another fatal traffic accident has occurred, this time on the Northern Highway. Police reports are that around ten-thirty last night officers were called to an area between miles seventeen and eighteen where they found an extensively damaged burgundy Ford Explorer on the right side of the road with its four wheels in the air. Closer […]
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Meanwhile, a third person has died as a result of Wednesday’s traffic accident near Belmopan. According to police, around five this morning thirty-two year old Ana Cannasales succumbed to her injuries at the Western Regional Hospital. The young mother was one of seven people who were hurt when the driver of the pickup they were […]
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The U.S. Embassy today confirmed that Belize’s annual quota for sugar exports to the United States have been renewed at roughly the same level as last year. The 2008 allotment is set at eleven thousand five hundred and eighty-three metric tons and means that those sales will receive a price significantly higher than that prevailing […]
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If you own a computer you know that within a few months of your purchase they invariable come out with new, more advanced models that make your once powerful machine seem puny. That’s pretty much the same thing that happens to telecom companies—only on a much larger scale. Today, Belize’s principal communications provider essentially announced […]
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If you’ve spent much time in Barbados recently you might have noticed that on the roof of almost every new building is an odd looking contraption: a solar water heater. And while Belize is baked by the same sun as our Caribbean neighbours, you’ll rarely see a solar device. News Five’s Marion Ali attended a […]
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It’s a week to highlight the achievements of our most experienced citizens and tonight, as part of our series called Coming of Age, we take a look at a remarkable woman named Hortence Robinson. Hortence Robinson, Traditional Healer “I do believe it’s a gift.” Rudy Castillo, Narrator For more than half a century, Hortence Robinson […]
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He is a well known media personality operating out of the Kremandala organisation, best known for his extreme opinions on a variety of subjects. And tonight it appears that someone has a serious beef with Rufus X … a grudge strong enough to risk an attack on a man who doesn’t frighten easily. Rufus X, […]
Written on October 3, 2007 | Posted in
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In related news, the Belize Independent Media Association has strongly denounced the two incidents. In a release issued today the group, comprised of major newspaper, radio, and television companies, said it will resist all attempts to intimidate media workers no matter what their source. In addition to Krem Radio, TV, and the Amandala newspaper, BIMA’s […]
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A traffic accident on the Western Highway this morning has resulted in the death of a man and his infant daughter. Reports to News Five are that just after eleven this morning a two-door Chevy pickup truck was heading from Belize City to the Guatemalan border, but as it neared the curve near George Price […]
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Yesterday was no ordinary day at work for one field hand as he went about his chores in an orange grove on the Stann Creek Valley Road. It seems that around eight-thirty in the morning a robber pounced on a woman near the mile six bus stop and stole her purse containing personal belongings worth […]
Written on October 3, 2007 | Posted in
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