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Like all races, the Krem New Year’s Day Cycling Classic is a pressure filled event as more than a hundred participants are expected to compete for the prizes and the glory. But as local riders prepare to head north, developments in Belize City this afternoon could mean extra drama at the start line. News Five’s […]
Written on December 31, 2007 | Posted in
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A homicide over the weekend in Corozal town has left cops with more questions than answers. According to investigating officers, around eight on Sunday morning, they were called out to a home on 9th Street where they found the lifeless body of its nineteen year old tenant, Keddy Ramirez, lying face up on the floor […]
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Tonight four men are charged with Attempted Murder and related offences following a shooting at a Belize City nightclub over the weekend. The accused are twenty-nine year old Darren Banks, twenty-one year old Austin Roland, twenty-two year old Dillon Bennett and twenty-three year old Steve Zelaya. Police believe that the foursome was trying to get […]
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Charges against a Belize City teenager have been upgraded to murder after the man he shot during an armed robbery died. According to police, sixteen year old Freedom Street resident Inmar Welch, originally charged with Robbery, was rearrested and charged with Murder after Punta Gorda money collector Darwin Pate succumbed to his wounds on Saturday […]
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It’s every homeowner’s worst nightmare: to open the front door and find a house emptied by thieves. But according to court reports, thanks to a concerned neighbour, a Mahogany Heights resident was saved from that experience and tonight the accused burglars are behind bars. On Friday night, Belize City investigators were tipped off that the […]
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James Adderley Good evening I’m James Adderley and we certainly welcome you to this final dish of Sports Monday for the year 2007. The RFG Cup Tournament ended the year on a high note with a monster show in Dangriga Sunday evening as Wagiya hosted F.C. Belize, the defending champion, inside the Carl Ramos Stadium. […]
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The stars shone brightly over Placencia last night … of course they had no competition as the entire peninsula was plunged into darkness by an eighteen hour power failure. The blackout which began around six Sunday evening and lasted until twelve-fifteen this afternoon had hotel and restaurant owners scrambling to serve a record number of […]
Written on December 31, 2007 | Posted in
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Sticking to tradition, on Friday the Belizeans selected for New Year Honours by the Queen were announced. Receiving the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George to be a Knight Commander is Barry Mansfield Bowen for his contribution to commerce and industry. In the Civil Division, Dr. Kenrick Leslie will be recognized for his dedication […]
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Philip Goldson – he is a legendary Belizean statesman and patriot, and today, six years after his death, a memorial was erected in his memory. News Five’s Marion Ali reports from downtown Belize City. Marion Ali, Reporting The ten foot tall bust is located at the historic Mule Park beside the town clock and symbolically […]
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When we last left cycling, the sport was steeped in controversy as allegations of doping were being hurled against the country’s most successful team. However, investigations would later reveal that there was no evidence to substantiate the claims, so in the face of legal action the accusers had to apologize for their public condemnations. That […]
Written on December 28, 2007 | Posted in
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Separate assaults on women have left one man behind bars and another on the run. According to police, around eleven on Wednesday morning, San Pedro residents Josela Panti and her common law husband Christopher Matura started to quarrel. But the argument turned physical and Panti is now accusing Matura of beating her into unconsciousness. But […]
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A purse snatching rarely makes the headlines, but when Belize City residents band together to catch the thief, it’s time to stop the press. Police reports are that twenty-seven year old Billa Marquina was shopping at a boutique on Cemetery Road when a man grabbed her bag and took off. But pedestrians on the street […]
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In the last month, we’ve reported that armed robbers have been targeting delivery crews around the country. Tonight, yet another hold-up has deprived a Belize City business of more than six thousand dollars in cash. According to twenty-two year old Madisco employee, Joel Young, around three-thirty on Thursday afternoon, he was on Goldson Avenue in […]
Written on December 28, 2007 | Posted in
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An escaped convict who turned himself into prison officials has been sentenced to an additional year behind bars. When thirty-five year old Gilbert Requeña appeared in court this morning, Magistrate Dorothy Flowers specified that the extra twelve months will run consecutively, which means instead of just serving eighteen years for manslaughter, Requeña is now facing […]
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N.H.I., for administrators, those three little letters could mean a political dream come true or another government scheme turned nightmare. But as News Five’s Marion Ali confirmed today, the Ministry of Health is convinced the plan must, and will, work for the benefit of all Belizeans. Marion Ali, Reporting More than two years after the […]
Written on December 28, 2007 | Posted in
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Recovery efforts continue at sea for an American man missing now for more than a week. News Five has confirmed that on December twentieth, thirty-five year old dive master, Corey Monk, an instructor on the Florida based liveaboard Nekton Pilot, accompanied several divers on a night dive off Long Caye on the Lighthouse Reef Atoll. […]
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It is six months overdue, but in the entertainment business, the show must go on, which is why organisers of a weekend concert are eager to start the music. The gospel singing is set for Saturday night at the Bird’s Isle and is a New Beginning Productions event featuring Belizean Michael “Mikal” Evans and Bahamian […]
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It is a landmark of the old capital, but like most Belizean schools, to survive Wesley College must use creative means to garner financial support for its programs. Tonight News Five’s Kendra Griffith takes a closer look at the institution and how it continues to break new ground in education. Kendra Griffith, Reporting 2007 marked […]
Written on December 28, 2007 | Posted in
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While the holidays were relatively crime free in the old capital, separate shootings involving police officers in Caye Caulker and in the Cayo district have prompted internal investigations into both incidents. News Five’s Marion Ali has the story from Bullet Tree. Corporal Mateo Carillo, Gunshot Victim “I just have to consider myself lucky and thanks […]
Written on December 27, 2007 | Posted in
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A murder in San Vicente Village in the Toledo District also kept police busy early on Christmas morning. The motive is familiar: the affections of a woman, but in this case a piece of firewood was the deadly weapon of choice. According to investigators, around two o’clock on Christmas morning, fifty-five year old Basilio Calderon […]
Written on December 27, 2007 | Posted in
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In an update to Thursday night’s violent armed robbery in Punta Gorda, police have arrested the suspected gunman. According to authorities, a sixteen year old boy from Belize City is the person who attacked and shot money collector Darwin Pate at the corner of North and Main Streets. The assailant then stole Pate’s knapsack containing […]
Written on December 27, 2007 | Posted in
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Walking home drunk is a better idea than driving home drunk, but a Belize City resident is tonight hospitalised after two attackers took advantage of his inebriation on Boxing Day. According to police, an intoxicated John Loredo was at the corner of Poinsetta and Jasmine streets around eleven-thirty that night when two men jumped him. […]
Written on December 27, 2007 | Posted in
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While two police men were taking flak on the job on Christmas Day, others were hard at work breaking up a robbery ring in Orange Walk Town. According to cops in the north, a series of break-ins had deprived businesses and homeowners of thousands of dollars in property. The most recent incident occurred on December […]
Written on December 27, 2007 | Posted in
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It was never reported to us but News Five has confirmed that customs officials made a major bust in San Pedro earlier this month. Details are still sketchy but information is that approximately two weeks ago a tip led officers to an area in San Pedro Town where they found a container with ninety cartons […]
Written on December 27, 2007 | Posted in
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Tonight broadcasters in Belize are mourning the passing of one of their own as veteran radio personality, Eustace Usher is dead. Usher passed away at his home in Belmopan on Christmas Eve after suffering from a long illness. The late Eustace Usher was the last voice Belizeans heard on the radio when Hurricane Hattie hit […]
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