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There are few senses more precious than sight … which makes it all the more puzzling why so many Belizeans suffer eye problems in silence. Tonight News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports on what happens when medical care is free and aggressively marketed. Janelle Chanona, Reporting For the last six days, the Lester Young Training and […]
Written on February 21, 2008 | Posted in
Health |
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When it comes to plain speaking there are few politicians anywhere who can compete with Michael Finnegan. Now, only a week into his new job as Minister of Housing, the four term area rep from Mesopotamia is delivering the news that many people didn’t want to hear. That is, the Venezuelan housing money is finished, […]
Written on February 20, 2008 | Posted in
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In political news from across the aisle, rival factions of the Peoples’ United Party continue to campaign in advance of the national convention called to select a new leader. At a meeting of the P.U.P. Northern caucus today, representatives of seven out of the eight Corozal and Orange Walk constituencies met and endorsed a letter […]
Written on February 20, 2008 | Posted in
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In related news the People’s United Party has taken issue with a report made on this newscast last night stating that the candidacy of Francis Fonseca for the post of party leader was being supported by former prime minister and outgoing P.U.P. leader Said Musa. The party Secretary General today pointed out that Musa has […]
Written on February 20, 2008 | Posted in
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And shifting back to the business of government, the appointment of a number of new chief executive officers was announced today. Just for the record we’ll run through the entire list as received this afternoon from the Press Office. Office of the Prime Minister – Audrey Wallace Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment – […]
Written on February 20, 2008 | Posted in
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One of the first tasks for those new appointees is to establish budgets for their respective ministries. But in view of the close proximity of the recent election to the beginning of the new financial year in April, government has decided to delay the implementation of the new budget until perhaps as late as the […]
Written on February 20, 2008 | Posted in
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A seventy-three year old woman is dead after being knocked down on the Hummingbird Highway Tuesday morning. Police say they continue to investigate which vehicle might have been responsible for the death of Gumercinda Aldana of St. Margaret’s Village. They have questioned a bus driver from Unitedville, whose school bus was seen in the area […]
Written on February 20, 2008 | Posted in
Auto Accidents |
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The former Ombudsman’s assistant, Lionel Castillo, will have to stand trial in the Supreme Court on the seldom heard of charge of Agreement for Influencing an Officer. This afternoon Senior Magistrate Dorothy Flowers ruled in the preliminary inquiry that the evidence presented by the prosecution is sufficient to justify a trial. This morning in court, […]
Written on February 20, 2008 | Posted in
Trials |
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A forty year old man from the Cayo District has pleaded guilty to incest. Court testimony revealed that the defendant had engaged in sex with his sixteen year old daughter on at least two occasions between March first and April thirtieth, 2005. The teenager gave birth to a premature baby girl in December of that […]
Written on February 20, 2008 | Posted in
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Senior Magistrate Dorothy Flowers has committed twenty year-old Rushane Andrewin and twenty-three year old Troy Dawson to stand trial for murder in the Supreme Court. This morning Flowers ruled that the evidence presented in the preliminary inquiry for the men was sufficient for them to face trial. Andrewin and Dawson are accused in the shooting […]
Written on February 20, 2008 | Posted in
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Fifty-four year old Graciliano Coc, who was found guilty last week of the attempted murder of his cousin, thirty-eight year old Emiliano Pop, was sentenced to eight years in prison today by Justice Adolph Lucas in Dangriga Supreme Court. Coc, who was not represented by an attorney, did not offer any plea for mitigation. Crown […]
Written on February 20, 2008 | Posted in
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Over the next three days professionals from across the Caribbean and the country will be in Belize City to participate in the first ever e-librarian workshop. It is proposed that with traditional library use on the decline, the challenge is to create a hybrid version of the book and the internet. The sessions are being […]
Written on February 20, 2008 | Posted in
Education |
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In case you missed the announcement, this is Engineers Week. Under the theme, “Engineers Make a World of Difference”, construction professionals and students have been meeting at the Biltmore Plaza for a series of seminars on issues affecting the industry. High on the list of priorities is the lack of occupational health and safety standards […]
Written on February 20, 2008 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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It is a game of cat and mouse that come Friday will more closely resemble a tangle between tiger and warrie. Friday of course, is the deadline by which candidates for the post of P.U.P. leader must formally declare their intentions. Right now the three men circling the ring are Francis Fonseca, Johnny Briceño and […]
Written on February 19, 2008 | Posted in
Politics |
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National Fire Service investigators have not yet concluded what caused a blaze yesterday in Georgetown Village in which two teenage girls died. However, they are conducting interviews and will forward the file to the D.P.P’s office for further action on possible charges against the parents. The small wooden structure which stood three feet off the […]
Written on February 19, 2008 | Posted in
Disasters |
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Luis Cardenas, who handed himself in to police following last week’s double murder in Orange Walk Town, has been remanded to the Hattieville Prison—but not on a charge of homicide … at least not yet. The eighteen year old Cardenas was charged with the armed robbery of Janine’s Shop on Sarstoon Street in that municipality […]
Written on February 19, 2008 | Posted in
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In Placencia, police have charged twenty-four year old Brian Vernon in connection with the fatal shooting of twenty-five year old Shannon “Shaggy” Henderson. While police do not believe Vernon was the triggerman, they have charged him with Conspiracy to Commit Murder. Vernon was picked up on Saturday in the village and is expected to appear […]
Written on February 19, 2008 | Posted in
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You have seen his picture on this broadcast before. Fifty-three year old Alfred White senior of Corozal lost his house in hurricane Dean and over the next few months his previously mild mental problems grew worse. He left home in October and since that time has been seen in several northern villages and more recently […]
Written on February 19, 2008 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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Posters and banners have always been a traditional medium for political messages but after an election, they are little more than an eyesore. According to Deputy Mayor Anthony Michael, the Belize City Council has taken notice and is working to put the old capital back in order. Anthony Michael, Belize City Deputy Mayor “The general […]
Written on February 19, 2008 | Posted in
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The announcement is not expected to have any effect on the already strong relations with Belize but today the world’s longest serving head of state, Cuban President Fidel Castro, declared that he will not seek re-election. Castro, who has served forty-nine years as president, made the statement just days before the post is to be […]
Written on February 19, 2008 | Posted in
Uncategorized |
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It’s one of the country’s most active and well known non-governmental organisations, but name recognition alone does not help finance all the good works of the Y.W.C.A. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports on some good news from the Y. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning officials of the Young Women’s Christian Association accepted a cheque for […]
Written on February 19, 2008 | Posted in
Education |
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Presentations of computers to schools are hardly big news these days but the ceremonies that took place today in Orange Walk were special for people on all sides of the transaction. News Five’s Kendra Griffith has the story. Kendra Griffith, Reporting The students of Chapel School in Orange Walk braved the mid-morning sun as they […]
Written on February 19, 2008 | Posted in
Education |
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This afternoon police escorted four men to court, including one of their fellow officers, whom they believe were behind the Valentine’s Day murder of Roberto Torres and Eugene Flores and the wounding of Ron Thomas. The men, twenty-two year old Ryan Felix, twenty-one year old Albert Allen, twenty-eight year old Earl Hamilton and twenty-one year […]
Written on February 18, 2008 | Posted in
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A man wanted for questioning over last week’s double murder of Jose Ricalde and Nazim Romero and the shooting of Noe Perez has turned himself in to police. Luis Cardenas visited the Orange Walk Police Station on Friday and police have already charged him with two counts of Robbery for crimes which occurred in that […]
Written on February 18, 2008 | Posted in
Crime |
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Three people are hospitalised and seven others are in police custody tonight following a predawn road accident in the Corozal District. According to investigators, around four on Sunday morning officers on mobile patrol in San Joaquin village spotted a black Grand Marquis heading towards Libertad. The cops got suspicious when the car took off and […]
Written on February 18, 2008 | Posted in
Auto Accidents |
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