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In a wide ranging interview aired last night following our newscast, U.D.P. leader Dean Barrow put fourth his personal and his party’s position on a number of issues facing the nation … issues that have not necessarily received much attention in the media or campaign propaganda. For those viewers who may have missed the full […]
Written on February 5, 2008 | Posted in
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When political scientists look at election statistics they invariably search for small geographic areas that produce voting results representative of the nation as a whole. Such areas are called bell weather districts and by watching them we may get some idea of what will happen in the rest of the country. For the last several […]
Written on February 5, 2008 | Posted in
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The final statistics are out and, not surprisingly, they show that a record number of Belizeans have registered to vote. A total of one hundred fifty-six thousand, nine hundred and thirty-three people are on the rolls, amounting to over ninety-seven percent of those eligible. Men outnumber women by approximately two thousand, five hundred, a difference […]
Written on February 4, 2008 | Posted in
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There was another murder in Belize City over the weekend and as News Five’s Marion Ali reports, each killing leaves a trail of woe that extends far beyond the victim. Rupert Munnings, Brother of Murder Victim “I’ve seen it on TV many times to see mothers crying and you say to yourself this can’t hit […]
Written on February 4, 2008 | Posted in
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Two people are homeless tonight after their two-bedroom house at 3716 Louise Bevans Street was damaged by fire early Saturday morning. The occupant of the house, Latoya Coleman, says she was at work at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital when she received the disturbing news. Latoya Coleman, Fire victim “I gone da work about ten-thirty […]
Written on February 4, 2008 | Posted in
Disasters |
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The man accused of shooting a young Ladyville resident as she rode her bicycle is in custody tonight. Lenny Bennett, subject of a police manhunt, turned himself in to authorities this morning. He is expected to be charged with Attempted Murder and Aggravated Assault. At the same time, police are appealing to the public for […]
Written on February 4, 2008 | Posted in
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It was a high profile police sting but today the Director of Public Prosecutions elected to withdraw a charge of extortion against Lionel Castillo. The thirty-three year old assistant to the Ombudsman was accused of taking a fifteen hundred dollar payment from former prison mate Kelvin Reneau in exchange for allegedly arranging his parole. The […]
Written on February 4, 2008 | Posted in
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Forty-eight year old taxi driver Hector Menjivar, charged with two counts of Manslaughter for the death of his sons, Helson Menjivar and Allen Vargas, pleaded guilty to two counts of the lesser charge of Causing Death by Careless Conduct when he appeared today in the court of Justice Herbert Lord. Lord fined him two thousand, […]
Written on February 4, 2008 | Posted in
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They operate in urban areas all over the world with a fair amount of success … but can surveillance cameras in Belize City help fight crime? Or will they go the way of previous high profile police initiatives like breathalyzers and radar guns? News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting As part of the […]
Written on February 4, 2008 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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Belize continues to diversify its sources of electrical energy. Today Belize Electricity Limited and Belize Aquaculture Limited announced the signing of a fifteen year agreement under which the shrimp farming operation will sell up to fifteen megawatts of firm generating capacity to the national grid. The cost of the power will fluctuate with the world […]
Written on February 4, 2008 | Posted in
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Eating healthy is always important and as your granny can tell you, you can’t get much healthier than the leafy green vegetable known as callaloo. Today the Ministry of Agriculture along with the Caribbean Agriculture and Research Development Institute announced that they have introduced a new variety of callaloo that produces higher yields and can […]
Written on February 4, 2008 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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Orange Walk: the district where electoral spirits are perhaps running higher than anywhere else in the country. So in the final few days of the campaign what better place to profile. Tonight, News Five’s Ann-Marie Williams reports from Orange Walk Central. John Briceño, P.U.P. Candidate, O.W. Central “I have the confidence in the people of […]
Written on February 4, 2008 | Posted in
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Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’ve just stepped into this portion we call Sports Monday. Dr. Bertie Chimilio, in his capacity as President of the Football Federation of Belize, continues to execute his plan to stage Belize’s World Cup Qualifying home match on February sixth against St. Kitts and Nevis inside Guatemala, a country […]
Written on February 4, 2008 | Posted in
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Broken promises are a staple of electoral politics but our lead story tonight is not about a politician who made unfulfilled pledges to voters. Instead it’s about a candidate who’s suing his party over its failure to financially support his campaign. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Romeo Magana, Suing N.R.P. “They said for me to […]
Written on February 1, 2008 | Posted in
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We’ve followed them through the jungle, over mountains, across rivers and even into a Guatemalan jail. Today, however, News Five’s Marion Ali watched the soldiers of the Belize Defence Force as they paraded in celebration of three decades of service. Governor General, Sir Colville Young “Thirty years ago Belize saw the need to begin the […]
Written on February 1, 2008 | Posted in
Defense |
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More than a hundred members of the Belize Police Department have received promotions. Allen Whylie is now an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Keith Lino, Chester Williams, Miguel Segura and Robert Marino all have the rank of Senior Superintendent of Police. Head of Crimes Investigation Branch Aaron Guzman and Officer in charge of the Tourism Police, […]
Written on February 1, 2008 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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A Belize City man has been arrested and charged with arson after he tried to burn down his own home. Twenty-nine year old David Usher explained to Magistrate Aretha Ford that he was having trouble with his common law wife and wanted her out of the house … so on Thursday morning he set it […]
Written on February 1, 2008 | Posted in
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On Sunday morning she and her four children barely avoided injury in a fire that totally gutted her house and belongings. Five days later Dawn Billary’s life is beginning the return to normalcy as today the Belize Social Security Board presented her with a cheque for ten thousand dollars. It’s help the Board’s External Relations […]
Written on February 1, 2008 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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Mobility comes naturally to the average person but when obesity sets in and is complicated by other medical conditions, life’s daily movements become a chore. Meet twenty-nine year old Llewlyn Meighan of Castle Street. He tips the scales at six hundred pounds and says he’s in dire need of two surgeries; a gastric bypass and […]
Written on February 1, 2008 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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It’s a division that cannot be considered safe for either major party … and in 2008 two well known candidates are having a fight to the finish. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports from the campaign trail in Belize City. Janelle Chanona, Reporting In the public’s mind, lawyers are not always be there most popular professionals […]
Written on February 1, 2008 | Posted in
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While the two attorneys fight in Freetown, next door in Caribbean Shores two other professionals—an educator and accountant—are squared off in a conflict of equal intensity. Ann-Marie Williams visited with both campaigns. Jose Coye, P.U.P. Incumbent, Caribbean Shores “We have gone out there, we have filled the soil, planted the seed, we have nurtured the […]
Written on February 1, 2008 | Posted in
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