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“We all Bilang, we di go deh strang with Inclujan”, that’s the theme of Disability Week this year. Official activities include a Finger Spelling Bee set for tomorrow and a parade through the streets of the old capital on Friday. One of the organisations coordinating the events is the Parents Association for Children with Special […]
Written on May 28, 2008 | Posted in
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Over the next three days, scientists, policy makers and communication experts from across Central America will be meeting in Belize City to discuss Climate Change within the region. According to the World Wildlife Fund’s Climate Change Program Coordinator, Nadia Bood, the idea behind the event is to stress that climate change is a real threat […]
Written on May 28, 2008 | Posted in
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For most Belizeans, hurricane preparedness starts when a storm is threatening our shores. But tonight the Belize Red Cross is appealing to residents to get ready early. And to help the hopeless organisers in our midst, the society is promoting its Hurricane Preparedness for Dummies booklets. Karen Diaz, President, Belize Red Cross “This one is […]
Written on May 28, 2008 | Posted in
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The business deal took place more than thirteen years ago but for one of the most powerful media houses in the country, the case of Krem Radio versus Sagis Investments was a representation of David versus Goliath. And while the radio station was triumphant today, as News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports, this morning’s outcome might […]
Written on May 27, 2008 | Posted in
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Two police officers are on interdiction tonight after a prisoner reported that he was handcuffed to a hospital bed and pistol whipped. Twenty-five year old Keith Cruz was formally charged with Aggravated Assault, Wounding and Harm in the Dangriga Magistrates’ Court this morning and is scheduled to return to court on June second. Investigations show […]
Written on May 27, 2008 | Posted in
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In crime news from the old capital, a security guard is behind bars tonight, accused of trying to rob a teenager at gunpoint. According to the nineteen year old Jarrett Jones, around eight on Sunday night he was walking on the Western Highway towards its junction with Vernon Street when two masked men on bicycles […]
Written on May 27, 2008 | Posted in
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Knights in shining armor rescuing women in distress are the stuff of storybooks but on Friday another Belize City student was more than relieved to have a Good Samaritan strapped with steel come to her aid. Around three-thirty on Friday afternoon eighteen year old Rea Bonner and a friend were heading to class at Saint […]
Written on May 27, 2008 | Posted in
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Conspiracy theorists will tell you the separate nationwide blackouts that occurred over the long weekend were messages from Belize Electricity Limited to the Public Utilities Commission. But according to a press release from the power company, the outages were the result of trips on the Mexican transmission line. BEL maintains that Monday’s outage was due […]
Written on May 27, 2008 | Posted in
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The heat wave gripping Belize has most of us seeing red but tonight a Corozal farmer is seeing green after he hit last Wednesday’s Lotto jackpot. According to Santa Clara villager Miguel Angel Sanchez, he’s been an avid player for years and could hardly believe his good luck when he realized he’d won one hundred […]
Written on May 27, 2008 | Posted in
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Better information, better decisions, better health: that’s the motto of the World Health Organization’s Health Metrics Network and it’s why statisticians and healthcare providers from nine countries are meeting in Belize City this week. The four-day seminar was jointly planned by PAHO and Belize’s Ministry of Health and this morning the coordinators filled us in […]
Written on May 27, 2008 | Posted in
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The nineteenth Annual Female Cross Country Cycling Classic took center stage over the weekend. So we take you out to in front of the Police Station inside San Ignacio where fifteen athletes are suited up in a bid for the most prestigious cycling title to […]
Written on May 27, 2008 | Posted in
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The charges may or may not stick but tonight, less than a week after one person was killed and eleven others wounded by a hand grenade, two men are behind bars awaiting trial for murder. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports from Magistrates’ Court. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This afternoon sixteen year old Akeem Smith and his […]
Written on May 23, 2008 | Posted in
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Less than a day after police destroyed a year’s worth of illegal weapons, thieves managed to restore a treasure trove of firepower to the streets. Police say sometime between eight on Wednesday night and eight Thursday morning someone entered William Quan Store at the corner of Albert and Orange Streets and removed a total of […]
Written on May 23, 2008 | Posted in
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Thieves were also busy in Bella Vista Village on Wednesday night when they visited a banana farm. But instead of fruit, their target was several hundred feet of copper wire installed in a cafeteria on farms twenty one and twenty-two, owned by Alvarado Murray. Independence police recovered the stolen metal on Thursday at the home […]
Written on May 23, 2008 | Posted in
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In mid-April, Senior Superintendent Chester Williams filed for and received permission from Justice Samuel Awich for judicial review of his transfer to a desk job in Belmopan. But after the matter was struck out earlier this week on a technicality, today Williams and his attorney, Elson Kaseke, went back to re-submit the application. Following in-chamber […]
Written on May 23, 2008 | Posted in
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In response to comments made by Public Utilities Commission Chairman John Avery on our newscast on Thursday, Belize Electricity Limited has issued a statement disputing the P.U.C.’s position. According to the press release, “B.E.L. clarifies that all decisions and actions it has taken with respect to the Mollejon transmission line and the dispatch of power […]
Written on May 23, 2008 | Posted in
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Yesterday we reported from the Toledo District on an overabundance of pineapples that are, as I speak, rotting in the fields. Tonight, a bit further south, it’s a different story. This time it’s rice but instead of too much, the problem is too little. Fifteen years ago Toledo was the nation’s major supplier of rice […]
Written on May 23, 2008 | Posted in
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The dry season may make us uncomfortable with heat and dust but that weather is a blessing for public works projects. And while they were a little slow off the mark, the Belize City Council is trying to make up for lost time … as News Five’s Marion Ali reports. Marion Ali, Reporting The aesthetics […]
Written on May 23, 2008 | Posted in
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And while most people agree that paving streets is what City Councils are supposed to do, the cynical among us see the early stirrings of next year’s municipal election campaign. This week’s edition of the Guardian Newspaper is already inviting people to submit nominations for the posts of mayor and city councilors in what promises […]
Written on May 23, 2008 | Posted in
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This week approximately twenty-seven conservationists from around the world made their way to La Milpa Field Station in Orange Walk for a symposium on “Financial Sustainability of Private Protected Areas.” According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and the World Land Trust, the gathering allows the men and women to share ideas […]
Written on May 23, 2008 | Posted in
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The crisis appears to have passed but at this time yesterday almost two dozen Belizeans were literally in fear for their lives. Janelle Chanona has the alarming story. Maria Ack, Certified Dialysis Nurse “I don’t know, it’s just so frustrating right now.” Janelle Chanona, Reporting When the Government changed in February, free dialysis care was […]
Written on May 23, 2008 | Posted in
Health |
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Due to the Commonwealth Day holiday, the next news broadcast will be on Tuesday, May twenty-seventh.
Written on May 23, 2008 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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As Deputy Prime Minister as well as Minister of Natural Resources, Gaspar Vega occupies an extremely important position in government. But for his party’s first hundred days in power, he’s maintained a very low public profile. That image changed today, however, as Vega held a press conference to update the public on a number of […]
Written on May 22, 2008 | Posted in
Politics |
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Following the threats by B.E.L. boss Stan Marshall that the company would be forced to implement blackouts if a rate increase wasn’t approved by the Public Utilities Commission, this afternoon P.U.C. Chairman John Avery went on the offensive. According to Avery, while BEL is making an aggressive case for a price hike, its premise appears […]
Written on May 22, 2008 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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Danna Banner, the babysitter accused of causing the death of a two year-old girl in her care, was this afternoon charged with Manslaughter. Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb remanded Banner, a resident of Ladyville, after Prosecutor, Sergeant Ludwig Castillo, objected to bail. Castillo’s arguments were based on two points: that the offence is a heinous one […]
Written on May 22, 2008 | Posted in
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