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The Belize City Council launched its Adopt a Child Program this afternoon but the City Councillors aren’t exactly taking children home. They are making contributions to worthy institutions to which we entrust our children every day. Councillor Mark King explained this new venture. Mark King, City Councillor “The council found it necessary and very important […]
Written on July 30, 2008 | Posted in
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The Supreme Court is crammed jam with the volume of cases, but today there is a new case that is challenging a piece of legislation that has just become law. It is the Supreme Court of Judicature Amendment Act, which became law just a few days ago by virtue of its publication in the Gazette […]
Written on July 29, 2008 | Posted in
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Two minors have reported being sexually assaulted and threatened. The first is a sixteen year old from the Cayo District who visited police in the company of her mother. According to the teen, in May of this year she was at home when her step father had sex with her against her will. She says […]
Written on July 29, 2008 | Posted in
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Four tourists who came to enjoy a week of vacations in Belize, got a rude awakening this morning when a thief entered the cabin they were occupying. One of the tourists, who requested anonymity, told News Five this evening that the incident occurred at Ignacio Cabins near the airstrip at Caye Caulker. She said that […]
Written on July 29, 2008 | Posted in
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Police are pressing ahead with investigations into the missing truckload of medicines that was destined for Guatemala last Wednesday and according to Police Press Officer, Clement Palacio, they are now processing the empty truck which was discovered near Camp Oakley in Burrel Boom on Friday. Clement Palacio, Police Press Officer “The owner has identified the […]
Written on July 29, 2008 | Posted in
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The murder trial of a twenty year old Guatemalan woman was adjourned today in the Supreme Court. The trial has grabbed attention for various interesting aspects. Firstly, because the woman has been in prison for more than a reasonable time awaiting trial for lack of defense, and secondly, she was a juvenile when the crime […]
Written on July 29, 2008 | Posted in
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You will never know from prices at the local gas pumps, but oil prices on the international market have tumbled, registering the lowest drop in the last seven weeks. Today’s drop on the New York Mercantile Exchange was as much as four dollars a barrel, down to one hundred and twenty-two dollars and eighty-four cents […]
Written on July 29, 2008 | Posted in
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It has not yet been made public, but Allan Slusher, has been named as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Belize for the next six months. In early July, Slusher was also named to the Basic Commodities Commission which is mandated to deal with the spiraling cost of […]
Written on July 29, 2008 | Posted in
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The business community on Albert Street experienced a scheduled power outage today. According to B.E.L., the outage is the first phase of B.E.L.’s upgrade of its power lines in the area to facilitate the paving of Albert and Regent Streets, which is being carried out by the Belize City Council. A second phase of power […]
Written on July 29, 2008 | Posted in
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Earlier this year, Belize’s health sector celebrated a significant milestone when no maternal or infant death was recorded in the first half of 2008. But according to the organisers of a two-day technical meeting being held in Belize City, there is an urgent need to bridge the gap in services for children and adolescents, especially […]
Written on July 29, 2008 | Posted in
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The need to close the gap in services was bolstered by the findings of a situational analysis of the Belize and Stann Creek districts that are the most affected by the disease. The study was commissioned by Hand in Hand Ministries and UNICEF and undertaken by Adele Catzim-Sanchez. And while Hand in Hand is one […]
Written on July 29, 2008 | Posted in
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It’s a story that has stirred the spirit of nationalism following its broadcast last night and tonight we bring you portions of yesterday’s interview with Margaret Johnson and her attempts to explain why this year’s Miss Belize pageant was a private affair attended only by a handful of family members and officials. And we spoke […]
Written on July 29, 2008 | Posted in
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The incessant number of murders by gunfire has reached a new high with four more fatal killings over one weekend alone—three of them in Belize City! The first murder occurred around seven-thirty on Friday night at the corner of Partridge and Vernon Streets in Belize City as twenty-four year old Leon Sutherland rode to his […]
Written on July 28, 2008 | Posted in
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But the killings were not confined to the deadly streets of Belize City, cops in the nation’s capital also have a murder mystery to solve tonight. Head of the National C.I.B. office in Belmopan, Senior Superintendent James Magdaleno, explained the bizarre discovery they made on Sunday morning. Sr. Supt. James Magdaleno, Head, Nat’l C.I.B. “About […]
Written on July 28, 2008 | Posted in
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And in the Cayo District, police came across what is believed to be yet another murder this morning. The victim, twenty-four year old Pedro Guzman, recently got out of prison after the charge of the July 2004 murder of Hershel Brown was dismissed against him. Today Guzman’s mother, Loraine Guzman, told News Five that her […]
Written on July 28, 2008 | Posted in
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And from murders to suicide, a Belize Defence Force soldier is dead after he reportedly took his own life with a shotgun. The eighteen year old private, Samuel Carrias, reportedly made two attempts before he ended his life. Sr. Supt. James Magdaleno, Head, Nat’l C.I.B. “Yesterday at seven-thirty p.m. police in San Ignacio visited the […]
Written on July 28, 2008 | Posted in
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There is more crime news to report. Two Belize City shootings did not result in fatalities, but did send three persons to the emergency room. Around one-ten Sunday morning police were called to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital trauma room where twenty-nine year old Albert Pollard was being treated for a gunshot wound to the […]
Written on July 28, 2008 | Posted in
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Any taxi driver who works especially late in the night will tell you that they are very discriminate when choosing passengers. But over the weekend, fifty-four Michael Hemmans erred in judgment and as a result was jacked. The taxi-driver reported to police that just after three o’clock on Saturday morning he was parked at the […]
Written on July 28, 2008 | Posted in
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Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh handed down a decision this morning and granted judicial review in a constitutional case that challenged the Prime Minister for his government’s decision to amend the Referendum Act, before going first to the citizens. The ruling was thirty one pages long, took just under two hours to deliver, and was full […]
Written on July 28, 2008 | Posted in
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In news from the diplomatic front, there are two ambassadorial appointments that will seek approval from the Senate at its sitting tomorrow. Independent Consultant and former C.E.O., Kamela Palma, who served briefly at the Belize Embassy in Guatemala, is being proposed as High Commissioner to St. James Court in London to replace the current High […]
Written on July 28, 2008 | Posted in
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Papaya farmers are facing economic hard times, but today onion producers got a little relief. The government handed over chemicals and irrigation supplies to thirteen families in the northern village of Santa Martha to plant and harvest three acres of onion. The donation, worth twenty five thousand dollars, is part of an initiative which seeks […]
Written on July 28, 2008 | Posted in
Agriculture |
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School is in recess, but instructors at the Youth Hostel on the Western Highway are busy with various activities to challenge the minds of the youth in their charge. This past Friday, they hosted an open day to the public and family of the teens. Program Coordinator Melissa Miralda, explained some of the crafts the […]
Written on July 28, 2008 | Posted in
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The newly crowned Miss Belize visited our studios this afternoon. Yes, you heard right. She was selected and crowned over the weekend at a pageant held at a Raccoon Street location and without the fanfare that traditionally accompanies the selection of a beauty queen to represent Belize at international beauty contests. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose […]
Written on July 28, 2008 | Posted in
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley. You’re right on time for this dish of Sports Monday. We take you immediately to the M.C.C. Grounds where the RFG Cup kicked off its 2008 season as F.C. Belize hosted Suga Boys Juventus of Orange Walk inside the M.C.C. Grounds Saturday night. With the comfort of the home field […]
Written on July 28, 2008 | Posted in
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Just before five o’clock, the two-day debate for the 2008-2009 budget concluded and as expected it got the nod of the House. It was rough and tumble and boisterous during this morning’s session. Parliamentary practices were dashed aside and it got down right nasty when the former Prime Minister Said Musa, who has endured months […]
Written on July 25, 2008 | Posted in
Politics |
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