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It’s job is mainly to promote entrepreneurial development, investment and marketing for small and medium enterprises in Belize and today the Belize Trade and Investment Development Service, BELTRAIDE, put forth its application to the Caribbean Export Development Agency for future grant funding. It’s an important undertaking, says the organization’s General Manager, Roberto Harrison, as these […]
Written on August 5, 2008 | Posted in
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News Five broke the story two months ago that the British High Commissioner John Yapp had ended his mission to Belize prematurely because of inappropriate behaviour. But in the past weeks, the issue has taken a life of its own, with articles appearing in London’s Sunday Mail. A first article in the Mail reported that […]
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In other sports news, the Belize National Bodybuilding team travelled to El Salvador to compete in the Central American Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship over the weekend. And not to be outdone by the women’s under nineteen softball team that returned victorious to Belize yesterday, silver medals were won by two of the competitors: Edwin Ramirez […]
Written on August 5, 2008 | Posted in
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we’re certainly happy to present this Tuesday version of Sports Monday. We were in Free Port Bahamas over the weekend for a family reunion. Check this blast out guys, my brother is wealthy, my sister has a palatial residence and my niece owns one of the finest homes on […]
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A Ladyville construction worker is dead tonight following a shooting on Regent Street just before noon on Sunday. Forty-nine year old Alexander Herrera died around four-thirty this afternoon and it was cops who fired the fatal shots. But there are contradictory reports on this incident, the official version and the account from the family. The […]
Written on August 4, 2008 | Posted in
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There were two other shooting incidents over the weekend. The first victim was twenty-seven year old Richard Russell, who received gunshot wounds to the buttocks and shoulder. Around six-forty-five on Friday evening Russell was on Central American Boulevard near the roundabout talking to a friend when he says a man came up to him, took […]
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And a housewife from the Caledonia Village and her daughter received quite a scare on Friday when they were unexpectedly attacked by hitchhikers. Thirty-four year old Elizabeth Chan reported that on Friday around midday she and her fourteen year old daughter were making their way from Santa Clara Village to Caledonia when they pulled over […]
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Dangriga police are tonight still trying to solve the murder of Guatemalan labourer, Jose Angel Calate, whose remains were found last Friday morning near the Stann Creek Valley Road at the junction with the Coastal Road. Police have found what they believe was the murder weapon not far away from the body … a machete. […]
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The number of cases involving sexual crimes against minors is growing by leaps and bounds. The latest report is from a thirteen year old girl who, while visiting her aunt in Seine Bight Village, was sexually molested by her uncle. The girl told police that around ten p.m. on July twenty-ninth, she was sleeping when […]
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In other news from the police, an anti-drug operation on Wednesday resulted in the discovery of a marijuana plantation. The illegal farm was located four miles southwest of Santa Martha Village in Orange Walk District. Police say it housed three thousand marijuana plants ranging from two to four feet in height and five hundred marijuana […]
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The organisation was revitalised in April to help at-risk and underprivileged youths stay away from a troublesome future. But the Conscious Youth Development Programme became the target of a vicious attack by one of the same youths it endeavored to help. Deputy Director of C.Y.D.P., Kevin Cadle, told News Five today that their main suspect […]
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Tonight a businessman is reporting that his employees robbed him over forty thousand dollars in cash and goods. Owner of Xtra House on Cemetery Road, Jitendra Chawla, told News Five today that three employees hired as salesmen reportedly collected over forty thousand dollars in cash and cheques from customers in the Belize, Corozal, and Stann […]
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Sources close to News Five say that attorneys for Belize Bank today sent a missive to the Central Bank of Belize following last Friday’s afternoon showdown in which the police, acting on instructions, showed up at the Belize Bank to arrest its President, Philip Johnson. The letter outlines a timeline in the sequence of events […]
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After months of inconvenience and way past deadlines, the ride was smoother in downtown Belize City and residents today saw the first step of what will eventually be the transformation of the commercial hub of Belize City. But don’t hold your breath yet as according to Mayor Zenaida Moya, the grading of Albert Street will […]
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If you missed drama at the Bliss, then get ready for a magical Caribbean style play to be performed at the Bliss Institute for the Performing Arts this weekend. Jamaican Playwright Patrick Brown has written the play “Me and Mi Genie” and has provided it free of cost to the Rotary Club for its Gift […]
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When they left Belize last Thursday, it was a relatively quiet event. But on their return today, the Belize Under Nineteen Softball girls came back with a bang from the Women’s Under-Nineteen softball championships for Central America, which took place over the weekend in San Salvador. It is reminiscent of the glory days when the […]
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The fer-de-lance snake is not a common pet in Belize and with good reason. It is considered one of the most dangerous reptiles in Central America, capable of injecting a hundred and five milligrams of venom in one bite; twice as much the deadly amount to cause death. That statistic did not deter a Lucky […]
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Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh, this morning made his ruling in the case of the Belize Bank versus the Government and the Central Bank. The C.J. ruled against five declarations put forth by the Belize Bank and did not grant an injunction filed by the company in mid-July, objecting to two appointments made by Prime Minister […]
Written on August 1, 2008 | Posted in
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The bloodshed on the streets of the old capital continued today with an early morning shooting. The latest victim is twenty-three year old Jermaine Jones of Banak Street. Police investigations reveal that around one-fifteen this morning Jones and a female friend were talking on Johnson Street when a man came from behind and fired several […]
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Police have charged twenty-five year old Robert Taylor with the Wednesday evening murder of twenty-six year old Leslie “Footy” Gentle. Gentle was stabbed several times in the abdomen and chest after he became embroiled in a fight with Taylor. He died later that night while receiving treatment at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Taylor, who […]
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A man was crushed to death in a freak accident in Corozal. Police reports are that around two on Wednesday afternoon Israel Castro and Orlando Garcia were at the home of Alejandro Henry in Caledonia Village, helping to remove a truck engine. Garcia says Castro was directing another truck which they were going to transfer […]
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Two Guatemalans are in police lockup tonight after they were discovered illegally armed. According to police reports, on Thursday night Cayo cops visited the Douglas Da Silva camp where seventeen year old Arturo Carcaal and a twelve year old minor were being held. In their possession were a point thirty-eight revolver with six live rounds, […]
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Before a disaster strike, residents are always encouraged to prepare. That preparation usually entails storing food and water for the aftermath, but according to the Pan American Health Organization and the Ministry of Health, that is only one aspect. That is why the Mental Health Programme in the Ministry of Health organized a three-day conference […]
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This week the Special Olympics Belize Committee held its second annual summer camp at Stella Maris School in Belize City. According to the organization, in previous years, youths with disabilities have been known to roam the streets in the months when schools are closed. At the end of 2006, the board of directors felt it […]
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Since July, children all over the country have been taking remedial classes, learning to swim, paint, and even survive in the jungle … all in an effort to occupy their time during the summer break. Today one of those camps ended with a ceremony at the Bliss. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting […]
Written on August 1, 2008 | Posted in
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