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It’s carnival season and there is no shortage of preparations for the much anticipated road march on September sixth, which will take participating bands from Central American Boulevard to B.T.L. Park since work on the Marion Jones Stadium was interrupted months ago and the Stadium is not ready for this major event. Saffiyah Mohammed has […]
Written on August 28, 2008 | Posted in
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It is murder victim number seventy-two for this year in our records and this latest victim was apparently hacked to death and then set on fire. Police are still trying to piece together the evidence of this grizzly murder in a quiet fishing community on the northern tip of Belize that occurred sometime between last […]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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And in other news on violent crimes, there is some development in the slaughter of Wilhelm Braun, Mennonite Contractor that occurred in the afternoon of August twentieth at the Commercial Free Zone. Police told News Five that three Belizean and one Mexican passport were found by a tree located in bushes adjacent to the Mexico/Belize […]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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And twenty-three year old Nigeymon Bevans Junior walked out of Magistrates’ Court a free man today after his case was struck out for keeping his ex-common-law wife under lock and key for three days. The reason for that move was because the case file was not available despite several requests for it by the prosecutor. […]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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An eighteen year old girl has been fined three hundred dollars for her part in beating a woman and child. On August twelfth, a thirteen year old girl and her guardian, twenty-eight year old Michelle Johnson, reported that they were attacked by Nicole Ortiz, Ortiz’s sisters and her mother. The incident is said to have […]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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Police say they will not press any charges against the three Taiwanese employees of North America Company in the Commercial Free Zone. That’s because their boss, Kevin Singh, who is in China, indicated to cops that he has no interest in pursuing the charges. The three employees: Kan Shi Kun, who is the store manager, […]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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Robbers struck close to home this afternoon when they hit Price Premier Products just a few yards away from this station. According to reports to News Five, two assailants walked into the store pretending to be customers at around three o’clock today. Two employees, sixty-two year old Gilda Schmidt and fifty-eight year old Robert Simplis […]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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The Public Utilities Commission met throughout the day in Belize City over a new development in which Belize Electricity Limited is not connecting new customers to their grid, whether of a residential or business nature. Just before news time the P.U.C. issued a lengthy statement challenging B.E.L. and as it often is in these instances, […]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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You would have to be on another planet not to know that the cookie has crumbled fast between the Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya and the Councillors and that the mess at City Hall is not only political but financial. Last night the CITCO administration was pulled into the fray in the internal power play […]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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And in the internal squabbling in the ranks of the U.D.P., latest word to News Five this evening is that Senator and talk show host, Juliet Thimbriel, has resigned her appointment as Senator. The talk show co-host of the U.D.P. morning show called “Fus Ting da Mawnin”, was apparently dressed down by the leadership for […]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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Last night we told of an ongoing dispute between Government and the Belize National Teachers Union over the transfer of teachers and the cancellation of various appointments to School Boards. We were unable to reach the Minister of Education Patrick Faber all day yesterday since he was in cabinet where the issue was ventilated. And […]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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Since its establishment, the Belize Red Cross has been constant in assisting thousands of residents during times of disasters. But today the organisation launched an initiative in which they are seeking to increase the ability of three northern villages to respond to natural disasters and mitigate the threats. The Community Risk Reduction project is a […]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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The September Celebrations officially kicks off this Friday under the theme: “Belizeans learning our past, impacting our present, embracing our future.” One of those events on schedule is the prestigious Queen of the Bay pageant this coming Saturday and this time the contestants will be on stage. Here’s a glimpse of the beauties vying for […]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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There is trouble brewing for the Ministry of Education just in time for the opening of the academic year. And the Belize National Teacher’s Union has come out in full blast on the issue. According to the B.N.T.U., politics is behind the transfer of numerous primary school teachers around the country. Classes began on Monday […]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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There is not a dull moment at City Hall and that means more trouble for Mayor Zenaida Moya. Upon assuming office in March 2006, the then united City Council was challenged by the Belize Waste Control over millions of dollars awarded in contracts to the garbage collection company. It was claimed after much negotiations that […]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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Three Taiwanese businessmen who were being sought by police handed themselves to Corozal police after they saw their pictures on the television in the newscast last evening. Kan Shi Kun, a manager of North America Company in the Corozal Free Zone, along with the cashier, Li Ting and another employee, Liang Jun, were wanted in […]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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The number of murder victims continues to grow. And police today confirm foul play in the death of a man from San Ignacio but have no leads to this latest murder. The body of the victim, twenty-five year old Willie Aguirre, was discovered face down about a hundred yards from the streets in some bushes […]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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San Ignacio police have more than just a murder to solve. That’s because a gas station in that municipality was also targeted by thieves. According to the manager of C.P. Gas Station on Carillo Puerto Avenue in Santa Elena, thirty-six year old Nolberto Rancharan, he locked up the station around ten-thirty on Sunday night and […]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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We are smack in the middle of the Atlantic Hurricane Season and so it’s no surprise that tonight the Met Office is telling Belizeans to keep an eye out for Gustav, a storm churning its way in the Caribbean Sea. The category one hurricane made landfall on the southwest peninsula of Haiti this afternoon and […]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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Several businesses and private sector institutions converged at the Belize Biltmore Plaza today to participate in a Needs Assessment seminar hosted by the Caribbean Technological Consultancy Services (C.T.C.S.). The C.T.C.S. Network is a programme of the Caribbean Development Bank Private Sector Development Division designed to provide technical hands-on assistance to micro and small sector entities. […]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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It is usual that you find students on the receiving end of the classroom. But today, it was quite the contrary for primary school teachers countrywide who convened at the Wesley School headquarters on Albert Street in Belize City for a four day seminar that is geared at preparing teachers for an easy transition to […]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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The Port Loyola Library in Belize City has been singled out to benefit from a literacy campaign by Rotary Club Belize Sunrise, an arm of the Rotary Club, which hopes to raise a total of two hundred thousand dollars. The monies will be used to construct fencing and an upper flat and to purchase computers. […]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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“Positive Prevention”: it’s a welcomed term in the midst of the heinous murders and crimes reported daily on this newscast. It is also one of the main missions of the Lion’s Quest Program. And throughout this week teachers from across the country will be attending a training workshop in Belize City to equip themselves with […]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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There is one country in this hemisphere that has been generous with Belize and firm in its support for our development. With a population of over eleven million, and a different system of the economy, Cuba has maintained strong and vibrant relations with Belize. Hundreds of Belizeans are receiving training in the island in the […]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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There was no official announcement and he left as quickly as he came in one of the shortest visits to Belize by any Head of Government. Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Patrick Manning was in Belize today for whole of forty-five minutes. On arrival, the P.M. from the oil rich country, was whisked off to […]
Written on August 25, 2008 | Posted in
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