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Small businesses can now benefit from software designed specifically to suit their needs. The initiative was undertaken by the Belize Business Bureau in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat and is known as the Economic Performance Benchmarking Tool (EPM). According to the agencies, E.P.M. seeks to improve the local and global competitiveness and sustainability of Belize’s […]
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Nineteen Belizean and American businesses have set up shop at the Radisson Fort George Hotel for the annual Made in the U.S.A. Exhibition. The event is hosted by the United States Embassy and this year celebrates its seventh anniversary. Speaking at the opening ceremonies this morning, U.S. Ambassador to Belize, Robert Dieter, said the two-day […]
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Today, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints donated two hundred and fifty wheelchairs of various sizes to CARE-Belize and Belize Red Cross. It is the second such gift that the church has made as in 2002 they double that amount to CARE-Belize when the agency was officially chartered as an NGO providing services […]
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There are four Belizeans are among the thousands of athletes in Beijing, China, doing their best to make their country proud in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. So far only one of the Belizeans has competed and tonight Jose Sanchez takes a look at his performance and the scandal that had the local airwaves buzzing. […]
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There are some new developments in the ongoing cable crisis in villages to the west and south of Belize. At news time tonight, Channel Broadcasting Corporation and Telemedia have agreed to restore limited service to subscribers in the Dangriga area. We say limited because Channel Seven and Krem will not be shown due to the […]
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Tonight on What’s Happening Belize, Saffiyah has highlights of a wide variety of activities ranging from a DJ competition to a car show. Let’s check it out. Hey guys! This is your weekly edition of what’s happening Belize and I’m your host Safiyyah. The American Embassy would like to invite everyone out to their “Made […]
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It‘s eyeball to eyeball and earlier today—at three o’clock to be precise—Telemedia disconnected access to its fiber optic cable at mile sixteen as they had said to the C.B.C. cable station in a letter yesterday. The matter has been simmering for some time and came to boiling point today when the communities on the western […]
Written on August 14, 2008 | Posted in
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Skirmishes along borders are nothing strange but Belizean and Guatemalan authorities managed to pacify a situation before it got out of control on Wednesday morning near the office of the Organisation of American States. It all stemmed from an observation that Belizean border police made around nine-thirty that morning of a suspicious Guatemalan coyote entering […]
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There is ongoing investigation about suspect cargo coming through Belize and today two men were taken to court and slapped with charges of importing prohibited goods. This past Monday, Lennox Bowman went to the Customs Department with a DHL airway bill to clear a package that he claimed contained dialysis fluid for a kidney ailment. […]
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In other court news, today twenty-two year old Jarett Crawford was found guilty of two counts of robbery. Magistrate Dorothy Flowers sentenced Crawford to five years for each count with the stipulation that the sentences run concurrently. On December twentieth, Crawford entered the Underground Music Store on Barrack Road and quickly put up a sign […]
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Crime and violence continue unabated in the streets of the city. A man escaped serious injury and perhaps death when he was shot three times this morning on North Creek. Everald Grey had just left his house to make a purchase at a nearby Chinese shop when a youth he recognised rode up to him. […]
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Separate burglaries have netted robbers over thirty-seven thousand dollars in cash and goods. On Wednesday, Ysenia Rojas reported to police that she was at her business, Belize Foam Factory, at mile two on the Western Highway when she heard her daughter scream out. Rojas says she was just about to call the police when she […]
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An Orange Walk youth has been hospitalized, for injuries to his hands. On Wednesday night, police visited the Northern Regional Hospital to find sixteen year old Rosendo Murrillo Junior of San Felipe Village with his left thumb completely amputated and cut wounds to the index finger. According to investigators, around eighty-thirty that night, the victim […]
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A Belmopan resident is dead following a traffic accident in San Pedro Town. The collision occurred around six-thirty this morning on the south end of the island. Police say that twenty-one year old Vidal Escalante of Cardinal Avenue in Belmopan was driving a rented golf cart in the company of his girlfriend, Jinelle Harrison when […]
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Mechanic students of the Institute of Technical and Vocational Education and Training, today benefitted from a 1999 Ford Escort courtesy of the Canadian Government. The car will be used by the students as they put theory into practice. Throughout the week, the Canadian Government has been assisting communities with various projects around the Belize. At […]
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When it comes to crime, theories abound on what should be done to keep youths from falling to the wayside. Tonight, one private citizen is doing her part to occupy young minds and fill a void among children in communities which are prone to violence. Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting For the last five […]
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CRIME: its roots and causes are on everyone’s minds. It is ripping apart families, and its path, destroying the fabric of society. Tonight, Jose Sanchez takes a comprehensive look at this ever growing threat. Canon LeRoy Flowers, Anglican Diocese “From a Christian perspective, we cannot deny the fact that crime began even in heaven and […]
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We begin the newscast tonight with a breaking report that Police and Customs officials are investigating another suspect shipment that arrived in Belize last week on Taca Airlines. A trace of the parcel showed that it originated all the way from Dubai, making its way to Guatemala and Belize as its next stop. Two persons […]
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There was another shooting in Belize City last night to report. It involved a seventeen year old young man who is clinging to life at the K.H.M.H. after he was shot in the head as he made his way home. While police are trailing the suspect who got away on a bicycle, News Five’s Marion […]
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Three young men are behind bars tonight facing charges for unlicensed firearms while an under-aged student is at a rehabilitation facility for the same offence. Twenty year old Stephen Flowers, nineteen-year old Shane Young, nineteen year old Christopher Sosa, and a seventeen year old university student were charged today for Possession of Unlicensed Firearms and […]
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And in more news from the courts, a man who was found guilty of the robbery of twenty-four dollars will have to spend five years in prison for the crime. Leon Walford was sentenced this morning in Magistrates’ Court for the incident which occurred on December twenty-seventh, 2007. According to twenty-seven year old Billa Marquina, […]
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Police moved quickly and have arrested a man for a burglary at Putt-Putt Bar and Grill. Forty-three year old Jewel Waight appeared in Magistrates’ Court today to answer to the charge, but pled not guilty. On Tuesday afternoon, businessman Orson Elrington told police he was driving pass the Newtown Barracks establishment when he saw that […]
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Many businesses are exhibiting signs proclaiming that they do not accept personal cheques … and tonight there is yet another reason to retain the practice. According to forty-eight year old Austin Waight, he received a cheque from Alex Nunez on February eighteenth for thirty-five thousand dollars and another on July thirty-first for five grand. The […]
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And the Belize Tourism Board has reported the theft of a company vehicle. According to forty-one year old cashier, Maria Zetina, the 2004 Nissan Frontier went missing from the Benny’s parking lot between eight Monday morning and eight-fifteen a.m. on Tuesday. The vehicle is blue and silver with license plates E1371 and is valued at […]
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The private sector is weighing in on the seemingly uncontrollable increase in crime and violence that continue to threaten the security of citizens and the business community. A missive from the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry, released today, calls on the Ministry responsible for National Security to tighten up and arrest crime. According to […]
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