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Penta Paint Up Di Place, that is the name of an exhibition organised by the Habet Group of Companies, one of largest distributions of paint and hardware in Belize. The exhibition opened at the Image Factory in Belize City yesterday and selected pieces from students of primary and secondary schools countrywide are displayed. Of the […]
Written on September 25, 2008 | Posted in
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And while twelve youngsters have reason to celebrate, a young lady needs your help to locate her father after he did not return home two days ago from his job as a driver for the Russell’s Bus Company. Elisia Lopez told News Five today that before fifty year old Carlos Lopez left home he was […]
Written on September 25, 2008 | Posted in
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Special Olympics is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering individuals with intellectual disabilities to become physically fit and productive members of society through sports training and competition. This evening Special Olympics signed an agreement of cooperation with the government of Belize to strengthen ties and to provide more opportunities and recognition for disabled youths. Signing […]
Written on September 25, 2008 | Posted in
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And special needs children in Belize have their first ambassador. At today’s press conference, the Managing Director of Special Olympics North America signed an agreement with the Prime Minister to introduce Kim Simpliss as one of its Global Ambassadors. Simpliss joins the ranks of notable ambassadors such as Bon Jovi, Bono, Muhammad Ali, Yao Ming […]
Written on September 25, 2008 | Posted in
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The Sixth International Belize-Mexico Friendship Tournament is scheduled for this weekend. The Belize Tennis Association has chosen its top tennis players that are to compete against visiting players from Mexico and the USA. Organizers say that over twenty Belizean players, both female and male, will be going against the visitors in three different categories—the Male […]
Written on September 25, 2008 | Posted in
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Everyone suffers from headaches at some point in time and while there are many types, at least one hundred and fifty of them, our medical professional will tell you why yoh head di hat yoh. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting When we talk about pain, it’s easy to think automatically about the worse case scenarios: the accidents, […]
Written on September 25, 2008 | Posted in
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It’s a big bust for Customs and the Police. This afternoon, three containers of illegal drugs and counterfeit items were detected by alert officials who have been tracking the importation of illegal drugs into Belize and authorities pulled off their biggest haul yet. When the first two containers were opened at the port this afternoon, […]
Written on September 24, 2008 | Posted in
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But back to the Marlboro container. Customs officials revealed that the container was shipped to a company named Skyline, registered at the Commercial Free Zone in Corozal. This container sat at the Port for two weeks and it was the history of the Skyline Company that led customs officials to target the shipment. Colin Griffith, […]
Written on September 24, 2008 | Posted in
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And as to the reason why the containers had not been owned up or cleared for two to three weeks, well law enforcers believe that their stringent eyes may have scared away the quote importers. Colin Griffith, Collector for Customs “I do believe that the main reason for this is that Customs have increased their […]
Written on September 24, 2008 | Posted in
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And still on the issue of Pseudoephedrine, there’s a new development in the container that was released with forged documents from the Port Authority compound on September sixteenth. Two men, Howell Hutchinson of Cotton Tree Village, and businessman Hilberto Marchand, who both turned themselves in yesterday, are being questioned by police. It is believed that […]
Written on September 24, 2008 | Posted in
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And while on the issue of drugs, there is a new twist to the growing number of cases involving the importation of drugs into Belize. And a report from neighboring Chetumal today says that Mexican state police intercepted and detained a vehicle that was carrying various types of drugs heading to Belize yesterday. According to […]
Written on September 24, 2008 | Posted in
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The hunt for Leroy Linden Gomez has intensified and police may be close to making an arrest. Gomez is an alleged serial rapist wanted for a string of cases of rape and attempted rape that have been reported by victims in the Lake Independence and Collet areas of Belize City between August twenty-fourth and September […]
Written on September 24, 2008 | Posted in
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Police dropped in twice today at the Oleander Street home of Gomez. The second search today occurred at the same time that News Five’s team was about to interview Gomez’s mother. Things got hasty and the police threatened to arrest the News Five crew while they were conducting the search. And Beverley Patterson, a mother […]
Written on September 24, 2008 | Posted in
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A dream trip turned into a nightmare for a family from Orlando, Florida today when cave tubing in Frank’s Eddy Village ended fatally. This morning when the Carnival Glory entered Belize’s port, Linda and Eduardo Linan, were among the over three hundred tourists who disembarked from the cruise ship and boarded a Belcruise tour bus […]
Written on September 24, 2008 | Posted in
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There is some good news to report from the south and according to NEMO, the Kendal causeway and the Waha Leaf Bridge at Mile twenty-six which were impassable yesterday because of rising waters caused by heavy rains over the weekend are now accessible. Noreen Fairweather, Coordinator NEMO “We had a number of flooding talking place […]
Written on September 24, 2008 | Posted in
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If you thought that all the news was bad today, there is one issue that is certainly positive and it involves one country in this hemisphere that over the years has shown solidarity and support for Belize – it is Cuba. And today Belize stepped up to the plate and handed over two thousand pounds […]
Written on September 24, 2008 | Posted in
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A watchman and a minor have been remanded to prison for the theft of a music system from a car. They are eighteen year old Wayne Herrera and his seventeen year old friend. The two were charged with Theft, Handling Stolen Goods and when they could not meet bail in Magistrates’ Court, they were promptly […]
Written on September 24, 2008 | Posted in
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We begin the newscast tonight with a report of seven B.D.F. soldiers that are hospitalised with various injuries after the truck they were travelling in overturned in Mountain Pine Ridge. The incident occurred just before noon today as a four-tonner truck was transporting nine soldiers from the Las Cuevas Research Centre to Camp Belizario. This […]
Written on September 23, 2008 | Posted in
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Last week we reported that police had picked up a B.D.F. private in connection with the grenade which was thrown at spectators on carnival day in Belize City. The private was being questioned for his possible involvement in facilitating the release of the grenade. Tonight it appears that there was not enough evidence to link […]
Written on September 23, 2008 | Posted in
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Reports of crime involving grenades, shootings, stabbings and drug smuggling, have been constant on the news and now there is reason to believe that a serial rapist is lurking in the city streets. Over the past four weeks there have been six cases of rapes and attempted rapes committed presumably by the same person. While […]
Written on September 23, 2008 | Posted in
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And in another case of rape which is not linked to the serial rapist, a nineteen year old woman reported that between one and four Saturday morning she was outside MJ’s Club in Belize City when a man approached her and asked if she wanted a ride home. The teen accepted and got in a […]
Written on September 23, 2008 | Posted in
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But there is one criminal less off the streets as one of three inmates who escaped from Hattieville Prison earlier this month is back in jail. Twenty-two year old Guatemalan Rene Lopez Morente was surprised and captured on Wednesday near the Mopan River in Benque Viejo. Acting on information they received, police visited the area […]
Written on September 23, 2008 | Posted in
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The weekend’s fatality came not from a gun, but from something just as deadly: a vehicle collision. The deceased has been identified as forty-one year old Jose Orellano, a Salvadoran national of Cemetery Road in Belize City. On Friday night thirty-one year old Derwayne Swift says he was driving his Mitsubishi Montero between miles two […]
Written on September 23, 2008 | Posted in
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Police in San Pedro are reporting two drug busts which both have the airstrip in common. Around three-twenty on Friday police say they were on mobile patrol in the San Pedrito area when they noticed a dark-skinned male hurl an item over the fence into the Tropic Air compound. Police found it to be a […]
Written on September 23, 2008 | Posted in
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Two men appeared in court today for separate shooting incidents. In the first case, a twenty-four year old fisherman of Rivero Street, Leon Blease, was charged in connection with the shooting of thirty-three year old Freddy Grant. Blease was charged with Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm and Use of Deadly Means of Harm. Chief Magistrate Margaret […]
Written on September 23, 2008 | Posted in
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