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The heavy rains may be over in the Cayo District, where millions of gallons of water flooded and ravaged the infrastructure in the district over the past weekend and yesterday, as the remnants of a depression in the region made its way across the west. Waters are slowly receding but the area is still under […]
Written on October 21, 2008 | Posted in
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The rains are also affecting other parts of the Belize District and we found the Gracie Rock Village, which is located off the Western Highway, under threat tonight. A News Five crew dispatched to the village found streets submerged in over five feet of water from the overflowing Sibun River. There was no way of […]
Written on October 21, 2008 | Posted in
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We found other villages along the western highway where rivers and lagoons are at extreme levels. Between miles eight and nine the roads are inundated and it is forecasted that the waters will conjoin its savannahs. The run-offs and the water rushes from the west of the country are flowing downwards into the rivers and […]
Written on October 21, 2008 | Posted in
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Meanwhile, the National Met Service is predicting that the floodwaters making its way from the west will end up in Belize City in the next day or two. In anticipation of that, today the Belize City Emergency Committee issued a press release saying it stands ready to assist in evacuating resident from areas such as […]
Written on October 21, 2008 | Posted in
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In news just reaching our desk, News Five has confirmed with the Head of the San Ignacio NEMO office, Pablo Chan, that rescue teams have gone out to locate two brothers trapped inside their home in the Santa Rosa area near Calla Creek. Chan told our newsroom late this evening that a villager of Cristo […]
Written on October 21, 2008 | Posted in
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With every natural disaster there are health implications that follow and the current flooding that is affecting most of the country is no different. We spoke to health officials today to find out about the potential threats to health that may come in the wake of the flooding. And as we found out, their major […]
Written on October 21, 2008 | Posted in
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Residents in the Cayo and Belize districts affected by the flooding have help on the way. There are reports that many communities are in need of basic provisions including food and water. With this in mind, a group of students from the University of Belize is working in collaboration with NEMO and Red Cross to […]
Written on October 21, 2008 | Posted in
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Due to the flooding, primary and secondary schools in Cayo, Belize, Corozal and Orange Walk were closed today, but if you are wondering what’s the deal for Wednesday, listen up. A release this evening from the Ministry of Education states that in Corozal Town classes resume as normal, while in the rural areas schools will […]
Written on October 21, 2008 | Posted in
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There’s other news to report tonight and on Wednesday four Belizeans go head to head with the top students from the region in the Caribbean Regional Nutrition Quiz. They represent the top three schools that participated in the national ADM Belize Mills Secondary School Nutrition Quiz Competition held in March of this year. The quiz […]
Written on October 21, 2008 | Posted in
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But while it was raining in Belize City this morning it did not stop a single mother from picketing the Lands Department. Erlene Sanchez and her three children who have been living at 9136 Williams Street in the Rootsville area of Lake Independence for the past ten years must now vacate the property. Sanchez told […]
Written on October 21, 2008 | Posted in
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In an update to a report we carried in our newscast on Monday night, two persons were charged this morning for the robbery of the Belize Bank Branch in Corozal Town. Alex Arana, a twenty-nine year old truck driver of the Altamira area of Corozal Town was charged with various offences including Robbery, Aggravated Burglary, […]
Written on October 21, 2008 | Posted in
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Meanwhile, in the Belmopan Supreme Court, the murder trial of Joseph Kee and Taedron Bennett was adjourned for October twenty-eighth, shortly after it got underway this morning. The two are facing charges for the murder of Kevin and Phillip Brannon. A jury of six women and six men was already empanelled when Justice Troadio Gonzalez […]
Written on October 21, 2008 | Posted in
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In news from Magistrates’ Court in Belize City, a Salvadoran national, thirty-nine year old Juan Jose Lozano, who is accused of burglarizing Calvary Temple Primary twice in three days, was charged with two counts of Burglary and one count of Handling Stolen Goods when he appeared in court. Lozano wanted to take a guilty plea […]
Written on October 21, 2008 | Posted in
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And in the Belmopan Magistrates’ Court, thirty-eight year old Jess Dawson, a construction worker of Franks Eddy Village who pleaded not guilty to Theft when he first appeared in Court, today had a change of heart and took a guilty plea. Dawson is accused of stealing a number of items from the farm of forty-nine […]
Written on October 21, 2008 | Posted in
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A nolle prosequi motion has freed a man of rape charges. When twenty-three year old Dion Neal appeared in court this morning, Crown Counsel Trenia Young entered the motion because the prosecution could not locate a key witness. As a result, Neal was free to walk out of court. Neal was accused of raping a […]
Written on October 21, 2008 | Posted in
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There is plenty news to report tonight but we start first with the persistent rains over the weekend. There is severe flooding in the west and it looks like few will be spared by tropical depression sixteen that dissipated last Thursday but its remnants are sweeping across Belize. Moving from the south and now heading […]
Written on October 20, 2008 | Posted in
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With the system moving slowly, the west was the hardest hit and there was water everywhere—in some areas the highest to be seen in years—paralyzing businesses and interrupting the daily commute. Schools closed and the new public transportation system which in fact came into effect on Sunday was brought to a standstill as the water […]
Written on October 20, 2008 | Posted in
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Waters are slowly receding in western Belize and the deluge is now moving north. Residents along the Belize River Valley and other areas are in full preparation for what can be expected in the next few days. Kendra Griffith reports from Crooked Tree. Kendra Griffith, Reporting The usual sound of waves lapping against the shore […]
Written on October 20, 2008 | Posted in
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It is still too early to determine costs in damages to residents and businesses, primarily in the agricultural sector, in the short and long term. But it is known that the losses of revenue to the service and tourism sectors are still mounting in the Cayo district and are expected to be quite substantial as […]
Written on October 20, 2008 | Posted in
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It was business as usual this morning at the Belize Bank Corozal Branch, but that was not the case Sunday night when the bank, that is located within eyeshot of the police station, was robbed of over a hundred thousand dollars. According to Corozal Police, around eight-fifteen that night they were alerted by two tellers, […]
Written on October 20, 2008 | Posted in
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If you thought that the legal tangles between the Government and Telemedia were on hold, well think again, because early this morning before the Magistrates’ Court had ordered Telemedia to pay up four million dollars in taxes for June and July, Telemedia and its Executive Committee Chairman, Dean Boyce, filed a claim against Magistrate Ed […]
Written on October 20, 2008 | Posted in
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Lester Young, one of two men changed with murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the fatal shooting of twenty-two year old Alpheus Smith junior, was freed of the charges today by Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie. At the preliminary investigation to determine if there was prima facie case to send it up to the Supreme […]
Written on October 20, 2008 | Posted in
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An auto mechanic has expanded his skills from fixing cars to breaking into them. Alton Lodge apparently broke into a 1991 Honda accord early this past Saturday morning while the Honda was parked in front of Putt-Putt Bar and Grill on Newtown Barracks. Police, however, moved quickly and when Lodge was picked up they found […]
Written on October 20, 2008 | Posted in
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A former clerk of the Income Tax Department is in plenty trouble tonight following charges brought against her for Theft of government funds. Twenty-six year old Natasha Kingston of Police Street pleaded not guilty before Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb today. While the prosecution objected to bail on grounds that Kingston is a flight risk and […]
Written on October 20, 2008 | Posted in
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Police have charged one of their own, an ex-employee, with false accounting. The former firearms clerk, thirty-nine year old, Michaelee Flowers of Maxboro, was charged with three counts of False Accounting and one count of Theft when she appeared before Chief Magistrate, Margaret Gabb. No pleas were taken from Flowers and she met bail of […]
Written on October 20, 2008 | Posted in
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