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We start this evening’s newscast with a major traffic accident on the Northern Highway, at a dangerous curve around Mile eight. At least fifteen persons were injured, ten of them tourists visiting for the day. The vehicle carrying the tourists collided head on with a trooper heading to Belize City. There are no fatalities so […]
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In another major story tonight, three firearms, two of them high powered, a home-made silencer and a cache of matching ammunition were discovered today. The bust was made by the Customs Department as officers inspecting a shipment of goods spotted a barrel originating from Los Angeles, California. The two small weapons and ammunition were stashed […]
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And in another break, people who deal with stolen vehicles are getting more innovative in this business and it is getting increasingly difficult to detect the stolen vehicles. But today, the Customs Department scored two for two when they intercepted what is believed to be three stolen vehicles. The vehicles include a 2006 white Kia […]
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In an update to the gruesome murder in Dangriga on Monday, a post mortem examination has been conducted on the bodies of thirty-three year old businessman, Yue Lian Liu and thirty-one year old, Liping Zhen, which concluded that both men died of internal and external hemorrhaging. Today police have issued details of the identity of […]
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There are reports of two acts of carnal knowledge tonight. First, in the north in Orange Walk District, a thirteen year old minor reported to police that on the twenty-eighth of October around three-thirty the afternoon, she was at the house of a male friend who had sexual intercourse with her. The minor, who was […]
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A minor received a sentence of one year imprisonment for Handling Stolen Goods in Magistrates’ Court today. The seventeen year old is one of two persons charged with the burglary of Tang Supermarket on Vasquez Avenue. The charge of handling stolen goods was for five empty five gallon water bottles that the police found in […]
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In the Supreme Court, twenty-nine year old George Mathews Junior, also known as ‘Pete’, charged with the Attempted Murder of twenty seven-year old Derrick Munnings, was freed today of the charge by Justice Herbert Lord when Crown Counsel Frances Turner entered a nolle prosequi indicating that the prosecution cannot proceed. The trial had already started […]
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The Guatemalan Cabinet has agreed to sign the special agreement to take the territorial claim to Belize to the International Court of Justice. That was the good news that Chief Negotiator Fred Martinez, brought with him this morning to a media orientation session on the issue held at the Belize City House of Culture. The […]
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Before that referendum is held the government will be undertaking an educational blitz on the I.C.J. and the Guatemalan Claim. The campaign strategy was formulated by the Advisory Council on the Guatemalan Claim, chaired by Dylan Vernon and will be implemented by Bel-Caribe Communications. The countrywide campaign will last approximately seven months, will be bi-lingual, […]
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Going to the I.C.J. on the other hand, will cost much more: as much as twenty million dollars. To settle that bill, G.O.B. will attempt to get financing from the U.N., but that is if the matter even reaches the Netherlands. There is no telling what will happen once it is brought up in the […]
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The Guatemalan claim to Belize is not the only hot button issue on Attorney General Wilfred Elrington’s table. The A.G. is in the process of seeking legal advice on a resolution he received from the Bar Association. The Bar is asking Elrington to force Supreme Court Justices who have outstanding reserved judgments to deliver them […]
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With recovery efforts still underway, the Belize Bank today handed over ten thousand dollars to the Belize Red Cross to assist flood victims of tropical depression sixteen. The contribution will be used to purchase cleaning supplies, baby items and canned goods for affected persons in the Cayo and Orange Districts as well as the Belize […]
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In last night’s evening newscast we reported that prices for gas at the fuel pump has decreased to lows not seen not seen in years. Diesel is now at six dollars and ninety-six cents a gallon, premium at seven-forty-one a gallon and regular at seven dollars and five cents a gallon. It is good news […]
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If your garbage has been piling up, it isn’t because you were late in putting it outside, but it is because Belize Waste Control Limited has not been collecting garbage because they say the Belize City Council owes them for four weeks… so they have just stopped working until they get paid. But according to […]
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Men and women, young and old, and children are increasingly becoming victims of this deadly disease. The good news is that it can be detected with a simple test and it can be controlled with exercise, good eating habits and medication. Some are aware that they have the disease and others simply do not know. […]
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It is three weeks since the worst floodings in recent times hit the country. The waters came from the Peten area in Guatemala, moved to southern Belize and continued across the country. Many communities have been picking up the pieces following tropical depressing sixteen. And in the village of Douglas, located in the Orange Walk […]
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The evacuation in Douglas is only one of the items on NEMO’s agenda. With the recent floods affecting four districts, the emergency organization will have its work cut out for quite some time. Today NEMO Minster Melvin Hulse told News Five that disaster response teams are out in full force, although their focus has shifted […]
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And in Belize City, the Ministry of Works is working on raising sections of the Northern Highway where commuters have been experiencing long delays. For the past three days it has been taking, in some cases, at least two hours to journey through the degraded sections between mile four and the Haulover Bridge. The improvements […]
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And in other news, Orange Walk police are investigating the circumstances in the death of an unidentified man whose body was found inside a house two miles south of Carmelita Village around eleven o’clock this morning. The body was discovered in a house on a farm in the Golden Pond area by hunters in the […]
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And in an update to the murders in our newscast on Tuesday, police have not yet made any arrests in the stabbing deaths of thirty-one year old Liping Zhen and thirty-three year old Yue Lian Liu but they say they are following up on a few leads to solve the slayings in Dangriga. A police […]
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There is some good news tonight that will bring a sigh of relief to consumers and that is because the price of fuel has finally dropped significantly in Belize. With the arrival of a new shipment, the prices dipped as of midnight last night at gas pumps in the city and around the country with […]
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A utility and regulator that have not been getting along well of late are the Public Utilities Commission and Belize Electricity Limited. For months, the two have been engaged in a public battle over rates. In the latest round, the P.U.C. has put B.E.L. on notice that on Friday it will issue an order to […]
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Meanwhile, this morning the Organization of Caribbean Utility Regulators opened its sixth annual conference at the Princess Hotel in Belize City. Approximately a hundred utility experts and professionals are expected to attend the three-day event to hear presentations on a variety of topics. OOCUR’s Chair, Floyd Phillips, told us what they hope to achieve by […]
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And in news from the Supreme Court, twenty-seven year old Calbert Budd Jr. became the fourth person in two weeks to beat the murder rap following on the heels of Tyronne Tillett and the Villanueva brothers, Jermaine and Jaime. Budd, who was charged with the murder of Jason Avila, was freed of the charge when […]
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Two brothers are free tonight of attempted murder charges. Nineteen year old Anibal Lemus and twenty year old Mauricio Lemus were both charged with the attempted murder of Wayne Joseph and were freed today in the court of Justice Herbert Lord. Crown Counsel Francis Turner entered a nolle prosequi, indicating that the prosecution could no […]
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