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There are still many unanswered questions and NICH President Diane Haylock will have some explaining to do about the controversial concession she signed with businessman David Gegg when she returns from holiday next week. But in her absence, NICH board members and the Minister of Culture, Marcel Cardona held a six-hour long meeting last night […]
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We reported in our newscast last night that Tourism businessman, David Gegg was taking Jaguar Paw Resort to court, seeking to have the resort reopen to his cruise tour business, Zip Line Adventures Company. While Gegg was not at court, his attorney, Michel Chebat declined to comment on the case. But his counterpart, attorney Elson […]
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Last month we reported that the poultry farms in Spanish Lookout were experiencing losses in chickens because of the Newcastle Disease that had been affecting primarily their laying hens. While the Belize Agricultural Health Authority stepped in and disposed of over thirty thousand chickens to prevent the disease from spreading, it appears that they were […]
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It was a major bone of contention on the island of Ambergris Caye, but tonight it appears that a compromise has been reached on the mega tourist project, South Beach. Phase one of the project has been given the green light by the National Environmental Appraisal Committee at its December eighteenth meeting. The project, however, […]
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To close 2008, the number of murders went up by one, the latest recorded is in the Cayo District after seven last night. After receiving information about the homicide, police found the body of a man on a street called Without Law, in the Valley of Peace community. Thirty-three year old Salvadoran, Arturo Romero, was […]
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In other crime news, an elderly Belize City taxi driver was robbed at the stroke of midnight last night. The Albert Street cab driver, seventy year old Lester Coleman picked up two men who wanted to be taken to a Faber’s Road address. One man who was wearing a striped, sleeveless shirt and long blue […]
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And a sixteen year old boy has been charged for Robbery after he allegedly stole a cell phone from another minor, a thirteen year old primary school girl. Today, the sixteen year old appeared in the Belize Family Court to answer to the charge. He was denied bail and remanded to Wagner’s Facility after Magistrate […]
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In other news from the courts, on Monday morning two truck drivers at the Port of Belize got into a fight which turned ugly. Twenty-eight year old Michael Caine claims Alvin Conorquie pulled out a knife and stabbed him in his back and side. Late Monday evening, Conorquie turned himself in to police and today, […]
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A fire which occurred in the Tower Hill Village of Orange Walk destroyed a house on Tuesday morning. Seventy-five year old Adan Roberts said his grandson called him at about ten-fifty a.m. on December thirtieth, and told him that the roof of his house was on fire. By midday, all household items along with a […]
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December thirty-first is the day on which new years resolutions are made, people dress up and get together with family, friends and loved ones. And at that last minute before midnight, there is a symphony that is launched with a magical countdown and ends with shouts of happy New Year, there is usually plenty confetti, […]
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But there will be some excitement tonight at Jambels Jerk Pit Too located on Newtown Barracks where Melonie Gillett is launching her first album attempting to break in to a male dominated industry. The album entitled ‘Rush’ is a mix of different genres of music including pop, reggae, soul and dance hall and if the […]
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Belizeans across the country started their morning right by tuning in or coming out to the Open Your Eyes New Year’s concert. The mood was festive, the energy was high and the crowd was overflowing at the concert site on Duck Lane. In addition to numerous giveaways, the audience was treated to performances from the […]
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In welcoming 2009, Belize and Belizeans will be saying goodbye to an outgoing drama-filled twelve months. Grenades were thrown, a new government was sworn in, there were countless crimes including ninety-seven murders and several high profile arrests, two bouts of widespread flooding and enough political controversy to last several years. Tonight we bring you a […]
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One of his companies was named in our headline story last night when we reported that the Ministry of Culture was up in arms over an undisclosed contract with the President of the National Institute of Culture and History, Diane Haylock unknown to her Board of Directors, the Ministry and Minister Marcel Cardona. Tonight, it […]
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And on the unraveling controversy involving NICH President Diane Haylock and Minister Marcel Cardona, a copy of a letter by outgoing administrator Victor Espat, has been made available to the media. In the letter bearing today’s date, Espat tells Board members of the power struggle between Haylock and Cardona which according to him began on […]
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But while NICH Board members were kept in the dark about the contract, David Gegg, says the document which he signed with Haylock was a Concession Agreement which the entire NICH technical team knew about for months. Gegg says the project is one he feels is in the interest of everyone, including NICH for better […]
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Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh is the newest member of the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal. Conteh took the oath of office on December eleventh at the island. We are not sure how the appointment will work, but it does beg the question, what if any effects will the post have on his role as Belize’s […]
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Senior Superintendent of Police Chester Williams has been reinstated to post following a very public demotion earlier this year. Williams’ lawyer, Edwin Flowers confirmed to News Five today that he received a letter from the Belize Advisory Council stating that a decision had been reached to reverse the demotion made by the Security Services Commission […]
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Over the past few months the price of fuel at the pump has experienced two significant decreases and at midnight last night, the prices of regular and premium have plummeted even further and reached a milestone below five dollars. Premium or Super gasoline has dropped from six dollars and sixteen cents to four dollars and […]
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And while the heat is on for NICH President Dianne Haylock, Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya is facing her own ongoing dilemma with overdue payments for garbage collection. A release at the close of the workday from Belize Waste Control says that the company has not received payments for garbage collection for the past five […]
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The post-mortem has been conducted on the body of U.K. national Victoria Harner. Today’s police report quotes pathologist Dr. Mario Estradabran as saying that Harner died from head trauma and ruptured heart chest trauma as a result of a C.P.R. procedure. We are not sure whether that means that the C.P.R. she was administered contributed […]
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A minor appeared in Family Court today and was slapped with charges of Murder and Attempted Murder following a shooting in the early hours of Boxing Day at the Princess Hotel and Casino on Newtown Barracks. The fifteen year old is accused of the murder of twenty-nine year old Jermaine Trapp and the attempted murder […]
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Police have made an arrest in the Sunday night shooting of Griffith Green Junior. The alleged culprit is twenty-seven year old Roger Wagner Junior of Junesville in Belize City. Wagner handed himself in to police just before midnight on Sunday, but refused to participate in an I.D. parade and chose to remain silent. This morning […]
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In news from the courts, Edwin Davis, a.k.a. Lieutenant Stitchie, who is known for stealing batteries from cars, appeared in Magistrate Court this morning, to face another charge relating to missing batteries. Davis was charged with Attempted Theft and Damage to Property following an incident this past Monday. Davis was recently charged with several offences […]
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Another fight had more serious repercussions for the victim. On Monday morning police visited the K.H.M.H. and saw twenty-eight year old Michael Caine with four stab wounds to the back. Caine told police that he was in the Port area when he became embroiled in an argument with Alvin Conorquie, a resident of Second Street […]
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