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Last week healthy Living dealt with the advantages of breastfeeding and in this week segment, we look at substitutes. And as we learn from the experts, the rising costs of milk formula can lead to an increase in cases of malnutrition. Dr Egbert Grinage, Pediatrician/Pediatric Internist “Its prevalence is widespread. It’s starting to be one […]
Written on January 15, 2009 | Posted in
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Later in the newscast we’ll have a report of a cargo vessel that beached in the area of Southern Long Caye earlier today. But first, this story on the financial woes of the Belize Electricity Limited. That utility company has been mum on last week’s decision by the Public Utilities Commission to amend its 2008 […]
Written on January 14, 2009 | Posted in
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Back in September we reported on an item appearing in the Taiwanese media that the country was on the verge of signing a production sharing agreement with Belize. Almost four months after the signing was supposed to take place, today a release from the Government Press Office announced that it’s a done deal. According to […]
Written on January 14, 2009 | Posted in
Foreign Affairs |
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Earlier in the newscast we heard from Stanley Marshall, the C.E.O. of Fortis, who did not mince words on the ongoing battles with the P.U.C. and G.O.B. According to Marshall, its subsidiary B.E.L. is facing tough financial times, with millions of dollars in losses, no plans for expansion and that it is pursuing litigation. And […]
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The NICH agreement with Cruise Solutions is back in the news and yet another interest has thrown its hat into the anti-concession agreement ring. On Tuesday, attorney for Jaguar Paw, Elson Kaseke dispatched a letter to acting-President and Chairperson of the NICH board, Herman Byrd, demanding that NICH immediately cancel or declare the Cruise Solutions […]
Written on January 14, 2009 | Posted in
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Earlier today, a cargo vessel, Westerhaven, heading south to Guatemala was trapped when it ran into a shallow area at sea. And late this evening, the vessel’s crew was safely brought to land. A full scale investigation is underway to determine possible damages to the reef system. The incident occurred at coordinates 17.05.1 North, 87.59.4 […]
Written on January 14, 2009 | Posted in
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News Five has confirmed that three persons will be charged shortly with Conspiracy to Commit Murder on businessman Jose Shoman and family members. Word from the Director of Public Prosecutions, Cheryl-Lynn Branker-Taitt is that the file is on its way to the police. The charges against thirty-three year old Aldo Miguel Urbina of Orange Walk […]
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And in an update to the murder of Marcos Ishim that occurred in Belmopan on Monday afternoon, fifty-four year old Wayne Gabb of Camalote Village in the Cayo District was arrested and charged with Ishim’s Murder. The forty-four year old prison officer was stabbed to death in front of TV Capital Entertainment, on Constitution Drive. […]
Written on January 14, 2009 | Posted in
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A Belize City resident is believed to have drowned on Monday in waters between Belize and Guatemala. On January twelfth, twenty-three year old Darwin Grey left his home on Flamboyant Street in Belize City without informing anyone of where he was going. The following day two of the four young men with whom he left, […]
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In other news, a child from Orange Walk District passed away on Monday morning due to food poisoning. On Sunday, seven year old Adan Kay Junior of Corozal Street in Orange Walk Town, was suffering from severe vomiting and diarrhea. His father, thirty year old social officer Adan Kay Senior, took him to a clinic […]
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Cases of sexual abuse in 2008 spiked forty eight and a half percent over 2007. And there are three more incidents of carnal knowledge to add to the statistics tonight and two of the alleged culprits were close to the victims; the father and step-father. The first incident involves a twelve year old who lives […]
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Today San Pedro Police had a substantial catch on their hands. About two miles north of San Pedro Town, a resident found twenty five packages of suspected cocaine. The police were called and verified that the packages did contain the illicit drug, more than fifty five pounds. They believe it may have been part of […]
Written on January 14, 2009 | Posted in
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We have not heard much about them of late, but the new board of the Solid Waste Management Authority held its first meeting today. The inaugural powwow took place in Belmopan and according to Director Gilroy Lewis, the objective was to bring all the members up to date with the solid waste management project which […]
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And on the cultural scene, the Landings Project is an expressive, but complex repertoire of art work that defines the identity of fifteen countries from the Caribbean, Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula. There have been eight previous Landings going back to 2004, and today, the long awaited ninth edition of the ten series collection […]
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He left his job at the Hattieville Central Prison and was heading to the Valley of Peace near Belmopan but the prison officer never made it home. His murder was witnessed by least five persons and it happened in broad daylight. And now the family of 2009’s murder victim number six is seeking justice. Marion […]
Written on January 13, 2009 | Posted in
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Last Tuesday, forty-four year old Elvis Duncan was shot while trying to escape from police… but after recuperating at the Belmopan Hospital, on Monday, the Elridge Village resident was recovered enough to be arraigned in court. Duncan is believed to be one of three perpetrators in a robbery and murder involving two Bowen and Bowen […]
Written on January 13, 2009 | Posted in
Trials |
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Orange Walk police are awaiting the results of a post-mortem examination to assist them in investigating the death of a Corozal resident. Police discovered the lifeless body of Armando Castaneda lying face up at the Queen Elizabeth Park early Monday morning. The post-mortem is scheduled for Wednesday, but police do not suspect foul play. Castaneda, […]
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NEWCO, the consortium of companies, which won an international arbitration settlement against G.O.B. has now initiated civil action in Washington against the government. According to a press release from the company, its decision is due to a failure by Prime Minister Dean Barrow to honor the almost nine million dollar judgment delivered in Miami on […]
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A new jury will have to be empanelled in a rape case in the Supreme Court. And that is because the original jury of six women and three men selected yesterday was discharged today by Justice Herbert Lord because one of the jurors is closely related to complainant, a forty-five year old nurse. As the […]
Written on January 13, 2009 | Posted in
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In other news from the courts, a teenager is spending the night behind bars after he was remanded to the Hattieville Prison on two offences committed on the same day; Burglary and Attempted Burglary. Eighteen year-old Alex McKoy was denied bail since he had a previous offence to answer to. The recent incidents for which […]
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In Benque, however, the cops have detained two adults and a minor pending firearms charges. Around four Monday afternoon police responded to reports of shots being fired in the Water Pump area. In an unfinished cement house at the corner of Church and B streets, cops spotted three males, who upon noticing the authorities are […]
Written on January 13, 2009 | Posted in
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In the other case, another police constable is tonight on the other side of the law and is accused of extorting money from a Salvadoran national. The incident occurred at the police checkpoint at mile four on the Western Highway on Monday afternoon when P.C. Andre Almendarez allegedly asked the driver for money in exchange […]
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Last night we reported on the piece of land marked for sale in the San Pablo area of San Pedro Town. The land which was originally used as a park and there were plans for it to be converted into an archaeological site, but somehow it ended up in private hands. And this has raised […]
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Archaeology |
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The Belize Coast Guard is intensifying its war against drug trafficking and strengthening rescue missions across the country. Some help for its efforts came their way today from John McAfee who donated a twenty-seven foot boat to the BNCG worth one point one million dollars. If his name rings a bell, it is because McAfee […]
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Agriculture |
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Mothballs, not a topic you expect to hear about in the news, but today is a rainy day and the Ministry of Health did fax us a warning about the health dangers of swallowing moth balls. Apparently there is a particular brand of moth balls, Power Moth Balls manufactured by the Jieling Corporation in China, […]
Written on January 13, 2009 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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