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Justice Minnet Hafiz-Bertram heard submissions today in a case brought against the Belize City Council and Attorney General by Sanitation Enterprises Limited (S.E.L.). Although S.E.L. went out of business and sold its contracts to Belize Maintenance Limited, CitCo still owes the garbage collection company one point seven million dollars. And because of CitCo’s debt to […]
Written on May 28, 2009 | Posted in
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May twenty-eighth, 2009 will be remembered as the day the earth shook Belize. In earlier reports, we showed the impact of the quake in the southern districts. There might have not been any visible signs of damage in the old capital but many Belize City residents rolled and in some cases ran out of their […]
Written on May 28, 2009 | Posted in
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The effects of the earthquake was also felt on the islands. The news coming from Ambergris Caye is not about a building collapsing but of the formation of a natural phenomenon. The San Pedro Sun newspaper reports that on the north end of Ambergris Caye, a sinkhole appeared this morning. The thirty foot wide sinkhole […]
Written on May 28, 2009 | Posted in
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Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou is on Belizean soil for his first state visit to Belize. On arrival on a private jet, he was given an impressive ceremonial welcome by a large delegation of Cabinet members and the Taiwanese community. The visit has much significance for both Belize and Taiwan. During his stay President Ma will […]
Written on May 27, 2009 | Posted in
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The Port of Belize employs more than two hundred stevedores to load and unload ships arriving and leaving our shores. But this morning instead, a small group lifted placards as they picketed the Labour Department’s office on Albert Street West. Flanked by the General Secretary of the Christian Workers’ Union (C.W.U.), James McFoy and Union […]
Written on May 27, 2009 | Posted in
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But the Christian Workers’ Union’s problems do not end with the Port of Belize; they also contend that the Labour Department has not been responding to their requests in a timely fashion. Antonio Gonzalez, President, C.W.U. “We have lodged these issues with the Ministry of Labour through the Labour Commissioner but it seems that they […]
Written on May 27, 2009 | Posted in
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The number of demonstrators was lower than anticipated, but the energy was high among protestors in San Pedro AC, where two primary schools and others took to the streets today. The protest comes on the heels of an allegation by a teacher that she has been the victim of constant abuse by a police officer, […]
Written on May 27, 2009 | Posted in
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The march today was not a bright spot for the police department. In our story aired last week, the Wilson’s also alleged that Officer Mark Martinez attacked them when they went to rescue the teacher. Assistant Superintendent Dennis Arnold, the officer commanding the San Pedro Police Formation, says that the Wilsons’ are not being honest […]
Written on May 27, 2009 | Posted in
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Earlier in the newscast, we reported on protests in Belize City and San Pedro and it appears that there’s trouble brewing in the south for another union, the B.N.T.U. Teachers in the Stann Creek District are up in arms regarding a large number of potential transfers by the district’s Catholic Management. Late last week, the […]
Written on May 27, 2009 | Posted in
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Youth Business Trust Belize is a program which offers assistance to entrepreneurs in areas of loan financing, training and mentoring. Among the many that have participated, one was chosen for the 2009 Growing Up C.E.O. program. Ricardo Gongora, a second year student at St. John’s College Junior College, was selected to attend the three-day Inner […]
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The crime was committed almost four years ago and today, it took more than five hours of deliberation for a jury to find twenty-four year old Brian Herrera guilty of Murder. But he won’t know his fate until June ninth since Judge Oswell Legall has deferred sentencing to allow Herrera’s attorney, Liesje Barrow Chung, time […]
Written on May 27, 2009 | Posted in
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Meanwhile, thirty year old businessman, Jin Tian Chen, pleaded guilty today to a charge of Handling Stolen Goods. Jin was found in possession of a laptop computer that was stolen from Ombudsman Cynthia Pitts’ office. Magistrate Rachel Montejo fined him one thousand, five hundred dollars and gave him until July thirtieth to pay or serve […]
Written on May 27, 2009 | Posted in
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A man who is the suspect in two robberies is being detained tonight by police. According to twenty-two year old Christopher Carter, at about ten-thirty Tuesday night, a man with a chrome revolver approached him and some friends in his yard and demanded that they hand over their belongings. Carter and his friends complied and […]
Written on May 27, 2009 | Posted in
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Stephen Palacio has been on the run since this past Saturday evening when six year old Jose Garcia Junior was knocked down and killed at the intersection of Amara Avenue and King Street in Belize City. But today Palacio handed himself into the Belize City Police Traffic Unit and cops were waiting to greet him […]
Written on May 27, 2009 | Posted in
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The H1N1 virus no longer seems to pose a threat but its initial name “Swine Flu” certainly caused a scare among pork lovers. The Ministry of Agriculture reports that since the scare, there has been a significant drop in the local consumption of pork and pork products. And while he could not offer a figure […]
Written on May 27, 2009 | Posted in
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Members of the Belize Tourism Industry Association and other industry stakeholders gathered today at the Radisson for B.T.I.A.’s Bi-Annual General Meeting. The event usually serves the dual purpose of bringing members together for an update on the status of the tourism industry as well as to encourage new members to sign up. As expected, the […]
Written on May 27, 2009 | Posted in
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And this news, there are startling reports about the well known energy drink, Red Bull Cola. Since last Friday, six states in Germany have banned and removed the energy drink from shelves in retail stores after samples tested positive for traces of cocaine. Agents for Red Bull, however, say that the cola is (quote) “harmless […]
Written on May 27, 2009 | Posted in
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The fire at Belize City’s garbage dump site is extinguished. Last week Friday, the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) promised the fire would be out by today, Tuesday. Well NEMO kept its promise and this afternoon, it handed over control of Belize City’s dumpsite back to the council. Melvin Hulse, Minister of NEMO, explained to […]
Written on May 26, 2009 | Posted in
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The city council might have another fire to put out, but this time it won’t be at the dumpsite. The flames may come from businessmen who have been dodging garbage collection fees by dumping their waste at other locations. Meanwhile, the council has a new set of charges it plans to implement across the board. […]
Written on May 26, 2009 | Posted in
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Two notorious residents of the West Lake Community—mile eight on the Western Highway—are currently detained for the murder of a seventy-three year old resident. Reports are that an act of revenge was exacted with a kitchen knife on Saturday night following an altercation between two groups. Duane Moody found out more. Duane Moody Reporting Seventy-three […]
Written on May 26, 2009 | Posted in
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A six year old boy is dead after he was knocked down on Saturday evening in Belize City. But what makes the situation sadder is that the driver did not stop to render aid to the gravely injured child. Instead, he fled the scene leaving behind the dying child, his badly tattered bicycle, and the […]
Written on May 26, 2009 | Posted in
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Meanwhile a Sunday morning accident near Old Belize has left one man hospitalized with serious injuries. According to reports, a red Pontiac car, heading west from Belize City around eight thirty a.m., slammed into a Dodge Ram Pick-up truck parked in front of Old Belize. The driver of the car, Edgar Reyes, sustained severe injuries […]
Written on May 26, 2009 | Posted in
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Last week we reported the alleged abuse of a Holy Cross Anglican Primary School teacher in San Pedro by her ex-common law husband, police officer Mark Martinez. Reports at the time said that the situation worsened when two of the administrators of the school, missionaries Vernon and Francis Wilson, tried to rescue her. According to […]
Written on May 26, 2009 | Posted in
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A sixteen year old youth from Hattieville was shot during a joint police BDF mobile patrol in Belize City over the weekend. Police say they came across the youth lying down in some bushes in an abandoned lot on George Street around nine fifteen on Saturday night. He was ordered to get up and he […]
Written on May 26, 2009 | Posted in
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A fourteen year old student from Anglican Cathedral College appeared in Family Court today to answer charges of Attempted Murder, Wounding and Use of Deadly Means of Harm. However, because one of the charges includes a firearm offence the minor has been remanded to boot camp until July first when he reappears in court. The […]
Written on May 26, 2009 | Posted in
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