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The third annual Public Health Expo held today at the Bliss parking lot on Regent Street in Belize City offered a unique opportunity for information sharing and gathering among students, the general public and organizations. The expo—a joint effort by the Belize City Council and the Public Health Department—provides a space for the exchange of […]
Written on May 21, 2009 | Posted in
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What do Special Olympics Belize, St. Stevens School in Monkey River and Living Hope Preparatory School have in common? Well as of today, they are all recipients of financial assistance from the Lifeline Foundation. At an afternoon ceremony at the Radisson, Lifeline presented more than thirty-two thousand dollars—proceeds from their annual Black and White Gala— […]
Written on May 21, 2009 | Posted in
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Though it may not draw as much attention as the other forms of cancer, colon cancer is a very common type of cancer. In fact, rough estimates from leading specialists in Belize, indicate that they diagnose an average of 2 to 3 cases a month. Typically viewed as a condition relating solely to elderly persons, […]
Written on May 21, 2009 | Posted in
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The tragic story of eighteen-year-old Cenaida Reymundo starts in Punta Gorda and leaves a trail of tears all the way to Belize City. The young mother is tonight mourning because after giving birth a little over a week ago, her young infant passed away Tuesday night at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The pregnant mother […]
Written on May 20, 2009 | Posted in
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At a press conference held this afternoon concerning the Influenza A (H1N1), Director of Health Services, Doctor Michael Pitts was urged to respond to the allegations of negligence that led to the death off the Reymundo’s child. Dr. Michael Pitts, Director of Health Services “That investigation commenced since Friday and they are looking at all […]
Written on May 20, 2009 | Posted in
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And there are still no arrests for the two latest homicides in the Cayo District and police continue to investigate the deaths of Mennonite farmer, Peter Guenther and Guatemalan national, Juan Carlos Castillo. Guenther, the first murder victim, was shot once to the back of his neck as he arrived at his home in the […]
Written on May 20, 2009 | Posted in
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There is some grim news to report tonight that spell hard days ahead due to a weakened fiscal position. The Report of the I.M.F. is hot off the press and it essentially confirms what most observers have been anticipating; that the economy is expected to slow down in 2009 due in large part to the […]
Written on May 20, 2009 | Posted in
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If you are wondering whether the cost of bread will decrease now that the price of flour dropped by ten percent…don’t hold your breath because all indications are it won’t. Bakers say that this is because the new wholesale cost of flour of is nowhere close to the price it was prior to December of […]
Written on May 20, 2009 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Health held a press conference at the Central Regional Laboratory in Belize City this afternoon on the Influenza A (H1N1) outbreak that is affecting forty-one countries around the world including countries as far as Israel and Japan and as close as our neighbouring Mexico’s bordering state of Quintana Roo. There are ten […]
Written on May 20, 2009 | Posted in
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Belize has the third highest rate of infection of HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean and despite continued public education, the news is that the number of cases continues to escalate. Stigma and discrimination in the workplace have been identified as the major obstacles in the fight against the illness. One initiative that has come on stream […]
Written on May 20, 2009 | Posted in
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There is the first case of anti-doping to report in Belize. According to a press release from the Belize Cycling Association, results from the Belize National Anti-doping Agency show that cyclist, Quinton Hamilton, who participated in the eighty-first Annual Cross Country Cycling Classic has tested positive for dexamethasone. The drug is a steroid used to […]
Written on May 20, 2009 | Posted in
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There are confirmed reports that a vessel ran aground on the reef on Tuesday. It is a Catamaran, which was sailing off the coast of Ambergris Caye. Earlier today, the vessel was removed from the corals and a team comprising of officials of various government departments was dispatched to the scene to assess the damage. […]
Written on May 20, 2009 | Posted in
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A case brought against the government by the Independence Village Water Board wound up today in the court of Justice Samuel Awich… and it’s not good news for G.O.B. Justice Awich ruled in favour of Dwight Neal, who was removed from his post as chair of the water board only five months after his appointment. […]
Written on May 20, 2009 | Posted in
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We reported this past Monday that twenty-two year old Darrington Lauriano was acquitted of a charge of murder but Lauriano was back in Court today for the crime of wounding. The accused took a guilty plea and was fined five hundred dollars by Magistrate Albert Hoare and was given until June twentieth to pay up. […]
Written on May 20, 2009 | Posted in
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Also in the courts, Haulze Street laborer Mark Gentle, turned twenty-nine today and got a good birthday present when he appeared in the court of Justice Oswell Legall. A nolle prosequi was entered by Crown Counsel Cecil Ramirez freeing Gentle of the Use of Deadly Means of Harm charge. The case fell through because the […]
Written on May 20, 2009 | Posted in
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The Morgan Heritage concert scheduled as part of the Labour Day Weekend Festivities was postponed due to the Influenza A (H1N1) threat. But it is back on the map. The fourteen-band entourage was to perform at the City Centre on April thirtieth, but returned home only after a day’s stay at the jewel. Today the […]
Written on May 20, 2009 | Posted in
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A man identified as twenty-seven year old Juan Carlos Castillo was brutally murdered in the village of Buena Vista in the Cayo District. Castillo’s body was discovered this morning and it is believed he was killed sometime between Monday morning and today. Police are putting together the facts of this latest murder in the Cayo […]
Written on May 19, 2009 | Posted in
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Earlier this year the sugar industry was brought to its knees over the issue of a core sampler. That situation reached boiling point on February second, when farmer, Antanacio Gutierrez was killed during a protest at Tower Hill. The industry is once again in trouble and caneros are angry over a decision on how millions […]
Written on May 19, 2009 | Posted in
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Meanwhile, a breakaway group, United Cane Farmers, comprising farmers from the two northern districts are being represented by attorney Hubert Elrington. Elrington plans to file documents seeking an injunction by the Court on Wednesday morning. He has been working with United Cane Farmers for some time and has a unique perspective about the QIP. Elrington […]
Written on May 19, 2009 | Posted in
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Speaking on radio and then on television last week, Prime Minister Dean Barrow disclosed that something “dramatic and final” will have to be put in place in respect of Government’s ongoing entanglement with Telemedia. And according to the Prime Minister, the time was fast approaching to cut the Gordian knot. While the P.M. also disclosed […]
Written on May 19, 2009 | Posted in
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The second fire at the city dump site continues to emanate toxic smoke which, depending on the wind, spreads into the city, much to the chagrin of residents who have to endure this nuisance. There is still no time frame as to when the fire is expected to be completely extinguished, but at a late […]
Written on May 19, 2009 | Posted in
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The cost of fuel at the pump increased on Monday by sixty cents per gallon, but there is a bit of good news to report in respect of butane prices. Government announced today an immediate decrease of three dollars in the price of a hundred pound cylinder of butane. Belize City and Corozal residents will […]
Written on May 19, 2009 | Posted in
Economy |
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A Belize City businessman is hospitalized after he was allegedly involved in a drug deal gone bad. He is thirty year old Marvin Isaac Moguel and police investigations have so far revealed that he was with another businessman, fifty-five year old Charles Daniel of Los Lagos, when he was shot. Moguel and Daniels were in […]
Written on May 19, 2009 | Posted in
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A US citizen visiting Belize is out of much more cash than he planned to spend when he went out to eat on Monday evening. Sixty-nine year old Phillip Hikey of Oregon U.S.A, reported to police that he parked his rented Toyota Prado at a restaurant on Marine Parade Boulevard from six p.m. to six-forty-five, […]
Written on May 19, 2009 | Posted in
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The Belize Centre for the Visually Impaired is holding its Annual General Meeting at the Image Factory Art Gallery tonight. If you’re wondering about the venue, the event is being held at the art gallery because there will also be a photographic display of B.C.V.I.’s work, compiled by international photographer, Marie Triller. The event has […]
Written on May 19, 2009 | Posted in
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