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Last week we reported on a new dispute brewing between the Transport Department and National Transport Limited over the interruption in one of National’s new runs. National Transports claims it introduced the run last Wednesday from Belize City to Benque Viejo within their time schedule and that it had so informed the Transport Department by […]
Written on June 29, 2009 | Posted in
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The chief witness in a murder trial did not live up to his side of the deal and as a result a nolle prosequi was entered in the case of twenty six year old Edwin “Drive” Flowers and twenty-five year old Daniel Anderson. Justice Adolph Lucas directed today that the men be freed of the […]
Written on June 29, 2009 | Posted in
Trials |
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Also in the courts, a man charged with manslaughter will be spending fifteen years in prison. Eighteen year old Adrian Morris was charged with the killing of seventy-one year old Juan Tut. Justice Adolph Lucas sentenced Morris after he pleaded guilty to the crime, which took place in 2007 when Morris was only fifteen years […]
Written on June 29, 2009 | Posted in
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While Morris was sentenced today, five men were charged in connection with an armed robbery. Twenty-one year old Horton Jackson, nineteen year old Matthew Moore, twenty-two year old Erwin Wade, nineteen year old Jerome Wade, and their seventeen year old brother, allegedly jacked Hugo Castillo, a city resident. Justice Sharon Fraser charged Moore and the […]
Written on June 29, 2009 | Posted in
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A fire that broke late this afternoon just across from our Channel Five Studio on Regent Street is being treated as a suspected case of arson. Shortly before four p.m., the right upper floor of a two storey wooden home located beside Young’s Law Firm caught fire and caused employees of the law firm to […]
Written on June 29, 2009 | Posted in
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we’re glad you could join us for this dish of Sports Monday. The B.P.F.L. kicked off its four team semi-finals over the weekend so we headed to the F.F.B.’s Football Field at Capital City Belmopan yesterday where the Belize Defense Force hosted Hankook Verdes in the first of a […]
Written on June 29, 2009 | Posted in
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Home invasions have been increasing over the past few years. The most recent attack occurred shortly around midday on Thursday. The target was the home of eighty-two year old Samuel Price; the younger brother of the Father of Our Nation and former Prime Minister George Cadle Price. Samuel was alone in the comfort of his […]
Written on June 26, 2009 | Posted in
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The unrest surrounding the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital seems to have been subdued for the time being as part of ‘good faith’ for the week of negotiations between the doctors and management. Work at the hospital has resumed as normal as possible, and the go-slow has been discontinued. This is significant considering yesterday’s press conference […]
Written on June 26, 2009 | Posted in
Health |
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The earthquake that shook Belize on May twenty-eighth will not be forgotten anytime soon. It appears that there are areas other than Monkey River, Placencia and Independence villages which have been damaged by the seismic activity. The tremors, which measured seven point one on the Richter scale, did not spare sections of the barrier reef. […]
Written on June 26, 2009 | Posted in
Environment |
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The village of Ontario is without a high school as Belize Faith Mission says it no longer has the funds to sustain the privately run institution. The teachers, parents and administration protested at the firing of the principal and the announcement that the doors would have been closed before graduation. The students who have been […]
Written on June 26, 2009 | Posted in
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In October of last year the Department of Transport introduced new regulations which they claimed would better manage the entire bus transport industry. Well, more than six months later there is still conflict within the industry. The latest storm brewing is between the Transport Board and National Transport Limited—the restructured bus company owned by the […]
Written on June 26, 2009 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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Jones says he wrote the Transport Commissioner, Candelaria Saldivar, informing her of the run, but it was not well-received. And when we called Saldivar, she told us via telephone that even though the run is within National Transport’s scheduled time block they would have to apply for another permit for that specific run. But when […]
Written on June 26, 2009 | Posted in
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The first season was so well received that its name became synonymous with Tuesday nights. Channel Five is preparing for season two of Duets. Just in case you don’t know what we are talking about, Duets is the competition that brings Belizeans performers to the stage to showcase their talents—whether it is drama, dance, song […]
Written on June 26, 2009 | Posted in
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Basketball fans have a treat tonight. The finals for the Inter-Office League continue on the court. The league started with twenty four teams and last week Friday it was whittled down to the last two. Game two is being played tonight at the Belize City Center. The best of three games determine the winner between […]
Written on June 26, 2009 | Posted in
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A Belizean is currently a top contender for an international marketing competition sponsored by Scotiabank. The bank hopes to use the winning entry from the multi-national contest to create a new campaign for Scotiabank Be, a program focused on young adults. Twenty year old Kayla Hall, who is currently studying abroad, has so far garnered […]
Written on June 26, 2009 | Posted in
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Scotia is not only trying to reach youth’s in the region. The bank is also promoting healthy lifestyles for adults. June twenty-seventh is the bank’s regional testing day for HIV/AIDS and it is being celebrated nationally today in Belize. And according to marketing manager, Josie Andrews, the community has fully utilized the one- day free […]
Written on June 26, 2009 | Posted in
Health |
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It’s not everyday that we come across a boa constrictor so big that it could kill you with its mere strength. News Five cameras captured a ten foot long “wowla” just as fish cleaners at the Vernon Street market were preparing to skin it and cut it open. The story behind the seventy-five pound snake […]
Written on June 26, 2009 | Posted in
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The VACA Dam, located on the Macal River in Benque Viejo is BECOL’s furthest dam downstream. The hydro-electric facility is in its third of four construction phases and is a project which BECOL, through investments from its parent company Fortis Incorporated, began in 2008. If all goes as planned, by January of 2010, VACA should […]
Written on June 26, 2009 | Posted in
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He has hit songs like ‘Fallen Soldiers’ and ‘She Can’t Wait’. And tonight the man who calls himself DeMarco says he is ready to mash up the stage for his second performance in Belize. The Jamaican Reggae Artist, whose real name is Colin Edwards, will travel south to Dangriga’s Why-Not Island where he will entertain […]
Written on June 26, 2009 | Posted in
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It’s Lobster Fest weekend, but there’s plenty more going on around the country over the next few days. So even if you’re not into seafood, Safiyyah’s has found places where you can go to party or relax this summer in What’s Happening Belize. Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize. If you’re a […]
Written on June 26, 2009 | Posted in
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We begin this newscast with the shocking death of Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, that occurred this afternoon. Reports that the pop icon had died stunned fans across the world. The fifty year old performer was rushed to a Los Angeles, California hospital after suffering cardiac arrest. Fire officials said he was not breathing […]
Written on June 25, 2009 | Posted in
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The Belize City Council is facing hard times and it has been unable to meet a debt with Sanitation Enterprises Limited. S.E.L. closed down in January of 2008 and recently its former owner, Rupert Marin, took CitCo to court for payment of a one point seven million dollar debt through the council’s subvention from central […]
Written on June 25, 2009 | Posted in
Travel |
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The story on the ongoing saga between the K.H.M.H. Board and the Belize Medical and Dental Union has been in the news for a week and it seems there is no end. Today the Board broke its silence and spoke to the press and the only thing the two sides seem to agree on is […]
Written on June 25, 2009 | Posted in
Health |
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At the press conference the K.H.M.H. C.E.O., Francis Longsworth, went on to highlight areas in which the hospital has invested monies to improve the services. And while the doctors have provided pictures of unacceptable quality of instruments being used, Longsworth said the allegation that the instruments are rusty is not entirely true but the doctors […]
Written on June 25, 2009 | Posted in
Health |
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There is more on the K.H.M.H. The Board told the media this afternoon that they are not willing to have the Chairman, Doctor Ricardo Fabro, C.E.O., Francis Longsworth, and Finance Director, Carlos Perrera, be sent home during the investigations. But what about the questions the doctors raised over contracts? And the renovations on an area […]
Written on June 25, 2009 | Posted in
Health |
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