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Special Olympics Belize hosts an annual Sports and Fitness Training Camp and this year’s session is winding down. And while the official closing activity will be a field trip to Altun Ha on Friday, today was the culmination of a three day coaches training workshop. The athletes spent the day showing what they’ve learnt in […]
Written on July 30, 2009 | Posted in
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An emergency by definition is unexpected and urgent but when it comes to life, it can turn out deadly. Many do not plan ahead for such scares but there is one way of keeping yourself prepared: Getting trained in First Aid. Healthy Living shares some first aid tips to help you in an emergency. Winnie […]
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In life, he was a well-respected businessman, a former senator and deputy party leader of the ruling party. And more recently he added to his credentials, his appointment as Ambassador to the Holy See. Oscar Ayuso Jr. was interned today at the Lord Ridge Cemetery after an official funeral service held at the Divine Mercy […]
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The settlement of disputes Essential Services Amendment Bill was introduced at the last house meeting in the capital and it is causing a firestorm. The National Trade Union Congress indicated they were against the amendment because it further reduces the avenues that they have to protest. They indicated that they would not let the rights […]
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It is said that water is life. But in modern day Belize, two rural communities water is a scarce commodity and there seems to be no solution on the horizon for either of them. Marion Ali visited Valley of Peace and Cotton Tree Villages to find out what life is like when water is scarce. […]
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While Justice Michelle Arana handed down a twelve year sentence to Marlon Taylor for Attempted Murder, two men were freed of similar charges this morning. The Director of Public Prosecutions entered a nolle prosequi in the case against Wababa Noralez and Phillip Wallace
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It seems that almost every week a house in Belize City falls off is pillars. A week ago, Arlene Banner left her nine children at home and when she returned the house was on the ground and the walls were also falling apart. She was desperate and neighbors also spoke of the need for swift […]
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In life, he was a well-respected businessman, a former senator and deputy party leader of the ruling party. And more recently he added to his credentials, his appointment as Ambassador to the Holy See. Oscar Ayuso Jr. was interned today at the Lord Ridge Cemetery after an official funeral service held at the Divine Mercy […]
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But before the funeral service, Prime Minister Dean Barrow and Minister of Housing, Michael Finnegan, shared fond memories of Ayuso’s work in politics and his younger years. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “What I most recollect about him is the fact that when he was in politics, he was always humble in terms of dealing with […]
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The settlement of disputes Essential Services Amendment Bill was introduced at the last house meeting in the capital and it is causing a firestorm. The National Trade Union Congress indicated they were against the amendment because it further reduces the avenues that they have to protest. They indicated that they would not let the rights […]
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Portions of the Krooman Lagoon Reserve were parceled off and granted to a Belize City Businessman. The Lagoon is one point five kilometers square and five hundred meters wide at its widest point. It still sits snug by its borders of the Western Highway, Crewman Lane, Faber’s Road and Antelope Street Extension. On Tuesday Cabinet […]
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It is said that water is life. But in modern day Belize, two rural communities water is a scarce commodity and there seems to be no solution on the horizon for either of them. Marion Ali visited Valley of Peace and Cotton Tree Villages to find out what life is like when water is scarce. […]
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But turning north, Minister Nemencio Acosta and his wife Esther are home safe after a scare on Northern Highway on Tuesday night. Acosta was driving the government’s Isuzu D-Max when at around seven-thirty p.m., he experienced a tire blowout near mile forty-six in Carmelita Village, Orange Walk. The fifty-eight year old minister and his wife […]
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A young woman who was accused of killing her brother over a pack of Ramen noodles and a ten dollar bill will have a long time to think about her deed. Today twenty-one year old Tiffara Smith was sentenced to life imprisonment for fatally stabbing her brother, Dale Lino, on April twenty-fourth, 2007. The incident […]
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At least three cases of Attempted Murder were dealt with in the Supreme Court today. In the first, a sentence of twelve years was handed down to twenty-four year old Marlon Alfred Taylor, who on July sixteen was found guilty of the crime of Attempted Murder. Justice Michelle Arana presided over the case which goes […]
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While Justice Michelle Arana handed down a twelve year sentence to Marlon Taylor for Attempted Murder, two men were freed of similar charges this morning. The Director of Public Prosecutions entered a nolle prosequi in the case against Wababa Noralez and Phillip Wallace—both twenty-one years old—who allegedly shot Andrew West on August fourteenth 2007. That’s […]
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And in a third hearing, a jury of nine acquitted twenty-nine year old Dorita Wallace of an Attempted Murder charge after less than three hours of deliberation. The decision was unanimous and Wallace, who had no legal representation, walked home a free woman. She was greeted by her common-law husband who waited for her across […]
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It seems that almost every week a house in Belize City falls off is pillars. A week ago, Arlene Banner left her nine children at home and when she returned the house was on the ground and the walls were also falling apart. She was desperate and neighbors also spoke of the need for swift […]
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The dengue outbreak in the Cayo District has sparked concern countrywide and precautionary measures were implemented to control the illness. And our neighbours to the north have now stepped in to offer additional assistance to prevent further transmission of dengue in Belize. Secretary of Health in Quintana Roo, Juan Carlos Azueta Cardenas and the Mexican […]
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The Belize International Film Festival is still showing at the Bliss. Last week, it was Jamaican actor Paul Campbell who arrived for the festival and this week it’s Michael Jai White, an American actor who is well known for his leading role in the movie Spawn and roles in the Dark Night and Why did […]
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The Krooman Lagoon; it made the news since July fifteenth because it is a reserve that provides drainage for the old capital and it had been parceled off, leased and paid for by a well-connected businessman. Well today, the news coming out of Cabinet is that government has backed off from the sale and the […]
Written on July 28, 2009 | Posted in
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While Cabinet has decided on the Krooman Lagoon, the Belize Audubon Society has also agreed with the ecological importance of it as a reserve for species. But more importantly, the Belize Audubon Society is concerned of how it functions as a catchment area after the rains. Amanda Burgos Acosta, Advocacy Program Manager for BAS, says […]
Written on July 28, 2009 | Posted in
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The family of sixteen year old Kevin Francis is making strong allegations against the police department in the death of the St Michael’s College student. Francis’ body was discovered behind the BTIA building near the Memorial Park on Monday morning and initially the reason for death was undetermined in the death certificate. He was reportedly […]
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While the pathologist says the sixteen year old student died from hanging, the family of Jackie Bernardez want answers as to who is responsible for the loss of her life. The thirty-two year old mother of one was hit by a vehicle as she rode on George Price Drive near the Stann Creek Valley Road […]
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Businessman and ambassador, Oscar Ayuso Junior, died of an apparent suicide last Saturday evening. And while the Ayuso family is grieving his death, the Police Pathologist, Dr. Mario Estradabran says Ayuso died quickly and there was little if any pain. Dr. Mario Estradabran, Police Pathologist “It’s what we call brain dead. Immediately after that, there […]
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