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Crimestoppers Belize has done their fair share in assisting the Police Department to close cases. It uses anonymous tips from the public and offers rewards to encourage people to report crimes they witness. In celebrating its fifth year of operation, Crimestoppers is also honouring the people that have made the program a success. Those supporters […]
Written on August 28, 2009 | Posted in
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The Liberty Foundation is still strapped for cash. And with the new school year only days away, the foundation is putting off its second annual fund-raising event. In late June of this year, the foundation was threatened with closure which meant that forty-five would have been left without a home. There was some relief with […]
Written on August 28, 2009 | Posted in
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He recently moved to Verona, Italy, but Belizean artist and cartoonist, Charles Chavannes, is back home and he is putting on display a collection of his most recent artwork. The seventy-five piece exhibit entitled Acquarelli Erranti includes water colour paintings inspired by the design of unique and ancient buildings of his adopted home. According to […]
Written on August 28, 2009 | Posted in
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He calls himself “Notthing Nice”, but contrary to this, Allen Martinez says he spreads positive messages in his music. The local artist came to News Five studios today to get the word out about his new CD. Martinez says he does dancehall style, but he tries to stay away from the violent content that now […]
Written on August 28, 2009 | Posted in
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Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is what’s happening Belize? This is the last weekend in August and there are plenty of activities to do all over, from North to South. Starting with Dangriga for this Friday night, Hamalali Radio will be having a Kareoke competition followed by a dance featuring the Punta Rebels and Chico […]
Written on August 28, 2009 | Posted in
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We told you on Monday night that we are home safe, that the legal detachment of Great Belize Productions/Channel Five had taken place before the G.O.B.’s nationalization of Belize Telemedia, the former parent company of this station. True to this, shareholders today began receiving by post, dividends of the entire issued share capital of Katalyst, […]
Written on August 27, 2009 | Posted in
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And in respect of the take over to Telemedia, G.O.B.’s apparent knee jerk reaction to concerns on how a commercial dispute precipitated its acquisition of the telephone company came in the form of a release on Wednesday. It stated that the nationalization related to telecommunications and not to power and water. But that is not […]
Written on August 27, 2009 | Posted in
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While they did not vote in unison, the opposition People’s United Party has reacted to Monday’s takeover of Belize Telemedia by the government. A release this evening says that “the right of citizens to own or to hold private property is a hallmark of our democracy.” According to the P.U.P., the prime minister spoke of […]
Written on August 27, 2009 | Posted in
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It is business at usual at the Belize Foam and Furniture Limited, where a fire destroyed a concrete structure and its contents. News Five’s Jose Sanchez was at the scene this morning and found out that within hours, the factory was churning out mattresses from its main building. Jose Sanchez Reporting A fire broke out […]
Written on August 27, 2009 | Posted in
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Primary schools open on Monday but for teachers in Benque Viejo del Carmen and Succotz Villages, eleventh hour transfers are taking place. This is because the Ministry of Education indicated from April of this year that the two schools were overstaffed with teachers and therefore transfers were necessary. The situation has left the teachers at […]
Written on August 27, 2009 | Posted in
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There are two things that people say are inescapable, that is death and taxes. But some of you would probably add beer to that list. But now with the implementation of the Treaty of Chaguaramas, the tax structure has changed. And that means prices for beer are down. Since August third, the importer of Heineken, […]
Written on August 27, 2009 | Posted in
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Two men were charged in connection with Tuesday’s robbery of a business located a short distance from the Queen Street Police Station. At eleven-twenty a.m. on Tuesday two men armed with a handgun held up four employees of Global Consultant Services at the corner of New Road and Hydes Lane and robbed them of cash […]
Written on August 27, 2009 | Posted in
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It’s usually one or the other, but when a vegetable farmer from the Corozalito Village appeared in Magistrates’ Court, he was slapped with a fine and jail time. At around eleven-thirty on Wednesday night, thirty-five year old Ellis Rudon was busted by police on Central American Boulevard with two and a quarter pounds of marijuana. […]
Written on August 27, 2009 | Posted in
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And in the north, a shooting in an apparent case of jealousy shortly after midday on Wednesday has left a Hall’s Layout mason in critical condition at the Northern Regional Hospital. Thirty year old Edgar Chan is in a coma after he was shot to the right chest, abdomen and calf allegedly by Jesus Echeverria. […]
Written on August 27, 2009 | Posted in
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After a month of working with one of Belize’s best pianists, the youths who participated in the Institute of Creative Arts’ Summer Arts Institute program are ready to take center stage. Francis Reneau, a Belizean pianist, composer and teacher who currently lives in London, returns home every year to share his talents in the summer […]
Written on August 27, 2009 | Posted in
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It’s no secret that the sun has adverse effects on our health. We are regularly bombarded with messages of skin cancer and the necessity of sunscreen. But putting on enough S.P.F. protection is not the only action needed to be taken against the sun’s harmful UV rays. Your eyes need protection as well. This week’s […]
Written on August 27, 2009 | Posted in
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A commercial dispute has ended up in the nationalization of Belize Telemedia. Since Tuesday the Government took over full control of the telephone utility company, which, at least for now being, is run by businessman Nestor Vasquez and Anwar Barrow, the son of the Prime Minister. So what lies ahead for the other utility company, […]
Written on August 26, 2009 | Posted in
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Following Telemedia’s takeover on Monday, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry stated that they viewed with concern the Amendment to the Telecommunications Act and the haste with which it was dealt. The Chamber also felt that the business community at home and abroad may be more discriminatory when considering future investments in Belize and […]
Written on August 26, 2009 | Posted in
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The Senator spoke to News Five today and said he does not have a problem with any other company related to the Ashcroft group of companies, including Smart, the other telecommunications supplier. Hulse says he does not see how the take-over could be extended to Smart. Godwin Hulse, Senator “As far as I know they […]
Written on August 26, 2009 | Posted in
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But while Hulse says he feels he did the right thing, the Belize Business Bureau does not support his position. President of the Bureau, Misael Flores, told News Five today that while the Bureau is of the view that government was too hasty in making the decision – one that could have some serious implications […]
Written on August 26, 2009 | Posted in
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You will know that there have been scheduled blackouts around the country. In July the Public Utilities Commission (P.U.C.) held a press conference regarding the loss of power supply from its main source, Comision Federal de Electricidad; its generator at West Lake Park on the Western Highway and from Hydro Maya. It all came in […]
Written on August 26, 2009 | Posted in
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It was an emotional day in court in respect of the ongoing money laundering case against the Coye family. Michael Coye, his wife, Marleni Coye, their daughter, Melonie Coye and son, Jude Coye along with Melonie’s husband, James Gerou were charged with money laundering on January second. Though their business account was frozen, it turns […]
Written on August 26, 2009 | Posted in
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In news on other crimes, a broad daylight shooting around ten-thirty Tuesday morning left a construction worker with a bullet wound to the leg. Forty-three year old Andrew Azueta told police that while he was standing at the corner of King and Plues Street in Belize City, he heard a loud noise and after realized […]
Written on August 26, 2009 | Posted in
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On the other side of town, robbers struck close to the Queen Street Police Station minutes later on Tuesday morning. Shortly after eleven a.m., Global Consulting Services located at the corner of New Road and Hydes Lane was jacked by brazen thieves. According to an employee, two men entered the business, one armed with a […]
Written on August 26, 2009 | Posted in
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A Canadian who was acting disorderly at the Battlefield Park earlier this year is behind bars tonight after he was found guilty of the offense. Forty-seven year old David Allen McFarlen was convicted for Insulting a Police Officer and was fined a hundred dollars. But he opted to spend the alternative one month jail sentence. […]
Written on August 26, 2009 | Posted in
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