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While the garbage collection issue may be settled soon, tonight, the bar association meets to discuss the fate of Justice Samuel Lungole Awich. A faction of the bar is inviting Justice Awich to resign. And if he doesn’t resign they will ask the Governor General, Sir Colville Young, to remove him from office for misbehavior. […]
Written on September 29, 2009 | Posted in
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Belize Maintenance Limited workers protested the Belize City Council this morning for “under paying” them by a quarter million dollars. But this afternoon, the focus was still on the issue of the under-depositing fiasco that continues to plague Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers, who was again unavailable today for an explanation. And as the situation goes […]
Written on September 28, 2009 | Posted in
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So are the police close to making an arrest at City Hall for the unaccounted funds of close to a quarter of million dollars from its coffers? We asked the Director of Public Prosecutions, Cheryl-Lynn Branker-Taitt. She confirmed that she has completed her review of the file and has forwarded her instructions to the police. […]
Written on September 28, 2009 | Posted in
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While Mayor Moya Flowers has kept mum on the under-depositing at CitCo, another problem that won’t go away is the issue of the unpaid debts for garbage collection. For the umpteenth time, employees of Belize Maintenance Limited protested the persistent problem. News Five’s Duane Moody has a report. Duane Moody, Reporting Some seventy employees waved […]
Written on September 28, 2009 | Posted in
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A fire on Queen Street proved to be a double whammy for businessman, Roberto Chee and his family, who experienced a second blaze at their Queen Street residence and store. And while today’s loss in no way matched the previous inferno which totaled their wooden building back in the 90’s, it did create a whole […]
Written on September 28, 2009 | Posted in
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While firemen had put out the blaze, police this afternoon were looking for the shooter or shooters who opened fire on busy Mahogany Street in the Lake Independence area. Classes had just been dismissed and two children and a man were injured in the shooting shortly before four this evening. The two children, nine year […]
Written on September 28, 2009 | Posted in
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Remember NEWCO and the arbitration award totaling about eight million dollars against the Government of Belize? In June of 2008 a group of investors called NEWCO got an arbitration award against the government for unlawfully cancelling its contract to develop the Philip Goldson International Airport and re-awarding the contract to a group which included Belizeans. […]
Written on September 28, 2009 | Posted in
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But in the local courts, the money laundering case of the Coye Family was adjourned today. The case has had some unusual twists so far. First it was heard in court number one before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie, then it moved onto court number two before senior Magistrate Dorothy Flowers. But today Magistrate Flowers bowed […]
Written on September 28, 2009 | Posted in
Trials |
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And a driver of Buttonwood Bay was charged today with an unusual charge. This morning, thirty six year old Jude Pennil of Buttonwood Bay appeared before Magistrate Aretha Ford in Court number Four where he was charged with one count of exposing his person in public. Pennil pleaded not guilty to the charge and was […]
Written on September 28, 2009 | Posted in
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Also in the courts, a Belize City youth was charged with attempted murder this afternoon. Eighteen year old Leon Ebanks, a resident of seventeen miles on the Western Highway was charged with the attempted murder of Owen Jimenez and one count of wounding when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Dorothy Flowers in Court Number Two. […]
Written on September 28, 2009 | Posted in
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Burglars are known to break into just about any place, but one thief has taken it one notch further and broke into a place known to service the dead. Kent Vernon aka ‘Krokus,’ is charged with the burglary of a funeral parlor. This morning Krokus appeared before Senior Magistrate Dorothy Flowers in Court Number Two. […]
Written on September 28, 2009 | Posted in
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Electricity was interrupted today from just after midday to around four-thirty this evening. And those four hours took a toll on business operations downtown. News Five found that a number of businesses closed up shop while the power was out. The Supreme and Magistrates’ Courts also closed their doors and hearings were postponed. So what […]
Written on September 28, 2009 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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Schools around the country are interrupting classes because of the spread of the flu. In Belmopan, however, the reason why Our Lady of Guadalupe Roman Catholic School, was closed down today was because teachers did not get their salaries last Friday. News Five traveled to Belmopan and found locks on the gates and not a […]
Written on September 28, 2009 | Posted in
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In other news, Telemedia announced today that the former head of its Marketing Division, Karen Bevans, was moving upstairs at Saint Thomas Street. Bevans is being named as Chief Operations Officer, which means that she will report directly to the Executive Committee of the Board, that mostly being, Net Vasquez and Anwar Barrow, the son […]
Written on September 28, 2009 | Posted in
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The students who represented Belize are back home after a long and uneventful trip at the CODICADER games in Costa Rica. The teams failed to pull off any win and lost every game to the remaining Central American countries. They returned to Belize on a direct Maya Regional Airline flight due to the ongoing conflict […]
Written on September 28, 2009 | Posted in
Sports |
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we’re certainly glad that you could join us for this rush of Sports Monday. Week eight in the Belize Bank Super League took us to Dangriga where the defending champions Valley Renaissance were attacked inside the Carl Ramos Stadium by the Placencia Assassin. In fact the visitors left no […]
Written on September 28, 2009 | Posted in
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A report earlier this week from the U.S. based financial advisory group Atlanta International, a division of Oppenheimer & Company, is sounding the alarm for investors. Atlanta International is known for their innovative work in securities research on companies from around the world listed on the U.S. stock exchange. The article on Belize titled “Multiple […]
Written on September 25, 2009 | Posted in
Economy |
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There was another caution about investor confidence in Belize. It is titled “A new kind of debt management” which rose not out of any action taken by government but rather from the lips of Prime Minister Barrow as he gave his Independence Day address in the capital on September twenty-first. News Five asked Ross, what […]
Written on September 25, 2009 | Posted in
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It has been more than a year since the deadly floods caused by Tropical Storm Arthur and Tropical Depression Sixteen struck the country. Thirteen lives were lost and millions of dollars worth of damages were inflicted on personal and public property. While it has been a relatively quiet hurricane season thus far, the recent rains […]
Written on September 25, 2009 | Posted in
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But Northern residents are not the only ones facing inundation. The rains in Belize City have also created flooding problems for residents directly behind the Lord Ridge Cemetery. They, however, have placed blame squarely on the Belize City Council citing the filling that started a few weeks ago on the back portion of the graveyard […]
Written on September 25, 2009 | Posted in
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It’s September twenty fifth, the date when the Director of Public Prosecutions was expected to deliver her decision after reviewing the Belize City Council’s file that included the audited reports and allegations of misappropriation of funds. But our efforts to find out whether that decision has been made have yielded nothing. We did find out, […]
Written on September 25, 2009 | Posted in
Miscellaneous |
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When the Influenza A (H1N1) was identified to be a new flu strain, it caused severe respiratory illnesses to those unlucky individuals who caught the virus. The Director of Health Services, Dr. Michael Pitts, said in August that there would be a second wave of the virus and according to a government release: the second […]
Written on September 25, 2009 | Posted in
Health |
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Less than two weeks ago, a faulty gas tank exploded at Brown’s Butane Gas Service on Mopan Street and brought a horrific end to a young employee’s life. Elton Herrera’s death was an eye-opener about the need to enforce safety regulations when filling gas tanks, but it appears that strict preventative measures are still not […]
Written on September 25, 2009 | Posted in
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Affordable homes are hard to come by, but thanks to Hand in Hand Ministries’ “Build for Change Program”; a single mother of four is getting the assistance she needs to a build house and make a home. Sharon Dominguez, who is currently unemployed, applied to the program in February of this year and has been […]
Written on September 25, 2009 | Posted in
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Belize Natural Energy (B.N.E.) wants to be known not only for the oil it extracts from Belize’s soil and the estimated three hundred and thirty-four million dollars it profited in sales from 2005 to 2008. It also wants to be recognized for its contribution to the society. In 2008, the B.N.E. Charitable Trust was established […]
Written on September 25, 2009 | Posted in
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