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The influenza is sweeping through Belize City schools. Last week various schools sent students home as a result of the flu. Today over a hundred students were absent from classes at St John’s Vianney primary. They have also been reporting the symptoms, which may indicate the ordinary influenza or the dreaded H1N1. No confirmed cases […]
Written on September 23, 2009 | Posted in
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And while the school has been unable to contact the authorities, a mother of five sick children says she’s had her own share of problems with the health system. Jermin Ferrel’s kids attend St. John Vianney School but have been out with flu-like symptoms for three days. Up to today, Ferrel has not been able […]
Written on September 23, 2009 | Posted in
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Schools have become the new target of thieves and News Five found that a brazen thief went too far in the most recent robbery. The robber not only pounced on an educational institution, but he also attacked a teacher’s assistant in the presence of a young child. It happened around five on Tuesday evening when […]
Written on September 23, 2009 | Posted in
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School Principal, Suzette Arzu, says the school will take measures to prevent further attacks. Suzette Arzu, Principal, Holy Redeemer Primary “We’re making sure that the gates are locked at all times, even more now. We will be sending out notes to the parents and asking them to pick up their kids by four o’clock every […]
Written on September 23, 2009 | Posted in
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He was busted last night with of twenty-one parcels of cocaine containing two point nine grams. And this morning nineteen year old Evan Ferguson, who claims he is a fourth form student, was arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate Court for Drug Trafficking. According to police, at about eight o’clock while on patrol on Pickstock […]
Written on September 23, 2009 | Posted in
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Also in court, the book was thrown at two men accused of burglarizing the home of Pastor Allan Kingston of Bermudian Landing. Twenty-eight year old Deon Brackett and twenty year old Herman Garbutt appeared in front of Magistrate Sharon Frazer and were charged for Burglary when they were caught red-handed with a passport belonging to […]
Written on September 23, 2009 | Posted in
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He has worked in construction for decades, he tried politics and ran against Zenaida Moya Flowers as the U.D.P.’s mayoral candidate in 2006 and on Tuesday Rudolph Anderson added Good Samaritan to his list of ventures. Anderson, better known as Sir Andie “The Happy Home Builder”, decided to assist his community and donated a bus […]
Written on September 23, 2009 | Posted in
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In political news, the People’s United Party met in Independence Hall. It was no ordinary executive meeting. In fact, the purpose was to get the nod of the executive body for the creation of new posts which is generally perceived to strengthen the party leader’s standing. Briceno proposed and got the green light to bring […]
Written on September 23, 2009 | Posted in
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Charlie Good and his wife embarked on a protest on August eighteen over the political firing of Misses Good. In the past month, through rain and shine and at night they stood steadfast. They were promised jobs by the head of government but turned it down because they considered it menial. Their protest started in […]
Written on September 23, 2009 | Posted in
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Earlier today, thirty soldiers of the Light Engineering Company of the B.D.F., were recognized for completing a skills training program. The thirty now head back to camp to ply their newly acquired techniques. Duane Moody attended the graduation ceremony and has this report. The soon to be completed ITVET on Freetown Road, was the venue […]
Written on September 23, 2009 | Posted in
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It was a three day weekend and as many murders took place. We begin with a double murder in the most unexpected place. Early Saturday morning two men who not only worked together but who camped out together as employer and employee in Valley of Peace were found hacked to death. The weapon of choice […]
Written on September 22, 2009 | Posted in
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In the third murder, a Belize City resident was gunned down near Cinderella Plaza Monday night. At midnight, thirty year old Deon Marvin Meighan a resident of Mex Avenue was walking with three friends, two males and one female, when the shooting occurred. A lone gunman with a white shirt over his head walked from […]
Written on September 22, 2009 | Posted in
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Aside from the three homicides, a fourth person was found dead in Belize City. Up to news time, Police were unable to confirm whether or not the US National was murdered. News Five’s Jose Sanchez has a report. The body of an American national was found this afternoon in a bushy ditch on Louise Bevans […]
Written on September 22, 2009 | Posted in
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Last week we reported on the murder of Guatemalan national Pedro Coc Pop of the western village of El Progresso. Police believe they that are close to solving the murder and have charged twenty-eight year old Zacarias Tesecum, a farmer of the same village located at mile seven on the Mountain Pine Ridge Road. Pop, […]
Written on September 22, 2009 | Posted in
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The Belize City Council has decided to suspend three of its employees. The decision follows a meeting this afternoon with its Finance Director, Dwane Davis. The other two who were sent home are Davis assistant, Kiran Bhudrani, and Philip Henry, who worked out of the Traffic Department. Davis was suspended for six weeks, while Bhudrani […]
Written on September 22, 2009 | Posted in
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The National Basketball team may have won silver at the COCABA games in Cancun but the other battle to keep the medals occurred last week at the International Basketball Federation’s headquarters in Switzerland. Attorney Godfrey Smith, who is just back in Belize, argued that seven disputed members of the national basketball team were eligible to […]
Written on September 22, 2009 | Posted in
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In Belize, one of the major outlets to report crime is Crime Stoppers. But in the United States, information about criminals on the lam is spread around through the popular televised show Americas Most Wanted. Well, one of the US most sought after criminals in recent history was found in Belize. Derrick Yancey, a former […]
Written on September 22, 2009 | Posted in
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And in Hattieville, a family of five set about their usual routine of getting ready for work and school after the long weekend, but found themselves homeless before they left the house today. The structure, which was owned by Lana Ahmad, was completely destroyed by a blaze that started from a iron left unattended by […]
Written on September 22, 2009 | Posted in
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While the Ahmad family is homeless, a construction worker will spend the night in jail. Eighteen year old Ashton Grant who allegedly robbed a ten year old boy of his stunt bike on Friday, found himself before the courts today. The culprit was surprised by the police riding the minor’s bike on Princess Margaret Drive. […]
Written on September 22, 2009 | Posted in
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The cops sent Grant behind bars, but an eighteen year old youth claims he was wounded in the head by police. According to the family of Demas (Dee-mas) Mendez, the young man was wounded when police ambushed him in the Lake Independence Area in a case of mistaken identity. Mendez ended up with eleven stitches […]
Written on September 22, 2009 | Posted in
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In regional news, ousted President Manuel Zelaya returned to Honduras on Monday morning and sought refuge in the Brazilian Embassy in the capital, Tegucigalpa. His family and key advisors joined him at the Diplomatic Mission where electricity and water were disconnected. The de facto president, Roberto Mitcheletti, also extended curfew hours to prevent Zelaya’s supporters […]
Written on September 22, 2009 | Posted in
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And Saturday’s road march culminated this year’s carnival season. And unlike last year when the road march was tarnished by violence, this time security was beefed up to provide safety to the revellers. That aside, there were hitches along the way. The economic downturn affected the usual number of bands and floats and a late […]
Written on September 22, 2009 | Posted in
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Traditionally, the official Independence Day ceremonies have been held in the old capital. But this year, the ceremony was held in the Capital, Belmopan. Though the skies were overcast, the twenty eight anniversary of Belize’s independence went off as planned. Students and official guests waited on the arrival of the country’s leaders. The Leader of […]
Written on September 22, 2009 | Posted in
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And the office of the Prime Minister announced today that the PM will be away from office for the rest of the week and up until Monday. The PM will be undergoing a medical check-up in Miami. The DPM is holding over in the interim.
Written on September 22, 2009 | Posted in
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Good Evening, I’m James Adderley. This is Sports Monday. Week two in the BPFL brought the internecine struggle between FC Belize and the Belize Defense Force at the MCC Grounds yesterday. It’s FC Belize that looks to strike early off the set piece triggered by Orland Lyons that leads to a leader from mark Leslie. […]
Written on September 22, 2009 | Posted in
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