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There are several organizations trying to spread cheer among those who would otherwise have a blue Christmas. Today the happy recipients were the children at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital’s pediatric ward. The Belize City Leo’s club pays a visit to the pediatric ward every year and the members, who are also children, deliver the […]
Written on December 23, 2009 | Posted in
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For the past seven years, Fortis has been recognizing the work of non governmental organizations or others groups who have been making a difference in community life. This year, Fortis’ through its subsidiary, B.E.L., chose the Liberty Foundation as the recipient for a donation of four thousand dollars. Liberty, an orphanage that is home to […]
Written on December 23, 2009 | Posted in
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It is the nation’s ninety-first murder for this year and it happened within three days of the Christmas. The murder of Albert Morgan is all too shocking and his wife, a mother of four, is in custody and is expected to be charged. Police believe Audrey Morgan used a butcher knife from her kitchen to […]
Written on December 22, 2009 | Posted in
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Foreign Minister and Attorney General, Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington, on Monday tried to explain his meaning of the word “artificial”, which he used to describe the border between Belize and Guatemala following a meeting in Washington DC with his Guatemalan counterpart. According to Elrington, the borders are artificial because they are manmade and not formed by […]
Written on December 22, 2009 | Posted in
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A feud appears to be heading for a showdown between two warring factions in the citrus industry. It’s a complex story and its ramifications could be disastrous for the industry. It all stems from a 2006 agreement between Investment Company Limited (ICL), which is owned by the Belize Citrus Growers Association, and Banks Holdings of […]
Written on December 22, 2009 | Posted in
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Earlier in the newscast we told you that the citrus growers of Belize are in a bind and they feel almost crippled by a 2006 agreement with Barbados based, Banks Holdings. But how did it come to bear that Banks Holdings would have dominance over the organization? The growers blame their own representatives appointed to […]
Written on December 22, 2009 | Posted in
Agriculture |
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In other news in the south, Citrus Greening is fast affecting citrus groves and surveillance exercises have detected the bacteria in Hopkins and the Pomona Valley. The situation is so threatening that the movement of plants has been restricted. But there is another potential threat that is looming ahead; that is Citrus Leprosis. Leprosis causes […]
Written on December 22, 2009 | Posted in
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A verdict that was handed down in a murder trial in Orange Walk is being questioned by attorneys. A jury of twelve deliberated for over four hours today to determine whether thirty-two year old Kenrick Williams is guilty of murder. When they emerged from their chambers, the decision was eleven to one, with the majority […]
Written on December 22, 2009 | Posted in
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Also in court, it is a charge that is not normally levied against a person, but today, a Rancho Dolores resident was charged with Burglary with Intent to Rape a seventeen year old minor. Forty-three year old contractor, Dean Perez Senior, was additionally slapped with the offence of Aggravated Assault. The charges came after allegations […]
Written on December 22, 2009 | Posted in
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A portion of a protective embankment at mile seven on the Northern Highway caved into the river while construction was taking place. It is considered a dangerous stretch that runs parallel with the Belize River and is prone to accidents. Cadet Henderson, the C.E.O. in the Ministry of Works, says the project was designed, tendered […]
Written on December 22, 2009 | Posted in
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There is more than the usual consumption of electricity and butane gas at Christmastime and that comes with its own risk. At home leaking gas tanks, over-loaded outlets and the occasional cooking accidents make the perfect recipe for disaster. But to mitigate some of that, members of the Fire Department are on an awareness campaign. […]
Written on December 22, 2009 | Posted in
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A plate of food might not sound like much of a Christmas gift. But to the homeless mental patients who call the Battlefield Park home, it may be the only decent meal they’ve had in days. Today, the Ministry of Health hosted over a hundred homeless persons to lunch in the park; it was the […]
Written on December 22, 2009 | Posted in
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The homeless were not the only ones who got a Christmas treat today. The forty three residents at the Sister Cecilia Home for the Elderly also had some good old entertainment and turkey dinner this evening, courtesy of the Belize Police Department. The treats come as part of the Community Policing Unit’s fifth Christmas outreach. […]
Written on December 22, 2009 | Posted in
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The occasion was billed as a celebration of unity and purpose in honor of the George Price, the former prime Minister and Leader Emeritus of the People’s United Party who is also is largely recognized as the father of the nation. The elderly statesman is approaching his ninety-second birthday, so the moment was also in […]
Written on December 22, 2009 | Posted in
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And while George Price has retired from political life, it does not mean that he is out of the loop on national issues. News Five asked him today about his view on the global financial crisis and the recession that is hitting us hard. Price centered his response on food security and less dependency on […]
Written on December 22, 2009 | Posted in
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Wilfred Elrington completed a one-day meeting with his Guatemalan counterpart, Haroldo Rodas Melgar in Washington, DC. last Wednesday. Agreement was reached on how to handle conflict between the two countries, but that was on the diplomatic front. Here at home, statements appearing on the OAS website, purportedly […]
Written on December 21, 2009 | Posted in
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Two persons who have rejected the Minister’s remarks are Senator Godwin Hulse and Patrick Rogers of the Vision Inspired by the People Movement. Senator Hulse said the Minister’s words could not even be interpreted as diplomatic language. Via Phone: Godwin Hulse, Senator “He made comments to the effect that our borders are artificial and that […]
Written on December 21, 2009 | Posted in
Foreign Affairs |
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And what does Elrington think of his critics? Well, he questioned where they were when the heads of agreement was on the table. Wilfred Elrington “You see all those people whoa re talking about being so nationalistic and talking about traitors? Ask them where they were in 1968 when the Webster proposals came about. You […]
Written on December 21, 2009 | Posted in
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The court awarded Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers two of three injunctions she filed against the United Democratic Party. On December seventeenth, Justice Minnet Hafiz ruled that the U.D.P. could no longer exclude Moya Flowers from attending its National Party Council meetings. It was seen as a major victory, but a release from the […]
Written on December 21, 2009 | Posted in
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A Punta Gorda family that came to the city on a Christmas shopping trip, is heading home empty handed. The Majano family had stocked up their Isuzu vehicle and were about to leave the city this afternoon when the vehicle combusted near mile two on the northern highway. The fire started in the blink of […]
Written on December 21, 2009 | Posted in
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While no one was injured when the Toledo vehicle burst into flames, a robbery in the Corozal District over the weekend left a resident of Santa Clara Village hospitalized at the Northern Regional Hospital. Around six this past Saturday, thirty-five year old Caesar Canul, was returning home from a full day’s work—exchanging monies at the […]
Written on December 21, 2009 | Posted in
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In August of 2007, he was arrested and charged for robbing Esso Gas Station in Ladyville of over forty thousand dollars in cash. And in October of last year, nineteen year old Akeem Gotoy was admitted in critical condition at the K.H.M.H. after he was shot several times to the back. Tonight, Gotoy, now twenty, […]
Written on December 21, 2009 | Posted in
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And in the old capital, a resident has been detained in connection with a rape that occurred on Saturday. Nineteen year old Carlos Montejo also known as “Pollo” was taken into custody after he was reportedly accused as one of two persons who raped a young woman at the Isidora Beaton Stadium in the Garden […]
Written on December 21, 2009 | Posted in
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A fifty-two year old man was convicted of Aggravated Assault of a young girl in Magistrates’ Court today. The victim, a ten year old girl, testified in camera and told the court that she was heading to a shop on December ninth when she was lured into the home of Lionel Scott. According to the […]
Written on December 21, 2009 | Posted in
Trials |
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A British freelance writer and his eight-month pregnant girlfriend begged for leniency after they were busted with a small amount of marijuana inside their room at a local guest house. Twenty-eight year old Stuart Hall and twenty-one year old Sheyla Velez, a Guatemalan Secretary, were escorted to court where they both pleaded guilty to Possession […]
Written on December 21, 2009 | Posted in
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