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Former Agriculture Minister, Russel Alexander Garcia, has died following a brief illness. The fifty-nine year old died in his hometown of Dangriga on Saturday. He will be given an official burial on Wednesday. Affectionately known as “Chiste”, Garcia served as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries during the period 1993-1998 before retiring from active politics.
Written on December 21, 2009 | Posted in
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and here’s your weekly dish of Sport’s Monday. It was a big weekend out at Independence Saturday night as Texmar United hosted San Felipe Barcelona in a must win situation after losing game one of the Belize Bank Super League Championship three game series in a scorching 3-2 affair that […]
Written on December 21, 2009 | Posted in
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One of America’s most wanted, Robert Snyder, who was found in Belize and deported to the U.S. has been offered a three million Belize dollars bail. Appearing in a Colorado Fort Collins court, Judge Dave Williams explained that the reason for setting such a high bond was that “The biggest thing is this is not […]
Written on December 18, 2009 | Posted in
Social Issues |
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Snyder was known to frequent and give chess tutorials at four schools in the Belize District, but there are no known allegations that he may have found victims in Belize. A check by News Five at two schools revealed that Snyder was under supervision when he was with the children. On the website for America’s […]
Written on December 18, 2009 | Posted in
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It started on November twenty-sixth with a revealing statement from the Deputy Auditor General, Wayne Simon and over the three week period, about a dozen persons were called to testify. Simon told the K.H.M.H. Commission of Inquiry that the Audit Department found serious irregularities for the period under review, January 2007 to June 2009. At […]
Written on December 18, 2009 | Posted in
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Dr. Alvaro Rosado was also recalled today. When he testified on December eleventh, said he did not know that the hospital did business with Pharmacol Limited, a company co-owned by Freddy Mansu, a radiographer employed at the K.H.M.H. Rosado could not remember if the hospital purchased items from that business. So today he was shown […]
Written on December 18, 2009 | Posted in
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Rosado was also questioned about the one million dollars the hospital received from Venezuela for the purchase and refurbishment of medical equipment. Rosado was provided a copy of a memo signed by former Finance Director, Cecil Knowles, for the purchases supplies and equipment with the Venezuelan funds. When they reappeared before the commission, they both […]
Written on December 18, 2009 | Posted in
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The last person to testify was Carlos Perrera, one of the persons singled out by the Belize Medical and Dental Union when the scandal first broke. He told News Five after the inquiry that the hospital has to tighten the loopholes in the system. Carlos Perrera “The K.H.M.H. management and Board had already started implementing […]
Written on December 18, 2009 | Posted in
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The Belize Cogeneration Energy Limited, or BELCOGEN for short, will begin providing power supply shortly. The sixty three million US dollar-investment took over two years to materialize. Its capacity will be to produce thirty megawatts of power. Twenty five megawatts of that will be sold directly to the Belize Electricity Limited. This represents twenty percent […]
Written on December 18, 2009 | Posted in
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A fifty-one year old grandmother found herself in the courtroom of Magistrate Aretha Ford today. Gloria Murillo, a domestic of St. Martin De Porres in Belize City, was charged for Possession of Marijuana. Police on patrol visited the Marina section of the Princess Hotel and searched Murillo. When they frisked her and searched her purse, […]
Written on December 18, 2009 | Posted in
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A seventeen year old minor will spend his Christmas in the company of juvenile offenders. That’s because he has been remanded to the Wagner’s Youth Facility in Hattieville. He is accused of Attempted Robbery and Possession of Unlicensed Firearm and Ammunition. For the illegal firearm offence, he was charged jointly with twenty-two year old Calvin […]
Written on December 18, 2009 | Posted in
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Over forty-two thousand delegates from around the world have recently flown to Europe for the United Nations Climate Change Conference at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark. The fate of the world lies primarily in the hands of industrial nations which emit large quantities of greenhouse gases that is causing global warming. The conference has […]
Written on December 18, 2009 | Posted in
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There were some smiling faces in Ladyville this evening and they belonged to young police cadets and the children of police officers stationed in Ladyville and Lord’s Bank. Over a hundred little ones attended a party, courtesy the Ladyville Police Station, the Police Coalition Committee and the Ladyville business community. Officer Commanding the Ladyville Police […]
Written on December 18, 2009 | Posted in
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Earlier this week, the Belize Defense Force held its annual Christmas lunch. That tradition is also practiced by the Belize National Coast Guard. The men were treated to a sumptuous lunch and aside from celebrating the spirit of the season, outstanding officers were recognized for excelling in various disciplines. News Five’s Duane Moody joined in […]
Written on December 18, 2009 | Posted in
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At the Ashcroft Rehabilitation Centre another set of men were in a celebratory mood as they completed a three month rigorous programme. The programme lasted for thirteen weeks and involved a twelve step approach to rehab. News Five’s Delahnie Bain was on hand for the graduation. Delahnie Bain, Reporting Almost one hundred inmates received certificates […]
Written on December 18, 2009 | Posted in
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Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize? Tonight you can head over to the Bliss and see Carlos Perote and Friends in concert. This is a one night only show and will feature Carlos Perote alongside artists like Junie Crawford, Jason Guerrero, Mark Phillips and Tanya Carter. The show will begin at eight […]
Written on December 18, 2009 | Posted in
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In a dramatic decision handed down by the Court this morning, Justice Minette Hafiz granted two of three injunctions requested by Mayor Zenaida Moya-Flowers in her legal challenges against her own party. In the first, the Court is prohibiting the U.D.P. from continuing to exclude her from meetings of the National Party Council. On October […]
Written on December 17, 2009 | Posted in
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There was another remarkable decision in the court today and it has to do with the government controlled Telemedia and Speednet. Last Thursday executives of the country’s two telecommunications providers faced each other in the courtroom of Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh. The CJ ruled then that the injunction that Speednet sought against Telemedia, the dominant […]
Written on December 17, 2009 | Posted in
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Speednet is not the only organization that has had to return to the court to get compliance. Almost like a case of déjà vu, a grass roots association from Cayo also had to make another trip to the chambers of Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh to have a judgment enforced. As in the case with Speednet, […]
Written on December 17, 2009 | Posted in
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It is one of Belize’s top exports and while production has declined, today’s reopening of the sugar cane season has brought relief to cane farmers in the sugar belt. That’s the good news, the bad is the delay has created a real possibility that payments may be late and not in time for Christmas. The […]
Written on December 17, 2009 | Posted in
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The settlement of the Belize/Guatemala dispute may one day land before the International Court of Justice in the Hague, but that does not mean the end of incursions or conflict along the borders. And this is what prompted a meeting in Washington between the Foreign Ministers of Belize and Guatemala this past Wednesday. Both Wilfred […]
Written on December 17, 2009 | Posted in
Foreign Affairs |
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Earlier this week, part of a study called the Male Social Participation and Violence Study in Belize, was released. The research will not be completed until June 2010 but the initial findings of the group led by Doctor Herbert Gayle of Jamaica showed that with a statistic of thirty four murders in 2008, the jewel […]
Written on December 17, 2009 | Posted in
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Belize’s strategic location makes it a common port for transnational smuggling of illegal drugs, weapons and human trafficking. According to international reports, a Guyanese National was charged in the United States on Wednesday with Conspiracy and Alien Smuggling for her role in attempting to enter four Indian nationals into the US via Belize and other […]
Written on December 17, 2009 | Posted in
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A con-artist, who goes by the names Gina Conorquie and Gina Jordan, ran into more trouble with the law on Wednesday despite five previous convictions under her belt. Well, Gina will now be spending Christmas at the Hattieville Prison. She has been found guilty of Theft and sentenced to six months for her latest offense. […]
Written on December 17, 2009 | Posted in
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Sometime around five this morning, twenty-eight year old Dwayne Lopez died while receiving medical treatment at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Lopez was admitted last Monday evening after he was shot in the lower back while standing with a friend at the corner of Supal Street and Kut Avenue. Despite several surgeries he did not […]
Written on December 17, 2009 | Posted in
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