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Developments in the expropriation of Telemedia last August continue to unfold. This morning the Former Chairman of the Executive Committee of Telemedia, Dean Boyce, sat on the couch on Open Your Eyes. He answered many questions; we start first with the most recent action taken by the former owners of Telemedia and according to Boyce, […]
Written on December 7, 2009 | Posted in
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The docking of five Jamaican vessels layered with traps and other fishing gear is quickly becoming a controversy in southern Belize. On Saturday the boats docked in the sea near Punta Gorda. The local fishermen are concerned over a possible depletion of the fish stock in the area. According to Fisheries Administrator, Beverly Wade, the […]
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And in the courts today, thirty-three year old Jason Bruce Lawrence was charged for the murder of his girlfriend. Lawrence, a driver and resident of Japan Area in Ladyville was charged for the fatal stabbing of forty year old Mercedes Carrillo. Lawrence pleaded guilty to the charge and said that he had already given police […]
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And the owners of MoneyGram and two employees, accused of Money Laundering, were committed to stand trial in the Supreme Court. Melanie Coye, her father, Michael, mother Merlene, brother Jude and husband James Gerou, Athlee Matute and Deitrich Kingston are charged under the revised Money Laundering and Terrorism Act. This morning, Magistrate Kathleen Lewis bounded […]
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There was a peculiar case today when the Public Health Department took a woman from Gales Point Manatee Village to court for allowing two horses to roam and attack people. Ursula Andrewin is not the owner of the horses, but was found guilty and was fined fifty dollars. If she does not pay, she will […]
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The Wheelchair Foundation and Wines for Wheels in California have donated over eight hundred thousand wheelchairs in a hundred and fifty-four countries worldwide. And with a gift of over two hundred handed over today, more than one thousand of those chairs have been gifted to Belize. News Five’s Delahnie Bain attended the handing over ceremony […]
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With Christmas around the corner and an increase in crime anticipated, the Belize City Police today launched its first business watch program. And as it implies, officers from will be patrolling city streets throughout working hours in an effort to minimize threats to businesses that are potential targets for robbers and burglars. In its initial […]
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we’re coming at you with yet another splash of Sports Monday. Yesterday brought money time to the M.C.C. Grounds as the Belize Premier Football League staged its final game in the home and away championship series between F.C. Belize and the Belize Defence Force for the 2009 title. The […]
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The developments in the telecom industry resulting from the expropriation of Telemedia topped the headlines all week. The high point came via a press release from Telemedia declaring that the British Caribbean Bank intends to wind up the company. This assertion was on Monday following a press conference by Telemedia and that’s where we pick […]
Written on December 4, 2009 | Posted in
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The loan of forty-five million dollars which Telemedia got from the British Caribbean Bank in 2007 has been smack in the middle of the controversy and that is because Telemedia is asserting that the Bank loaned the money for the purchase of shares in the telephone company. According to Telemedia Chairman, Net Vasquez, at Monday’s […]
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While the legal debate over a loan continues to rage, the life of a woman ended on Thursday night at her home. The woman, Mercedes Carrillo, had just moved to Burrell Boom Village to begin a new life. The forty year old mother was allegedly in an abusive relationship and it is the man in […]
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There is a report that a convicted sex offender who was wanted in the U.S. has been apprehended in Belize. Robert Snyder, who has been in Belize since August of 2008 and has been acting as a chess instructor, was apprehended after a Saturday night feature on America’s Most Wanted. What’s worrying is that the […]
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Two families in Caye Caulker will be spending Christmas without their homes following a midday fire. Fortunately, no one was hurt but the families lost all their belongings. The Fire Department experienced mechanical problems and could not contain the blaze from spreading to an adjacent house which was also destroyed. If that sounds familiar, it’s […]
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While the cause of the fire is under investigation, testimonies at the ongoing Commission of Inquiry are revealing more irregularities. Two witnesses appeared today before the Commission looking into the purchasing of supplies at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital between the period January 2008 and June 2009. The audit report, presented by Deputy Auditor General, […]
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The second witness today was the Supervisor of the Radiology Unit at the K.H.M.H., Freddy Mansu. Mansu did not take the oath on the Bible because he said he is not a Christian. According to Mansu, he found problems with the register that was used in the Department because it did not reflect accurate information. […]
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Another hot button issue is the recession, which was officially announced by Prime Minister Dean Barrow on October twenty-ninth. When that announcement was made, it was not followed by what will be done to weather the economic storm but everyone has been tightening their belt. Today at the Queens Room at the Princess Hotel, the […]
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The owners of the WesterHaven, the cargo ship that ran aground on the reef near Caye Glory may end up paying millions for damages. Closing arguments in that case were heard in front of Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh last week. But the cost of litigation has not deterred owners of vessels from being more careful […]
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Heading north, it was an anti-climatic moment for George Hardie Senior when he entered Mexico today hoping to return with his son and employee. Hardie, owner of the Las Vegas Casino, was expecting George Junior and Security Guard David Abner Gomez, to be released after spending almost a year and a half in a Mexican […]
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While two men have been freed of a conviction in Mexico, two men are facing life time imprisonment for the murder of Punta Gorda resident, Cruz Sho, who was raped and brutally murdered at her common-law husband’s home in Lords Bank over two years ago. Late this evening, Lindsdale Franklin and Ryan Herrera were convicted […]
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In another murder case, the accused man is free tonight from the double murder that occurred on May twenty ninth, 2008. Twenty one year old Nelson Henry, who was on remand for over a year, walked out of court a free man because the evidence against him was insufficient. In 2008, police charged two men […]
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And Joel “Dara” Robinson is known for his tributes to Bob Marley, but on Saturday night, he is promoting the music of Otis Redding. Dara is putting a large screen in the middle of the tennis court next to the M.C.C. stadium for the video concert and Karaoke session. But it isn’t just to have […]
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Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize? This Saturday the Lady of Guadalupe annual parish fair will be held. The fair will run from ten a.m. until eight p.m. There will be lot of food and drinks on sale as well as games and horseback riding. There will even be a Santa that […]
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On Wednesday, Telemedia Chairman, Nestor Vasquez, made a number of allegations in respect of the management of the company before it was nationalized by the Government in August. Top among the statements was the issue of a forty-five million dollar loan from British Caribbean Bank to Telemedia for a period of two years. This loan, […]
Written on December 3, 2009 | Posted in
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Turning to the ongoing Commission of Inquiry, which resumed today after a two-day break. The commission was established following allegations made by doctors and nurses at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital’s on scandalous procurements of pharmaceutical and medical supplies. First up to testify today was Chief Pharmacist with the Ministry of Health, Sharon Sanchez Anderson. […]
Written on December 3, 2009 | Posted in
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Around seven o’clock this morning some forty plus supporters of persons with special needs began a march through city streets to celebrate International Disability Day. The day is being held under the theme, “Making the Millennium Development Goals Inclusive: Empowerment of persons with disabilities and their communities around the world.” The march was organized jointly […]
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