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The cycling delegation has returned from the Central American Games in Panama. In the female road race, El Salvador and Costa Rica won gold and silver, Belize narrowly lost the bronze medal to Costa Rica. Costa Rica’s cyclist Adriana Rojas came in third with a time of one hour fifty one minutes, and thirty one […]
Written on April 20, 2010 | Posted in
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Not only did the athletes believe that they need more time to train with each other, the team’s coach and president also shared the same sentiment. Emil Moreno, the president of the Belize Cycling Association, indicated that if the athletes could have spent adequate time in Panama prior to the games in order to adjust […]
Written on April 20, 2010 | Posted in
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A former public officer and prominent member of the judiciary passed away in the United States. Horace Walwyn Young, died on Sunday morning at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Miami where he was being treated for some time as age and failing health took a toll on him. Young worked his way through the clerical […]
Written on April 20, 2010 | Posted in
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What began as an audition of raw talent for a one of a kind sing-along show has over the past few weeks transformed itself into a primetime showcase of Latin culture. With a panel of judges, versed in the technical aspects of music, KTV Latino has wowed a diverse audience that represents our ethnicity. Behind […]
Written on April 20, 2010 | Posted in
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We begin tonight’s newscast with the tragic death of a colleague in the news industry. The well known television journalist for Channel Seven, Keith Swift, passed away today. He did not report to work this morning and his roommate Mark Bowman reportedly found Swift lying face-up with foam at his mouth after five this evening. […]
Written on April 19, 2010 | Posted in
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The Benguche community in Dangriga Town is today reeling from the deaths of two children who perished in an overnight fire at the start of the weekend. It is a tragedy that sees an extended family searching for answers into the heartbreaking loss of their loved ones. Both parents left the siblings Alexander and Archangel […]
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The past weekend was not without its share of violent crime and two more names were added to the growing list of murder victims. This time the incidents happened in the northern districts. Marion Ali took a trip north to get the details. Marion Ali, Reporting The first homicide occurred shortly after six on Saturday […]
Written on April 19, 2010 | Posted in
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Earlier in the newscast, we reported on a murder in Corozal Town, a second murder occurred in Orange Walk Town and this time it was a minor who was the victim. Here again is Marion Ali. Marion Ali, Reporting Seventeen year old Erin Rivero Sutherland was stabbed at around twelve thirty on Sunday morning on […]
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There are some new details that our newsroom has uncovered about the suspect drug plane that was discovered south east of Northern Two Caye on Friday April ninth. Photos show the tip of one wing barely above water. Several parts of the plane were recovered including a video digital component box. The origin of the […]
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A second round of village elections was held over the weekend. To put it in perspective, there were elections in thirty-seven villages but not all were contested by the two major political parties since some villages prefer to field independent slates. In the Belize Rural North elections were held in nine villages, three which reportedly […]
Written on April 19, 2010 | Posted in
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While the elections are going according to schedule, there have been a few bumps along the road. There have been physical confrontations in some area and reports of public drinking, which is prohibited on election days. The issue of accountability in the process was also raised when one candidate requested a recount of the ballots […]
Written on April 19, 2010 | Posted in
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The preliminary inquiry in the case of money laundering against Dean Fuller came up today but it did not get underway instead the businessman got an adjournment for May seventeenth. Fuller is accused of the money laundering of six million dollars. His arrest came after the Coye family, an agent for MoneyGram, was accused of […]
Written on April 19, 2010 | Posted in
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One the night of April eighth, two men were gunned down in the dangerous Belize City streets and today a minor was charged in connection with one of those murders. Renan Reneau was shot several times to the chest by a lone gunman while he was talking to his girlfriend in a yard at the […]
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Thirty-two year old Darwin Rhaburn, an employee of Belize National Transport, has been charged with aggravated assault of an indecent nature after being accused of fondling a minor on his worksite. The incident occurred on January fifteenth when the minor alleged that at about one o’clock that afternoon while at a bus terminal Rhaburn called […]
Written on April 19, 2010 | Posted in
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A Chevrolet Trail Blazer speeding from the West Landivar area toward Princess Margaret Drive ended up on the University of the West Indies compound last Friday night. The SUV could not make the curve at the speed it was going and it went straight over the drain surrounding the school and collided into a concrete […]
Written on April 19, 2010 | Posted in
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The annual Chess Olympiad was held on Saturday in the capital city and by all accounts, the event was a major success. Over a hundred players participated in the intense competition that is growing popular among youths. According to Program Director of the Belize National Youth Chess Foundation, Ella Anderson, this year’s top performers came […]
Written on April 19, 2010 | Posted in
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Bodybuilding has been a source of gold in the past, but there were no medals forthcoming this year. What the delegation brought back was experience and certification for a judge in the sport. In addition to the president and vice president of the association, Belize was represented at the games by Faith Ferguson in Body […]
Written on April 19, 2010 | Posted in
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Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week thirteen of the Caribbean Motors Cup brought two teams from opposite ends of the standings to the MCC Grounds yesterday as league leading Belize Defence Force hosted Shanaiah Corozal who came in tied at the bottom of the standings with BRC Blaze. Nevertheless, the […]
Written on April 19, 2010 | Posted in
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In this week alone there have been four murders, two perpetrators were killed in robbery attempts and at least four persons were injured in shootings; the most recent happened when most people were having lunch. Three men armed with deadly M-sixteen assault rifles, drove up to the home of forty-three year old Cecil Lewis and […]
Written on April 16, 2010 | Posted in
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Marie says Cecil is the third of her children to be injured in shootings for unknown reasons and she thinks the crime situation is escalating because the culprits have life too good when they’re behind bars. Marie Lewis “I think that they should give them more penalty than what they are doing right now because […]
Written on April 16, 2010 | Posted in
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Cops have still been unable to determine if damages caused to the building housing the law firm of the prime minister were the result of gunshots. The damages are believed to have been caused by a projectile on Thursday morning at seven fifty-five a.m. Prime Minister Dean Barrow is a partner in the firm, Barrow […]
Written on April 16, 2010 | Posted in
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Before dawn this morning, B.D.F. soldiers and a News Five crew headed north to an area called Riven Ridge, located south of Joe Goff’s Pine Ridge, at Mile thirty-four. The mission was to find the most accessible drug with the greatest appeal to youths and adults- marijuana. In addition to the police, the Belize Defense […]
Written on April 16, 2010 | Posted in
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Before the groundwork was completed, the operation began with a flyover and reconnaissance by the B.D.F.’s Defender. The man at the helm, Lieutenant Colonel Ganey Dortch, said that it was a team effort by various departments in the B.D.F. that led not only to today’s success but to the one hundred and fifty thousand plants […]
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On Thursday we asked the question: Should prisoners incarcerated for major offenses qualify for parole? Eighty-nine percent of our viewers that participated on the e-poll thought they should not. One viewer was emphatic saying “never, since they come out and do the same” while another said “these prisoners should not be given a break because […]
Written on April 16, 2010 | Posted in
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Police are investigating the death of a two year old girl whose body was retrieved from a canal right in front of her home today. The child was reported missing by her family last night. Marion Ali files a report on this tragic story. Marion Ali, Reporting It is still not clear how two year […]
Written on April 16, 2010 | Posted in
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