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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The stage was set yesterday for City Boys to take its destiny into its own hands as it hosted Hattieville F.C. yesterday at the M.C.C. in a bid to make it to the championship series. Knowing that they would have to get at least a […]
Written on August 30, 2010 | Posted in
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An entire family was killed on the Western Highway on July tenth but four Fiji nationals and one Belizean were more fortunate and survived a near fatal traffic accident on the highway. They were travelling in a Ford F-150, heading toward Belmopan and at mile sixty-six and half the vehicle slammed into the back of […]
Written on August 27, 2010 | Posted in
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The National Party Council of the PUP will meet this Saturday morning at Independence Hall as scheduled. In fact we have learnt that twenty-nine of the thirty-one constituencies have already sent in the names of their delegates. Interestingly, Said Musa from Fort George and Francis Fonseca from Freetown, two of the five parliamentarians who on […]
Written on August 27, 2010 | Posted in
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The international press has been reporting the massacre of seventy two persons in the City of Victoria in Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is among the worst acts of violence by drug cartels. Soon after the bodies were found, two car explosions occurred; the first was in front of the offices of the Televisa network and the […]
Written on August 27, 2010 | Posted in
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Do you think public schools should be required to pay for garbage collection? That’s the question we posed to viewers on Thursday night and most who voted are against the proposed fee. Seventy-six percent of voters on our e-poll rejected the fees while the twenty-four percent agreed that schools should pay. One viewer commented saying […]
Written on August 27, 2010 | Posted in
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She stole over fifty dollars in goods but will have to pay twelve times the value. Fifty-eight year old Martha Parchue, who was caught in the act, pleaded guilty to Theft today and admitted to stealing fifty-two dollars in groceries from Discount Supermarket on Mahogany Street. Parchue walked into the supermarket on Wednesday, put several […]
Written on August 27, 2010 | Posted in
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Also in court, a Salvadoran national who was once employed as a domestic worker was today remanded to the Hattieville Prison after she was denied bail for a charge of Theft. This afternoon, twenty-five year old Marleni del Carmen Morales was accused of stealing an assortment of jewellery worth over ten thousand dollars from Irma […]
Written on August 27, 2010 | Posted in
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The murder of eight year old Marquise Mahler shocked the entire community. The young boy was shot at his family home on Fabers Road on July ninth the following day. Marquise will not make it to school at Saint John Vianney next week; instead today a monument was dedicated to his short life. News Five’s […]
Written on August 27, 2010 | Posted in
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Steven Buckley was shot by police in the head in April during a police operation behind the Cummberbatch football field. He was left incapacitated and has been unable to work. In the meantime, his medical and grocery bills have piled up. His four children have also had to endure the pain and have had a […]
Written on August 27, 2010 | Posted in
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About a week ago, San Pedro Water Jets, opened a branch of its operation in Belize City. The new water taxi business hopes to bring competition to the industry. But an incident which occurred after four p.m. on Thursday appeared to have damaged the reputation of the organization rather than the boat in the question. […]
Written on August 27, 2010 | Posted in
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It is said that first impressions are lasting. For thousands preparing to get back to the classrooms next Wednesday, the uniforms are important. But to look totally smart, they also need fresh haircuts. News Five’s Jose Sanchez hit the streets today and found a group of youths who are giving their time and skills in […]
Written on August 27, 2010 | Posted in
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The Belize Grass Roots Youth Empowerment Agency, BGYEA, has made strides as a small home grown organization which plans big things for the community. It has launched well attended conferences about the crime situation in both the old and current capital. BGYEA has successfully lobbied the government to reclaim land between mile forty one and […]
Written on August 27, 2010 | Posted in
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The countdown is on and we’re less than two weeks away from carnival 2010. The judging started on Wednesday and on Thursday night, News Five was also on hand when other mass camps in the junior segment of the competition, showed off their costumes and dance steps. By all indications, it will be a fierce […]
Written on August 27, 2010 | Posted in
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The Belize Audubon Society had quite a few activities for the young and the young at heart over the past few months. But summer is at an end and this weekend marks the last of its summer programs. Publicity Coordinator for the Audubon, Dirk Francisco, told us more about this weekend’s adventure that the Audubon […]
Written on August 27, 2010 | Posted in
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Edgar David Gonzalez of Santa Elena Town left his family on August eighth en route to the BWEL Gas Company in Belmopan where he is employed. But Gonzalez never made it to work and he hasn’t returned home. It’s been almost three weeks and his family fears that something tragic may have happened, but they […]
Written on August 27, 2010 | Posted in
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Had a hard week at work? Well, you deserve a fun night out and there are plenty of options. This weekend is all about the parties; from the city to the south, and in west where there is new hot spot in San Ignacio. Not to be left our, there’s also a back to school […]
Written on August 27, 2010 | Posted in
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There was a buzz since the beginning of the week that PUP party leader, John Briceño, would be holding the party’s national convention in late September rather than November, when it was originally scheduled. To political insiders, an early convention meant that his leadership was under challenge and any potential contender would then not have […]
Written on August 26, 2010 | Posted in
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A barrage of gunshots was unleashed on a small house which was occupied mostly by children and three adults on Wednesday night in Belize City. It occurred in an unnamed area off Police Street in Lake Independence. Luckily no one was hurt. News Five spoke to a neighbour who said that the children in the […]
Written on August 26, 2010 | Posted in
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It’s been almost a month and a half since Lavern Longsworth, the court personality known as Antichrist, set her common-law-husband David White on fire at their home on Castle Street. Longsworth was charged with attempted murder of White, but he passed away on August second while receiving treatment at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. There […]
Written on August 26, 2010 | Posted in
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Four persons were in court today to face charges in connection with the shooting death of fourteen year old Hellen Yu, but only two of them were charged with murder. The four are Emmanuel Lemott, Wilward Anderson, his nephew Egbert Miller and girlfriend Carmen Jones. Miller and Lemott were read a host of charges: Murder […]
Written on August 26, 2010 | Posted in
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This week, management of public schools and the Belize Waste Control company have been meeting on a new fee to be imposed for garage collection. The schools say they can’t afford to pay, but the company says it simply can’t continue to provide the service for free. A compromise had still not been reached up […]
Written on August 26, 2010 | Posted in
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The massive British Petroleum oil spill in the golf of Mexico has affected numerous states in the US and threatened environmental disaster. The economic impact has not yet been fully determined but BP has paid out three hundred and ninety-nine million US dollars to residents and business in claims for damages. The Vice President of […]
Written on August 26, 2010 | Posted in
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As we said earlier in the newscast, there is still no agreement in place between the Belize Waste Control and primary schools over new fees for the collection of their garbage. The only development is that Belize Waste Control promised in a meeting on Wednesday that it has eased its position slightly on the matter. […]
Written on August 26, 2010 | Posted in
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They were busted in separate incidents but today both Ron Myvett and Eugene Tillett heard their fates after being convicted of Keeping Unlicensed Firearm and Ammunition. Myvett was caught by police on February thirteenth 2009 with a nine millimetre pistol which contained fifteen live rounds of ammunition. He was riding a bicycle near the Belcan […]
Written on August 26, 2010 | Posted in
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Former cop, Jermaine Manager, also appeared in court this morning. Back in April, Mangar was fingered as one of the rogue cops who were allegedly the cause of the corruption in the department. He was initially charged for robbery but that was withdrawn; he still faces charges for conspiracy to commit robbery. He appeared along […]
Written on August 26, 2010 | Posted in
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