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Courts Belize, the giant furniture store has added five more students to its annual scholarship program. For fourteen years, Courts has been awarding bright students from across the country with the opportunity to go to a high school of their choice. News Five spoke with Marketing Officer, Rochelle Tucker, who says that today’s recipients are […]
Written on August 26, 2011 | Posted in
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The energy was flowing on Thursday night on Dolphin Street as Southside Masqueraders displayed their colorful water-themed costumes and gyrated to soca beats. The band is one of the biggest senior bands for this year’s grand road march on September third. They have been practicing for months and are just about ready to put on […]
Written on August 26, 2011 | Posted in
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A warden was killed and two inmates were left paralyzed after a prison bus overturned on the northern highway on May twenty-seventh. Twenty-four year old Dean Davis and twenty-nine year old Crispin Moreno, who are both remanded on Murder charges, applied for bail due to their medical conditions and the cases had very different outcomes […]
Written on August 26, 2011 | Posted in
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Belize City contractor, twenty-six year old Patrick Menzies, also filed a bail application in the Supreme Court today. Menzies was charged on August second with Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm, Use of Deadly Means of Harm and Wounding for allegedly hitting Police Constable Delwin Casimiro with his car. Justice Troadio Gonzalez granted him bail of fifteen […]
Written on August 26, 2011 | Posted in
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Sonia Harris is in Belize on vacation but her holiday became terrifying after two encounters with the Gang Suppression Unit (GSU). Harris says that on Sunday she was on Supaul Street and witnessed the GSU harassing some young boys. She also claims that the GSU was verbally abusive and tried to take her camera. Harris […]
Written on August 26, 2011 | Posted in
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If you haven’t made your weekend plans as yet, and if you’re looking for good food and great ambience, Safiyyah features a favorite dining sport where all the potential stars and starlets go to eat. That’s right, this week on What’s Happening, Safiyyah ventures on Marine Parade Boulevard to Celebrity Restaurant. [Feature on Celebrity Restaurant…]
Written on August 26, 2011 | Posted in
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The Council of Churches has played a major role in the government’s removal of certain ouster clauses that bars access to the courts in the proposed ninth amendment. But the Bar Association of Belize, another powerful group, is maintaining its position against the ninth. In a release today, the Bar recognizes the Church’s efforts, but […]
Another group that came out today against the ninth, is the northern rural branch of the Belize National Teachers Union. The union, in its entirety, discussed the revised ninth amendment at a consultation in Belmopan on Wednesday. While it deferred its official position until October, the Corozal Rural Branch of the union is saying a […]
Written on August 25, 2011 | Posted in
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For the B.T.L. Employees Trust, the dangers in the ninth concern the issue of parliamentary supremacy. The Trust has written to Canon Leroy Flowers as president of the Council of Churches which earlier this week expressed support for the Bill. The trust applauds what it calls the churches’ significant achievement in blunting the edge of […]
Written on August 25, 2011 | Posted in
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Earlier this week we reported on the most recent armed confrontation between members of the Belize Defence Force on routine border patrol near the Chiquibul National Park during which a Guatemalan from nearby San Jose, Las Flores was shot. On Wednesday, the Guatemalan government complained about the incident and today the government of Belize followed […]
Relations with Mexico have significant importance to Belize. That country’s new Ambassador presented his credentials this past Tuesday and this morning Ambassador Mario Velazquez hosted a breakfast with members of the media at the Belize Biltmore Hotel. There are two major issues that were raised with the head of mission: Mexico’s bus line ADO is […]
Four persons were injured in a space of twenty-four hours in Belize City. A couple was shot before midnight as they watched television at home. Hours earlier in the same neighborhood, another person fell victim to gunfire as he rode his bicycle on Marigold Lane. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, Reporting The bloodstained […]
Written on August 25, 2011 | Posted in
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Turning back to the proposed ninth amendment to the constitution; since the modifications have been made to the bill, reaction is beginning to flow. Attorney and Senator Lisa Shoman appeared on this morning’s Open Your Eyes to discuss the changes to the bill that were agreed to by the government, the Evangelical Association of Churches […]
Written on August 25, 2011 | Posted in
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The Bar Association and the Corozal Rural BNTU today said no to the ninth. Up north, one Wednesday night the Government held public hearings on the revised Ninth Amendment. And as it was on the first round in Belize City, the hearing had an air of politics. The U.D.P. was better organized and dominated the […]
Written on August 25, 2011 | Posted in
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It’s a little over a week away from Carnival on September third. Mas bands are busy practicing and putting the final touches to the elaborate costumes for the spectacular road march. The revelry and hype got into full swing on Wednesday night in the junior division over at McKay Boulevard and Magazine Road. Two aspiring […]
Written on August 25, 2011 | Posted in
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Sharon Muschamp, a housewife and mother of two in Mango Creek is the latest winner of Mega Bingo’s one hundred thirty eight thousand six hundred and eighty six dollars progressive jackpot. Muschamp, who is ill, was playing the game on Wednesday night when she discovered she had the winning ticket. Her brother, Hilberto Muschamp travelled […]
Written on August 25, 2011 | Posted in
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Good old fashion fire hearth cooking is still preferred by many Belizeans. But in the era of butane stoves, fire hearths are now limited to villages and rural areas. This weekend the residents of Willows Bank want to go back to the basics with a Firehearth Festival, which features a cooking competition among the villages. […]
Written on August 25, 2011 | Posted in
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There are many myths about the medical condition, osteoporosis, including that it only affects elderly women and it is only caused by a lack of calcium. But in this week’s Healthy Living, Orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Andre Sosa, has the facts on the different types and causes of this bone disease. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting Osteoporosis is […]
Written on August 25, 2011 | Posted in
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The views of the Belize National Teachers Union (BNTU) have always been a litmus test of the people’s views on issues. The BNTU has not given any comment on the proposed Ninth Amendment to the Belize Constitution. Today in Belmopan the union organized its own consultation process with information and speeches given to teachers by […]
Written on August 24, 2011 | Posted in
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Just before news time, Lawrence Elijio was shot on Jasmine Street, which intersects with Marigold Lane. We’ll have more details on that shooting later, but it is in the area where another shooting took place early this morning. Twenty-three year old Troy Bowen remains hospitalized with gunshot injures tonight. Bowen was fired upon this morning […]
Written on August 24, 2011 | Posted in
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The Belize Defence Force, the Guatemalan military and OAS representatives convened today in Santa Elena, Petén. The meeting is taking place on the heels of an incident along the border on Monday in which a Guatemalan national was shot by a B.D.F. patrol. The B.D.F. has increased presence along the borders because of persistent illegal […]
Frank’s Eddy is a growing community on the Western Highway and the gateway to some of Belize’s many wonders. Thousands of tourists trek through the village and visit businesses along the way every year. But what many don’t know is that for years the village has had to do without potable water. The problem is […]
UNICEF released a study on the status of women and children’s development today. Women and children are lagging behind in education and according to the report school success is hindered by low public awareness due to the lack of supplies. There are also limited opportunities and job skills training. The weak economy and extremely high […]
Written on August 24, 2011 | Posted in
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After receiving the full report, the Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega and Minister of Social Transformation Eden Martinez acknowledged the need to take the findings seriously, while the Leader of the Opposition, John Briceño contended that it’s time to get to work. Gaspar Vega, Deputy Prime Minister “We have to ensure that we work hand […]
Written on August 24, 2011 | Posted in
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A family in the south of the country is mourning the loss of a loved one. A two year old drowned in Punta Gorda on Tuesday, when the child went swimming with family members in the sea near Texaco Gas Station. He was along with his aunt, a fourteen-year-old student and several other children. It […]
Written on August 24, 2011 | Posted in
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