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AMR Eagle Holding Corporation announced earlier today that the company and its subsidiaries including American Eagle and American Airlines (A.A.) filed voluntary petitions for Chapter eleven reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The news coincides with a change of the CEO of the Board of Directors of AMR […]
Written on November 29, 2011 | Posted in
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Delegations from Belize and Guatemala met on Monday at the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS). Minister Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington of Belize and Haroldo Rodas Melgar of Guatemala led the delegations that sat down with OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, in what has been described as a highly cordial and cooperative atmosphere. […]
Allegations surfaced last week that the Belize Marketing and Development Cooperation (BMDC) was importing rice from Uruguay while there is a surplus of local rice. The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries issued a release today to clarify the issue. It notes that the ministry granted an application for importation of nine hundred and sixty bags […]
Written on November 29, 2011 | Posted in
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Breast Feeding Counseling Services of the Collet Education and Resource Center in coordination with the Baby Friendly Initiative of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital recently held a workshop that reached out to expectant and nursing mothers. The goal of the seminar was to teach the women the value of breast-feeding and how to perform it […]
Written on November 29, 2011 | Posted in
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You don’t have to brush your teeth, just the ones you want to keep. Catchy phrases are one of several methods used to inspire proper dental hygiene. Doctor Chris Bennett has a unique perspective of dental care in Belize because when he finished his studies in the 1970s, the profession was in the early stages. […]
Written on November 29, 2011 | Posted in
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On Thursday night around ten o’clock a fatal crash near a wooded area northwest of the Belize Zoo claimed the lives of two Colombian nationals piloting a single engine turboprop airplane registered in Mexico. While the direction in which the Cessna T210 aircraft was heading remains unknown, it was later discovered that its occupants, Miguel […]
Written on November 28, 2011 | Posted in
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Kevin “Cowboy” Alvarez was in prison since the Murder of Orange Walk businessman, Hui Lin Chen on March thirteenth, 2009. Lin’s throat was slashed during what was believed to be a contracted hit. The alleged killer fled the scene and headed to a nearby river where he was surrounded by cops and attempted to shoot […]
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Gang related murders have decreased but not all city residents have been able to keep the peace. A blade was repeatedly thrust into the chest of a senior citizen while she should have been safely asleep in her bedroom. Why would someone stab sixty eight year old Caspula Westby? That’s what News Five Isani Cayetano […]
Written on November 28, 2011 | Posted in
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Home invasions otherwise known as aggravated burglaries appear to be on the rise. They are particularly violent when women are involved. Unlike Westby who was stabbed, other victims of home invasions are sometimes raped. Just weeks after thirty-five year old Rudolph Smith was released on bail for allegedly trying to rape a woman inside her […]
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The U.D.P. Caribbean Shores divisional elections will take place on December fourth. There has been movement back and forth between campaign workers of Chandra Cansino and Santino Castillo. Late this evening, News Five spotted current area representative Carlos Perdomo’s driver, Omar Burns campaigning with Castillo. Perdomo passed his divisional workers to the Cansino team but […]
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Sports Monday will be coming up later in the newscast, but there is a local sport that is going higher than hoops, cutting across tracks, faster than sprinters and muddier than any on record. On Sunday November twenty-seventh, the Belize Motocross Association held a race at the Peter August Stadium in Santa Elena, Cayo. There […]
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Not all sporting events have the cooperation of their governing bodies. And a recent disagreement with the Belize Amateur Athletics Association (BAAA) has caused some international repercussions. The B.A.A.A. has removed Ian Gray as the president and as a member of the association during a special sitting on October fifteenth. Deon Sutherland, the Vice-President was […]
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But amidst the chaos in the B.A.A.A, there is some good news, the lone athlete, fifteen year old Gloria Serrano, to represent Belize at the Central American Junior A and Infant C Games, returned as a triple medalist. Serrano, who is recognized as a consistent athlete by the B.A.A, was able to make the trip […]
Written on November 28, 2011 | Posted in
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And if you think institutional hiccups and misunderstandings are prevalent only in sports, then think again. Growers of the well-established citrus industry are still waiting to collect two and a half million dollars in payment from Citrus Products of Belize Limited (CPBL). Disagreements between the Citrus Growers Association and the CPBL have been extensively broadcasted, […]
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With OCEANA at the forefront of a petition to trigger a national referendum on oil drilling, the Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage collected the required seventeen thousand signatures. Government, however, disregarded the success of the campaign and chose not to take the issue to a vote, claiming that Oceana did not move the issue […]
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The People’s United Party, under the guidance of its recently appointed leader Francis Fonseca, has formally shared its views on a number of highly publicized national issues including the controversial transfer of public utilities to state ownership, the much debated case brought against the Attorney General’s Office by UNIBAM President Caleb Orozco and offshore oil […]
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While the P.U.P. family seems to be sorting out national issues, a village council is having a hard time with its own household matters. A family land dispute has driven a wedge between the Maskall Village Council Chairman, Michael Jones and residents, David and Maria Lambert. According to David, there have been two physical confrontations […]
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Lambert also claims that four persons were arrested, but only after he sought out witnesses from surrounding villages to support his report. He alleges that false reports were made against him and his wife, leading police to detain them briefly. David Lambert “I understand that four of them have been charged but in order for […]
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Belizean Author, Jorge David Awe, now lives in Canada, but he honors his hometown in his book “Essence and Folly”. It is a collection of short stories that combines humor with a lesson in history and culture. Awe says that while they are fictional, the stories are a reflection of his younger years, growing up […]
Written on November 28, 2011 | Posted in
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Good Evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The lucrative Sagitun Banana Cycle Classic was the rage yesterday inside Independence as the best in the business converged on this Southern enclave in search of glory. Even the Sagitun Sponsors was on the ball with this costumed mascot that was all banana. As we […]
Written on November 28, 2011 | Posted in
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When a Super King Air landed on the Southern Highway in November 2010, a massive load Colombian cocaine was found hidden nearby and charges followed for several officers. Another plane fell from the sky in June 2011, on the outskirts of Guinea Grass Village in the Orange Walk district. That plane carried the Mexican flag […]
Written on November 25, 2011 | Posted in
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While the plane was hovering above the Western Highway, its pilots may have noticed a fire on the ground, but it wasn’t its landing strip. A local business located on Cemetery Road, near the entrance to the Western Highway, caught on fire just before midnight. News Five’s Jose Sanchez spoke to Darrell Carter, the owner […]
Written on November 25, 2011 | Posted in
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There is trouble in paradise for Kimano Barrow and Alfredo Acosta, as the injunction filed against Paradise Energy Limited continues to be in effect. Their oil contract was signed in June 2010, and shortly after its release, other shareholders appeared, including Oren F. Miles I and II, and Allen Saum. Saum and Miles, also principals […]
Written on November 25, 2011 | Posted in
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Still on the prospect of oil, Cabinet has approved the establishment of the Environmental Common Fund as has been long stipulated in the Petroleum Regulations. All current Production Sharing Agreements require the contractor to contribute a percentage of the annual gross revenues to the ECF after a discovery is made and production commences. Oceana Belize […]
Written on November 25, 2011 | Posted in
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Commemorating the annual Sixteen Days of Activism, the Women’s Department along with their partners, held their official opening ceremonies. It is anticipated that the activities which are geared at sensitizing the public on this common issue will stimulate much needed action. News Five attended the opening and Andrea Polanco reports from the very lively parade […]
Written on November 25, 2011 | Posted in
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