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Written on February 25, 2002 | Posted in Social Issues | No comment
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Sunday shooting claims Bz. City teenager
Tonight, yet another Belize City family is in mourning after their teenage son was brutally murdered in the early morning hours of Sunday. The motive of the crime is still unknown but the bullet-riddled buildings are evidence to the fact that the intent of the gunmen was clearly murder. Earlier today, News Five’s Ann-Marie Williams […]
Written on February 25, 2002 | Posted in Crime | No comment
Three die in separate weekend accidents
The nation’s highways proved deadly this weekend after a series of traffic accidents claimed no less than three lives. According to police reports, around 3:45 on Friday afternoon, thirty-one year old Clifford Butler was driving on Amara Avenue when he knocked down a man riding a bicycle at the junction at Dean Street. Butler has […]
Written on February 25, 2002 | Posted in Auto Accidents | No comment
Sixteen injured in head-on collision in the north
In other unfortunate news involving asphalt, tonight sixteen people are recovering from injuries sustained during a traffic accident on Sunday. According to police, just after 10:00, a red pick-up truck being driven at the time by Hermild Vasquez of Orange Walk Town collided head on with a small car. The truck was carrying ten people […]
Written on February 25, 2002 | Posted in Auto Accidents | No comment
Bz. City man charged for Habet burglary
A Belize City man is tonight charged with burglary after an early morning break-in on Friday. According to police, between 1:00 and 2:30 a.m., hardware store Salvador W. Habet on Regent Street West was broken into and an assorted list of items were stolen. Police have since arrested forty-one year old Gilbert Jones of Zacaranda […]
Written on February 25, 2002 | Posted in Crime | No comment
Bzeans get emergency response training
The hurricane season may be four months away, but this week several Belizeans are in Honduras to receive training in emergency response capabilities at both the national and regional levels. The training is a part of the Tenth Allied Forces Humanitarian Regional Exercise being held in Tegucigalpa. According to a government issued press release, the […]
Written on February 25, 2002 | Posted in Social Issues | No comment
Grace Primary opens classroom extension
Every September, several Belize City schools call us up to report serious overcrowding in their classrooms. But today, one of our regulars, Grace Primary School, proudly opened their new three-storey school building. Minister of Education Cordel Hyde was on hand for the official ceremony this afternoon and was among the first to climb the stairs […]
Written on February 25, 2002 | Posted in Education | No comment
Bzean ministers return from Korean trip
A Belizean delegation is back in the country tonight after grooming their counterparts in Taiwan for investment opportunities here. Deputy Prime Minister Johnny Briceno and Minister of Budget Management Ralph Fonseca travelled to South Korea last week in an attempt to cultivate new economic ties and even the possibility of oil exploration. According to the […]
Written on February 25, 2002 | Posted in Foreign Affairs | No comment
Canadian Legion donates beds to Ex-Services
Over the weekend, the Belize Ex-Services League accepted a welcome donation from their counterparts in Canada. According to the league, a shipment of twenty hospital beds and mattresses arrived in the country on Saturday from Royal Canadian Legion. The beds are to be used in a Home Care Service Project for Veterans and Widows being […]
Written on February 25, 2002 | Posted in Social Issues | No comment
Tilliman introduces kick-boxing to football
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re in tuned with this latest version of Sports Monday. Yesterday’s amateur boxing card at the City Centre was a production of the Belize Amateur Boxing Association, and was billed as a battle between Mexico and Belize. But there were not enough Belizean warriors to handle the ten-man Mexican […]
Written on February 25, 2002 | Posted in Sports | No comment
