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Former director of immigration Paulino Castellanos will not testify. That’s the latest out of the Commission of Inquiry charged to review the procedural irregularities at the Immigration Department. According to Chairman Paul Rodriguez, the commission has decided it will not ask Castellanos to appear before them, because his testimony could possibly jeopardize the ongoing police […]
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A Guatemalan murder suspect is dead tonight when, after fleeing the scene of the crime in Belize, his homeland did not prove to be a safe haven. According to Belize police, while their Guatemalan counterparts from San Luis Peten were investigating the murder of Jalacte Village Alcalde, Antigonus Garcia, the two suspects were identified as […]
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They were caught red handed with a boatload of illegal seafood…and now the three guilty fishermen have been forced to pay. Following Thursday’s seizure of two thousand, one hundred and sixteen undersized conch, Nelson Garcia and sons Nelson Junior and Paulino have been fined a total of forty-two thousand, three hundred and twenty dollars. That’s […]
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Three weeks ago we aired a story on Kenisha Usher, a seventeen year old patient at the K.H.M.H. struggling against the ravages of kidney failure. Tonight we regret to report that Kenisha died on October eighteenth at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Usher had been diagnosed with terminal renal failure and was receiving peritoenal dialysis […]
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Forget the Caymans; bank in Belize. That’s the message government is sending to the world of international finance. The occasion was the official opening of Belize’s newest offshore institution, the Investment and Commerce Bank Limited. Speaking at ceremonies on Friday night, Minister of Budget Management Ralph Fonseca applauded the development of the offshore banking sector, […]
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Local physicians are currently taking part in a programme of continuing medical education. Presently in Belize from Harvard Medical School in Boston is Doctor Gordon Vineyard. His visit comes through efforts by OmniMed, an organisation based in Belize City and Newton, Massachusetts. Vineyard says his seminars are covering a wide range of medical issues, in […]
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At first, fifteen year old Carla Roches did not want to enter the Miss Garifuna Belize City pageant, but after being persuaded by friends, Roches decided to participate…after all she said that it would be a lot of fun. Tonight, the teenager is all smiles, not only did she have a good time at the […]
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It seems like the N.B.A. finals only just ended…but here it is, the beginning of another season of U.S. professional basketball. What makes tonight’s opening worth mentioning is that our own Milton Palacio, after bouncing around the league as a backup guard for the last three season on three different teams, will likely form part […]
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In his address on Friday to new recruits, Minister of Home Affairs Ralph Fonseca emphasized the importance of community policing. Today in Belize City law enforcement authorities were taking that advice. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The police alone cannot eradicate crime, but criminal activity can be drastically reduced when […]
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Finally, in news just in we are informed from San Pedro Town that a man there has been killed after he was run over by dump truck. The incident occurred in front of Harmouch Center around 6:30 this evening.
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