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Tonight the Belize Communication Workers Union is reeling from the news that its General Secretary Christine Perriott has been fired. According to Perriott, this morning she filed three grievances against Belize Telecommunications Limited, one involving what she referred to as “threats” directed at her by management. Just hours later, she says she was summoned to […]
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While Janelle Chanona was speaking to Christine Perriott on St. Thomas Street, News Five’s Stewart Krohn was on the phone to B.T.L executive Karen Bevans. According to Bevans, Perriott’s anti-management behaviour crossed the line and left the company no choice. Karen Bevans, Head of Business Dev./Marketing/P.R., B.T.L. ”Basically, the relationship between her and the company […]
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Almost two years after he was accused of the crime, this afternoon a Belize City man was convicted of murder. Around four this afternoon a jury of five men and seven women declared twenty-one year old Michael Fox guilty of the June ninth, 2005 shooting death of Sydney Bradley. Justice Adolph Lucas has set Monday, […]
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Two armed robbers received a shock on Monday evening when the man they attacked fought back. That should not be any surprise to people who know the victim. He’s Bernard Adolphus, former Superintendent of Prisons and current owner of Big Bird Security. The drama unfolded around four just outside of Belize Unit Trust on Central […]
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Almost two weeks after former Ambassador Moises Cal was stopped by Panamanian customs officials for trying to enter that country with unusually large amounts of cash it appears that he will escape criminal prosecution in both Panama and Belize. As previously reported, the two countries do not have an extradition treaty and there has been […]
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It’s no secret that Belize City is running out of land. But what you may not know is just how fierce the competition has become. News Five’s Janelle Chanona has the story. Janelle Chanona, Reporting For several years the living and the dead have been locked in a land dispute at the Lord Ridge Cemetery, […]
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This afternoon as part of its celebrations marking the first anniversary of being elected to office, the Belize City Council took time to honour those individuals and businesses that have helped the council. And while the council was honouring people for their past cooperation, one councillor clearly had his eye on bigger things. According to […]
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Awards come in all shapes and sizes, but the one announced today by the Belize Tourism Board is a hefty sum by any standard. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Eleven year old Josie Lee is the top junior winner in the 2007 Florida Caribbean Cruise Association Environmental Poster Competition held each year for the region’s students. Lee […]
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Josie Lee was not the only Belizean to be awarded for an environmental cause. According to a press release from the Belize National Commission for UNESCO, Belmopan resident Venetia Briggs is the recipient of the UNESCO-L’OREAL Fellowship for Young Women in Life Sciences. The award is worth up to forty thousand U.S. dollars for a […]
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It was commissioned by the Prime Minister to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Belize’s Independence … and for three nights in September 2006, ninety-one musicians took to the stage at the Bliss performing thirteen pieces under the guidance of composer Frankie Reneau. Tickets sold like Saturday barbeque and the mammoth project received rave reviews. But […]
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On Monday night the 2007 National Secondary School Festival of Arts came to a close at the Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts. The final presentation included some of the best performances of the past week. But as explained by the Institute of Creative Arts programme director, Leroy Green, although there were some excellent moments, […]
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