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On last night’s newscast we reported on the presentation of Merlene Bailey Martinez’s Commission of Inquiry report to the Prime Minister. Yet almost before she reached Belmopan, former D.F.C. Chairman Glen Godfrey had succeeded in obtaining a temporary ex parte injunction against the publication of the report. Godfrey’s attorney, Elson Kaseke, successfully argued that the […]
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In an election year, most politicians agree that all is fair in love and war. But following the release of separate advertisements using recordings of closed door conversations, the People’s United Party has taken off the gloves. One ad prepared by the P.U.P. purports to include the voice of United Democratic Party standard bearer Melvin […]
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It seems that Belmopan’s decision to back off of plans to de-reserve almost three thousand acres of Bacalar Chico National Park was only part of its policy reversal. According to a release from the Association of Protected Areas Management Organizations, at a meeting held today with Minister of Natural Resources Florencio Marin and a number […]
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Two days after a bus driver was held up and robbed, Belize City police still have no leads as to who committed the crime. The victim, fifty-five year old Seaford Dawson, who works for James Bus Line, reported to authorities that around eight-forty on Monday night, he stopped at the Pound Yard Bridge to let […]
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Twenty-two year old Darren Myvette, a resident of Georgeville Village, has been charged with carnal knowledge following an incident involving a twelve year old girl. When the child was taken for a medical examination it was also discovered that she is pregnant. According to police, the girl, in the company of her mother, told them […]
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Police in Benque Viejo have been busy busting Guatemalans involved in the heavy cross border marijuana trade. On Monday morning they stopped two suspicious men carrying knapsacks and found seven pounds of weed in one and four pounds in another. Twenty year old Armando DeJesus Jimenez of Dolores, Guatemala and twenty-one year old Nelson Otoniel […]
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A man on trial for murder was this afternoon remanded to prison after he was acquitted of that charge and the twelve member jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on the alternative charge of manslaughter. Julio Che of Ladyville was on trial for the stabbing death of Alberto Jaime Serano, who was killed on […]
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We have all heard about the major accolade being bestowed on Andy Palacio and Ivan Duran in Spain earlier this week and now we have the picture to prove it. The veteran musician and his producer were honoured Sunday night with the prestigious Womex Award at the World Music Expo held in Seville Spain. The […]
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A generation ago most Belizeans—not to mention foreigners—would have characterised Kriol as “bad English.” How times have changed. Thanks to the tireless efforts of a handful of committed activists, Kriol is today ready to take its place as a full and equal partner in Belize’s family of languages. News Five’s Marion Ali reports. Marion Ali, […]
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Belize has a new queen tonight. No, Elizabeth the second is still very much alive; the royalty I’m talking about is the Queen of Belizean Karaoke. The winner of Channel Five’s Ultimate KTV competition was announced last night before a standing room only crowd at the Bliss. Prior to the announcement the show’s usual format […]
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