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“These things take time”. That’s the word out of Belmopan tonight as questions continue to surround an official letter which indicates that Venezuela gave Belize twenty million US dollars in grant money, and not ten million as the Musa administration had publicized. According to financial secretary Joe Waight, an official inquiry to banking officials in […]
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Following nominations from the Government, the Opposition, churches, the unions and the business community, the list of the men and women who will make up the Senate is finally complete. On the advice of the Prime Minister, Doug Singh, Deborah McMillan, Juliet Thimbrel, Pulcheria Teul, Eddie Webster and Roosevelt Blades will represent the Government. Meanwhile, […]
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In other news from Belmopan, the government has announced this week that it would absorb the most recent rise in fuel acquisition costs to keep the pump price the same but today, the world price of oil shot up to one hundred and three dollars a barrel. According to the press release issued this week, […]
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A convicted child molester has been sentenced to spend the next twenty years behind bars. According to court reports, when thirty-two year old Raul Rivero appeared before Justice Herbert Lord today, the judge said he took into account Rivero’s sixteen previous convictions and the fact that he has not shown any remorse for what he […]
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Two men who were charged earlier this week with serious offences have been granted bail in the Dangriga Magistrate’s Court. Fifty year old Dean De Marks, a New Jersey insurance agent planning to construct condominiums in Seine Bight Village, was granted and met bail of ten thousand dollars on charges of possession of C-4 explosives, […]
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Three men have been arrested and charged for firearm offences in separate cases. In Belize City, officers on patrol on Plues Street say around six on Thursday evening, they stopped twenty-one year old Jason Gillett and found a thirty-eight special revolver and four live rounds of accompanying ammunition in the right front pocket of his […]
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A bike jacking is hardly newsworthy these days because it happens so often but when thieves make off with a thirteen thousand dollar machine, it’s big news. According to Marlon Castillo, around seven on Thursday evening he was riding his beach cruiser while pulling his Scott racing bike. But while on George Street, Castillo says […]
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He was the victim of a hit and run driver last summer but tonight a seventy-year old Belize City man is claiming he’s being victimized by the insurance industry. Amos Wright was knocked off his bicycle on Central American Boulevard last July. The driver involved, Dennis Robinson was arrested four months later and pled guilty […]
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Folklore is a common source of inspiration for writers and in Belize, few characters are more popular than Bra Anansi, the mischievous spider who uses his superior intelligence to get what he wants. Today, freelance reporter Roy Davis released a compilation of his stories about the adventures of Anansi and friends under the title, All […]
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For more than a decade, March has been celebrated as Child Stimulation Month. According to organisers, this year’s events will stress the importance of preschool education and parental involvement. Margaret Williams, Early Childhood Educator “We actually have flag day, hug day, and we’re having the pre-school festival of arts this year as well. We did […]
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Last weekend News Five traveled to Blue Creek in the Orange Walk district to chronicle the achievements made by the Mennonites during their fifty years in Belize. Events celebrating the important milestone kicked off in Spanish Lookout today. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting This morning the residents of Spanish Lookout gathered with […]
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