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		<title>PM says Superbond is Jack Boot on throat of Belizeans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The super bond slid into the election campaign when the prime minister announced the date for early general elections. He said he was going back to the people for instructions to do something about the super bond. The result was a prompt downgrade to junk territory of Belize’s credit ratings from agencies such as Standard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People’s Referendum on Offshore Drilling begins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the week ahead, volunteers from across the country will be manning telephones to get the pulse of voters on a referendum on offshore oil exploration. Voting is already underway by phone and next Wednesday, voters can register their views at numerous booths that are being placed strategically in the districts. At the launch of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67302</link>
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		<title>U.D.P. Election Manifesto Promises</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The referendum didn’t figure into the United Democratic Party’s manifesto launch this afternoon.  The glossy red and white document is in two parts; the first section deals with the U.D.P.’s pledges for 2012 to 2017 and the second part lists its accomplishments in the last four years. With a room full of standard bearers and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67292</link>
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		<title>On the Campaign Trail with Dr. Francis Smith</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pickstock constituency is one of the smallest in the City. At the last election the P.U.P. stronghold went red in the tidal wave that swept across the country. But Doctor Francis Smith hopes to change that and return the division to the blue corner. He is a first time candidate who we feature tonight [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67285</link>
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		<title>U.D.P. Manifestos flip flop on 13th Senator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In its 2008 manifesto, United Democratic Party promised to increase the twelve member senate to thirteen members. The additional seat would include a representative from a non-governmental organization and Greg Ch’oc was selected by the NGOs. But when it took office in 2008, the U.D.P. did not enforce the appointment of the thirteenth senator. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67283</link>
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		<title>3rd component of Sustainable Tourism Project launched</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With elections two weeks away, a number of projects are being unveiled. This afternoon, the third component of the Sustainable Tourism Project for Belize City was launched. It is called the Fort Point Pedestrian Walk and while it is not an actual pedestrian walk, the project contemplates the transformation of the Memorial Park Area. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67274</link>
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		<title>Fire Victim needs help</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An apartment in the Yarborough area that was occupied by thirty-five year old Claudia Blanco and her children was destroyed by fire on the morning of January sixth. Blanco lost everything and her family has since been temporarily taken in by a friend on Dean Street. But the single mother doesn’t want to overstay her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67270</link>
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		<title>Bert Vasquez to stand trial for Forcible Abduction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Businessman Bert Vasquez has been in and of court since May 2011 when a sixteen year old minor alleged that he kidnapped, sexually assaulted and pistol whipped her. Well, today at the end of a preliminary inquiry, Magistrate Hettie Mae Stewart committed Vasquez to stand trial at the Supreme Court for Forcible Abduction.  The victim [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67268</link>
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		<title>Mother of alleged carnal knowledge attacker faints</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Also in court, an arraignment for a sexual offense today landed a Belize City resident in prison and his mother in the hospital. Twenty year old Alrick August was charged with two counts of Carnal Knowledge following a report by a fourteen year old minor, who claims they had a sex in December 2010 and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67265</link>
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		<title>Former B.E.L. C.E.O. responds to Editorial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lynn Young; he’s a prominent Belizean who was the head of Belize Electricity Limited before its nationalization. Young has dared to speak up on government’s takeover of the utility company without paying compensation. Since returning from a business trip to Washington organized by Friends of Belize a few days ago, Young has found himself the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67262</link>
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		<title>KTV Latino; caliente music</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the entertainment scene, the competition in KTV Latino is now in full swing. So get your Smart phones ready because it’s time to start voting for your favorite Group B performers. The second round of live competition took place at the Bliss on Tuesday and it’s already clear that’s there will be a tight [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67259</link>
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		<title>S.S.B. C.E.O. Merlene Bailey Martinez resigns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Merlene Bailey-Martinez has resigned as C.E.O. of the Social Security weeks after reports of insider trading became public. The Social Security Board decided since early last week to terminate Bailey-Martinez so when she turned up to work on Monday, it raised a number of questions. Bailey-Martinez had been placed on administrative leave since January eleventh, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67252</link>
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		<title>Fuel prices go up again before elections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There was another hike in fuel prices over the weekend, the second in two weeks. The price increase for premium gasoline was the smallest, going up by five cents to eleven dollars and sixty-three cents. Regular, however, is up eighteen cents and is now selling for eleven dollars and thirty cents per gallon. The biggest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67250</link>
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		<title>P.U.P. Manifesto of Price, Peace and Revolution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, the People’s United Party released its manifesto for the Belize City Council elections. This afternoon, it launched its platform for the general elections. The manifesto is dedicated to the memory of George Price, who passed away last September, and is entitled Deliverance for Belize. As a matter of priority, the P.U.P. promises job [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67242</link>
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		<title>Facing extradition: Rhett Fuller denied bail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the United States, Rhett Fuller is wanted in connection with the murder of US National Larry Miller. Fuller moved back to Belize following the incident and for over a decade, he has been in and out of court fighting extradition to the US. The Minister of Foreign Affairs on September twentieth, 2011 decided to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67239</link>
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		<title>Do you believe government deserves a 2nd term?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight’s question is: Would you believe the current government deserves a second term in office? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67237</link>
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		<title>Found dead in San Pedro Prison Cell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are three deaths to report tonight. We start first with the baffling death of a San Pedro resident, who died this morning in a holding cell at the island’s police station.  On Monday night Miguel Martinez, who was recently released from prison, was taken into custody.  The family is suspicious because Martinez was only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67229</link>
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		<title>Missing Stann Creek man was murdered</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While the circumstances of Martinez’ death are suspicious, the demise of forty-one year old Ignacio Ical is conclusive. Seven days ago, Ical went into the jungle in the Canada Hill Area in the Stann Creek District to harvest a fruit called ‘pakaia’.  His family grew concerned when he didn’t return home because Ical frequented that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67226</link>
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		<title>Orange Walk’s Abel Robinson murdered</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the north, another missing man was found murdered. Days after he disappeared, a search party on Monday discovered the body of twenty-one year old Abel Robinson from Orange Walk Town. The badly decomposed body was lying under a tree off a picado road in the Palmar area. Abel left home on Friday and when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67219</link>
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		<title>Cop detained after shooting incident at Picame Bar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s another incident in Orange Walk Town where a police sergeant shot Jorge Celis in the eye and it is under investigation.  The police version is that on Monday Sergeant Roberto Novelo, who is attached to the Belize City Crimes Investigations Branch, and his brother, Moises Novelo were at the Picame Bar in Orange Walk [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67218</link>
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		<title>B.T.I.A. supports People’s Referendum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A people’s referendum will be held next week Wednesday. The Belize Tourism Industry Association, which chairs the Belize Coalition to Save our Natural Heritage called on member organizations to support the referendum.  After almost eight thousand signatures were rejected, preventing a referendum, the Coalition decided to execute an independent poll. So next week, country-wide people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67215</link>
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		<title>2 escaped convicts recaptured</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday two inmates escaped from the Belize Central Prison in Hattieville. Security at the facility managed by the Kolbe Foundation was breached in daylight by Luis Urbina, a high profile and dangerous convict along with David Burgos. Burgos was believed to be heading north to see his wife in the Finca Solana area of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67212</link>
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		<title>Cab driver, accused of fondling and biting minor, convicted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Belize City taxi driver, who has been in prison for the past seven months, was today convicted of Aggravated Assault of an Indecent Nature. The victim was only eight years old when sixty-one year old Godfrey Mortis molested her at his house. In court, Mortis denied the allegations, during the trial which ended this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67210</link>
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		<title>Move over GSU, GST Unit busts tax dodgers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A businessman was also found guilty this morning, but for unpaid general sales tax. Phillip Waight of CSVW Engineering and Construction Company was to appear before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer on eleven counts of Failure to File GST Returns for the period of December 2010 to October 2011. But Waight was not present this morning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67209</link>
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		<title>Marijuana fields go up in smoke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An operation by the Anti-Drug Unit led to the discovery and destruction of two marijuana plantations over the weekend. Twenty year old Jason Gilharry was arrested on Sunday when the ADU caught him on a farm with twenty-three thousand marijuana plants in Corozalito Village near Maskall. The ADU first came across a field with twenty [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/67206</link>
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