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It’s carnival season and there is no shortage of preparations for the much anticipated road march on September sixth, which will take participating bands from Central American Boulevard to B.T.L. [...]
Written on August 28, 2008 | Posted in
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It is murder victim number seventy-two for this year in our records and this latest victim was apparently hacked to death and then set on fire. Police are still trying [...]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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And in other news on violent crimes, there is some development in the slaughter of Wilhelm Braun, Mennonite Contractor that occurred in the afternoon of August twentieth at the Commercial [...]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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And twenty-three year old Nigeymon Bevans Junior walked out of Magistrates’ Court a free man today after his case was struck out for keeping his ex-common-law wife under lock and [...]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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An eighteen year old girl has been fined three hundred dollars for her part in beating a woman and child. On August twelfth, a thirteen year old girl and her [...]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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Police say they will not press any charges against the three Taiwanese employees of North America Company in the Commercial Free Zone. That’s because their boss, Kevin Singh, who is [...]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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Robbers struck close to home this afternoon when they hit Price Premier Products just a few yards away from this station. According to reports to News Five, two assailants walked [...]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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The Public Utilities Commission met throughout the day in Belize City over a new development in which Belize Electricity Limited is not connecting new customers to their grid, whether of [...]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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You would have to be on another planet not to know that the cookie has crumbled fast between the Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya and the Councillors and that the [...]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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And in the internal squabbling in the ranks of the U.D.P., latest word to News Five this evening is that Senator and talk show host, Juliet Thimbriel, has resigned her [...]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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Last night we told of an ongoing dispute between Government and the Belize National Teachers Union over the transfer of teachers and the cancellation of various appointments to School Boards. [...]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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Since its establishment, the Belize Red Cross has been constant in assisting thousands of residents during times of disasters. But today the organisation launched an initiative in which they are [...]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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The September Celebrations officially kicks off this Friday under the theme: “Belizeans learning our past, impacting our present, embracing our future.” One of those events on schedule is the prestigious [...]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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There is trouble brewing for the Ministry of Education just in time for the opening of the academic year. And the Belize National Teacher’s Union has come out in full [...]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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There is not a dull moment at City Hall and that means more trouble for Mayor Zenaida Moya. Upon assuming office in March 2006, the then united City Council was [...]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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Three Taiwanese businessmen who were being sought by police handed themselves to Corozal police after they saw their pictures on the television in the newscast last evening. Kan Shi Kun, [...]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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The number of murder victims continues to grow. And police today confirm foul play in the death of a man from San Ignacio but have no leads to this latest [...]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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San Ignacio police have more than just a murder to solve. That’s because a gas station in that municipality was also targeted by thieves. According to the manager of C.P. [...]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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We are smack in the middle of the Atlantic Hurricane Season and so it’s no surprise that tonight the Met Office is telling Belizeans to keep an eye out for [...]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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Several businesses and private sector institutions converged at the Belize Biltmore Plaza today to participate in a Needs Assessment seminar hosted by the Caribbean Technological Consultancy Services (C.T.C.S.). The C.T.C.S. [...]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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It is usual that you find students on the receiving end of the classroom. But today, it was quite the contrary for primary school teachers countrywide who convened at the [...]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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The Port Loyola Library in Belize City has been singled out to benefit from a literacy campaign by Rotary Club Belize Sunrise, an arm of the Rotary Club, which hopes [...]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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“Positive Prevention”: it’s a welcomed term in the midst of the heinous murders and crimes reported daily on this newscast. It is also one of the main missions of the [...]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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There is one country in this hemisphere that has been generous with Belize and firm in its support for our development. With a population of over eleven million, and a [...]
Written on August 26, 2008 | Posted in
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There was no official announcement and he left as quickly as he came in one of the shortest visits to Belize by any Head of Government. Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime [...]
Written on August 25, 2008 | Posted in
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