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There was a traffic accident on the Philip Goldson Highway on Monday that involved a B.D.F. truck that was traveling to the northern border on Monday morning. It didn’t result in any fatalities, but three soldiers did sustain varying degrees of head injuries. The B.D.F’s Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Jermaine Burns, said that speeding […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Deadly violence among feuding groups in the area of Antelope Street Extension continues unchecked. For months, the neighborhood has seen a number of incidents that resulted in lives being lost and several persons recovering from injuries received during armed confrontations. On Monday night, shortly after seven p.m., eighteen-year-old Carl Lamb was fatally injured while walking […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Thirty-nine-year-old Leon Perez will stand trial for the murder of Elton Morter who was fatally stabbed during an altercation in Hattieville on Independence Day 2021. In court on Monday, Perez was represented by attorney Ian Gray during a preliminary inquiry before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford that ended in a committal to the Supreme Court. The […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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An American national is the latest victim of a murder which occurred out west in San Ignacio. Details as to why Jeffrey Coats was shot as many as nine times outside a nightclub he owned on Wyatt Street is unknown at this time, but there are several persons detained for questioning, since the incident occurred […]
Written on September 26, 2022 | Posted in
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So who was Jeffrey Allen Coats? While he migrated to Belize and started his nightclub, Coats had a criminal past. Reports surfacing online reflect that back on September sixth, 1994, he kidnapped David Grenier and stole his car in Tacoma, Washington. Coats was fourteen years old at the time and was charged with robbery, attempted […]
Written on September 26, 2022 | Posted in
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This is yet another murder in less than four days in the twin towns of San Ignacio/Santa Elena. It is something unusual within the community and has Mayor Earl Trapp concerned because these crimes threaten the public’s sense of security. Earl Trapp, Mayor, San Ignacio/Santa Elena “San Ignacio has always been known to be […]
Written on September 26, 2022 | Posted in
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On Friday, San Ignacio police arrested and charged twenty-two-year-old Christian Kelly for the crime of murder, in the wake of a deadly Independence Day stabbing at the Macal River Park. Police believe that the resident of Roman Catholic Street was responsible for inflicting the fatal injuries on Matthew Smith, a twenty-nine-year-old Belize City resident who […]
Written on September 26, 2022 | Posted in
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Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber is the most senior politician on the opposition bench. The former leader of the United Democratic Party has won his seat as a member of the House of Representatives as many as five times since he entered electoral politics almost two decades ago. He has also been at odds with […]
Written on September 23, 2022 | Posted in
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In an interview with News Five via phone this morning, U.D.P. Chairman Mike Peyrefitte explained the role of the Nomination Committee which is reportedly being chaired by Shirlette Martinez. While he is listed as an ex-officio member of several committees within the United Democratic Party, Peyrefitte says that he is not a member of the […]
Written on September 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Is the decision of the Nomination Committee final? That’s a question we posed to U.D.P. Chairman Peyrefitte earlier today. He referred to a particular clause within the letter written by the chair of the committee to posit that the decision taken may be revisited at another time. Isani Cayetano “Are these decisions final? I […]
Written on September 23, 2022 | Posted in
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What about the Shyne factor? Is the continued tailspin of the United Democratic Party the result of poor leadership? According to former U.D.P. Chairman Alberto August, working with Shyne Barrow has been a challenge and uniting the fractured party seems to be a daunting task. Isani Cayetano “Does this situation have to do with […]
Written on September 23, 2022 | Posted in
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There were three murders reported since our break on Tuesday night. Two of them occurred after the Independence Day festivities and the victims in both cases were men from Belize City. We turn first to Orange Walk Town where a carnival parade had also just ended and people were still gathered on the streets celebrating. […]
Written on September 22, 2022 | Posted in
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There was a murder in San Ignacio at around seven p.m. on Wednesday. According to police, they received information of a male person seen on the ground with multiple stab wounds to the upper part of his body, near the Macal River Park Area. The individual, later identified as twenty-nine-year-old, Matthew Smith, was rushed to […]
Written on September 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Twenty-nine-year-old Stephen Barrington Flowers, a resident of Majestic Alley, has been charged with aggravated burglary, following an incident at the home of Basil Gordon on Saint Thomas Street on Sunday. Flowers is accused of participating in a home invasion that netted thieves almost four thousand dollars in cash and several other personal items belonging to […]
Written on September 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Carlos Jose Martinez, a Honduran national, has been living in Belize illegally for almost a year before he was caught by immigration officials earlier this week. According to Martinez, he fled his home country in October 2021 when he, along with his wife and daughter, was reportedly threatened by gang members. He is now seeking […]
Written on September 22, 2022 | Posted in
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The forty-first anniversary of Belize’s independence was celebrated in grand fashion on Wednesday, with an official ceremony being held in Belmopan. It was full pomp and circumstance, as the prime minister, government officials, and other dignitaries were in attendance. As is customary, we took a closer look at the speeches that were presented by Prime […]
Written on September 22, 2022 | Posted in
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A brazen attempt at burglarizing the nation’s largest credit union was thwarted by an alarm system. On Monday morning, two men created an opening in the concrete wall at the rear of the Holy Redeemer Credit Union building in Belize City. They then entered the financial institution but no sooner beat a hasty retreat, after […]
Written on September 20, 2022 | Posted in
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The lifeless body of fifty-five-year-old Phillip Palma was discovered in a shallow grave on an island off the coast of Belize City over the weekend. Palma was reported missing by a relative on Wednesday, September fourteenth, after the family received alarming reports that he had been kidnapped. Since then, his family and police officers have […]
Written on September 20, 2022 | Posted in
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The business community remains optimistic that a recent request made to the Ministry of Labor regarding Monday’s public and bank holiday, will be resolved amicably. On Wednesday, Chief Executive Officer Valentino Shal responded to a letter written by the President of the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry in which concerns were raised in respect […]
Written on September 16, 2022 | Posted in
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According to Blake, other mediums could have been used to convene a meeting of the relevant government bodies to discuss the matter of employee compensation. The chamber president also spoke about the possible financial effects of holiday on business owners who are still recovering from the setbacks by the COVID-19 pandemic. Marcello Blake, President, […]
Written on September 16, 2022 | Posted in
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While the topic going into the extended weekend is the payment of wages for persons who are working on Monday, the statutory holiday in observance of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth the second, the Leader of the Opposition has weighed in on his views of the monarch. Shyne Barrow joins the chorus of parliamentarians who […]
Written on September 16, 2022 | Posted in
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While the Leader of the Opposition is not fond of the monarchy, he is resolute in his conviction that all Commonwealth countries should do away with the age-old system and that King Charles the Third should instead provide reparations to countries that were once colonies of England. Shyne Barrow, Leader of the Opposition “For […]
Written on September 16, 2022 | Posted in
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The resignation of Martin Aldana from the Redistricting Task Force has raised serious questions about the alleged politicization of the ongoing redistricting exercise. Aldana, a statistical analyst, stepped down as a member of the working group citing that the reason for his resignation is, “my observation that the work of the task force is being […]
Written on September 16, 2022 | Posted in
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Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow led a fact-finding mission to Gales Point Manatee following cabinet’s decision last week not to allow any mining activity near the community. Along with Barrow were former area representatives Beverly Castillo and John Saldivar. Among the many issues discussed with residents of the village is the ongoing water crisis. Here’s what […]
Written on September 16, 2022 | Posted in
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Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest on Monday, and the Government of Belize, along with several other Commonwealth countries, is observing the nineteenth of September as a public and bank holiday. While employees across the private and public sectors are grateful for the extended Expo weekend, the announcement was met with cold water […]
Written on September 15, 2022 | Posted in
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