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Is there bad blood lingering among supporters of previous party leader, Francis Fonseca post the January thirty-first national convention? Since Fonseca’s defeat, Toledo East Area Representative, Mike Espat has reportedly maintained a negative social media blitz in which Party Leader, John Briceño continues to be disparaged. While Usher declined comment on the matter, he told […]
Written on February 25, 2016 | Posted in
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Fake cops and fake driver’s licenses; while the Belize Police Department grapples with the issue of impersonators perpetrating crimes in the name of the law, the Orange Walk Town Council is under siege by fraudsters forging their driver’s licenses. The sham was initially detected in San Pedro where the local traffic department noticed several discrepancies […]
Written on February 25, 2016 | Posted in
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More than seventy Belizeans are in Barbados studying at the UWI Cave Hill Campus. They are among thousands from the rest of the Caribbean and other countries. Now, student life can be tough and adapting to a new environment can be challenging. But for many, it is a way to a means and building camaraderie […]
The Bliss Center in Belize City was over flowing this morning with children from various primary schools. The event was the launch of an activity book that will teach them about their rights and the responsibilities that come with those rights. Health, education, family life, play and recreation, an adequate standard of living and to […]
Written on February 25, 2016 | Posted in
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Frank Edwards Junior was accused of murdering James Swan and Eduardo Gutierrez and burying them in a shallow grave in 2009. He was also accused of killing a security guard during a Scotiabank robbery in 2010. He walked free from both those capital charges. In February 2015 Edwards was also a suspect in the murder […]
Written on February 24, 2016 | Posted in
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Even as they investigate this murder, San Pedro Police are trying to close another. One week ago Honduran Johana Mendez Barrios was killed inside her apartment, her throat cut. Investigators have made some progress in that case, but are appealing to the public for assistance in tying up loose ends. Insp. Henry Jemott, Deputy […]
Written on February 24, 2016 | Posted in
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There is a second murder to report. At news time tonight Orange Walk Police are at a site on the Lamanai Lagoon in the community of Indian Church, south of Orange Walk Town. This morning they were called in after villagers made the grisly discovery of a corpse floating in the lagoon. The body was […]
Written on February 24, 2016 | Posted in
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The body of twenty-one-year-old Carlos Reyes, a resident of Coyocville, Trial Farm Village was fished out of the New River in Orange Walk Town on Tuesday morning. Reyes is one of two men who drowned in the murky water behind La Inmaculada Primary School the day before. While coastguard divers resumed their search of the […]
Written on February 24, 2016 | Posted in
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Investigations continue tonight in the shooting death of a Belizean mother of three children who lived in Inglewood, California. Kisha Michaels was shot in her car by cops early on Sunday morning. In the car was also a man who was injured but died as he received treatment at a hospital. The Inglewood police claim […]
Written on February 24, 2016 | Posted in
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The murder in San Pedro last week, followed so shortly after by another Tuesday night – both violent – may give the impression that La Isla Bonita is becoming a dangerous place. After all, this is Mother Nature’s best kept secret, where hundreds of thousands of tourists flock annually to experience a bit of paradise. […]
San Pedro Police are also investigating a widespread forgery ring – specifically fake Orange Walk drivers’ licenses. From what we’ve been able to determine, these persons purchase forged licenses, with the objective of renewing them legitimately – exchanging fake for real, so to speak. And it would probably have worked, except that a vigilant transport […]
Written on February 24, 2016 | Posted in
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Female coastguard officer, Keyren Tzib, went back to court this morning. She is accused of manslaughter in the stabbing death of her boyfriend, Thythis Blancaneaux on July eighteenth, 2015 in Lords Bank, Ladyville. The preliminary inquiry began around nine-fifty this morning to determine whether Tzib, who suffers from depression, will stand trial at Supreme Court. […]
Written on February 24, 2016 | Posted in
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Another preliminary inquiry took place today. Thirty-five year old Jorge Velasquez who in September 2014 was accused of raping a twelve-year-old girl is back behind bars at the Belize Central Prison. At the end of the P.I., Chief Magistrate, Anne Marie Smith ruled that a prima facie case has been established against Velasquez and he […]
Written on February 24, 2016 | Posted in
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There have been at least three recent cases of fake cops on the loose. Today, a case came up in court which seems to involve the fake cops. Security officer, Elmoore Spencer, claims that three men, claiming to be police officers, drove up while he was on duty on Wednesday night at Moon Superstore on […]
Written on February 24, 2016 | Posted in
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The Caribbean Development Bank held its 2016 media conference today at its headquarters in Barbados. President William Warren Smith opened the conference outlining the major issues that the Caribbean region is being challenged by. These include the current state and uncertainties of Caribbean economies and he outlined how the C.D.B. can help in building resilience […]
Written on February 24, 2016 | Posted in
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Primary school students at St. John’s Vianney Primary School were ecstatic this morning when they were allowed onto a new playground. The swings, seesaw and slide are a donation from the Rotary Club of Edmonton, Canada. Members of the organization volunteered their time to paint and set up the various components of the set and […]
Written on February 24, 2016 | Posted in
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The GREAT program funded by the U.S. government has become an important element in the work of the police department. It first started in the City and has now spread to the districts as an effective way to prevent violence among youths. Today, another group of police officers completed their training and will be deployed […]
Written on February 24, 2016 | Posted in
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So why did the Justice refer to the victory as Pyrrhic? Well…probably because even though Swasey won a total vindication on all his claims, he was only awarded twenty-five thousand dollars in damages. The Judge almost seemed apologetic in stating that he could find no evidence in what was provided by the claimant to base […]
Written on February 23, 2016 | Posted in
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That’s the financial bottom line – not exactly a hard hit for B.T.L. or M.M.R. But what about the moral low ground where Justice Abel claims both B.T.L. and M.M.R. tread? Will it affect the businesses in the short or long term where public sentiment is concerned? Naima Barrow, Attorney for M.M.R. “I think […]
Written on February 23, 2016 | Posted in
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Two men plunged into the crocodile infested waters of New River, which runs through Orange Walk Town, on a whim on Monday evening. They would never surface again and this morning the body of twenty-one-year-old Carlos Reyes, was pulled out of the dark waters by a search team from the Belize National Coast Guard. Reyes […]
Written on February 23, 2016 | Posted in
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Written on February 23, 2016 | Posted in
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A Belizean woman, identified as thirty one year old Kisha Michaels and a man were fatally shot early on Sunday morning in Inglewood, California. Michaels died instantly while the man succumbed at the hospital where he was being treated. Inglewood Police say they intercepted and stopped a vehicle with two occupants in the middle of […]
Images of a recent shark kill near Lighthouse Reef have sparked public outrage about the continued use of gill nets. While it is not believed that local fishermen are behind the lurid act, the use of this type of fishing gear is not outlawed in Belize. Earlier today, the Belize Game Fish Association spoke out […]
Written on February 23, 2016 | Posted in
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A twelve-year-old minor was sexually assaulted at her home in Benque Viejo del Carmen over the weekend. Her parents and other family members left her home with her three-year-old sister and her much older uncle preyed on her. Police report that on Monday, they have charged forty-eight year Feliciano Merejildo Sutherland for the crime of […]
Written on February 23, 2016 | Posted in
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There is a report tonight that a stolen vehicle has been found in the possession of a local politician in Belmopan who is employed at the City Council through the efforts of the Ministry of National Security. No one is talking but the vehicle is believed to have been crossed into this side of the […]
Written on February 23, 2016 | Posted in
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