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Meanwhile, a Belmopan businessman has also reported being robbed, but this time at gunpoint. According to police, around 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, twenty-seven year Rui Qui Li was standing in front of his shop when a masked man dressed in full black and brandishing a nine millimetre handgun walked up to him and forced him […]
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A man from the Cayo District is tonight recovering after being shot early this morning. According to police reports, around 1:00 a.m., twenty-three year old Darwin Soberanis of San Juan Layout off the Bullet Tree Road, was walking home when two men jumped out of the bushes and came towards him demanding money. Soberanis says […]
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After Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling gave environmentalists leave for judicial review, there is some confusion as to what impact that decision will have at the Chalillo dam site. Tonight we can report that while there is no on site construction being done, Belize Electricity Limited is moving forward with the dam. According to Chief Executive […]
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The reports on HIV/AIDS infections for Belizeans between October and December are out, and as usual, the numbers are both frightening and depressing. According to the survey, ninety-three more Belizeans have tested positive with the deadly disease. The breakdown is as follows: there were seventy-seven new infections in Belize City alone, four in Orange Walk, […]
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Handsome?…Arguable. Unique?…Definitely. But are they nice? Well that’s just what judges for the Mr. Nice Guy competition will have to answer Saturday night. Today, News 5’s Jacqueline Woods met some of the contestants flaunting a flair all their own. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting You will not find them in any Belikin calendar, not yet that is. […]
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