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For the second time this month, fuel prices have actually gone down. The new prices at the pump are nine dollars and eight cents for premium, down eighteen cents from nine-twenty-six. Regular has gone from eight dollars and ninety-six cents to eight dollars and eighty-one cents. That’s a decrease of fifteen cents. Diesel has dropped […]
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A brazen hold up in the Cayo District on Monday ended with seven people being robbed at gunpoint, one of them a police officer. Tonight we understand that around nine that morning, two vehicles travelling to the ancient Mayan site of Caracol were ambushed by seven men carrying M16s and a short-firearm. In the first […]
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Police have made arrests in connection with Saturday’s destructive fire. According to court reports, today thirty-one year old Kevin Kelly, thirty-two year old Lincoln Allen, thirty year old Anthony Major, and fifty-five year old Michael Cain, who all live in the neighbourhood, were arraigned on a charge of burglary before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord. The […]
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Meanwhile, Ladyville police have arrested and charged a young woman after they found her neighbour?s stolen property in her living room. Twenty-one year old Elena Kerr appeared in Magistrate’s Court today where she was formally charged for handling stolen goods. Kerr has pleaded not guilty to the offence and was granted bail in the sum […]
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In August, it was the last thing the Immigration Department needed…a robbery within the very confines of it offices. Authorities would later discover some two hundred passports missing. In the aftermath of the incident, the investigation led police to search the homes of ranking members of the department, but tonight, almost three months after the […]
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A man accused of shooting in the direction of three police officers on Friday night near the Princess Hotel was charged today in Magistrate?s Court. Deshawn White was arraigned before Magistrate Sharon Fraser on three counts of attempted murder, three counts of aggravated assault, one count of carrying an unlicensed firearm, and one count of […]
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For months, crossing the intersection at Cinderella Plaza has been a game of Russian roulette. The dangerous condition at one of the busiest parts of the city is attributed to the fact that the traffic lights have not been working for the past five months. And according to City Councillor responsible for traffic, Adrian “Danny” […]
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In this next story, we introduce you to a woman who has endured more pain and suffering in the last twelve months than most will in a lifetime. Last November, forty-five year old Ann Tiabo gave birth to twin boys in a Chetumal hospital, but within hours the newborns passed away. Now a year later, […]
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Exact figures for literacy rates in Belize are hard to come by, but experts agree that children today are reading far less than the generations before them. But one Belize City school is refusing to take that fact of life sitting down. Today, Central Christian School invited acclaimed Belizean author Zee Edgell to its campus, […]
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With World AIDS Day just two days away, today the National AIDS Commission and Pan American Health Organization met with Belizean journalists to examine the reporting of HIV/AIDS in Belize. Among the topics were whether or not our print and electronic media are helping to increase awareness of the epidemic and what reporters can do […]
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In the fight to end gender based violence, it is clear that women have taken the lead, serving as primary advocates and publicly calling for an end to the suffering and the silence of victims. But today, supporters took a slightly different approach and gave the guys a chance to speak up. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting […]
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