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And in Belize City today, the mood was different as the U.D.P. City Council slate kicked off their street campaign at the party headquarters. While the weather did put a damper on their outdoor activities, incumbent Mayor Zenaida Moya and her team of ten did not let it stop from moving forwarding with their launch. […]
Written on January 26, 2009 | Posted in
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We reported last Wednesday that the P.U.C. was delaying the implementation of the amendments to its 2008 Final Decision… and today they issued an official release saying just that. According to the P.U.C., the delay is so as to undertake a public consultation and it is inviting interested persons to send in written comments. The […]
Written on January 26, 2009 | Posted in
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A vegetable vendor from Succutz Village in the Cayo District is dead, the victim of a brutal murder that occurred in Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala. There are many questions still unanswered for the family of the victim. According to thirty-one year old John Cal’s family, Cal had finished vegetable sales for the day and was […]
Written on January 26, 2009 | Posted in
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A Belize City cab driver was shot in the early hours of Sunday morning by a passenger in his own car. At about twelve-forty a.m., forty-eight year old Clive Smith was driving on Albert Street, when he was approached by a young man who asked him to be taken to Tigris Street. Upon reaching at […]
Written on January 26, 2009 | Posted in
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In another shooting, a dispute over parental rights escalated into a shootout between one of the parents and police officers. Twenty-two year old Kimberly Westby, of Nurse Findley Crescent in Belize City, was asleep in bed with her husband when they were awakened by an argument in their home. After leaving her bedroom, she found […]
Written on January 26, 2009 | Posted in
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Yet another Belize City resident is hospitalized due to gunshot wounds. According to twenty-one year old Clifton Flores, on Saturday afternoon he was riding his bike on West Canal, heading to South Street when another man on a bicycle fired several shots at him. Flores was hit in the right shoulder, elbow, leg and knee. […]
Written on January 26, 2009 | Posted in
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Two American tourists had their vacations cut short after suffering heart attacks in San Pedro Ambergris Caye. Early Sunday morning fifty-nine year old Randall Eldon Daris, a guest at the Hotel Del Rio, began complaining to a family member of chest pains. San Pedro police and a doctor were called out but when they got […]
Written on January 26, 2009 | Posted in
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In news from the courts, Cecil Gabourel was on trial last week for the murder of his wife, Carol, and had pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of Manslaughter. But there was a twist in his case today when, before sentencing, Justice Adolph Lucas entered a plea of not guilty based on Gabourel’s version of […]
Written on January 26, 2009 | Posted in
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Police have made an arrest in last Tuesday afternoon’s armed robbery of Marlin’s Restaurant. One of the men police believe is responsible for the crime is thirty-one year old David White of Castle Street in Belize City. This morning White appeared in Magistrates’ Court where he was arraigned on four counts of robbery; three counts […]
Written on January 26, 2009 | Posted in
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A brazen Belize City man tried to pull off a robbery and rape inside a bar but he was unsuccessful. And when nineteen year old Abel Anthony Arana, an unemployed man of King Street, appeared in court he was slapped today with five offences: Attempted Rape, three counts of Robbery and Keeping a Prohibited Firearm. […]
Written on January 26, 2009 | Posted in
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In other court news, this morning thirty-three year old Anthony Major was arraigned on charges of Burglary and Theft. Major pleaded not guilty to the crimes, but the Prosecution represented by Sergeant Kenneth Magdaleno objected to bail on the grounds that the career criminal has two convictions for Escape and Theft. Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie […]
Written on January 26, 2009 | Posted in
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Customs Officers throughout the country took time today to celebrate International Customs Day. This year’s theme has particular relevance: Customs and the Environment: Protecting our National Heritage. And one way in which the department plans to go green is by eliminating most of the voluminous paperwork generated in their trade. Its Plans for the Customs […]
Written on January 26, 2009 | Posted in
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley with this package of Sports Monday. Inclement weather prevented Wednesday night’s back match between Valley Renaissance and Barrio Fino Corozal which subsequently forced the postponement of the Belize Bank Super League playoffs openers which had been set to blast off over the weekend. However, Valley Renaissance and Barrio Fino did […]
Written on January 26, 2009 | Posted in
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The House of Representatives held its first meeting for 2009 this morning… it was one of the shortest in recent memory, wrapping up just after noon. Four issues were discussed: an Environmental Protection Bill, a loan from the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) for three and a quarter million U.S. dollars for the Solid […]
Written on January 23, 2009 | Posted in
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Those comments of course brought swift responses from the U.D.P., who say that the P.U.P.s are the last ones who should talk about propriety in the city council. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “I am very pleased for the opposition, I am very in fact enthralled by the fact that you actually have the member for […]
Written on January 23, 2009 | Posted in
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The Development Finance Corporation Bill also received its second reading this morning. The act, seeks to make new provisions for the DFC and repeal the 2000-2003 act. According to PM Barrow, it was no easy task getting a lending agency to lend them funds for the restart and the new provision as a result of […]
Written on January 23, 2009 | Posted in
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In September of 2008, the Customs Department made a bust on a container load of fake Marlboro cigarettes. At that time the eight hundred and fifty-five cartons were valued at over four million dollars. This past Wednesday, Customs made another bust that yielded in excess of nine hundred cartons of counterfeit Marlboro cigarettes made possible […]
Written on January 23, 2009 | Posted in
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A former security guard who was charged with the Murder of his wife today pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of Manslaughter in the Supreme Court. Justice Adolph Lucas has deferred sentencing for Cecil Gabourel for January twenty-sixth after his attorney Simeon Sampson presents a mitigation plea on his behalf. The facts, as presented by […]
Written on January 23, 2009 | Posted in
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A computer technician has pleaded not guilty for the jacking at National Transports office earlier this week in which over twenty thousand dollars was stolen. Nineteen year old Justine McClaren of Freetown Road was remanded until February nineteenth because the robbery was committed with a firearm. At around eight on Monday morning, two armed men […]
Written on January 23, 2009 | Posted in
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In another case brought before the courts today, forty year old Raymond ‘Footie’ Gongora was charged with Handling Stolen Goods. The former director of Youth for the Future and former semi-pro basketball player pleaded not guilty to the charge and was offered a bail of five thousand dollars. The incident occurred on Wednesday when Gongora […]
Written on January 23, 2009 | Posted in
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An alcalde in one of the southernmost villages in the country has been arrested and charged for the crime of incest. It is alleged that the man had sexual intercourse with his fourteen year old daughter sometime in August of 2008. On January thirteenth, the minor made a report of the incident and a medical […]
Written on January 23, 2009 | Posted in
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At the opening of the 2009 Supreme Court session on Monday, Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh lamented on the high number of cases that are thrown out of court for lack of evidence. In 2008 alone there were eighty-three “nolle prosequi” a term which the C.J. said, even though is a combination of Latin and French, […]
Written on January 23, 2009 | Posted in
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But why are so many victims reluctant to testify in court? Branker-Taitt says there’s a legitimate reason and that has to do with the very sensitive issue involving perpetrator and victim, particularly in sex offences. It’s a frequent problem that not only the D.P.P.’s office faces but also relevant agencies, like the Ministry of Human […]
Written on January 23, 2009 | Posted in
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The National A Team squared off with Honduras in that country’s capital last night in the Union Centro Americana de Fútbol (UNCAF) Nations Cup. The tournament is played every two years for the CONCACAF national teams of Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. The tournament has been held since […]
Written on January 23, 2009 | Posted in
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The barrier reef is inarguably our most precious natural resource. The reef blocks the sea from covering coastal areas such as Belize City which is below sea level. It also provides spawning sites for many aquatic species; seafood for export and the beauty of the corals inspire visitors from all over the world to contribute […]
Written on January 23, 2009 | Posted in
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