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We checked in today on the second batch of B.D.F. soldiers who participated in Taekwondo training provided by the instructors from the Taiwanese army. Also participating, were a handful of police officers. The course started around mid January and just concluded today and you’ll be surprised at the skills acquired in such a short time. […]
Written on February 25, 2010 | Posted in
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Panamanian Latin Grammy Award Winning Reggaeton artist DJ Flex Nigga is in the country for two weekend performances. The artist with the controversial name is famous for his romantic hit songs ‘Te Quiero Amor’ and ‘Te Amo Tanto’ the music sensation will be performing in San Ignacio and San Pedro on Friday and Saturday. DJ […]
Written on February 25, 2010 | Posted in
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Taking an eye test is an easy and uncomplicated procedure, one that should be done at least once for the year. There are organizations that offer the test for free so there is no reason to delay this important trip to the optometrist. Healthy Living explains the importance of keeping your vision twenty-twenty. Marleni Cuellar, […]
Written on February 25, 2010 | Posted in
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The condition of nineteen year old Ahmad Nah remains much the same; Nah is breathing through life support equipment at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Police are treating the shooting of the Camalote resident, as a sensitive case – partly because no one knows for sure what happened when he was shot, and because the […]
Written on February 24, 2010 | Posted in
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A police officer and a Belize Defense Soldier are sitting behind the bars of the Hattieville Prison tonight. They are accused of assaulting a minor and robbing a resident of San Pedro while asleep on a boat in an old football field in the island. The officer is not attached to the San Pedro Police Formation […]
Written on February 24, 2010 | Posted in
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A prominent Belize City cardiologist is said to be embroiled in a huge scandal that has to do with the romantic relationship between his daughter and a high school student. It is not the type of story that would make the news, but it does because it involves a highly respected doctor. Since last week […]
Written on February 24, 2010 | Posted in
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Carlos and Sarli Zelaya say their son has been dating Gough’s daughter for the past two years and that he was well acquainted with her family. It is alleged that the neighbor saw Carlos Jr. hopping Gough’s back fence minutes before the doctor arrived home. Both men then pursued Zelaya and proceeded to assault him. […]
Written on February 24, 2010 | Posted in
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Another night in the old capital and another Belize City resident has been shot. This latest act of violence occurred on the south side of the city, on a street behind the Salvation Army School. According to the acting police press officer, Bart Jones, the man was shot three times. Bart Jones, Acting Police Press […]
Written on February 24, 2010 | Posted in
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On Tuesday, we told you about an ammunition bust on Cairo Street that led to the arrest of former high school student, Mark Usher Junior, of Faber’s Road. Well today, the story continues to unravel and two others have been arrested and charged for Handling Stolen Goods. On February nineteenth at about nine p.m., on […]
Written on February 24, 2010 | Posted in
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Thirty-one year old Winston Wesley Brininstool, a U.S. national backpacking through Belize, interrupted his vacation when he was intercepted with a small amount of weed. He was charged by Belize City police with possession of three point six grams of marijuana. On Tuesday afternoon, while crossing the Swing Bridge a police officer on duty observed […]
Written on February 24, 2010 | Posted in
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Closing arguments were made today in the land case between Benque Viejo businessman, Samuel Bruce and the Government. Attorney for Bruce, Senior Counsel Said Musa and Priscilla Banner for the Attorney General’s Ministry ended two days of court battle over the four point four acre portion of land in dispute. On Tuesday Chief Justice Abdulai […]
Written on February 24, 2010 | Posted in
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Over the past weekend athletes from all seven Central American countries were at the City Center for the Fifteenth Karate Championships for the region. It was the first time that Belize was chosen to host the competition and according to athlete and vice president of the Belize Karate Federation, Leon Guild, the country was not […]
Written on February 24, 2010 | Posted in
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Lotto faithfuls would know by now that since the start of this week there have been no draws and ticket sales have been suspended. That’s because the contract that Tropical Gaming Company has with the government has expired and they are now in the process of re-negotiating. And if you’re wondering how long it will […]
Written on February 24, 2010 | Posted in
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If you would like to feast your eyes, head out to St Mary’s School where members of the Belize Garden Club are displaying their own hand made creations. Aside from their creativity, the members used ingenuous ways to do the floral arrangements without spending a dime on materials. The training was courtesy of Janet Baughman, […]
Written on February 24, 2010 | Posted in
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The governor general, Sir Colville Young, is known for his generous donations of music equipment to educational facilities throughout the country. This afternoon, Sir Colville made a presentation to a Belize City high school of sporting equipment worth over sixty-four thousand dollars. According to the Principal of Nazarene High School, Cricket, is one of the […]
Written on February 24, 2010 | Posted in
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The Senate met for part of the day in Belmopan to consider the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution that went through its second and third reading in the House on Friday. The most controversial part that dealt with persons holding dual nationality to sit in the House or Senate was stripped from the bill. But […]
Written on February 23, 2010 | Posted in
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A nineteen year old resident of Camalote Village is tonight clinging to life after being shot in the head by a minor. The family of Ahmad Nah has reported that he was shot in the head from close proximity with a pellet gun while at a friend’s house over the weekend. He was rushed to […]
Written on February 23, 2010 | Posted in
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We have been following the legal battle between a civilian and the government over a property in Benque Viejo del Carmen. The trial inched one step closer to completion today when the trial judge, Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh, headed west to visit the location in question. Last month Benque Viejo businessman, Samuel Bruce, got an […]
Written on February 23, 2010 | Posted in
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The government’s attorney, Priscilla Banner, argued that the motive for acquiring the land is reasonable since it is for the improvement of education. But Musa countered that Benque Viejo is well-endowed with land and taking over Bruce’s was not necessary. As for Bruce, he says that he had gotten the verbal consent of Area Representative, […]
Written on February 23, 2010 | Posted in
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Parliamentarians from both sides of the House got into feisty debate over corporal punishment last Friday. While the debate in the Senate was less emotional, Senators from across the aisle raised concerns about the removal of corporal punishment in the classrooms and sided with the union asking for more time to put in place an […]
Written on February 23, 2010 | Posted in
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While the images of last Friday’s protest are still fresh in everyone’s mind, things have quickly swung around at the Ministry of Education, which has now appointed a task force to identify an alternative approach to disciplining students. And while the task force will have all the relevant agencies involved, what comes out of it […]
Written on February 23, 2010 | Posted in
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As we reported, the Education and Training Bill was passed by the Senate today. The man who steered the controversial Bill in the House last Friday, was the Minister of Education Patrick Faber. Faber was both emotional and controversial as he took on one of his predecessors as well as a union leader during his […]
Written on February 23, 2010 | Posted in
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But there is one constituency the Minister will need given his political ambitions. That’s the unions who are vex, in fact downright angry, with him. And that bad blood just got hotter today when Faber reiterated that at least sixty percent of the teachers are not trained and that some were ignorant. And like his […]
Written on February 23, 2010 | Posted in
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A farmer who stabbed a fourteen year old girl from Caye Caulker multiple times in 2004, today pleaded guilty to use of deadly means of harm with intent to cause unlawful wound. In April 2004 at the age of eighteen, Eber Guerra, a father of a three year-old girl, was accused of trying to kill […]
Written on February 23, 2010 | Posted in
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He was kicked out of high school in January after he was charged with Attempted Murder for a stabbing incident on Fabers Road that landed one man in the hospital. Today Mark Usher Junior was back in court and it seems he’s changed his weapon of choice because this time he is charged for allegedly […]
Written on February 23, 2010 | Posted in
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