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“Be Prepared” is the motto that is constant on the minds of the youths who become scouts. The Local Association of Boy Scouts of British Honduras was established in 1911. One hundred years later, as the Scout Association of Belize, the organization’s numbers have significantly grown to two thousand members. This week, the association is […]
Written on February 16, 2011 | Posted in
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Tiger Woods is the most popular face associated with golf, which is not a sport popular to most of Belize. But the sport is actually making the fairway into a classroom. If you didn’t already know, there is a Belize Golf Association and it is currently combining the sport with education for the benefit of […]
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In one of the most exciting shows of KTV Latino Season Two, the surprise announcement was made on Tuesday night that Wild Cards would be introduced. That means that two persons who rocked the auditions, but just barely missed the mark to stay in the competition, are coming back to spice things up. So the […]
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There are two cases of family violence that are showing that crime is no longer the domain of thugs on the street. Nonetheless, two families are still mourning the deaths of loved ones, who were killed over the weekend. Details are just coming in regarding Saturday night’s murder of a sixty year old man who […]
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Instead of being a peaceful night before Valentine’s Day, tragedy struck on Sunday for five children who are without their fathers tonight. One is dead, stabbed to the heart, and a father of four is behind bars for murder. Even worse, all children were at home at the time when Vincent ‘Steeno’ Tillett committed the […]
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Countrywide the majority of employees of the Social Security Board called in sick on Monday. The sickout was to get the S.S.B.’s attention over what they feel is their employer’s effort to derail negotiations for a salary increase. The action came on one of the institution’s busiest days of the month, the fourteenth, when employee […]
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But while the S.S.B. employees feel as if their rights to a raise have been ignored, viewers may be wondering how much of an increase the employees are asking for? And was Monday’s sickout considered a success? Gonzalez gave us the figures. Antonio Gonzalez “We have about a hundred and eighty members approximately and we […]
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A Belize City Customs Officer lost his wallet and the person who found it, used his credit card to go on a personal shopping spree. Thirty-two year old Albert Matute reported that the wallet, which contained his driver’s license, voter’s I.D., along with his debit and credit cards, was stolen on January sixteenth. Matute’s credit […]
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A Belize Defense Force Corporal was today fined in connection with a fatal traffic accident that claimed the life of a policeman. Corporal Enrique Montejo must pay a total of thirteen thousand dollars to the court and two of the injured persons. The fine of ten thousand dollars was for the conviction on a charge […]
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It appears that putting in extra hours after work, does not always bode well for employees. The Elections and Boundaries Department has been investigating the late opening hours of its Corozal branch on the night before the U.D.P. Corozal Bay convention on January eighth. According to Chief Elections Officer, Dorothy Bradley, an employee had asked […]
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Learn, Sign, Vote, is the campaign launched on Monday by the Belize Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage. The coalition needs seventeen thousand votes to convince the government that a referendum is necessary so that Belizeans may decide for themselves if they want drilling for oil in our reefs and national parks. It’s a personal […]
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The country felt Hurricane Richard’s wrath over three months ago, and the relief efforts have now dwindled. Sadly, the effects have not been forgotten by many residents who are still struggling to recover from the destructive winds. The Red Cross continues to reach out to those persons, despite recuperating from damages it suffered to its […]
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As the advert says MegaBingo is the game and its jackpot is hot. A Hopkins resident on the day she received her eviction notice won the jackpot of over one hundred thousand dollars last Saturday. A week later, three lucky persons won and will share the prize of one hundred and one thousand nine hundred […]
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KTV Latino is live at the Bliss tonight for another exciting round of competition and impressive performances by the Group A singers. But before their powerful vocal chords belt out pleasant Latin tunes, one Group B contestant will get sent home when the text voting results are revealed. There’s also a huge announcement that you […]
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It was a deadly weekend for two persons. In the City, a love triangle ended with the homicide of a man half the age of the accused, Vincent Tillett Sr. Darwin Phillips, who has one child with Denise Phillips was killed when Denise’s ex, showed up at her house on Sunday. Tillett has fathered four […]
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The other murder is an unusual case of suspected patricide which is rocking residents of Dominguez Layout in Corozal Town. Early Sunday morning, a fifteen year old minor discovered the bloody body of his father whom he had left at home drinking with his elder brother several hours earlier. While Gumercindo Meza Jr. has since […]
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At most Social Security offices countrywide today, members of the Christian Workers Union did not turn up for work in fact they called in sick. The action caused disruptions in the delivery of services because untrained cashiers took up the slack in receiving payment from contributors. The sickout is the first action that can potentially […]
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Prime Minister Dean Barrow said last week that “drill we will” in respect of oil exploration in the Sarstoon Temash National Park. Greg Ch’oc, the man who would be the thirteenth senator and representative of the N.G.O. community, was not present when the P.M. made it clear that Capital Energy has the go ahead to […]
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A very disturbing case of sexual assault has been reported by a teenager, who ran away from home. The thirty-three year old mother of the child first reported on February second to the Family Violence Unit that her young daughter did not attend classes on that day and that she feared the girl had run […]
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Businessman, Bert Vasquez, was arraigned today for three criminal offenses in respect of a complaint made by a twenty-two year old accountant. In court, Vasquez was charged with unlawful imprisonment, aggravated assault and indecent assault. He pleaded not guilty but the magistrate upheld a no bail submission by the prosecutor which means that Vasquez will […]
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A money changer from the village of San Joaquin in the Corozal District was targeted over the weekend at his home, only this time he wasn’t harmed. The money changer, fifty seven year old Fortunato Dominguez, told police that he was about to enter his vehicle at around six on Saturday morning when two youths […]
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Meanwhile, there’s an update to another assault on a money changer who was shot at his house in the same village of San Joaquin. Thirty-four year old Jaime Headman was at his house when two men reportedly drove up in a red pickup truck and called out for him last week Sunday night. His wife, […]
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Heading west to Santa Elena, a teacher and wife were assaulted at their home over the weekend. Police report that one of the two assailants was armed with what appeared to be sawed off shotgun which he directed at the teacher as he demanded money. The brave teacher, however, was able to disarm the assailant. […]
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Port Loyola is one of the known hot spots in the City that is fraught with crime. The community has experienced numerous murders and other forms of violence over the years including the homicide of eight year old Marques Mahler. A project to break that cycle was officially inaugurated this morning and is intended to […]
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In political news, the red and blue machines revved up over the weekend as both the U.D.P. and P.U.P. held conventions for standard bearers for the next general elections. Supporters of the ruling United Democratic Party descended upon the Cumberbatch Field in Port Loyola on Sunday evening in throngs as area representative Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez […]
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