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A week ago, Denton Flowers was shot and police believe they have now cracked the case with the arrest of one of two suspects. For that shooting, nineteen year old maintenance worker Keithton Arana of Lavender Street in Belize City was arraigned with harm and abetment to grievous harm upon Flowers. Although Arana pleaded […]
Written on December 30, 2013 | Posted in
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Álvaro de Marichalar is putting off yet another adventure on which he is sailing to ten countries, from Florida, U.S.A. along the Central American coast and ending in Panama. Marichalar is also an entrepreneur, but it is his passion for sailing that has him on his fortieth journey…. this time to commemorate the first European […]
Written on December 30, 2013 | Posted in
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The End Polio Now Campaign is being carried out by mariners and Rotarians as well as by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The campaign is designed to bring awareness to the disease as well as to highlight the efforts to eradicate the illness. When he docks in Panama, Álvaro de Marichalar, who is also […]
Earlier this month, a group of fifty Indian nationals arrived in Belize to pursue medical studies at the Central American Health Science University. Their entrance into the country, in the wake of the recent passport and visa scandals, was met with suspicion, however, their documents would later check out. Several of those students have since […]
Written on December 30, 2013 | Posted in
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The final schedule in the Belikin Cup for the year 2013 found Police United in action against Paradise Freedom Fighters Saturday night inside the Isidoro Beaton Stadium at Capital City. It might have been billed as a tale of 2 teams streaking in opposite […]
Written on December 30, 2013 | Posted in
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Christmas Day, for most Belizeans, is a time to celebrate and show love and appreciation for family. But for four families, the spirit of Christmas may never be the same, as it was the day when their loved ones perished while traveling along the Philip Goldson Highway. A group of four friends, including twenty-two-year-old Hector […]
Written on December 27, 2013 | Posted in
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The last murder reported in the small community of Valley of Peace, just outside of Belmopan, was in September 2009. But there has been one brutal murder recently and now what, by all indications, is another – in just two weeks. Canadian Brian Townsend has been living in Valley of Peace since 2001. By all […]
Written on December 27, 2013 | Posted in
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Christmas Day is a time for cheer and goodwill, but it’s also a time of excessive alcohol consumption by many. Frequently, that alcohol consumption leads to altercations and bloodshed. That’s exactly what happened in Orange Walk Town on Wednesday. Police were summoned to the emergency ward of the Northern Regional Hospital at around ten-thirty. There […]
Written on December 27, 2013 | Posted in
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Details are sketchy, but tonight there are reports of two rapes – one in Sarteneja and the other in San Ignacio. On Boxing Day Corozal Police received information of a female at the Corozal Hospital who claimed that she had been sexually assaulted. They visited the hospital and spoke to a woman who told them […]
Written on December 27, 2013 | Posted in
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A U.S. national has been missing at sea since Monday and tonight, the Belize National Coast Guard has called off search and rescue efforts. Fifty-seven year old Dieter Kruger and his family were in the country on vacation in the south and on Monday, Kruger and his son were out swimming and snorkeling near the […]
Written on December 27, 2013 | Posted in
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The Belize National Coast Guard has formally aborted a search and rescue mission for a group of fishermen who went missing near Dangriga earlier this month. Forty-nine-year-old Thomas Young, along with twenty-six year old Derwin Gentle, twenty-four year old Elgin Graham, thirty-four year old Sergio Flores and twenty-six year old Kenrick Devin Chi set off on […]
Written on December 27, 2013 | Posted in
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Twenty-two-year-old Geon Hanson, a well-known Belizean cyclist, remains in stable condition, following a near-fatal road traffic accident on Christmas Eve. The young rider was training for the upcoming New Year’s Day Cycling Classic along the George Price Highway on Tuesday morning when he was hit by a commuter bus. As a result, Hanson sustained severe […]
Written on December 27, 2013 | Posted in
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The Twenty-fourth Annual Krem New Year’s Day Cycling Classic is less than a week away and cyclists from all over the country are preparing diligently for the upcoming tournament. While training remains ongoing, there are serious concerns among riders, cycling officials and sports enthusiasts about the existing condition of the Phillip Goldson Highway due to […]
Written on December 27, 2013 | Posted in
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San Ignacio Police have launched a intense manhunt for two men in connection with a murder in the Kontiki Area on Monday night. Fifty-six-year-old Fredy Lopez Sr. was gunned down as he walked with his family on a dark street. Authorities say robbery was the motive, and the men being sought are believed to be […]
Written on December 24, 2013 | Posted in
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Canadian Keith Haslam was murdered on Friday, his decomposed body found early Sunday morning on a farm outside Buena Vista in the Cayo District. The man who led San Ignacio Police to the body is George Hyde. He confessed to killing Haslam in what is being called a jealous rage, apparently over Haslam’s wife, Ruth […]
Written on December 24, 2013 | Posted in
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Well-known Belizean cyclist Geon Hanson remains in critical condition tonight after being knocked down by a commuter bus along the George Price Highway this morning. Hanson, who was on routine physical training along the circuit, was rear-ended by the vehicle while riding his bicycle in the vicinity of mile thirty-eight. According to Deon Leslie, president […]
Written on December 24, 2013 | Posted in
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In Monday’s newscast, we told you about a road traffic accident on the Hummingbird Highway that claimed the life of Victoria Bol. The forty-two year old resident of Silk Grass Village in Stann Creek was traveling south with two other persons in a black 2003 GMC Sierra pickup when upon reaching in front of the […]
Written on December 24, 2013 | Posted in
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Tonight the 2013-2014 sugarcane crop season appears to be in real jeopardy. Both the B.S.I. and the BSCFA have returned to the discussion table, thanks to intervention by government, but there is still a fundamental sticking point. And that sticking point is a dozy. The BSCFA isn’t budging until B.S.I. signs an agreement to pay […]
Written on December 24, 2013 | Posted in
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For the first time ever there is a red-eye flight to the Jewel and it comes courtesy of Delta Airlines, after much planning and meetings between the airline company and Belize’s Airline Development Committee. But, in addition to that, the flight also goes down in history as the first direct flight from Los Angeles to […]
Every year Belizean-American Verna Clement returns home at Christmas time to spread some love among the children of the Belize River Valley, hosting a day-long Christmas event. She was born in Rancho Dolores and grew up in Bermudian Landing, and has never forgotten her roots. She first focused her attention on those two communities, but […]
Written on December 24, 2013 | Posted in
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Christmas is a time for giving and sharing and around the country, as well as in downtown Belize City, families are doing their last minute shopping and preparations for the festive day. It is a day to spread the Christmas spirit with many and today, we headed downtown amongst the hustle and bustle where shoppers […]
Written on December 24, 2013 | Posted in
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There are two murders to report in tonight’s newscast, both coming out of the west and which occurred within less than twenty-four hours of each other. The first occurred early Saturday morning, when a retired Canadian national, who had just relocated from Belmopan to Buena Vista Village, outside of Spanish Lookout, was brutally killed. We’ll […]
Written on December 23, 2013 | Posted in
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One man is dead and another remains on the lam, following a daring attempt at holding up a Chinese grocery store in San Pedro over the weekend. It is reported that the masked pair entered the shop and proceeded to rob the store attendant. Her husband was immediately alerted to the ruckus and when he […]
Written on December 23, 2013 | Posted in
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As we told you earlier in the newscast, there were two murders in the west. The second occurred early on Saturday morning. Retired Canadian national, sixty-eight year old Keith Haslam was hacked to death allegedly by George Hyde, who according to police, confessed to the crime after he was detained. Duane Moody travelled west and […]
Written on December 23, 2013 | Posted in
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Another person was killed in the west, but it was as a result of a road traffic accident. Just before one on Saturday morning, forty-two year old Victoria Bol lost her life when the black 2003 GMC Sierra pickup she was traveling in slammed into a police van on the Hummingbird Highway. The extensively damaged […]
Written on December 23, 2013 | Posted in
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