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We reported on Monday, that Guatemalan authorities have arrested as many as thirty seven persons involved in a contraband ring which transported liquor, cigarettes, corn and lumber. An operation was launched across the border in Melchor and the arrests were made involving Guatemalan customs officials. A further report says that a Jordanian businessman with Guatemalan […]
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There is also further information on the reported arrest of alleged drug baron, Eribel Adolfo Rodriguez Barrientos. Rodriguez, according to the Guatemalan Minister of the Interior, was arrested in Belize by the US Drug Enforcement Agency, but police here tell News Five that they did not participate in the arrest. Rodriguez was wanted by the […]
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Motorists whose drivers’ licenses are in need of renewal are now able to do so electronically, thanks to the efforts of the Belize City Council to automate the application and renewal processes. This morning, City Hall unveiled its latest success. Residents of the Old Capital can now log on to the Traffic Department’s website and […]
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A teacher from Belmopan is the winner of a 2012 Great Wall Wingle courtesy of Courts Belize. The raffle was launched back on November eighth and ended on December thirty-first. Today, Standard three teacher of Garden City Primary School, Desmond Lewis was handed the keys to a brand new pickup truck valued at fifty thousand […]
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The Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association has finally signed an agreement with the Belize Sugar Industries and its parent company, the American Sugar refinery. The parties penned the deal at about five this evening at the B.S.I. Staff Club in Orange Walk Town. We can report that while in principle, farmers will be getting payment […]
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While there is a formal signing which ends the months-long impasse between B.S.I. and the B.S.C.F.A., it is an uneasy truce. There are farmers who support the start of the crop, and farmers who believe the crop should be delayed until B.S.I. makes a commitment to pay for bagasse, in writing. But NONE of the […]
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Three persons were murdered over the weekend in the city, all within proximity of their homes. The most perplexing is the murder of eighteen year old Jatnet Sanchez, a cross dresser who was stabbed twice on the chest as he walked on Elston Kerr Street. Sanchez was found dead just before two am on Sunday […]
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As we said earlier, the police claim the murder of Joseph Sanchez was motivated by robbery. The family believes it is a crime of passion. But the leading advocacy movement for the defense of sexual minorities such as transgendered individuals, UNIBAM, headed by Caleb Orosco, issued a strong statement this evening saying it has done […]
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The two other murders over the weekend also remain under investigation. Just before ten on Saturday night, twenty five year old Derrick Parham was shot in the presence of his aunt and friends. Parham was walking on Currassow Street with the group when a car drove up and someone opened fire. One bullet caught Parham […]
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The third murder occurred some fourteen hours later around five-thirty p.m. on Sunday. Thirty-eight year old Emerson McDonald of an Arlington Drive address in Belize City was shot once to the center of the lower back as he was walking on Central American Boulevard, just a stone’s throw from where he lived. According to reports, […]
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Police have since detained two men in connection with the murder; one of whom is currently at the K.H.M.H. following another shooting that happened just before ten that night. Members of the Belize Defense Force (BSAG) were on Jane Usher Boulevard Extension conducting a house search when they saw twenty-two year old Patrick Bevans jump […]
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Guatemalan national Adolfo Eribel Rodriguez Barrientos, the alleged successor of the Paredes organization, a principal drug trafficking ring in Guatemala, has reportedly been nabbed by D.E.A. agents in Belize. Rodriguez is wanted in the United States for his role in the ongoing operation which he took over from Jorge Mario Paredes Cordoba, who was arrested […]
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Late this evening, Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and the Belize Sugar Industry signed an agreement in principle on the payment of bagasse and agreed to start the crop on January twentieth. Following the signing, C.E.O. of B.S.I., Joey Montalvo, explained the agreement. Joey Montalvo, C.E.O., B.S.I. “Well I am particularly pleased that we […]
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The traditional pomp and circumstance accompanied the opening of the Supreme Court this morning. The spotlight of the event is shared between the Chief Justice, the Attorney General and the President of the Bar. All three addressed the ceremony citing pertinent matters: there is a reduction in the number of judges on the bench, a […]
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The teachers have held two successful marches and rallies in Orange Walk and Corozal and are planning similar events in the City and the rest of the country. The Belize National Teachers Union says that aside from formal commitment to the salary adjustment from the Prime Minister, there is a slew of national issues that […]
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Minister Faber also says that the Ministry will be deliberate in how it responds to what he called the sustained interruption of classes by teachers. Patrick Faber, Minister of Education “We understand that you have a right and I respect that right—let me make that categorically clear. I respect the right of any individual […]
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The launch of the B.T.L. Park was initially scheduled for December twentieth, but the rains interrupted the opening. Residents will now wait a few more days because the park will be accessible to the public as of next Tuesday. Belize City Mayor, Darrell Bradley, invited the media to tour the facilities saying that the ceremonial […]
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A teacher, who was accused of having sex with a minor since she was seven years of age, was today charged with seven criminal offenses including carnal knowledge and six counts of aggravated assault of an indecent nature. The alleged sexual act started back in 2008 and continued until she was twelve years. Today, the […]
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A sting operation recently conducted in Melchor de Mencos has resulted in the arrests of at least thirty-seven individuals believed to be operating a cross-border contraband smuggling ring. It is alleged that a number of high level Belizean officials, including politicians and law enforcement personnel, are being named in the bust for contraband cigarettes, liquor, […]
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The Belikin Cup concluded regular season play with 3 matches on Saturday that produced the 4 teams to make the post season. We caught up with the monster clash between Verdes FC and Belmopan Bandits on a rain soaked pitch inside the Marshalleck Stadium. […]
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Today, teachers from Orange Walk and Corozal stood strong and united, as the Belize National Teachers Union held rallies in those northern districts. The burning issue is of course the salary adjustment which has been promised to teachers and public officers. Government has agreed to make good on that commitment later this year, retroactive to […]
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From there our team moved on to Corozal, where teachers marched in unity. The issues are the same, and so was the message. Mike Rudon has the story. FOR VIDEO CLICK HERE: COROZAL BNTU RALLY Mike Rudon, Reporting Teachers from all schools in the Corozal District marched today in solidarity with their union. It is […]
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Cane-farmers will meet on Sunday to discuss the way forward, and tonight that road is uncertain. On Wednesday the BSCFA submitted an interim agreement to the B.S.I. The first point on that agreement was a commitment by B.S.I. to pay for bagasse. B.S.I. took that agreement to make some modifications, and today it was sent […]
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Eighty thousand dollars has been jacked from the Corozal Town Council, and it was an inside job. That’s the allegation from the northern municipality, where word surfaced that three employees of the council were terminated following the discovery of missing monies. Those monies are allegedly part of the revenues collected by the municipality through taxes […]
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A pair of siblings on vacation in the Cayo District was kidnapped but rescued on Thursday morning by the police with the cooperation of residents from Bullet Tree Falls. The four abductors are still at large and two are believed to have been involved in the murder of Canadian national Brian Townsend. One suspect is […]
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