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A recent survey by the National Drug Abuse Control Council and the University of Belize shows that the use of drugs among students is on the rise and it is also prevalent among students between fourteen and sixteen years. The survey says that children as young as ten years are experimenting with of alcohol and […]
Written on October 29, 2014 | Posted in
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Thirty-seven-year-old Roger Anthony and twenty-three-year-old Kendis Flowers were arraigned this morning in the courtroom of Magistrate Herbert Panton on a battery of firearms-related offences. The charges stem from a shooting incident on Sunday night in Belize City. Anthony, the reputed boss of the Ghost Town Crips, was transported from the Queen Street Precinct to magistrates’ […]
Written on October 28, 2014 | Posted in
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A victim of a shooting spree back in September died on Monday night at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Leon Savery was among a group of men who were targeted in the area of Saint Mary’s Primary School hours after Cyril McFoy was murdered in his yard on Euphrates Avenue. For five weeks, Savery remained […]
Written on October 28, 2014 | Posted in
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Last week Belmopan Police narrowly missed capturing a man who was stealing a Toyola Hilux assigned to the Department of Archaeology. He abandoned the vehicle and escaped in the bushes near Georgeville in the Cayo District, despite searches by the K9 unit. Still, police have pursued the matter relentlessly, and today one man was charged […]
Written on October 28, 2014 | Posted in
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An elderly Belize City resident is tonight lucky to have escaped grave injuries when his home on Mangrove Street suddenly collapsed in the wee hours of this morning. The elevated wooden structure has been dilapidated for a number of years and despite Ronald Cabral’s plea for assistance, no one has come to his aid. Shortly […]
Written on October 28, 2014 | Posted in
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Belize and four other countries in the region continue to take the lead with the highest murder rates in the world. The other hotspots for murders are Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala and just further south, Venezuela. The grim statistics have just been published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, known as […]
Written on October 28, 2014 | Posted in
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For several months, we have reported on an alleged immigration scam which was suspected to be masterminded by Marleny Castellanos, aided by her husband Alfredo Marcos, both Guatemalan nationals residing in Belize. Over all, about a hundred residents from Caye Caulker and other areas obtained documents for residency and nationality under the scheme. The first […]
Written on October 28, 2014 | Posted in
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On Monday, a team of police officers on mobile patrol in the area of the Novelo’s Bus Terminal in Belize City set chase behind a group of men who had just exited a bus. Three of the men made good their escape, but police caught up with one. He turned out to be a former […]
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Danny Cononquie was executed at the Caracol Archaeological Site on September twenty-fourth. His murder sparked national outrage because it is believed that he was killed by Guatemalan encroachers; and then a memo from Assistant Superintendent of Police Diane Hall, written in January, had foretold that security was anaemic at best and that the lives of […]
Written on October 28, 2014 | Posted in
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The Caracol Archeological Site reopened on Monday, and for the tour guides and tourists who visited, it was business as usual. The tour guides have not told their guests about the murder of Special Constable Danny Conorquie. They say it’s not part of their spiel. But that doesn’t mean that Conorquie has been forgotten. On […]
Written on October 28, 2014 | Posted in
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Over the weekend, a sixty-four year old mother and daughter were accosted in broad daylight by two men on Albert Street West, near the Anglican Cathedral College. One held up the daughter at knife point and took her bag with all its contents. Police report they have arrested nineteen year old Khalil Heusner of Berkley […]
Written on October 28, 2014 | Posted in
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Twenty-eight year old Yanie Cu was badly injured when a vehicle being driven by Deputy Commissioner of Police Miguel Segura slammed into his taxi on August sixteenth. Today, he cannot walk, his hip is crushed and his arm is held together by metal pins. His family is forced to beg for financial assistance to care […]
Written on October 28, 2014 | Posted in
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For months, we’ve been reporting on the impasse in the sugar industry between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and the American Sugar Refinery. Both sides have been unable to reach any agreement on prices for bagasse and other hurdles. While the past season was delayed, sugar production targets were met, but another season is […]
Written on October 28, 2014 | Posted in
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Four days ago, the European Union agreed on targets to protect the changing climate. The principal target was a pledge to reduce emissions by at least forty percent by 2030. The EU is the first major global emitter to reach agreement in advance of the United Nations climate meeting in Paris at the end of […]
Written on October 28, 2014 | Posted in
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The National Institute of Culture and History, NICH, has released information on the upcoming events which will culminate on Saturday with the funeral of Paranda legend Paul Nabor in Punta Gorda Town. Activities are set to commence on Friday afternoon at two o’clock with a procession from the morgue at the PG Hospital to his […]
Written on October 28, 2014 | Posted in
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Thirteen days ago, reputed gang leader Roger Anthony, bolstered by the Gang Suppression Unit chief, Mark Flowers, gave a televised statement renouncing gang life, in this case the Ghost Town Crips. It was a big announcement because Anthony was claiming that he was involved with the gang for about twenty six years and that he […]
Written on October 27, 2014 | Posted in
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The largest archaeological site in Belize was reopened this morning. Caracol was closed down by National Institute of Culture and History on September twenty-fifth after Special Constable Danny Conorquie was ambushed and executed by Guatemalans who then fled across the border. His brazen execution at the main site, and the real danger to tourists who […]
Written on October 27, 2014 | Posted in
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The Caracol Archaeological site is located approximately fifty miles from Georgeville in the Cayo District. But due to the condition of the road, the journey can take anywhere from two to three hours. Small vehicles cannot make the trip, and in many spots even four wheel drive vehicles are forced to slow to a crawl […]
Written on October 27, 2014 | Posted in
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Steven Buckley was wounded by police back on April twenty-eight 2010. Buckley was hit in the head by multiple pellets fired from a service weapon. The construction worker and two other persons were shot by police while they were in a dodge van on Kraal Road. The shot from a sixteen-gauge shotgun left pellet wounds […]
Written on October 27, 2014 | Posted in
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Millions upon millions of dollars are being spent on infrastructure works in the city. One such project is ongoing at Chetumal Street where a bridge is under construction and nearing completion. The Chetumal Street Bridge will flow to Independence Boulevard and connect to the George Price at Fabers Road Extension. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. […]
Written on October 27, 2014 | Posted in
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The case against Titans International Services Limited came up again in the Supreme Court this coming. The Financial Intelligence Unit wants to freeze assets of various persons and companies linked to an alleged billion dollar securities tax fraud case. The case is being heard by the Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin. Six persons from four different […]
Written on October 27, 2014 | Posted in
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A Ladyville resident who went on a spending spree at someone else’s expense, was before the court today. Ron Haylock reportedly found John Hun’s visa credit card sometime between October twelfth and nineteenth and made numerous charges on it before he was caught. Earlier today in the courtroom of Magistrate Dale Cayetano, he was charged […]
Written on October 27, 2014 | Posted in
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In the capital, a juvenile is claiming that she has been sexually abused by her own brother for three years. The minor made the report to the police on Friday afternoon in the presence of her mother. According to the underage girl, the abuse started in 2011 and continued up until sixteenth October. It is […]
Written on October 27, 2014 | Posted in
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There were a number of robberies committed over the weekend which kept the Police Department on their toes. On Saturday, a sixty-four year old Belize City mother and her daughter were attacked in the area of the Anglican Cathedral College on Albert Street West just after three o’clock in the afternoon. Two men pounced on […]
Written on October 27, 2014 | Posted in
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James Bus Line has been providing public transportation services to the country for the past thirty-three years. But tonight, the southern bus company is going high-tech. Commuters on the express line can now enjoy internet service free of charge, at least for now. The wi-fi services will be available to passengers when they travel from […]
Written on October 27, 2014 | Posted in
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