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Tonight, there are unconfirmed reports of a confrontation between a Police Patrol and Guatemalan nationals in the community of Calla Creek in western Belize. That altercation allegedly occurred when Police attempted to retrieve the body of a man they believe to be missing Guatemalan Rudy Leonel Salazar. On Sunday Police were called to the area […]
Written on October 23, 2014 | Posted in
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The long awaited inauguration of the Dangriga market was to be a happy occasion; after all, its completion was delayed for thirty months. Its construction became mired in controversy when it was revealed that kickbacks were being paid; as a result, five SIF employees lost their jobs and work on the market was slowed down. […]
Written on October 23, 2014 | Posted in
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Tonight, officials from the Ministry of Health are still anxiously awaiting the results of testing on four samples which were sent to Trinidad. The persons tested, all from the Las Flores area in Belmopan, have shown positive for Chikungunya using a rapid test, but that test is not considered absolute confirmation. Until there is some […]
Written on October 23, 2014 | Posted in
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There is new tonight out of Tampa, Florida where a former school teacher has pleaded guilty in the federal Court to enticing two minors for sex. Forty-nine year old David Wendel Thompson used social media, specifically Facebook, to lure the two underage girls to have sex with him for money. At the time, one was […]
Written on October 23, 2014 | Posted in
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A new measure put in place by local authorities in the wake of an Ebola scare a week ago forced the cancellation of Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas from calling on Belize on Wednesday. The new protocol, which includes a boarding party comprised of several government officials traveling out to the anchored vessel, caused […]
Written on October 23, 2014 | Posted in
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According to Andrade, the various cruise lines are now following a similar protocol as that being followed by Belize. Valdemar Andrade, Director of Cruise, B.T.B. “It comes in the tens of thousands of dollars when they have to do that. So we decided then what we would do is only board the public health […]
Written on October 23, 2014 | Posted in
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The area known as Rivera in Belmopan is one of the best creek-side recreation spots in the community – a perfect spot for swimming, hanging out, barbecues or just quality time with friends and family. But it’s also the perfect spot for breaking into vehicles while their owners are making use of the beautiful, tranquil […]
Written on October 23, 2014 | Posted in
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Belmopan Police are one step closer to solving the baffling case of government vehicles stolen in broad daylight and with complete disregard for scrutiny or security. This morning, the brazen thief tried to make off with a 2011 Toyota Hilux assigned to the Ministry of Archaeology, but his luck ran out. He was spotted leaving […]
Written on October 23, 2014 | Posted in
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Thirty-four year old mile-eight community resident, Angel Dorado, was slapped with additional jail time today after he was found guilty of wounding his next door neighbor, Paul McCord. Dorado’s trial concluded today before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment to run consecutively with a six month sentence he is […]
Written on October 23, 2014 | Posted in
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Three persons, a Guatemalan and two Cubans, were handed over to the Immigration Department earlier today after the Cubans were found in Belize illegally. The Guatemalan came into Belize legally and aided and abetted the two Cubans to enter Belize illegally through the banks of the Mopan River. The trio comprises of Cuban nationals, twenty-eight year […]
Written on October 23, 2014 | Posted in
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We reported on Tuesday night, that both the Fisheries Department and Belize Marketing and Development Corporation were hit by thieves that took off with office equipment and computers. And so was a business on Tuesday night. Representatives for the Business Development Associate for Asset Guard Management and Insurance agency located on Church Street, Belize City, […]
Written on October 23, 2014 | Posted in
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It took two and half years to complete, but the Dangriga market was finally officially opened for business this morning. The project has a price tag of one point eight million dollars, more than what it was projected to cost. And as we said earlier, the stench of corruption wafted through the project causing considerable […]
Written on October 23, 2014 | Posted in
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The Protected Areas Conservation Trust has been in existence for about twenty years, and in that time has disbursed over twenty million dollars to conservation entities and N.G.O.s in Belize. Today, a little over a million dollars was handed over to five organizations in three categories – small, medium and large grants. The ceremony was […]
Written on October 23, 2014 | Posted in
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We all know – even if we don’t practice the habit – that when we’re feeling under the weather or experiencing strange pains or symptoms; that it is advisable to go to a doctor. What we don’t think about is how important it is to visit a doctor even when we’re feeling perfectly fine. What […]
Written on October 23, 2014 | Posted in
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Facing the threat of the dread Ebola, the nation went on high alert, which is a polite way of saying we panicked. There’s no threat from that particular source any longer, but now there’s a new report that Chikungunya is here, specifically in one community in the City of Belmopan. Chikingunya, or CHIKV, doesn’t inspire […]
Written on October 22, 2014 | Posted in
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Dengue has been identified in certain communities across the country, and that is where the Vector Control Unit pumps its resources. Like in Las Flores, for example, the team collects information on positive dengue tests from private labs and from the Western Regional Hospital, and then targets those homes for spraying. They’ll end up visiting […]
Written on October 22, 2014 | Posted in
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We reported on Tuesday night that People’s United Party Cayo North Area Representative Joseph Mahmud will not be contesting his seat in the 2017 general elections. The announcement was made in a letter to party leader, Francis Fonseca, last week Monday. The news has subsequently sent shockwaves across the P.U.P. since the party feels it […]
Written on October 22, 2014 | Posted in
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Last Friday, U.S. Department of State’s Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that they are disappointed in Belize’s decision to turn down a request to have a lab technician and her husband airlifted from the Phillip Goldson International Airport to the United States. An appeal was made on Thursday for the woman, an […]
Written on October 22, 2014 | Posted in
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Along the western and southern borders for some time now, B.D.F. soldiers are deployed to deter encroachments, illegal logging and xaté harvesting, as well as gold panning and the cultivation of marijuana, primarily at the hands of Guatemalans. Since the execution of Danny Conorquie, Brigadier General David Jones of the B.D.F. says the force is […]
Written on October 22, 2014 | Posted in
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Following the Ebola scare last week, several measures were put in place before passengers of cruise ships are disembarked to come on land. The new protocols such as screening of passports are causing huge delays for cruise ships passengers who spend an average of eight hours in Belize. On some days, up to four ships […]
Written on October 22, 2014 | Posted in
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Belize International Services Limited, the parent company of the International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize and the International Business Companies Registry, won the first round of a protracted legal battle with the government of Belize in the Supreme Court a few weeks ago. On October first, Justice Shona Griffith ruled that BISL, prior to being […]
Written on October 22, 2014 | Posted in
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Among damages being sought is sixty million U.S. dollars, profits BISL claims it would have earned over the remainder of the seven-year contract. Senior Counsel Denys Barrow says that there is no basis in the arrival of that figure. Courtenay, on the other hand, asserts that experts have been hired to assess the quantum that […]
Written on October 22, 2014 | Posted in
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Under the Petrocaribe initiative, the government has gotten access to hundreds of millions of dollars from Venezuela – two hundred and twenty-eight million to be exact. That very concessionary loan from Venezuela, just like a grant to government back in 2007, wasn’t taken before the House of Representatives. In this instance, however, there has been […]
Written on October 22, 2014 | Posted in
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But with all that said…is there anything that can be done? According to Espat there are two options, and the National Executive of the P.U.P. has given the go ahead to explore one of them. Julius Espat, Deputy Leader, P.U.P. “There are two options that are really available to the people of Belize – […]
Written on October 22, 2014 | Posted in
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With the news that the health worker aboard the Carnival Magic had tested negative for Ebola, the threat to Belize was gone. But it was a wake-up call, sent home to G.O.B. by a public driven to the edge of panic last Thursday. All relevant authorities have been spurred into action, with focus on the […]
Written on October 22, 2014 | Posted in
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