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The conference this morning, attended by many students and observers, included a distinguished panel of speakers who made the connection between the revered document signed eight hundred years ago and constitutional rights in Belize today. Bradley says discussions like this are critical to hold policy-makers accountable and in check, and he referred to the infamous […]
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A release from the Belize Tourism Board says that American Airlines will be adding additional flights to and from Belize. Starting later this year on June six, travelers will be able to enjoy direct flights between Belize and Los Angeles on Saturdays and Sundays. And from new flights to awards for the tourism industry. To […]
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Dennis Gabourel, the businessman who was accused back in 2003 of raping a nurse then beating her up after he pursued her to her home, was today sentenced by Justice Troadio John Gonzalez. In mitigation, his attorney Simeon Sampson pointed out that the judge has the discretion to refrain from imposing jail time and that […]
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A Laboratory Technician was before the court to answer to a single charge of sexual assault. Forty seven year old Albert Genitty was escorted in court in hand cuffs and appeared before Magistrate Dale Cayetano. It is alleged that on January twenty-third, he intentionally touched the private parts of a woman without her consent. Before […]
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The sister of Leonard “Ghost” Myers, slain George Street boss, is missing. Amanda Usher, a fifteen year old girl from Berkeley Street is missing. On Wednesday, Elizabeth Welch reported to police that her daughter was last seen on Monday night when she went to bed shortly after seven thirty. Amanda, who is of Creole descent […]
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Earlier we told you about the seminar being held under the auspices of the University of the West Indies. The purpose of the day-long session is basically to determine how far we have come where constitutionally guaranteed rights are concerned. Especially where the imprisonment of Belizeans is concerned, speaker at the seminar Dickie Bradley says […]
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A Lord Bank’s family is tonight safe and comfortable in their new living quarters. That is because, working along with volunteers from the Hand and Hand Ministries, the Garcias were able to build a new house to replace their dilapidated quarters. The excitement of moving into the brand new building could hardly be contained. Andrea […]
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Salvation Army Primary School showed off this morning some shiny, new music instruments that they were able to purchase courtesy of Atlantic Bank International Limited. Among the musicals pieces from the donation were trumpets, baritones, tambourines and drums. It is the second installment of music instruments to the school; the first was procured last year. […]
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In late November, the Getaway Youth Center was officially opened at the Gwen Lizarraga Compound in Belize City. The initiative is aimed at assisting youths to safely develop skills to reintegrate into society an live productive lives. This morning, another component of the Community Action for Public Safety Project was launched at the Youth Hostel […]
Mega Belizean Punta Rock Artist, Supa G, is going “mad” with his latest track, “Party Insane.” The song came on the scene last year when Bowen and Bowen promoted the 2014 Sir Barry Bowen Belikin Bash. That commercial was shot by Island Films out of San Pedro and today at the Blue Room of the […]
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Breaking a bad habit is hard; equally difficult is creating a new habit. Once habits become automatic it feels like we’re just wired to do the things we do. While, there is some truth to that it doesn’t mean that it is impossible to change. But how true is it that it only takes twenty-one […]
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This afternoon, the National Executive of the People’s United Party met to discuss the unpleasant and very serious allegations being made against Orange Walk East Area Representative Dr. Marco Tulio Mendez. The Party faces a very real moral and political dilemma. On one hand, Mendez is allegedly accused by his estranged wife of a very […]
Fonseca said he would not go so far as to say what exactly the party will do in the event that criminal charges are brought against Doctor Mendez. He stated that it would be premature and irresponsible to comment now because of the very nature of the allegations and its impact on all concerned. As […]
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Dangerous prisoner turn escapee Emmanuel Willoughby is a fugitive no longer. He is currently under Police guard at the K.H.M.H. after he was shot twice during his apprehension by Police on Tuesday. Willoughby escaped from the Belize Central Prison in December by sawing through his cell door, and since then has allegedly been on a […]
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So why did Emmanuel Willoughby leave Cayo and come to Belize City? It could be because Cayo Police had launched an intensive manhunt for him. Today, News Five spoke to Deputy Commander of Cayo Inspector Reymundo Reyes. He told us on Monday a resident went to dump garbage in the Kontiki area, and that’s when […]
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One hour and a half after the shooting of Willoughby, shots rang out once again…this time on Fairweather Street on South Side Belize City. Just after nine p.m., an attempt was made on the life of notorious street figure thirty-six year old Jason Williams, just a stone’s throw away from where he lives on Supal […]
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There is growing concern tonight over the safety of primary school students. In the past few days, there have been reports of alleged attempts at kidnapping in Belmopan and Corozal. But in Orange Walk Town, two students came under serious threat and the school is taking every precaution to avert any reoccurrence. The incidents are […]
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In a separate incident in the north, which may have some bearing to the incident in Orange Walk, Corozal police are looking for a man who tried to lure a young girl into a white Prado. The child was heading home from a shop when the man offered her money, but she became scared and […]
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A B.D.F. soldier is in remand at the Belize Central Prison after he was busted with an illegal weapon and ammunition. Eber Navarette was under surveillance in Benque, and when he headed east, authorities there informed their counterparts in Cayo. Cayo Police moved in and caught him with the goods. Via Phone: Insp. Reymundo […]
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The Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) today released the 2014 External Trade and Consumer Price Index stats which show that imports went up while exports went down. At December of last year, domestic exports totaled twenty-eight point six million dollars, which represents over a two million dollars drop from December 2013. Of Belize’s five major […]
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Just before noon today, a jury of two women and seven men stepped into the deliberating room to decide the fate of businessman, Dennis Gabourel who back in September 2003, was accused of first raping a nurse, then attacking her on the following day. The alleged rape is said to have occurred at a popular […]
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The trial of Nathanial Thomas Junior, who was accused of stabbing the boyfriend of his ex girlfriend, concluded today. Neighbors had to intervene to stop the domestic dispute and Thomas was charged initially with attempted murder, dangerous harm and use of deadly means of harm upon Ellis Ortiz, the new boyfriend of his ex. Today […]
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The following did not appear on the police report, but on Tuesday, January twenty-second, Police visited an area between miles seventeen and eighteen on the Humming Bird where they intercepted a Green Corolla Taxi heading in the direction to Belmopan. Police then conducted a search on four men who were inside the car, however nothing […]
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Which of Belize City’s medical facilities dumped hazardous medical waste on a heavily trafficked road in Ladyville? At this point nobody knows. All that is certain is that on Tuesday Ladyville Chairman Albert Magdaleno found mounds of needles, syringes and other medical items strewn all over Dawn Road in the community. To say that the […]
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In Jamaica, a trial is taking place in which former Professor Brendan Bain is challenging the University of the West Indies for wrongful dismissal. Bain was terminated after he gave expert witness statements in the trial against the Attorney General of Belize in which the Executive Director of UNIBAM challenged Section Fifty-Three of the Criminal […]
