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Tonight, one of two men accused of the murder of businessman Wendelin Reimer, who was shot and killed during a robbery at Eagle One Hardware in October 2011, is home free after being acquitted of the charge earlier this evening. Twenty-five-year-old Ernest Staine and twenty-nine-year-old Nicholas Swazo were jointly charged for the incident which occurred […]
Written on August 18, 2015 | Posted in
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Seventy percent of the population of SICA member countries identify crime as the main threat to sustainable human development and one of the biggest contributors is the trafficking of illegal small and light weapons influenced by the extensive legal and illegal market for such weapons. To control firearms trafficking and reducing violence with a firearm […]
Written on August 18, 2015 | Posted in
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On Sunday, Guatemalan military personnel attempted to turn back five Belizean vessels carrying members of an expedition led by the Belize Territorial Volunteers. The incident occurred in the early afternoon near the mouth of the Sarstoon River, an area known to be well within Belizean territory. Following a brief ceremony held on a sandbar in […]
The incident with the Guatemalan military occurred in the early afternoon…actually close to the end of the expedition to the Sarstoon. The morning was spent further north, where about one hundred and twenty-five men, women and children stood in knee-deep water off the coast to send a message to the governments of Guatemala and Belize. […]
Written on August 17, 2015 | Posted in
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The National Security Council release issued Sunday evening states that the O.A.S. confirmed that the vessels which transited Sarstoon Island did so from the north and the south. The NSC credits what it proudly boasts as its diplomatic safety net for protecting Belizeans from any major fallout from that, “no doubt inadvertent occurrence.” That bit […]
The National Security Council reiterates that, “assertion and maintenance of sovereignty over the Sarstoon Island and our half of the river is best left to the Belizean military and Belizean diplomats.” We wonder what the military and those diplomats are making of the Guatemalan version of the events on Sunday. As we showed you, there […]
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Just before three o’clock on Saturday morning, there was an all-out brawl near the entrance to the MCC Grounds across from the Ramada Belize City Princess. Four residents from the Lake Independence area: Mark Benguche, Austin Rowland, Eugene Arana and Joel Bishop were viciously attacked by a group of men, reportedly from the Supal Street […]
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Exactly twenty-four hours later, on Sunday morning, shots rang out at the corner of Mapp and Cran streets in the city. A seventeen-year-old was targeted by gunmen in a vehicle; he was hit to the left leg and taken to the K.H.M.H. for medical assistance. Regional Commander of the Eastern Division North, Assistant Commissioner Dezerie […]
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A scary home invasion took place on Sunday night around ten on the Boom Road near its junction with the George Price Highway. A family was inside their home when three men fully clothed and masked presented themselves as law enforcement officers and proceeded to rob the family when they let them inside their home. […]
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On Friday night, we showed you the fatal traffic accident that took two lives between miles six and seven on the Philip Goldson Highway, earlier that evening around five thirty. The victims have since been identified as thirty-year-old Shane Goff and fifty-two-year-old Alden Locke. According to police, a four door car driven at the time […]
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An accident in Scotland Halfmoon Village on Saturday night left several people nursing injuries. While no one was fatally injured at least eight people, including children, received cuts and bruises when two vehicles crashed around six-thirty that evening at the entrance of Scotland Halfmoon. Rural Regional Commander of Eastern Division says that the results of […]
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A terrible accident on Sunday evening on the Hummingbird Highway has left one child dead at the scene, another reportedly succumbing to injuries today, the driver missing and seven other persons badly hurt. It happened at around five thirty about two miles out of Belmopan, where a grey Mitsubishi Endeavour allegedly lost control and flipped […]
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The Rural Rapid Response Team was out in the Hattieville Area when they intercepted Daniel Meighan with an unlicensed firearm and cartridges. Police shared details of the discovery. Sr. Supt. Edward Broaster, Rural Regional Commander, Eastern Division “On Friday night where a young man, Daniel Meighan, thirty-two years, was intercepted by the Rural Rapid […]
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The People’s United Party gathered en masse in Big Falls on Sunday where the leadership of the country’s oldest political organization met with its rank and file. The southern leg of the tour comes one week after a national campaign was launched in San Ignacio Town and, by all accounts, it was generally well attended. […]
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While Smith attests to not having the means to shuttle supporters from his constituency to Toledo, he maintains that the true idea of public consultation is to have those in attendance from within the district speak openly and frankly on issues of concern to them. Dr. Francis Smith, Pickstock Standard Bearer, P.U.P. “I am […]
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Senior Counsel Gian Ghandi, a career public officer who has served extensively with the Government of Belize, passed away in Belmopan earlier today. Gandhi has had a long and distinguished occupation, having served for over thirty-seven years in various capacities, including Crown Counsel, Director of Public Prosecutions, Solicitor General, and most recently as Legal Counsel […]
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The National Song Competition 2015 took place this past Friday at the Memorial Park in Belize City. A total of two juniors, nine Belize Song seniors and seven Carnival song finalists took to the stage after several rounds of eliminations. The national titles were fiercely contested and there were some newcomers that rocked the stage, […]
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Verdes FC begins its sojourn into the 2015 CONCACAF Champions Tournament tomorrow, Tuesday, with a home stand against the Mexican professional team, Gallos Blancos de Queretero inside the F.F.B. Stadium at 8 p.m. Verdes is grouped with Queretero and San Francisco in a 3-team […]
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The Belize Territorial Volunteers are in full gear for this weekend’s Sarstoon Island trek and have received the blessings of Bishop Dorrick Wright. One person whose blessings they don’t have is Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington. He has gone on record to say that the BTV’s trek is an “imprudent act” and he maintained […]
The Belize Territorial Volunteers have formally requested the presence of the Belize National Coast Guard on their mission to Sarstoon Island this weekend. The call is for personnel from the naval service to be on hand to ensure that safety measures are in place before departing from Barranco Village on Sunday morning. According to organizer […]
Sunday’s expedition to Sarstoon Island will see a rather large civilian contingent representing various organizations, including the Northern Territorial Volunteers and COLA. The maritime leg of the journey, from Barranco to the southernmost tributary separating Belize and Guatemala, will be covered without the protection of the coast guard. Likewise, the trek to the remote location […]
Notwithstanding stern warnings from government and its military branches, the BTV will be heading to Sarstoon Island on Sunday morning. But before doing so, Northern Territorial Volunteer Orlando de la Fuente visited with Roman Catholic Bishop Dorick Wright to get his blessings on the trip to the suddenly very controversial and uncertain area of the […]
Written on August 14, 2015 | Posted in
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The usually reserved Roman Catholic Bishop also chose to speak on the Guatemalan claim on Belize which is obviously close to his heart. He told media personnel that as far as he is concerned, the ICJ may not be the way to go and Guatemala should really just leave Belize alone. He spoke in the […]
Written on August 14, 2015 | Posted in
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Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and current P.U.P. Senator Lisa Shoman announced on Thursday that she would be on the expedition to Sarstoon Island. That resulted in an immediate government release expressing consternation and accusing Shoman of a blatant political ploy. The release goes on to add that Shoman will be going on the trip […]
There was a double fatality this evening at around five-thirty p.m. near miles seven and a half on the Phillip Goldson Highway. A total of five persons were injured in the collision; two perished on the scene and the others have been rushed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. News Five spoke with Rural Regional […]
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