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An international heavyweight bout featuring Mexican boxers Fres Oquendo and Pablo Gibran is scheduled for Friday night in San Ignacio. The much advertised event is being coordinated by the Belize Boxing Development Council, an organization that is unaffiliated with the Belize Boxing Federation. Despite public enthusiasm, BBF President Moses Sulph is coming out strongly against […]
Written on September 24, 2015 | Posted in
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The Belize Boxing Federation is the recipient of a major donation from the Belize Olympic Association. Today, the organization received several thousand dollars in equipment, including gloves and title belts. The contribution, says Sulph, will be used to develop the sport across the country. As for the belts, they will be up for grabs in […]
Written on September 24, 2015 | Posted in
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There was another shooting in the city on Wednesday night, and with it come concerns that violence in the old capital is flaring up. It’s a valid concern because it doesn’t take much of a spark to set violence in the city’s hotspots blazing. But Regional Commander for Eastern Division South, Senior Superintendent Chester Williams […]
Written on September 24, 2015 | Posted in
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Most of the violence in the city has been linked to gang rivalries. Strictly speaking gang affiliation is illegal, but gang members apparently haven’t gotten the memo. Williams told us that it’s an ongoing effort by the Police to keep gangs on their own turf, and it’s a battle that the Police are slowly, but […]
Written on September 24, 2015 | Posted in
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During his Independence address on Monday, the Prime Minister touched on various issues, but few as important as citizen security crime. Where that critical component is concerned, the news is that Government will now start to benefit from the disbursement of the long anticipated thirty million dollar CABEI loan. That will see the BDF getting […]
Written on September 24, 2015 | Posted in
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Back to the shooting on Wednesday night, eighteen-year-old Triston Popper remains in a stable condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, following an attempt on his life in the wee hours this morning. Shortly after midnight, while Popper was socializing with a group of friends at a residence on Pickstock Street, he was called by […]
Written on September 24, 2015 | Posted in
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A Salvadoran woman, who is the mother of two young boys, is serving her first night of a six-month sentence imposed upon her by Magistrate Ladonna John this morning. On Tuesday Lourdes Yohannah Quixote was arraigned on a single charge of Harm upon Nora Murrillo stemming from a fight which occurred on September nineteenth 2015 […]
Written on September 24, 2015 | Posted in
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Today, a pair of relatives was arraigned for a shooting at the house of Brian Davis, a Sand hill resident, on Monday, September fourteenth, 2015. A youth, who turns eighteen on October first, along with his uncle, twenty-nine year old Raymond Dominguez were taken to court before Magistrate Ladonna John and jointly charged with Aggravated […]
Written on September 24, 2015 | Posted in
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Caribbean Wellness Week is being celebrated under the theme: Healthy Lifestyle, Healthy Aging. Several activities have been scheduled for this week to encourage Belizeans to adopt healthy lifestyle changes. Today, I visited the Wellness Open Day organized by the Ministry of Health and its partners to get some advice on the importance and tips of […]
Written on September 24, 2015 | Posted in
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A registered sex offender from California, who is now living in the Lake Independence area of Belize, is still walking around free despite heinous allegations being made against him in the United States. The forty-three year old is from San Diego, California, but it is not known when he entered the country or how long […]
Written on September 23, 2015 | Posted in
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There are reports that the parents of the child have asked that no charges be brought in the matter, for whatever reason, but that is unconfirmed at this time. According to Williams, even if that is so, the perpetrator would still be arrested and charged. If and until criminal charges are laid, the alleged predator […]
Written on September 23, 2015 | Posted in
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Any news about police breaking down doors and barging into peoples’ homes unannounced would practically be a non-story – not because it is right, but because it is basically an everyday occurrence. Evadne Scott, who lives on Raccoon Street Extension isn’t prepared to just accept that and move on. She claims that over the weekend […]
Written on September 23, 2015 | Posted in
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Scott took to the airwaves, and her story caught the attention of Commander of Eastern Division South Chester Williams. Williams today told us that Scott has gotten her apology, and officers have reportedly been told to exercise more care and discretion. Sr. Supt. Chester Williams, Regional Commander, Eastern Division South “I had visited the […]
Written on September 23, 2015 | Posted in
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A family of four, including a physically challenged father, escaped serious injuries this morning when their elevated home on Electric Avenue in Belize City suddenly collapsed. Joany Smith, her two kids and her husband were all fast asleep when sometime before five a.m., the uprights supporting their wooden house gave way. According to Smith, they […]
Written on September 23, 2015 | Posted in
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Tonight there is little progress in the tragic death of twenty-nine year old Nolberta Sanchez. The mother of four died at the K.H.M.H. after giving birth to a healthy child and then undergoing what the family claims was a hopelessly botched hysterectomy at the Western Regional Hospital. Last week, the Ministry of Health brought in […]
Written on September 23, 2015 | Posted in
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On September third, an elderly woman was struck by a motorist while walking along the Phillip Goldson Highway near mile two. Maria Dolores Castro was severely injured during the accident, breaking both an arm and a leg as a result. Since then she has been admitted to ward at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital and […]
Written on September 23, 2015 | Posted in
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Security guard Frank Baldaramos passed away last week, and he is scheduled to be laid to rest today. But there’s a big problem. His family says that they don’t have the money to cremate him, since they were depending on the normal fifteen hundred dollar burial grant from Social Security. They say that the S.S.B. […]
Written on September 23, 2015 | Posted in
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On Independence Day, there was a shooting in the city that left twenty-two year old Otis Anthony Gladden hospitalized. After seven p.m., the Racecourse resident was shot to both his legs as he rode on bicycle on West Canal. While authorities have been unable to determine who made an attempt on the life of the […]
Written on September 23, 2015 | Posted in
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Negotiations between the Christian Workers Union and the local management of the soon-to-be dissolved First Caribbean International Bank are set to commence on September twenty-eighth. In a lengthy, mediated session on Tuesday evening, both parties agreed to maintain confidentiality over details of those discussions. At the heart of those talks is the financial wellbeing of […]
Written on September 23, 2015 | Posted in
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A tour guide is out on bail after being accused of assaulting a tourism police back in July. Thirty-eight year old Louigie Turton, of the Ladyville area appeared in court this morning and was arraigned for four criminal offenses upon tourism police officer Rupert Leslie. The charges are for Aggravated Assault, Using Indecent and Threatening […]
Written on September 23, 2015 | Posted in
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The Green Machine rolled into the F.F.B. Stadium in Belmopan last night taking on the visiting Panamanian team, San Francisco FC. And after a trouncing in Queretaro, Mexico last week, Verdes FC stepped up their game in the CONCACAF Scotiabank Champions League. After neutralizing the first goal by San Francisco, Verdes’s super striker Deon McCauley, […]
Written on September 23, 2015 | Posted in
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If you are a fan of boxing, there is a treat for you this weekend. The Belize Boxing Development Council of San Ignacio is hosting a boxing tournament this Friday at the Victor Galvez Stadium in the west. The event will feature some eleven matches between amateur athletes from Belize and professional bouts between athletes […]
Written on September 23, 2015 | Posted in
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The police department has been on meet and greet initiatives for some time now and today Eastern Division South and North officers were out in the community meeting with residents in an effort to address crime. While officers were in Apollo Street, Urban Avenue, Beltex Avenue, and surrounding areas of Belama, across the bridge, on […]
Written on September 23, 2015 | Posted in
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Embattled administrator Policarpia Pech remains principal of Faith Nazarene Primary School tonight after the Teaching Services Commission turned down a proposal to grant her long leave before being transferred from the institution. The application came at the end of three weeks of dispute between teachers, parents and the headmistress. While members of staff have criticized […]
Written on September 23, 2015 | Posted in
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The Belize Hospital Symposium 2015 commenced today at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City. The event is the first of its kind in the jewel and was organized by Sagicor and Diversified Life Solutions (Belize) Limited. The two-day conference seeks to bring medical professionals, insurance agents and other stakeholders to the discussion table to look […]
Written on September 23, 2015 | Posted in
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