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Around eight o’clock on Wednesday night, a sinkhole was discovered in the middle of the pavement in Gardenia Village on the Phillip Goldson Highway. It posed a hazard to oncoming traffic from either direction on the highway, so Ladyville Police were immediately dispatched to the area where they set up cones to alert vehicles of […]
Written on November 24, 2016 | Posted in
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In Belize City and Belmopan today, the men and women of law enforcement were out in numbers as they went into several communities to carry out cleanup campaigns. In the Old Capital, officers from Eastern Division South joined forces with the Belize City Council to clear up overgrown lots on Raccoon Street Extension, while in […]
Written on November 24, 2016 | Posted in
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In the Garden City earlier today, Senior Superintendent Howell Gillett also led a team of police officers and inmates from the Belize Central Prison in a cleanup campaign that saw the cutting down of trees and the clearing of the central walkway in the Rivera area. The initiative was a collaborative effort between the Belize […]
Written on November 24, 2016 | Posted in
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On Friday and Saturday, Belize City, Orange Walk and Cayo will be entertained as dancers from across the country, as well as the U.S. and Mexico, will converge to put off one of the biggest dance shows in Belize. Dance X 2016 is being held under the theme Dance from the Soul and will feature […]
Written on November 24, 2016 | Posted in
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Six days have passed since five homes were burned down and demolished by suspected arsonists in Trio Village, Toledo. The incident appears to be linked to a land dispute involving over fifteen thousand acres of land located four miles outside of the community. So far, the company that claims the land has issued no statement […]
Written on November 23, 2016 | Posted in
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The meeting that the farmers wanted did not materialize because Cabinet was in session. Additionally, they found out that a letter written to the Prime Minister following the cease-and-desist letter sent by attorneys for the Greenwood Companies in September never made it to his desk. According to Francis Sanchez, now that a copy is there, […]
Written on November 23, 2016 | Posted in
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Since Monday night we’ve been telling you about the arson that destroyed five properties in Trio Village. The affected residents were trying to get a meeting with Government representatives on Tuesday but they were not successful. Seven families have suffered great loss and have reported that they are waiting for the National Emergency Management Organization […]
Written on November 23, 2016 | Posted in
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While NEMO Minister Edmond ‘Clear the Land’ Castro may not be fully abreast on the details of the arson in Trio, in his capacity as Minister of Transport he is quite versed on the public transportation landscape. He spoke with the media at length this morning, explaining the rate adjustments in bus fares across the […]
Written on November 23, 2016 | Posted in
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Bus fares for runs in the south, primarily from Dangriga to Independence, have been the most expensive. The recent readjustment has seen a significant decrease in the cost per ticket, much to the chagrin of bus operators. Edmond Castro, Minister of Transport “When you look at from Dangriga to Punta Gorda then it goes […]
It seems only Minister of Transport Edmond Castro didn’t get the memo or heard on the news that there was a shut out of local media from the grand Harvest Caye opening last week. Local media were reporting on Harvest Caye from the start and all through the controversies, including the steps it took to […]
Earlier this month, the results for the 2016 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations were released by the Ministry of Education and a whopping three hundred and sixty-six Belizean fourth form and sixth form students received distinction. While Edward P. Yorke High School had the record number of passes for CSEC […]
Written on November 23, 2016 | Posted in
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Thirty-one-year-old Lorenzo Smith Junior, an inmate at the Belize Central Prison, is accused of strangling his cellmate inside their lockup in October 2009. The incident at the Tango Ten facility involving Alonzo Ek, initially appeared to be a case of suicide. While there were no eyewitnesses, circumstantial evidence suggests that Smith may have been involved […]
Written on November 23, 2016 | Posted in
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Twenty-four-year-old Joseph O’Brien will serve an additional ten years in prison after being found guilty of a firearm offense. In April 2013, O’Brien was busted at the Lord Ridge Cemetery in possession of an empty firearm concealed inside a knee brace. According to Police Constable Derrick Reid, a team of officers was on mobile patrol […]
Written on November 23, 2016 | Posted in
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On Tuesday night, the U.S. Embassy held a candlelight ceremony as part of their activities to observe the Sixteen Days of Activism: unmasking the many faces of gender-based violence. The sixteen days kick off on Friday, November twenty-fifth and ends on December tenth. During that period, the Embassy and local partners, including the Women’s Department, […]
Written on November 23, 2016 | Posted in
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Over the last two months we have seen an increase in fires in the City. There have been deaths, injuries and significant loss of property and usually the first responders on the scene would be our firefighters. Now, it’s no secret that the National Fire Service has very old trucks and not the best equipment […]
Written on November 23, 2016 | Posted in
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A former U.S. president once said that the chief business of his country is business. There have been efforts down the years to move Belize to that credo, and the best place to start is at the University of Belize, whose students today displayed the fruits of a semester’s worth of work in marketing and […]
Written on November 23, 2016 | Posted in
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Attorneys for Cayo Representative Julius Espat and House Speaker Michael Peyrefitte today argued the merits of Espat’s purported suspension at the last sitting of the House back in August. Espat was to debate the Special Immigration Audit, but before that could happen, hell broke loose and he was removed from the chamber by the security […]
Written on November 22, 2016 | Posted in
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There is still no definitive timeline tonight for when teachers will receive the refund of their salaries for the eleven days they were out on strike last month. Despite a Supreme Court ruling in its favor on Monday, the Belize National Teachers Union remains uncertain when government will process and disburse the remainder of their […]
Written on November 22, 2016 | Posted in
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This morning, a contingent of villagers from Trio in the Toledo District tried to get an audience with Prime Minister Dean Barrow, but this is Cabinet Tuesday so he was not available. It concerns a suspicious fire five days ago, which destroyed four houses, with another demolished by hand, in the village. The Prime Minister’s […]
Written on November 22, 2016 | Posted in
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Every time Belizeans travel up the Sarstoon River, they are told by the Guatemalan Armed Forces to “Respecte el Protocolo.” But is there a protocol that Belizeans must follow to enter the Sarstoon River? On this side of the border, Belize Defense Force Commander, Brigadier General David Jones confirmed today that both countries have been […]
Written on November 22, 2016 | Posted in
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Recently, Foreign Affairs Minister Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington indicated that he has been unable to engage Guatemalan Foreign Affairs Minister, Carlos Raul Morales in any discussion. The breakdown in communication has been since the results of the international independent investigation into the shooting death of thirteen year old Julio Rene Alvarado Ruano exonerated the B.D.F. from […]
SATIIM co-manages the Sarstoon Temash National Park and according to them, they were intercepted by the GAF recently when they were on a patrol of the area. The N.G.O. says illegal activities have been ongoing inside the national park and along that area in the Sarstoon. These activities include illegal logging, hunting of endangered species […]
Written on November 22, 2016 | Posted in
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Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti over a month ago and the island is trying to rebuild. While hundreds of lives were lost, thousands were left homeless after the hurricane. The Caribbean region has rallied around Haiti and the relief has been going their way for the past couple weeks, but the damage and destruction were significant […]
Written on November 22, 2016 | Posted in
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Commuters, as well as some bus owners across the country are equally incensed, following a recent adjustment in bus fares which has since come into effect. In September, bus operators from the west proceeded to arbitrarily adjust the cost of tickets to and from certain destinations along their routes. The general complaint among operators was […]
What do Belizean businesses want most for Christmas, other than good sales? That would be an ease with taxes. In these hard times, every penny counts for businesses of all kinds. Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley has been a consistent proponent of trade license and ease of business reform, and today he had an update […]
Written on November 22, 2016 | Posted in
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