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Police have laid additional charges on twenty-four-year-old Jesus Enrique Muñoz of Orange Walk Town. Today, he was charged with manslaughter by negligence and causing death by careless conduct in connection with the accident that claimed the life of twenty-seven-year-old police constable Enid Tillett. Munoz was arraigned before the court and granted bail of five thousand […]
Written on January 15, 2018 | Posted in
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This morning, the Caribbean Court of Justice heard arguments in the matter of Sunshine Holdings—the company which acquired shares in Belize Telemedia Limited using a Social Security loan in 2005. Back in October, the highest court refused an application from the company, acquired by the Government of Belize from the B.T.L. Employees’ Trust headed by […]
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A woman was arrested and charged for obtaining a birth certificate under false pretense. Police say that on Friday in San Ignacio, Wendy Castro tried to use a birth certificate issued in error to obtain a social security card. According to Police, the S.S.B. branch in that jurisdiction called them and upon their investigation found […]
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And that is what the police had to say – but her husband tells a different story. We spoke with Gustavo Velasquez via phone and he told us that Wendy Castro was born in Belize and her birth certificate is legit and was obtained following all the requirements of the vital statistics unit. According to […]
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On Friday evening, a young woman was discovered dead in a room in Bella Vista Village in the south. Police officers visited the location and observed the body of twenty-one-year-old Joselin Dominguez lying on her bed. There were no signs of violence on the body and a postmortem scheduled for later this week will determine […]
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Police this morning announced an arrest in the murder of Leon Garcia, which occurred fourteen days ago. Around three-thirty on New Year’s morning, Garcia was fatally stabbed to the chest and abdomen while with a group of men on Barrack Road, where they were set upon by a large group. The accused is twenty-four-year-old Stephen […]
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A disturbing case of sexual assault was brought to the Magistrate’s Court this morning. The alleged victim is a two-year-old female child; the accused is a fifty-seven-year old man who insists he is innocent. Plumber Bernadott Reyes was read one count of sexual assault upon a child under the age of twelve by Chief Magistrate […]
Written on January 15, 2018 | Posted in
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
Written on January 15, 2018 | Posted in
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On Thursday afternoon, the Ahmad family, as well as members of the wider Muslim community in Belize, had an extensive sit-down with Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Elrington. He was accompanied by Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie, as well as several other ranking officers, including assistant commissioners Chester Williams and Joseph Myvett. The purpose of […]
Written on January 12, 2018 | Posted in
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Forty-nine-year-old Mark Pollard, a resident of Peter Seco Street, was reported missing in early July 2017. He has not been seen or heard from since he set out on a routine jog along the Phillip Goldson Highway near the Haulover Bridge. But is his mysterious disappearance the result of a family feud over willed property? […]
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According to Espat, he has the blessing of Pollard’s family to proceed with an independent investigation into the disappearance of their loved one. Whatever he is able to unearth from his probe is shared with the police department for officers to follow up on all leads. Jose Luis Espat, Concerned Citizen “I am not […]
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Following last week’s encounter between a team of Belizean youth basketballers and members of the Guatemalan Armed Forces, in which the latter tried but failed to stop them circling Sarstoon Island, it appears the Guatemalan army is up to its old tricks again. The GAF have made a habit of following any Belizean craft or […]
The Government of Belize is still in no apparent hurry to amend the 1992 Maritime Areas Act as called for by the Opposition, which introduced it when they were in government. To facilitate a potential settlement of the Guatemalan claim, the Act proposed to set aside territorial waters from Ranguana Caye to the Sarstoon River […]
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Five-time Mister Belize Rigoberto “Rigo” Vellos is finding out that politics is not like bodybuilding – it’s a dirty game. The People’s United Party candidate for mayor of Corozal Town is fighting back against allegations of misappropriation dating back to September of 2008. He was dismissed from his cashier’s job at the Social Security Board […]
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Stephen Buckley, the George Street resident who turned his misfortune into a six-figure windfall from the Government of Belize. He was shot in the face while on the way home from work in April of 2010 and received a partial compensation payment of one hundred thousand dollars […]
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Nineteen-year-old Ladyville resident Delroy Staine Junior is accused of stabbing twenty-three-year-old Javan Young of Ladyville on January second. Today, he appeared before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford, charged with attempted murder, grievous harm and use of deadly means of harm. Around seven-twenty-five in the evening, Young was walking from a shop in the village through a […]
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The notorious “B-E-T” – thirty-one year old Brandon Tillett – today made bail of ten thousand dollars granted in the Supreme Court, but on a different charge. On January third, Tillett was arraigned for aggravated assault against his former common-law partner in Burrell Boom village. Today, that charge was withdrawn before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford […]
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One of two men accused in the shooting of Tyrone Barcelona and Steve Finley last Saturday is out on bail, but the other remains on remand at the Central Prison. Twenty-one-year-old Jason Anderson is out on bail of ten thousand dollars after being arraigned on Tuesday on charges of attempted murder, use of deadly means […]
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In 2017 alone, up to forty manatees were reported killed as a result of collisions with boats. And only twelve days into the New Year, three manatees have already been killed. It is cause for concern and Sea to Shore Alliance, which champions the conservation and protection of the sea cows, is dead set on […]
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It is now illegal to explore for or exploit potential petroleum deposits in the maritime zone of Belize. Following the passage of the Petroleum Operations (Maritime Zone Moratorium) Act, 2017 in the House of Representatives on December eighth and the Senate five days later, the Governor General made the formal enactment on December twenty-ninth. The […]
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If you plan to fill your one-hundred pound gas tank tomorrow in Belize City then plan to fork out seven dollars more than what you have been paying. It will now cost you one hundred and four dollars to fill that one hundred pound cylinder. In a release issued by the Supplies Control Unit of […]
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Twenty-six-year-old Estevan Bol has turned his hobby into his full-time job. He had always been fascinated by fish, owned small fish aquariums and subsequently taught himself all there is to know about fish farming. Bol imports all kinds of fish for sale and has expanded his business to include more piscine[py-seen] related services. His hope […]
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Under extremely short notice on Tuesday night, the City Emergency Management Organization, CEMO, opened shelters to residents looking to secure themselves and their families against the approaching tsunami threat. This followed the seven point six magnitude earthquake off the Swan Islands of Honduras. While most shelters were taken from the standard hurricane list, the newly-built […]
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It has been two weeks since well-known barber Fareed Ahmad was shot and killed near his home in Hattieville. Despite the arrest and subsequent arraignment of a woman police constable on a single charge of murder, there are many unanswered questions that have left the Ahmad family discontent with the Belize Police Department. The committal […]
Written on January 11, 2018 | Posted in
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Lead investigator ACP Chester Williams, who is probing the case from within the Professional Standards Branch, says that he is content that there was no collusion on the part of other members of the Special Assignment Team in Ahmad’s murder. He corroborated that statement by informing the family that there is video footage showing Michelle […]
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