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But even before Guatemala’s referendum on April fifteenth, questions were raised in a lawsuit in Guatemala’s Constitutional Court about the validity of the 2008 Special Agreement and 2015 amendment. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that the result of the Guatemalan referendum and Belize’s upcoming one are final and whatever the I.C.J. rules if […]
Written on April 27, 2018 | Posted in
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Fresh off the recent Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru, Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington and Peruvian Ambassador to Belize Jorge Roman Morey, based in El Salvador, signed a special friendship and cooperation agreement at the Belize City office of the ministry, the Edward Laing building. Ambassador Morey is in his final days in the […]
Written on April 27, 2018 | Posted in
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Belize was represented at the eighth Summit of the Americas by both Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington and Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte. This triennial meeting of members of the Organization of American States offers Belize the opportunity to network with fellow states on important issues, some of which Elrington outlined. Wilfred Elrington, Minister […]
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Nineteen-year-old Renesha Alvarez is behind bars tonight, charged with dangerous harm against her domestic partner, who is in a critical but stable condition at the hospital. Alvarez is accused of stabbing nineteen-year-old Herman Solis during an argument. She was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Sharon Frazer without legal representative and no plea was taken. On the […]
Written on April 27, 2018 | Posted in
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He is accused of a sensitive crime, but tonight, twenty-seven-year-old Ryan Neal is out on bail on a charge of unlawful sexual intercourse and grievous harm. Neal is accused of raping a fourteen-year-old schoolgirl on the third floor of a school building in Belize City earlier this month. Supreme Court Justice Colin Williams set bail […]
Written on April 27, 2018 | Posted in
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On Thursday, Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner held a press conference at City Hall to share with the media findings from a transition report that was commissioned upon the new administration taking office back in March. What was discovered was extravagant spending, as well as massive arrears racked up by the previous city council. Of […]
Written on April 27, 2018 | Posted in
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During the past two terms of the U.D.P. city council, large sums of money were borrowed for the construction of streets across the city. Those projects were funded with the proceeds of a municipal bonded that had been floated. The financial situation that the new administration has met, according to Mayor Wagner, will undoubtedly affect […]
Written on April 27, 2018 | Posted in
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Today, the Ministry of Agriculture officially opened a quarantine treatment arch at the Port of Belize in Belize City. The new arch is part of a wider effort done across ports of entry to prevent pests and invasive species from coming into the country; so vehicles and containers are sprayed. This is being done as […]
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Last November a project tackling official responses to gender based violence and trafficking in persons was launched. Supported by the U.S. Embassy through the Central American Regional Security Initiative, it will focus on six communities, Hattieville, Seine Bight, Hopkins, Independence, Roaring Creek and Teakettle, which were selected based on their vulnerability level and the incidences […]
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At this hour, an exhibition called “La Mirada de Chambi” is opening at the Mexican Institute in Belize City. It is a photography collection by Peruvian artist Martin Chambi which documents indigenous life in Peru. The showcase is being held to mark the visit of the Peruvian Ambassador to Belize Jorge Roman Morey. Hugo Juarez […]
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The “Diego y Frida” exhibition is on a tour across Belize. Last September, the exhibition opened at the Mexican Institute in Belize City and now it is in San Ignacio at the House of Culture. The photographs showcase the personal lives of two celebrated Mexican artists, muralist Diego Rivera and painter Frida Kahlo. Diego Sapien of […]
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For the past three weeks, Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner has been hinting at the gross wastage of public funds at City Hall, during the time of the previous city council. He refrained from divulging much information to the media, while a transition report was being compiled. What was found out in due course was […]
Written on April 26, 2018 | Posted in
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Perhaps equally as astounding was the processing of payment to one Belize City contractor in the immediate aftermath of the March seventh municipal elections. An invoice in the sum of almost sixty thousand dollars was prepared for Gilbert ‘Gilly’ Franklin on the day after the voting blowout, purportedly for material he had provided for the […]
Of particular interest is that the expenses incurred by the Public Relations Department, as well as the office responsible for parks and playgrounds, kept mounting annually, with little or no measurable outcome. The reward for the fleecing of the public purse, claims Mayor Wagner, was a four-year contract extension for City Administrator Candice Miller. […]
Written on April 26, 2018 | Posted in
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A twenty-seven-year-old customer service representative was ambushed and killed on Wednesday night in Belize City. Kemmar Edgar Wade was shot to the back of his head, rib cage, and left forearm. He was driving on Saint Jude Street when he came under fire by a gunman. Even as he bled, Wade made his way to […]
Written on April 26, 2018 | Posted in
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Businessman Oscar Rosado Senior was laid to rest today following funeral services in Belize City. But according to police, the hunt for his killers goes on. Three persons are sought in connection with the break-in at his construction store on Cemetery Road in which he was shot while coming to the aid of his wife, […]
Written on April 26, 2018 | Posted in
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Fifty-five-year-old Patrick Crossdale, a Jamaican national residing in the Monument Site area of Dangriga Town, was ambushed on his way home on Tuesday near the Gulisi Primary School. A single attacker came out from bushes and fired at him. Students attending the school had to be given the rest of the day off as a […]
Written on April 26, 2018 | Posted in
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The suspected drug plane that was found on the San Estevan/Progresso Road early on Tuesday morning has been removed and flown to the B.D.F. Air Wing across from the Phillip Goldson International Airport. A pilot, a Belizean American from Punta Gorda, was contracted to fly the twin engine Hawker Suddeley HS 125. Earlier today, the […]
Written on April 26, 2018 | Posted in
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Embattled City Administrator Candice Miller remains on suspension until early May when she is to return to office at City Hall. The revelations of extravagance under her watch makes for a less than favorable working relationship with Mayor Wagner, particularly in light of Miller’s actions during the transition period, prior to the swearing in of […]
Written on April 26, 2018 | Posted in
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Last Friday, the cost of the February tenth concert at B.T.L. Park, billed as a free entertainment event for the public, made headlines when it was disclosed that a whopping one hundred and thirty-three thousand dollars was spent on the anniversary celebration. The revelation was part of a review being conducted by the Belize City […]
Written on April 26, 2018 | Posted in
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Cycling has been big in the news this week as the upcoming elections for the Cycling Federation were announced to be postponed. Tonight, there is more news to report from the sport, but it’s nothing good. An elite Belizean cyclist is under provisional suspension tonight after his sample was found to be positive for recombinant […]
Written on April 26, 2018 | Posted in
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Nineteen-year-old Johnito Matus, one of three charged for burglary offenses, managed to hack his way out of the Corozal Police Station holding cell two weeks ago. Also going at large at the time were Austin Sutherland and Marvin Pec. Matus was re-captured in his native San Narciso on Tuesday and now faces additional charges, while […]
Written on April 26, 2018 | Posted in
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In January a trio of Mexican nationals, including a husband and wife, were arraigned in the courts for theft of tens of thousands of dollars from two of several Atlantic Bank ATM’s in four districts. But this week, twenty-six year old Belen Hernandez and thirty-one year old Lionel Rodriguez saw charges briefly dismissed by Corozal […]
Written on April 26, 2018 | Posted in
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A Roaring Creek businessman has been robbed of over seventeen thousand dollars. According to the owner of Westar Gas Station in Roaring Creek, fifty-six-year-old Nelson Gallardo, sometime between March twenty-ninth and April twentieth, as many as five personal signed Atlantic Bank cheques were missing from a cheque book used at the Western Union section of his business. […]
Written on April 26, 2018 | Posted in
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Two Belize City men, accused of robbery and wounding, were set free of the charges today after the complainant did not show up to the Magistrate’s Court. Twenty-six-year-old Matthew Smith, charged with robbery and wounding, and eighteen-year-old Dowellson Blair, charged with wounding, saw their charges dropped when Joshua Jones missed the court appearance. In November […]
Written on April 26, 2018 | Posted in
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