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A group of twenty students and their families gathered today at the Radisson Fort George Hotel in Belize City. The happy occasion was the award of the Belize Bank scholarships to deserving students based on their financial need as well as their academic performance. Ten received the scholarships including tuition, fees and a book grant […]
Written on July 17, 2018 | Posted in
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An airplane belonging to Tropic Air was flipped by gusty winds in Guatemala. Reports from Peten are that strong winds caused the plane, which was parked at the Mundo Maya International Airport, to overturn. The incident occurred late this evening. There are no reports of any injuries and the damages to the plane have not […]
Written on July 17, 2018 | Posted in
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Shaphan Domingo was only twenty years old when he was shot four times. One of the bullets hit his spine and left him paralyzed and eventually he lost both legs. For the past few years, he has been trying to get help to undergo surgeries for a chronic urinary tract infection as well as for […]
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Young children living at Liberty Home will be benefitting from a generous donation from K-Four, a U.S. based organization with roots in Belize. The facility provides a safe home for thirty-two children in an environment that is conducive to learning. This morning, Liberty received an inventory of footwear that is being distributed to the children […]
Written on July 17, 2018 | Posted in
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Momentum is building up for tonight’s KTV Remix which gets underway at eight-thirty tonight at the Bliss. Now, the show promises to be a nail-biter because this early in the season, there is a tie among two worthy singers who received the same number of votes. Both will be afforded the opportunity to survive and […]
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A law firm messenger was shot to the head on Friday evening on Saint Thomas Street in Belize City by a gunman who was monitoring his movements. The twenty-three-year-old was carrying an envelope with documents that turned out to be birth certificates when a gunman pounced on him. After Nyrere Parchue handed over the envelope, […]
Written on July 16, 2018 | Posted in
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A fire destroyed a part of the storage room at the Northern Fisherman Co-operative in Belize City over the weekend. The early morning fire was quickly contained from spreading to the rest of the building. At this time, investigators are not sure what exactly caused the blaze. They say that the area where the fire […]
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There was a report of a downed aircraft this morning in the vicinity of More Tomorrow in the Cayo District. On arrival at the scene of the crash, police discovered that it was a crop duster which was being used in the industrial spraying of rice fields in the area. According to Assistant Commissioner of […]
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Twenty-three-year-old Alberto Adelfonso lost his live on Sunday in a fatal road traffic accident along the Hummingbird Highway. The Dangriga resident was a riding a motorcycle and upon nearing miles twenty and twenty-one he collided into a commuter bus traveling in the opposite direction. The massive impact extensively damaged the motorbike and flung Adelfonso to […]
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A criminal investigation into the violent stabbing of Adrian Suarez remains ongoing even as his common-law wife has been released from detention. Police say their investigation led to a search of a home in San Pedro where the incident reportedly took place, but were unable to ascertain where he had been injured. Earlier today, an […]
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Belize City police have made an arrest in the robbery of Tony’s Store on Daly Street in late-June. A seventeen-year-old has been taken before the lower court after being busted several weeks after the incident. His accomplices, described by police as an adult and a minor, are also being sought in connection with the robbery. […]
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The Portofino Resort on north Ambergris Caye was burglarized in the early hours of Sunday morning by someone who broke into the main office and made off with a pair of safes. Inside the money box was sixteen thousand dollars in both U.S. and Belize currencies. According to thirty-one-year-old Raul Rodriguez, the thief also stole […]
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The anticipated elections at the Cycling Federation took place over the weekend. It was long overdue because of legal challenges over who qualified to run. That out of the way, the elections proceeded on Saturday at the University of the West Indies Open Campus in Belize City. Two hundred and sixty-sevens were qualified to vote, […]
Earlier this month, the Senate gave its nod to the appointment of the members of the Elections and Boundaries Commission as well as the new chair of the Integrity Commission. Attorney Deshawn Arzu takes over from attorney Marilyn Williams who has moved up as a Justice of the Supreme Court at the end of 2017. […]
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Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber confirmed two appointments within his ministries while at an event held today at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex in Belize City. Phillip Willoughby will be named to the board of the NICH. Last week, DPM Patrick Faber signed off on the appointment of board members including Willoughby and three others. […]
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The second appointment is also at NICH where there have been mounting concerns about the naming of Sapna Budhrani as the acting president even as she holds the position of Administrator for the National Institute of Culture and History. The complaints involved the lack of oversight since she holds dual positions. Minister Patrick Faber confirmed […]
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Immediately on his arrival today, the Taiwanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaushieh Joseph Wu was conferred with the Order of Distinction. Wu, who is in country on a two-day visit to Belize on the invitation of Minister Wilfred Elrington, received the distinction in recognition of the friendly relations between Belize and Taiwan. Both countries established […]
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A five-day training course on conflict resolution for police officers began today in Belize City. The training is part of the Impact Justice project, a regional initiative in the Caribbean funded by the Government of Canada. It aims to equip police offices with a set of skills which will allow them to successfully act as […]
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Belize recently received a two hundred and fifty thousand U.S.-dollar donation from the U.S. Government for its referendum campaign on taking Guatemala’s territorial claim to the International Court of Justice. The education campaign has been ongoing, but low-key. The Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington has put the cost of the campaign at eight million dollars, but […]
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Still on the issue of the referendum, Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington recently told the media that Belizeans have to be crazy if they vote NO in the I.C.J. referendum, scheduled for April tenth, 2019. Elrington immediately came under attack for the incendiary remarks. And while it is no secret that the government is pushing for […]
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Tensions rose quickly today in Buena Vista Village, Cayo as police officers were called out to remove a group of P.U.P. officials from under a shed at Buena Vista Government School. The school is being used as a re-registration center for the residents of the area but the village’s chairman, Juan de la Rosa, says […]
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Public and private sector representatives were recognized today for their contributions towards the removal of the Belize Barrier Reef from the UNESCO list of world heritage sites in danger. It took a little less than ten years for that to happen, but today, Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber and Minister Omar Figueroa singled out fifteen […]
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Tropic Air announced the resumption of its flights to Caye Caulker. In a statement today, President of the local airline John Grief the third said that “now that the renovations to the airstrip are nearing completion, we are happy to let the residents know that we are back and ready to fly more tourists to […]
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A twenty-five thousand-dollar cheque was this morning handed over to the National Secondary Schools Sports Association and the Belize Association of Principals of Secondary Schools. It is the first half of a fifty thousand-dollar contribution by the National Sports Council for the 2018 CODICADER Games to be held in September of this year in Panama. […]
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
Written on July 16, 2018 | Posted in
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