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On Tuesday, Guatemala announced that they have withdrawn diplomatic immunity from eleven officials who have investigated alleged corruption, including cases involving the son and brother of President Jimmy Morales. Morales ordered his Foreign Affairs Ministry not to renew the visas and diplomatic clearances of the eleven investigators assigned to the International Commission Against Impunity in […]
Written on December 21, 2018 | Posted in
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President Morales is accusing the CICIG of violating the presumption of innocence of those it has investigated. By refusing to renew its mandate earlier this year, the president effectively gave CICIG until the end of its current term in September 2019 to wind down operations and leave the country. His government later declared Commission Chief […]
Written on December 21, 2018 | Posted in
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The Christmas season for the family of Marjorie Carter just got a lot better. This morning, the Belize City resident cheerfully picked up ten thousand dollars worth of prizes from the Courts store where she has been shopping for some time. Carter says she will assist her family with some of the goodies won at […]
Written on December 21, 2018 | Posted in
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This morning, Welcome Resource Center held its annual Christmas party for its many guests. The partygoers included the homeless, the mentally ill, as well as the elderly. This year, the center is going an extra mile and will be treating its clients to a full meal on Christmas Day, including the traditional turkey dinner. Today, […]
Written on December 21, 2018 | Posted in
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Kendis Gibson is one of the Belizeans who have moved up the ranks in U.S. networks. This morning, the forty-year-old announced to his viewers that he is leaving ABC World News Now as its anchor. Gibson’s final show, after three long years of sleepless nights, included a segment filmed at Naia in Placencia. Gibson also […]
Written on December 21, 2018 | Posted in
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On November second, PC Osbourne Martinez was murdered in the line of duty in Belize City when robbers shot at him on Regent Street West. This morning, in southern Belize, another cop was shot and killed. Police Constable Modesto Cucul was ambushed inside his vehicle a mile from the San Antonio and Crique Jute junction […]
Written on December 20, 2018 | Posted in
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Another futile attempt at locating the remains of twenty-three-year-old Anisha Young, despite investigators following all leads forwarded to the C.I.B. office in Belize City. On Wednesday, officers combed an area in northern Belize District where they were told her body may have been buried. That effort, after raking through a swath of land, was fruitless. […]
Written on December 20, 2018 | Posted in
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There is also very little progress to report on the disappearance of Ivor “Iverson” Neal. The whereabouts of the KBH security guard is unknown since he was last seen a little over a week ago, near the outskirts of Belmopan. Speculation is widespread and the family of the missing twenty-three-year-old has its own theory as […]
Written on December 20, 2018 | Posted in
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Fifty-three-year-old Benson Jerry Butler is also missing. The resident of West Lake Area of Western Paradise Village left home en route to Belize City to run some errands around eight on the morning of December second and has not been seen or heard from since. The family says that this is the first time Butler […]
Written on December 20, 2018 | Posted in
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There are at least seven other persons reported as missing across the country. In respect of an ostensible increase, the police department has come forward to inform the public that a report can be filed at any time, without having to wait for a forty-eight-hour period to elapse before doing so. ASP Alejandro Cowo, […]
Written on December 20, 2018 | Posted in
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Golden Tree Hotel on Coney Drive, a popular getaway in Belize City, has been shut down by the Belize Tourism Board. Officials from B.T.B., accompanied by officers from the police department, visited the location earlier and proceeded to halt its operations. The closure of the business comes after its proprietors recently invested substantially in expanding […]
Written on December 20, 2018 | Posted in
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In the months before Guatemala’s referendum in April this year, a number of non-governmental agencies took the lead in a “YES” vote campaign. One private sector group, however, had to seek legal opinion for them to be allowed to campaign for a “YES” vote. This is because of the laws in Guatemala. Earlier this week, […]
Written on December 20, 2018 | Posted in
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The cost of living dipped marginally in November, as consumers prices went down by point zero two percent. That’s according to the Statistical Institute of Belize which has released the Consumer Price Index for last month. The average Belizean household saw a slight decrease in the cost of regularly purchased goods and services. While the […]
Written on December 20, 2018 | Posted in
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Attorney Andrew Bennett was back before the lower court today where he is presently fighting an extradition request by the U.S. government. It is alleged that the lawyer participated in a scheme where local high-level bankers and politicians were purportedly setting up money laundering businesses on behalf of drug trafficking organizations. The ill-gotten monies, it […]
Written on December 20, 2018 | Posted in
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Today police gave the official report on the accident that claimed the life of one of their own, twenty-seven-year-old Police Constable Kenyon Pandy. Pandy is the first officer to perish this week. The accident happened just after two-thirty on Tuesday afternoon near the dump in Toledo. Police say WPC Chenyque Zuniga suffered a dislocated shoulder, […]
Written on December 20, 2018 | Posted in
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Good Samaritan Marcus Ack was driving his vehicle when he stopped and picked up a man whom he recognized. That hitchhiker turned around and stabbed Ack to death. Police have since identified the man as twenty-six-year-old Hubert Junior Taylor of Dangriga, who was charged with murder on Wednesday. According to Police, Ack was driving to […]
Written on December 20, 2018 | Posted in
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A Benque Viejo resident is luckily to be alive after he was shot four times to the body and head on Tuesday night. Roberto Galvez was ambushed as he returned home on a motorcycle. Today police said some seven expended shells were recovered from the scene and they are following several leads. The forty-five-year-old victim […]
Written on December 20, 2018 | Posted in
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With Christmas around the corner, criminals are on the loose. At around six-forty-five on Wednesday night, robbers who were not wearing masks held up a man at a gas depot in Ranchito Village, Corozal. The two thieves got away with an assortment of personal belongings from the watchman at the property. Police share the details […]
Written on December 20, 2018 | Posted in
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Another robbery took place in Lord’s Bank and the victim is a female resident. According to the victim, she was walking along with a family member when she came under attack by a robber. Her purse and other personal belongings were stolen by the thief who fled the scene. Police say they don’t have an […]
Written on December 20, 2018 | Posted in
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Social partner senators Mark Lizarraga and Osmany Salas have written a letter to Fisheries Administrator Beverly Wade, demanding an immediate moratorium on the issuance of permits for the use of gillnets in Belize’s waters, with a view to completely phase out the use of gillnets. In the letter, the senators tell Wade that they were […]
Written on December 20, 2018 | Posted in
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The Belize Federation of Fishers was also booted from the Turneffe Atoll Sustainability Association Board and, according to Nigel Martinez; it was because they were asking the right questions. The Turneffe Atoll Sustainability Association or TASA is a non-governmental organization. TASA should be free of any government influence, but the B.F.F. is expressing concerns over […]
Written on December 20, 2018 | Posted in
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The Belize Federation of Fishers has been very vocal regarding several developments in the fishing industry. When the B.F.F. first called out the Gillnet Task Force for not carrying out its responsibilities, another group, the Belize Fishermen Cooperative Association, came out swinging saying that the B.F.F. should not be making such assertions because it does […]
Written on December 20, 2018 | Posted in
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Hundreds of Belize City youths have received some sort of professional training by the Light and Peace Basketball Foundation. The foundation, for more than a decade, has been hosting basketball tournaments with the aim of developing the sport in the country as well as the players. The foundation under the leadership of Roscoe Rhys and […]
Written on December 20, 2018 | Posted in
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It is the time of the year when families are looking forward for the traditional Christmas meal: ham, turkey and the trimmings. Even if your meal doesn’t include the bird, it will be a success if it includes ham. The following story is not a recipe; it is about where you can purchase an affordable […]
Written on December 20, 2018 | Posted in
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The Salvation Army’s Christmas programme started with the yearly Kettle Appeal. Earlier this month, the organization hosted a party for deserving children in the city. Today, they topped it off. At different venues, families lined up and received a hamper of goodies to make sure their dinner tables are filled with a scrumptious lunch. News […]
Written on December 20, 2018 | Posted in
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