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Earlier in the year a female teacher at Muffle College High School in Orange Walk Town was asked to resign after nude pictures of her were circulated. The teacher resisted and the matter is expected to go before the courts. Today in the Senate, B.N.T.U. President Elena Smith brought up the issue, alleging that one […]
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During his budget presentation, Private Sector Senate Mark Lizarraga touched on Belize Telemedia Limited and Belize Electricity Limited, both companies nationalized by the government. Senator Lizarraga reminded the government of the glorious returns that was expected after the nationalization of B.T.L. He said that he has seen no record of any projects, prompting a response […]
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Police say two persons are detained and being questioned about the murder of twenty-two-year-old Jordan Lorenzo and the shooting of minor, Rakeem Cruz. The two Dangriga residents were inside a house around seven on Wednesday morning when two men went inside and fired multiple shots killing Lorenzo in the living room and injuring Cruz who […]
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On Wednesday we reported on the gruesome killing of U.B. Student Kevin Frutos. The twenty-six-year-old went missing on Friday and his body was discovered in a shallow grave around eight-thirty on Wednesday morning. He had been robbed and his throat slashed. According to police, the investigation has shed new light on Frutos’ last hours. He […]
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A Belize City man is in the hospital in a critical condition after he was shot inside his home on Pelican Street in Belize City on Wednesday night. Police say that sometime after nine, a man visited the house of thirty-eight-year-old Lawrence Simpson and called out his name. Simpson was inside with his family and […]
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Police say that they have charged two brothers for attempted murder in Orange Walk. The incident happened on Saturday, February twenty-third when the Diaz brothers entered a man’s property where they started an argument with him. During the dispute, one of the brothers chopped him up. Police say there is nothing to show if the […]
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Over a hundred students from the Bishop Martin High School staged an impromptu protest this morning as the situation at the high school continues to deteriorate. Four teachers, whose employment status was unclear and who carried a sit out from the beginning of the week, were sent home via a letter from the Board. When […]
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Four teachers, namely: Avid Briceño, Manuel Tzul, Emil Quetzal and Carmen Trejo were issued with letters from the Board asking them to leave the school compound immediately on Wednesday. According to board member, Suzannie Cajun, the ministry has indicated that the teachers were illegally hired because due process was not followed. To avoid sanctions, the […]
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On Wednesday we shared the good news that Holy Angels is getting some help. The school still needs more support to get things in order. And as you heard, the local catholic manager Rodolfo Garcia said it is not his responsibility. Well, today the Minister of Education debunked the priest’s claim. Minister Patrick Faber says […]
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As many as six persons died over the weekend in separate traffic accidents across the country. Police are preparing to charge two persons in respect of the couple that killed in Spanish Lookout. Irene and Abram Penner left seven children behind when their motorcycle was rear-ended by a van on route forty. The driver of […]
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Thieves wiped out a small business and then set it on fire in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Marta’s Snack Shop was located on the corner of Lacroix and Balan Streets in Belize City, but just after one p.m., the structure went up in flames. Police were able to detain several persons seen fleeing […]
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Small tour guides are ramping up their protest at the lack of jobs even though, the B.T.B. continues to report significant increases in tourist arrivals. Today at the ITVET Compound in Belize City, members of the Belize City Tourism Zone Tour Operators and Workers Association staged a press conference to share the plight of the […]
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A dispute over a woman led to bloodshed in Seine Bight on Tuesday. Police say that a couple was walking when they came under attack by a man. The perpetrator was reportedly jealous of the relationship and had a beef with the man. Placencia police were called out to the village. ACP Joseph Myvett says […]
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The Ministries of Education and Health say that they want to see more healthy meals in the schools across Belize. As a part of the initiative, a national menu for the school feeding programme was launched today in Belize City to ensure healthy eating for the students. The new menu will take into consideration portions […]
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UB President Clement Sankat, today issued a statement on the murder of business students, Kevin Frutos. The twenty-six-year-old from Bullet Tree was found along the George Price Boulevard in Belmopan with his throat slit. His family believes that he was robbed before being murdered callously. President Sankat described Frutos as a beloved member of the […]
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There are more questions than answers to the legal and financial troubles looming over Atlantic International Bank Limited. Reports reaching our news desk tonight are that AIBL is facing serious crisis in the offshore sector, following a civil suit filed in Michigan, United States and is allegedly facing voluntary liquidation. The signage at the headquarters […]
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Two men lost their lives in separate murders in the city and the Capital. Five days after he was reported missing, a Bullet Tree resident was found murdered and partially buried in some bushes off the George Price Boulevard in Belmopan. A post mortem conducted this afternoon on the body of twenty-six-year-old Kevin Frutos shows […]
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In the city, before seven o’clock this morning, a twenty-two-year-old was executed inside a house in the Gungulung area of Lake Independence. A gunman attacked Jordan Lorenzo while he was in deep slumber on a mattress. A minor, Rakeem Cruz was injured in the gunfire, but survived the gun violence. There is still no known […]
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A family says that something went terribly wrong at the Southern Regional Hospital’s morgue last week and it caused a lot of pain during the grieving of their loved one. Today, we spoke with Karen Lewis, who lives in the U.S.A., and she told us that her mother’s body was at the morgue for about […]
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A well-known snack shop that over the years blossomed into an integral feature of the community in the Lake Independence area of Belize City was destroyed by an overnight fire. A blaze quickly swept through Marta’s Snack Shop on Lacroix Boulevard and when residents got up this morning, only the rubble remained of the popular […]
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Today only forty-five students showed up at Holy Angels School in Pomona. Most of those students are from the standard-six class. Since parents demonstrated on Monday about the deplorable conditions of the school buildings, they have kept their children at home. We have heard from the students, parents, teachers and principal, but today, the Local […]
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And while those are the sentiments of the local manager, the team at Holy Angels has been galvanizing their own support. The school has been singlehandedly coordinating with Westrac, which will be restoring the old building to make three classrooms available. But while the old building is being rehabilitated, it means that the school will […]
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There has been a turn of events for the worst for four teachers at the Bishop Martin High School in Orange Walk, whose status for some time now remain undetermined. This afternoon, Avid Briceño, Manuel Tzul, Emil Quetzal and Carmen Trejo, their spokesperson, were asked to leave the school compound immediately. The request came via […]
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For several weeks, Caribbean Shores Area Representative Kareem Musa has been pushing for the introduction of a piece of legislation under the Private Members Bill that would consider the eligibility of Belizeans in the Diaspora to participate in the upcoming I.C.J. referendum, notwithstanding existing requirements. Late Tuesday night, during the final minutes of the budget […]
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Following the no vote for the Diaspora Bill, at around eleven o’clock on Tuesday night, Prime Minister Barrow closed off the exhaustive two-day debate of the 2019-2020 Budget. After responding to the criticisms from the Opposition, the PM continued to tout the budget, lauding government’s track record for improving the economy and the spending on […]
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