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Commissioner Chester Williams also responded to heavy criticism that has been thrown at him by members of his very own department. Those criticisms deal with a reported level of unfairness and favouritism linked to the police promotion exercise. Hundreds of officers who sat the exam in May failed. Only one hundred and ninety-four officers were […]
Written on July 29, 2019 | Posted in
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As part of the Police Department’s crime-fighting strategy, a curfew for children is currently in effect in Belize City. The decision was made in June after the city was gripped by a spike in major crimes, especially murders. According to ComPol Williams, some children continue to be on the streets during late hours; however, officers […]
Written on July 29, 2019 | Posted in
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The only gun violence reported in the city over the weekend involved twenty-three-year-old Jeffrey Gomez, who is lucky to be alive tonight. He was shot in his abdomen on Friday night while on T-Street in the Old Capital. Investigators say that two men approached Gomez and released a barrage of bullets in this direction. Originally […]
Written on July 29, 2019 | Posted in
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No one has been charged for the death of Allyson Major Junior. He was fatally shot in downtown Belize City on July sixteenth. It has been thirteen days since Major Junior died at the hands of cops. The victim was pursued by police officers and the chase ended at the foot of the Swing Bridge […]
Written on July 29, 2019 | Posted in
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Three men have been charged for firearm offenses. They are Kurt Morgan, Ernest Thompson, and Naim Sanchez. The trio was busted by San Ignacio police on Friday evening with a point thirty-eight revolver and five live rounds. The men were in a Toyota Corolla taxi when they were intercepted by police officers. During the interception, […]
Written on July 29, 2019 | Posted in
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Henry Palma is being accused of attempting to kill his own mother, Rosalie Palma, during an incident on Saturday at the Pickstock Hutment area in Belize City. This afternoon, the twenty-one-year-old was handcuffed and taken to the courtroom of Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser. Henry is believed to be suffering from a mental health condition and […]
Written on July 29, 2019 | Posted in
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Parliamentarians from both sides of the aisle agree on one thing; there is need to end hunger and malnutrition. To this end, Belize joins the rest of the world in finding ways to improve the health of the population. In Belize City, a parliamentary declaration was penned today to address the two issues confronting the […]
Written on July 29, 2019 | Posted in
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams today hosted the second All Senior Officers’ Conference at the Police Training Academy in Belmopan. Senior officers countrywide converged to discuss several serious issues that are affecting the department and ways to address them. Williams says that it is important for the senior officers to be familiar with the issues […]
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The Belmopan Bandits are once again headed to the Scotiabank CONCACAF League, a tournament it will be participating in for the third time in a row. Despite not having emerged victorious in previous outings, the team is poised to compete once again and called together the media this morning to announce that it has home […]
Written on July 29, 2019 | Posted in
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Aside from that bit of good news, the team also revealed its new jerseys heading into the competition. Douglas Grant, Executive Assistant, Belmopan Bandits “You know the Bandits go with the traditional red, white and black jerseys. Could I invite the young Jalen Budna and young also, but Honduran import Kevin Vicente, to step […]
Written on July 29, 2019 | Posted in
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Good evening, I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend in sports…]
Written on July 29, 2019 | Posted in
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North Ambergris Caye has been an area well-known for illicit activities, from wet drops to murders and drug trafficking. Narco-traffickers, in particular, have been operating there with general ease in the movement of cocaine, other drugs and weapons. Today, the Ministry of National Security opened a patrol base at Bacalar Chico in northern Ambergris to […]
Written on July 26, 2019 | Posted in
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National Security Minister John Saldivar says he was surprised when he was informed that Guatemalan Armed Forces continued to attempt to prevent Belizeans from traveling on the Sarstoon River. That is what happened on July twenty-third when Wil Maheia was escorting SATIIM representatives to Black Creek to investigate reports of illegal logging by Guatemalans in […]
Written on July 26, 2019 | Posted in
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The murder trial of William “Danny” Mason continued in the courtroom of Justice Antoinette Moore in the Belmopan Supreme Court. Mason and four other men, accused with the beheading of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas, are escorted in handcuffs to the court at every session. Today was no different as they arrived with heavy police escort. So […]
Written on July 26, 2019 | Posted in
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Can the citrus industry rebound? That’s the question we posed to officials of the Citrus Growers Association when we met for a one-on-one interview on Thursday. Hit by citrus greening, declining production and lack of financing, the industry in the south has been facing huge challenges. But there is some optimism as industry officials believe […]
Written on July 26, 2019 | Posted in
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There was a fatal road traffic accident along the Hummingbird Highway last evening between miles thirty-six and thirty-seven. The mishap involving a Ford Escape SUV happened shortly after six o’clock as forty-one-year-old Adar Awe, a sales representative of Orange Walk Town, and twenty-seven-year-old Dario Melendez of Trial Farm Village, Orange Walk District were traveling towards […]
Written on July 26, 2019 | Posted in
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On Thursday night, just after eight, a vendor’s van was destroyed by fire in Belize City. Fifty-eight-year-old Barrington Usher of Saint Matthews Village told police that he was driving the van on Chetumal Street when it burst into flames. Usher reported that he saw a police check-point ahead of him, but traffic was flowing slowly […]
Written on July 26, 2019 | Posted in
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Nine persons from Hattieville, Belize District were dragged to court this afternoon to be arraigned on a single count of possession of a controlled drugs, to wit, one thousand and seventy-four grams of cannabis. The drugs were found inside a pickup truck at the junction of the Coastal Road and the George Price Highway. Inside […]
Written on July 26, 2019 | Posted in
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While Christopher Hyde is free, he has a fine of five thousand dollars to pay for being the leader of a gang. Hyde, of a West Street address, claims he is the leader of the Rocky Road Bloods Gang in Belize City. But such charge can carry up to twenty-five thousand dollars so today Hyde […]
Written on July 26, 2019 | Posted in
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Thirty-six-year-old Allyson Major Junior will be laid to rest on Saturday in Belize City, while an investigation is yet to be concluded into the circumstances surrounding his shooting death at the hands of a team of police officers. Despite the tragedy that has befallen friends and family of the well-known athlete, the Caribbean Shores community […]
Written on July 26, 2019 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Labour and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) held a workshop today in Belize City to offer specialized training for labour officers in the areas of trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling. The training will equip the offices with skills that will help them to identify and interview persons who are being […]
Written on July 26, 2019 | Posted in
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Three Belizeans have received full scholarships awarded by the Statistical Institute of Belize in partnerships with the Inter-American Development Bank and the University of Belize. Scholarships for Bachelor’s degree in Statistics programme were awarded to Armando Shal, employed at the Ministry of Health and to Ronald Orellana, a recent graduate of the U.B.’s Associate’s degree […]
Written on July 26, 2019 | Posted in
Education |
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Today the Belize Police Department held its closing ceremony for its national annual cadet summer program. The programme, in its twenty-second consecutive year, saw the participation of almost two hundred cadets and forty-six instructors. The cadets, ages ten through to seventeen, were selected from across the country. They gathered in Ladyville where they participated in […]
Written on July 26, 2019 | Posted in
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An incident on the Sarstoon has prompted a reaction from the Government. An excursion led by Will Maheia transporting members of SATIIM, an N.G.O., was stopped in its tracks and prevented from traversing the river. The incident was videoed and the Guatemalan Armed Forces are seen and heard claiming ownership of the island and river. […]
Written on July 25, 2019 | Posted in
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In our continued coverage of one of the most heinous murders, we headed to the Belmopan Supreme Court where the notorious William “Danny” Mason and four other men are being tried for the beheading of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas. The pastor’s head was found in a bucket in the pan of a vehicle belonging to Mason; […]
Written on July 25, 2019 | Posted in
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