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Twenty-three million U.S. dollars – that’s how much Atlantic International Bank Limited has been ordered to cough up to settle charges filed in the U.S. district court by the Federal Trade Commission concerning the multi-million dollars real estate fraud known today as Sanctuary Belize. The judgment was handed down today after several settlement correspondences were […]
Written on September 24, 2019 | Posted in
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Julian Murillo, the Liquidator of A.I.B.L., also confirmed the settlement which will cede to the F.T.C., twenty-three million U.S. dollars of A.I.B.L. assets held in the U.S. and currently subject to the restraining order and agreements of cooperation with the F.T.C. Murillo asserts that the settlement resolves all allegations against the bank, ensures the recognition […]
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Sixty-two-year-old Taiwanese national Ching-Sung Chen was killed inside his store in Camalote, Cayo. He was sound asleep but woken by robbers who had entered E-Star Store through a window on the lower flat of his property. There were two armed robbers, one opened fire on the businessman hitting him as many as four for times. […]
Written on September 24, 2019 | Posted in
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As we said the murders of Chinese nationals, including the most recent in Camalote, has triggered the offering of cash rewards by the Belize Chinese Association. The B.C.A. is offering at least six thousand dollars for information and conviction for the September tenth murder of Xu Jing Zhang at Chen’s Store in Bella Vista, Stann […]
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There was a second murder recorded over the extended weekend In the Old Capital. Shooting victim Joseph Rowland succumbed at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The thirty-one mechanic was critically injured and was clinging to life at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital following a drive-by shooting exactly one week ago. Rowland was in front of […]
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A second person has been charged for the murder of Mexican national Ofelia Cruz. The sixty-nine-year-old woman was bludgeoned to death inside her house in the Salt Creek area of Sand Hill Village. In late August, eighteen-year-old Camalote resident Derry Bennett was charged and remanded to central prison for the murder. Late this evening, in […]
Written on September 24, 2019 | Posted in
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At Caye Caulker today, the community is picking up the pieces following a deadly fire. Early on Saturday morning, the quiet in the village was interrupted when a two-storey commercial building, which housed Nando’s Golf Cart Rentals and Apartments, erupted in fire. Inside one of the apartments was Elmer Chub, a mechanic from San José […]
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NEMO officials were on the island today, working with the Caye Caulker Village Council and fire officials to assist victims. Over the weekend, NEMO’s Central Region Coordinator Al Westby travelled to the island with a team to provide relief. Temporary housing was provided and much-needed supplies were transported to the island with the help of […]
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Following the blaze, Belize Electricity Limited issued a statement expressing condolences to the Chub family. B.E.L. says that it takes its role seriously in providing safe and reliable electricity and its officials met with Chairlady Seleny Villanueva Pot and fire officials. The chairlady says that one of the challenges that villagers face during the time […]
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A total of four persons died in separate traffic fatalities over the holiday weekend. Up north, two friends from the village of Guinea Grass were killed when their vehicle plunged into a creek and ended belly-up. It happened at about four-thirty on Monday morning when they were returning from Fire Burn. Family and friends are […]
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Several police officers have lost their lives in recent road traffic accidents across the country. Over the weekend, the third person to perish in an R.T.A. was Police Constable Clifford Castillo. The cop had just gotten off duty, working at an event in Placencia, and was heading home on Saturday morning when he lost control […]
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Also in the south, in the wee hours of Independence Day, Silk Grass resident Jeremiah Xipot perished in an accident on the Southern Highway. The deceased was en route to Dangriga in his pickup truck along with Victor Luna when he lost control of the vehicle. Xipot was flung to his death from the driver’s […]
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Thirty-one-year-old George Gill drowned in the Belize River in Bermudian Landing on Sunday afternoon while out on a trip with his girlfriend and three others. Despite being forewarned by a villager that the tide was high and that the current in the river was particularly strong that day, Gill went out into the river twice […]
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Independence Day ceremonies are traditionally addressed by the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition. As they have in the past, Prime Minister Dean Barrow and P.U.P. Leader, John Briceño, have different takes on the state of the nation. This year, the P.M. lauded the economic performance and low unemployment; Briceño committed to lowering […]
Written on September 24, 2019 | Posted in
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The Embassy of Taiwan sent out a statement this evening. It states that a press release circulating on social media is unauthorized and its content fabricated to mislead the public on certain aspects of Belize-Taiwan relations. In the fake social media post, the ambassador purportedly announced on Independence Day that two thousand Taiwanese families were coming […]
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Earlier you heard of the fire in Caye Caulker in which a mechanic lost his life. There was another fire over the weekend. In Maya Mopan, Belmopan, the Reid family lost household items to a fire which started in the upper flat of the building, in an apartment used by her niece. Fire personnel say […]
Written on September 24, 2019 | Posted in
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Police say they are trying to figure out who attacked Earl Pratt over two weeks ago in Double Head Cabbage, Belize District, leaving him in a critical condition. Pratt was found by villagers; police were alerted and transported him to the hospital. Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero says Pratt was going home when he was ambushed. […]
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Two minors are joining the list of missing persons. The first and most disturbing case is from Punta Gorda where seventeen-year-old Gilbert Francisco Chiac cannot be located. On Sunday, his sister reported to police that Gilbert has not been seen or heard from for days. It was later revealed that he, along with two other […]
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Meanwhile, the search is ongoing for a fifteen-year-old Guatemalan national who resides in Ladyville, Belize District. Keyla Capen was last seen heading towards Belize City on a motorcycle along with a man. Police say that it is believed that the minor went willingly with the person and her family is trying to locate her. Senior […]
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On Saturday morning in Belize City, hundreds of secondary school students participated in the annual uniform parade following the Independence Day address. The streets of Belize City were lined with spectators, who came out to watch, as the procession made its way from the Fort George Memorial Park along a designated route. Here are the […]
Written on September 24, 2019 | Posted in
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Good evening, I am James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
Written on September 24, 2019 | Posted in
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There is an update tonight on the condition of the New River; the Department of Environment is reporting a level of success with the installation of aerators at various points of the river in Orange Walk Town where they introduced oxygen back into the water. But there is concern that sediments will flow downstream and […]
Written on September 20, 2019 | Posted in
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D.O.E. has additional long-term work in the months ahead. Deputy Chief Environmental Officer, Edgar Ek says that part of the plan includes further studies of the sediments that have sunk to the bottom of the river, including pesticides and heavy metals. That part of the plan has been presented to the Task Force. There is […]
Written on September 20, 2019 | Posted in
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Over the past two months, the health of the New River deteriorated exponentially. Aside from visible changes in its physical aspect, a strong stench of rotting eggs, which is hydrogen sulphide, enveloped residents along the river bank. Personnel from D.O.E. and the Ministry of Health have been monitoring the situation closely. Today, we asked Deputy […]
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The family of a woman from southern Belize is claiming that a loved one died due to dengue. An outbreak was detected months ago and the number of cases continues to go up in the districts of Orange Walk, Cayo and Stann Creek. But the Ministry of Health says that Jazmin Ogaldez had a pre-existing […]
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