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Police have arrested and charged a pair of minors for the crime of burglary; one was additionally charged with aggravated assault against a police officer. Both teenagers were shot on Christmas Day when they were busted inside a Chinese store on Lakeview Street. They had reportedly broken into the building when police responded to the […]
Written on December 30, 2019 | Posted in
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A pair of friends is recovering at the San Ignacio Community Hospital from multiple chop wounds they received on Sunday morning as they left a bar in Bullet Tree Village. Genaro Martinez and Patricio Kuylen were out socializing at a party when they decided to go to El Ranchito’s Bar in the village. Just after […]
Written on December 30, 2019 | Posted in
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Two of three alleged burglars, including a minor from Hattieville Village, have been charged in connection with the burglary of a house in Santa Rita Layout, Corozal District. Police say that their investigation has led them to arrest Avery Bain of Belize City and a minor for the crime, which occurred on Friday night around […]
Written on December 30, 2019 | Posted in
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Two San Pedro Town residents are in trouble with the law tonight after they were caught in possession of drugs, as well as firearm and ammunition. On Saturday afternoon, a police patrol stopped and searched Justin Shamir Velasquez, a resident of the San Mateo area. Inside a carton box he carried were a gun and […]
Written on December 30, 2019 | Posted in
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A San Juan resident has also been charged with possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply to another. Carlos Castillo was taken into custody and searched; on him were over thirteen grams of crack cocaine. San Pedro police processed him and he was charged for the crime. Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero shared details. […]
Written on December 30, 2019 | Posted in
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An elderly man lost his life over the weekend in San Antonio Village in the Toledo District. Police do not suspect foul play in the death eighty-eight-year-old Ponciano Coy, who was discovered face down in a shallow creek with apparent injuries to his face. Reports are that on Friday night, an intoxicated Coy left home […]
Written on December 30, 2019 | Posted in
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The police have been cracking down on the number of vehicles which have been stolen and taken across the western border into Guatemala. While there has been progress, today, Assistant Commissioner of Police Joseph Myvett confirmed to the media that two vehicles that were stolen have been located in Guatemala and the process has begun […]
Written on December 30, 2019 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Dean Barrow left the country on Saturday on personal leave with his family. He is expected to return on Saturday January fourth 2010. In his absence, Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber will act as Prime Minister.
Written on December 30, 2019 | Posted in
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Businessman Kenny Ma is the lucky winner of a 2020 Great Wall Wingle pickup after participating in a Christmas raffle organized and promoted by Digi and Caribbean Tire Limited. With over half a million entries in the lottery which was narrowed down to two hundred random entries on the day of the draw, Ma’s ticket […]
Written on December 30, 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 December 30, 2019 | Posted in
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The body of Oscar Cornel, a councillor with the Trial Farm Village Council in Orange Walk, was discovered floating after midday today. Cornel was missing at sea since Thursday evening after a small boat he was travelling in, namely Baby Giselle, collided with a bigger boat, Sir Alex several miles west of the island of […]
Written on December 27, 2019 | Posted in
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Cornel’s sister, Marillin Cornel told News Five that Oscar was with her common-law-husband, Mario Rosales, who captained the small boat. Marillin says she became worried when hours had passed and Rosales did not contact her. It wasn’t until around ten p.m. that Rosales was found near a pier at Cayo Rosario; he had been swimming […]
Written on December 27, 2019 | Posted in
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A marine casualty investigation team is on the ground to determine what transpired in the fatal collision at sea. But even as that investigation is ongoing, Operations Officer at the Belize Coast Guard, Lieutenant Roque Canul says that there are concerns about risky practices by tour companies. Lt. Roque Canul, Operations Officer, Belize Coast […]
Written on December 27, 2019 | Posted in
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There was an officer-involved shooting in Belize City on Christmas Day which resulted in two sixteen-year-old boys receiving varying degrees of injuries to their lower extremities. Lionel Gordon and Denver Domingo live a stone’s throw away from where they were caught inside a Chinese business. When police met the duo, along with a third unidentified […]
Written on December 27, 2019 | Posted in
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Twenty-three-year-old Daniel Bennett was also injured on Christmas Day around midday. The resident of Ramos Street was shot in the left side of the mouth while socializing on Mopan Street. Following the incident, he showed up at the Vernon Street Vehicle Checkpoint where he was bleeding profusely from the injury. Supt. Alejandro Cowo, O.C., […]
Written on December 27, 2019 | Posted in
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Just after midnight on Thursday, Belize City police were called to a bar on Newtown Barracks where they met forty-two-year-old Darrell Ramclam who reported that he was shot at. According to Ramclam, he was walking along Newtown Barracks when a male individual approached him, produced a firearm and fired several bullets in his direction. Ramclam […]
Written on December 27, 2019 | Posted in
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Fifty-seven-year-old Anthony Edward Brown was found murdered inside his home in Eldridgeville, Toledo on Monday. He was stabbed to death the day prior. Investigators have so far uncovered that Brown was at home, near the outskirts of town, when he was attacked by two men who bound his feet and hands before stabbing him multiple […]
Written on December 27, 2019 | Posted in
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Fifty-four-year-old Ricardo Oh lost his life on Christmas Eve while riding his bicycle near mile twenty-five on the Hummingbird Highway. At around six o’clock in the evening, Oh was hit by a white Chevrolet cargo truck that was being driven at the time by thirty-one-year-old Alexander Swift of Dangriga Town. When police arrived on the scene […]
Written on December 27, 2019 | Posted in
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Thirty-seven-year-old Leon Soberanis is no stranger to the law. This morning, the Belize City resident he found himself yet again before the lower court. While he was granted bail for a drug possession charge, he needs to cover a minimum of five hundred dollars in previous fines which amount to over one thousand dollars, before […]
Written on December 27, 2019 | Posted in
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Tragedy struck two families over the Christmas holidays in Orange Walk and Dangriga when their homes were destroyed by fire. Just before nine p.m. on Christmas Day, police responded to a report of a fire on Santa Familia Street in Orange Walk Town where a wooden house was engulfed in flames. Daniel Novelo reportedly left […]
Written on December 27, 2019 | Posted in
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The annual Belize Literary Prize is a writing competition that is open for Belizeans living at home and abroad. The winners are subsequently published in the Belize Literary Prize Series, in partnership with Cubola Publishers. The initiative is the brainchild of the Belize Book Industry Association. This year, the genre of choice for the competition […]
Written on December 27, 2019 | Posted in
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There will be no adjustments to the electricity rate as had been requested by Belize Electricity Limited. The announcement was made on Tuesday by the Public Utilities Commission which said that it had reviewed the Final Draft for Belize Electricity Limited’s 2019 Annual Review Proceeding Final Decision Amendment. According to the P.U.C., B.E.L. submitted no […]
Written on December 27, 2019 | Posted in
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Fifty-seven-year-old Anthony Brown was found dead inside his home in Eldridgeville, Toledo District on Monday. The lecturer of the University of Belize in Punta Gorda had been bound at the hands and feet and was stabbed multiple times. Sometime around midday, police were called to Brown’s residence near the outskirts of town where they observed […]
Written on December 24, 2019 | Posted in
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A second person has been arraigned for the July sixteenth, 2019 murder of clothing vendor, Jose Diaz. Leroy Haulze, who was initially charged for abetment to murder in this homicide, appeared before Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser this morning where he was read a single charge of murder. No plea was taken and Haulze was remanded […]
Written on December 24, 2019 | Posted in
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The Government of Belize is the defendant in a constitutional challenge bought before the Supreme Court by the Belize Peace Movement. The pending legal matter revolves around the need for a redistricting exercise, to redistribute the number of registered voters per electoral district, considering the existing disparities. While the matter is considered to be live […]
Written on December 24, 2019 | Posted in
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