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A seven point seven magnitude earthquake struck earlier today about eighty miles from Jamaica, shaking several Caribbean islands, including Cayman and as far away as Miami. There were several aftershocks, including one the U.S. Geological Survey said had a magnitude of six point one. Based on images shared online, the earthquake caused minor damage in […]
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Today’s earthquake was preceded by magnitudes six point four and five point eight quakes that struck Puerto Rico. That territory experienced a number of aftershocks and experienced significant damage. Earlier this month the UWI Seismic Research Center in Trinidad said that recent earthquakes that rocked Puerto serve as a reminder that the region must always […]
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A lawsuit brought against Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin as chair of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission is set to commence on February nineteenth before Justice Michelle Arana. The presiding officer of the Supreme Court is himself being dragged to court for sidelining the president of the Bar Association who also has a seat on […]
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Two weeks ago we told you of the legal dispute brewing between Troy “DJ Dalla” Flowers and Shyne Barrow. DJ Dalla faced court action by Belize Brewing Company after he committed to taking out a twenty-six thousand-dollar consignment for drinks to be sold at last year’s Music Week reportedly at the behest of Shyne. One […]
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Sentencing for former police constable Dаrrеn Маrtіnеz took place today. Martinez was found guilty last week of the sexual assault of a minor in an incident that goes back to February 2016. Martinez was the boyfriend of the minor’s sister when the sexual assault occurred at their family home. In December 2019, he was found […]
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Justice Colin Williams also imposed a sentence of fifteen years on forty-two year-old Anаbеll Кumul, who was initially charged with murder, but instead pleaded guilty to manslaughter of her common-law-husband, Felix Alamilla. Kumul admitted to stabbing Alamilla to death, in July 2014 when he was asleep at the home of a friend in San Pedro. […]
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Light bills are not expected to increase between now and the end of the year. That’s the word from the Belize Electricity Limited which has made an application to the Public Utilities Commission for a review of rates for a four-year period, beginning July first, 2020 to June thirtieth, 2024. So while the current forecasts […]
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B.E.L. also announced today that it plans on investing almost three hundred million dollars in the national electricity grid over the next five years to connect to new renewable sources of energy in-country, as well as introduce smart grid technologies to improve its services. Sean Fuller, GM, Commercial & Retail Services, B.E.L. “Dawn mentioned […]
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F.C.D. held a two-day bi-national youth exchange programme with youths from five Guatemalan communities that fringe the Chiquibul National Park. The purpose of the exchange was to sensitize and help empower the young people to champion the protection of the environment, primarily the forest and water resources. The engagement with the rural communities in Guatemala […]
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The Ministry of Education today launched the Literacy and Empowerment Adult Programme. The programme seeks to empower adults who struggle with basic reading and comprehension skills. The lessons will be held at Unity Presbyterian School and ITVET in Belize City. The programme will be offered twice per week and according to Chief Education Officer, Doctor […]
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Day two of a regional adolescents and youth forum took place today at the Radisson Hotel in Belize City. Today’s discussions centred on the topic of mental health and the need to speak out freely on the issue. The lack of knowledge about cervical cancer and the effects of gender-based violence on adolescent dating were […]
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It’s a big night of news from murders in the city and the south to a courtroom in Utah, U.S.A. for a high profile case of fraud which extends to Belize. We begin with the bloodiest weekend since the start of the year. A total of four persons were murdered in the past seventy-two hours, […]
Written on January 27, 2020 | Posted in
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The second murder victim in the city is well-known businessman, Ernesto Williams. Williams was executed early on Friday night as he headed to his vehicle which was parked on Orange Street. But was the owner of Sky Deck a marked man? He had been advised to take security measures because of a double murder that […]
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There is another shooting under investigation by the police. The victim of that incident was Brian Harris who was shot multiple times in mid-December in the Farmers Site area of Hattieville. He was found haemorrhaging by a resident in the village and taken to the hospital. For weeks, he was in and out of the […]
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The airspaces above parts of southern Belize, Guatemala and Mexico were busy with illegal flight activity over the weekend where suspected drug planes are said to have landed. In the area of Payne’s Creek, a remote location in the Toledo District, the burnt vestiges of a twin-engine aircraft were discovered near a crude runway that […]
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There are other reports of drug plane landings close to the northern and western borders. A soldier was killed and three persons injured in a shoot-out involving Mexican law enforcement and the drug traffickers when a suspected drug landed on the stretch of highway on Los Divorciados Chunhubub near Bacalar early this morning. After the […]
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Accused fraudster Lev Dermen who owned a chain of gas stations under the name Noil Energy in Los Angeles, is headed to trial. “Noil” is “lion” spelled backward and it is one of several examples of Dermen’s affinity for the big cat. Other businesses of his have had the word “lion” in them as well. […]
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There were two murders in southern Belize. A Punta Gorda resident was to appear in court in Dangriga today, but his life was cut short on Sunday night. Twenty-three year old Denroy Nicholas exited his mother’s house to go to his room in the same yard, when he was shot to the chest and died […]
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The usually popular Hide & Seek in the Bushes Bar and Chill Spot is a recreational establishment but three nights ago it became the scene of a murder. Businessman, father of two, and well-known Dangriga resident Darrel Bermudez Laurie was gunned down inside his business on Friday evening. Bermudez-Laurie once lived in the U.S.A., but […]
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There was another incident of gun violence in the city on Friday night and fortunately the victim survived the attempt made on his life. Shaquille Perrera, a resident of Ramsey Street, was targeted in a drive-by shooting. As the twenty-four-year-old was walking home, he was shot at by a person from inside a vehicle that […]
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Twenty-five-year-old Omar Ibanez was busted on Saturday night with a cache of weapons and ammunition. San Ignacio police at a checkpoint near Red Creek they stopped Ibanez who was driving n a green Toyota Corolla car. The Cotton Tree Village resident was told to exit the vehicle as investigators began searching every inch of it. […]
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Located on mile two and a half on the Philip Goldson Highway, E.R. Construction was targeted by a pair of armed thieves on Friday morning. Investigators are reviewing surveillance which reportedly shows the culprits escaping with an undisclosed amount of money. Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero says the culprits, who escaped in a vehicle, are also […]
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Investigators believe that Shane Bennett is the man who attempted to murder thirty-seven-year-old Anthony Parks on the morning of January twenty-second. Parks, who remains in a critical but stable condition, was shot multiple times while in Independence, Stann Creek. He was with his common-law wife, sitting on his verandah when he heard someone call out […]
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Police in Orange Walk Town are investigating the mysterious death of a two-month-old baby boy. Adriel Augustine died on Saturday afternoon, less than a day after being vaccinated at the Northern Regional Hospital. The mother, Melissa Castillo of San Estevan Village, told police that the baby was vaccinated on Friday. Soon after, baby Adriel developed […]
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Health officials in Mexico and Colombia are investigating their first cases of the deadly coronavirus spreading from China. Here in Belize, authorities are closely monitoring and the Ministry of Health has activated the National Surveillance Team to keep an eye on the new strain of coronavirus. Last week, the team, headed by the Director of […]
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