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Cattle Landing resident Darwin Chavarria was brutally murdered last week. The body of the thirty-seven-year-old was found on Thursday on the Waterhole Road near the outskirts of Punta Gorda Town after he went missing the day before. Chavarria had left home in a black Ford Mariner which was found burnt along Waterhole Road on Wednesday. […]
Written on December 21, 2020 | Posted in
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The woman police officer who investigators believe murdered well-known barber Fareed Ahmad was acquitted of that charge on Friday. W.P.C. Michelle Brown walked out a free woman after Supreme Court Justice Colin Williams ruled that prosecutors presented insufficient evidence against Brown, not satisfying the court that Brown was guilty of the December 2017 murder of Ahmad. […]
Written on December 21, 2020 | Posted in
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Chaos erupted on Friday night on Antelope Street Extension in Belize City. An all-out brawl between several women and police officers broke out and the shocking incident was captured on camera. Insults were hurled and punches exchanged as the women wrestled police officers on the street. Officers reportedly went to the area to arrest the […]
Written on December 21, 2020 | Posted in
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Two hundred and sixteen persons were arrested and charged for violating the quarantine regulations. One hundred and twelve persons were arrested for failing to wear a face mask in public. Another thirty-eight persons were arrested because they failed to practice social distancing and thirty-four persons were arrested after they were caught in public during curfew […]
Written on December 21, 2020 | Posted in
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Statutory Instrument one-seventy-five of 2020 came into effect on December twentieth, with restrictions for not only public, but also private transportation, which it says is for the purposes of preventing, controlling, containing and suppressing the spread of the infectious COVID-19. It speaks to the mandatory wearing of face masks during travel in public or private […]
Written on December 21, 2020 | Posted in
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic in Belize, runs to and from San Pedro were stopped temporarily. When the lockdown was lifted for Ambergris Caye, traffic to the island resumed, but it is still not where it used to be. Runs have been cut by half and the company is working on a skeleton staff. While the […]
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Over the weekend, a Mexican news outlet reported that a drug plane had landed on Belizean territory. Linea De Fuego in Quintana Roo reported that the plane had landed near the fishing village of Sarteneja in the Corozal District. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams disputed the reports saying that while the department tracks suspected drug […]
Written on December 21, 2020 | Posted in
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Preeminent Belizean author, Zee Edgell has passed away at age eighty, following a battle with cancer. Edgell penned four novels, including Beka Lamb and In Times Like These, as well as five short stories set in Belize. Zee Edgell received an honorary doctorate in literature from the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, […]
Written on December 21, 2020 | Posted in
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This afternoon at the Gateway Youth Center, the Belize Coast Guard hosted a handful of children who are part of its Sea Cadet Program to lunch. It is part of the Christmas cheer being spread by the organization, particularly since COVID-19 has disrupted other activities that would have been held at part of its ongoing […]
Written on December 21, 2020 | Posted in
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The Christmas holiday has always been a time when family and friends get together to enjoy each other’s company and celebrate the season to be merry. But 2020 has proven to be a difficult year for many and with the COVID-19 pandemic raging on, social gatherings have been made contrary to the COVID-19 regulations. But while […]
Written on December 21, 2020 | Posted in
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We begin tonight’s newscast from the Supreme Court in Belize City with a ruling in the murder case involving well-known barber Fareed Ahmad. On December twenty-eighth, 2017 Ahmad was killed. He died while receiving treatment at the K.H.M.H. after he was shot in the head inside his vehicle that crashed on the side of the […]
Written on December 18, 2020 | Posted in
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Multiple gunshots rang out on Lakeview Street this morning where officers on mobile patrol got into a shootout with several persons who had reportedly opened fire on an individual who was walking near Banak Street moments earlier. When the smoke cleared, four persons had been injured and the area was strewn with shell casings. The […]
Written on December 18, 2020 | Posted in
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Just as our evening newscast was wrapping up on Thursday night, shots rang out on Partridge Street in Belize City. The life of twenty-seven-year-old forklift driver Augustine Coc was ended by a gunman who came up to him and fired several shots in his direction. Coc was heading home to his family on Haulze Street […]
Written on December 18, 2020 | Posted in
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There’s another murder to report, this time it happened in southern Belize where thirty-seven-year-old Darwin Chavarria met a gruesome end in Punta Gorda. The Cattle Landing resident was last seen alive around ten on Wednesday morning and when he didn’t return home, his family filed a missing person’s report on Thursday. We are told that […]
Written on December 18, 2020 | Posted in
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Cassian Billary of Warrie Street in Belize City was arraigned before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford for the murder of nineteen-year-old Micah Baltazar. Billary couldn’t be offered bail and no plea was taken because the charge is an indictable offence to be tried only in the Supreme Court. He was remanded to prison today. On Monday […]
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There are new COVID-19 measures being implemented going into the Christmas holidays, including a nightly curfew that will keep most Belizeans inside their homes at eight o’clock. The announcement of new measures came this morning during a press conference held by the ministries of Health and Wellness and Home Affairs. While an existing ten o’clock […]
Written on December 18, 2020 | Posted in
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The use of face masks remains mandatory, despite the penalty for the offense of not having one or wearing it improperly having been reduced to a fine of five hundred dollars. For business owners, the Ministry of Home Affairs emphasizes that customers adhere to all COVID-19 protocols, including social distancing and hand sanitizing and since […]
Written on December 18, 2020 | Posted in
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From the health perspective, the number of active cases has decreased considerably to a little over one thousand, five hundred infections based on a redefined method by the World Health Organization on determining whether a person is recovered. Minister of Health and Wellness Michel Chebat spoke of rapid testing being conducted across the country. As […]
Written on December 18, 2020 | Posted in
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The new statutory instrument that comes into effect this weekend also applies to restaurants and bars, schools, as well as participation in contact sports. Where schools are concerned, they will remain closed indefinitely. Restaurants, however, are allowed to operate at fifty percent of capacity by reservations only. Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs “Restaurants, […]
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The sale of liquor is also being prohibited beyond six p.m. daily and that, too, is indefinite. While alcohol can still be consumed in the privacy of one’s home, you are not allowed to purchase beers, wines or hard liquor beyond six o’clock. Inter-district travel has also been banned in the north for the time […]
Written on December 18, 2020 | Posted in
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On behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chief Executive Officer Amalia Mai received a cheque of fifty-nine thousand, five hundred and eighty-four dollars and thirty-nine cents from Mexico’s Ambassador to Belize Martha Ofelia Zamarripa Rivas. A release from the Government Press Office says that the funds will be used to provide humanitarian assistance, specifically […]
Written on December 18, 2020 | Posted in
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The Government of Belize received a donation of humanitarian relief from the Government of Brazil to assist in the aftermath of Tropical Depression Eta and floods caused by Hurricane Iota. The donation package includes food items, hygiene kits, water and mattresses. Minister of Human Development Dolores Balderamos Garcia and Minister of Climate Change and Disaster […]
Written on December 18, 2020 | Posted in
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Today, the Belize Coast Guard held one of its tradition – the annual Christmas luncheon and awards program. The Christmas luncheon for military or service members is a long standing tradition first started in the Belize Defence Force and has since become a part of the Belize Coast Guard’s ritual. It’s an event used to […]
Written on December 18, 2020 | Posted in
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We begin tonight’s newscast with a brazen shooting incident in the north during which the victim fortunately escaped grave injury and is now hospitalized. In San Andres Village, Corozal District, an attempt was made on the life of Benigno Loria, a well-known figure in the area. He was at his residence when he was struck […]
Written on December 17, 2020 | Posted in
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The Government of Belize is expected to announce new quarantine regulations on Friday which will become effective on Saturday. As you will recall, the most recent Statutory Instrument expires this Friday. But going into the Christmas holidays with a large number of COVID-19 cases daily has prompted law makers to institute additional measures. This morning, […]
Written on December 17, 2020 | Posted in
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