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There is major development in the case of the weed laced candies that hospitalized several children on Tuesday. National Exhibit Keeper for the Belize Police Department, Mario Bustillos, has been charged with ten counts of negligent harm in relation to the minors who were hospitalised after they ingested candy laced with weed. Just before two […]
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While the exhibit keeper will have his day in court over his alleged involvement in exposing the edibles back to the public, today, Leader of the Opposition Moses “Shyne” Barrow told reporters that he hopes that the Ministry of Education would now implement measures to ensure that children are never exposed through the school setting […]
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And Barrow said it is because of incidents like what happened with the tainted snacks reaching the public and worse, schoolchildren why he feels that the Minister of Home Affairs and the Commissioner of Police need to either resign or be removed from those positions. In fact, Barrow went as far as criticizing the Prime […]
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Cabinet has received a full update on the cannabis candies that affected several Belize City primary school students. Cabinet has urged the Minister of Home Affairs, Kareen Musa, to exert all possible efforts to ensure that those responsible for the incident are brought to justice. The discussion of the tainted candy incident led the Cabinet […]
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The crime wave, at least in the Belize District, has taken off again, with three murders in two days, two of them occurring only seven hours apart on Thursday. The latest killing occurred on the south side of Belize City on Thursday night just before eight on Antelope Street not far from its junction with […]
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A man died late this evening following a shooting incident in the King’s Parks area of Belize City. The victim has been identified as thirty-year-old Charles Canton. Canton was found inside motionless inside a silver Ford Escape with a gunshot wound to the chest. Preliminary reports suggest that Canton accidently shot himself. Investigators recovered the […]
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A fugitive wanted by the Belize Police Department was caught by authorities in Guatemala this morning. Twenty-one-year-old Sergio Pineda was arrested by Guatemalan police following an armed attack in Río Dulce, Livingston, during which a person died. Guatemalan police retrieved two firearms and a motorcycle from the scene. Pineda had escaped from police custody in […]
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The government’s decision to cancel the Brads’ Gaming Group Limited Boledo contract has taken centre stage as people who have patronized the game for the past decades will have to temporarily suspend their nightly and Sunday lottery gambling hobby. The B.G.G.L. license will be officially revoked on May second, which means that the Sunday Lottery […]
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Boledo and Sunday Lottery are an integral part of Belizean culture. There are Facebook pages dedicated to rake interpretations, a book written on picking the winning number and many superstitions passed on generation and generation about which “numba wah play”. So, the decision to suspend the lottery is being met with mixed reviews and today, […]
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Earlier in the news we heard from the Leader of the Opposition, Moses ‘Shyne’ Barrow share his views on the Minister of Home Affairs and the Commissioner of Police in their respective posts and on the government ending the Boledo contract with Brads. This afternoon Barrow hosted a press briefing where he spoke on several […]
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Shifting the focus back to the national security of the country, this afternoon the Opposition Leader complained of the numerous instances of law enforcement involved “nefarious activities”. Shyne says that the level of wrongdoing happening begs for improvement. Moses “Shyne” Barrow, Leader of the Opposition “Many of our – I won’t say many, but […]
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And while the police department reports that major crimes have been on the decline since 2020, Barrow says this does not absolve the current government of how bad things currently are. He says that for him to be convinced that crime is truly on the decline, the percentage rate would have to dip significantly lower. […]
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The National Agriculture and Trade Show (NATS) officially opened today. The show, themed “Innovations in Technology: Driving a Climate Resilient and Competitive Agriculture and Food Sector,” will take place over the next three days at the show grounds in Belmopan. This year’s theme emphasizes the importance of using innovative technologies in agriculture to improve its […]
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Today at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City, the Ministry of Tourism and the Belize Tourism Board hosted the first ever Belize Airlift Development Conference. The one-day conference has held under the theme “Connecting Belize to the World” The aim is to increase and improve the air traffic to the Jewel. And so, the conference […]
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Around this time three years ago, Belize had been locked off from the world. It was one of many protective measures taken to protect Belizeans from the rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus. All tourism related activities came to a screeching halt and there were no visitors coming into the country. But as restrictions were […]
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And while overnight tourist arrivals are looking optimistic, the official slow season for the industry is setting in. One of the Belize Tourism Board’s efforts to boost tourism in the slow season is the Belize International Music and Food Festival. The first event of its kind was held in San Pedro in 2022. The event […]
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While the festival provides a platform for Belizean artist to network with international performers, it is also is a tool to attract international tourists to the country, in a hope to boost arrivals in the slow season. Anthony Mahler, Minister of Tourism “The initial one was just to highlight that we have talent here […]
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Yesterday marked the annual Girls in I.C.T. Day, a global initiative to encourage young girls and women to consider careers in information and communication technology (I.C.T.). Celebrated on the fourth Thursday in April every year, this year’s Girls in ICT Day comes at a time when the tech industry is still struggling with gender diversity. […]
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The residents of Santa Familia Village in the Cayo District have reason to celebrate today as they inaugurated a brand new water system that will provide clean water to the entire community. The project was made possible through funding from the European Union’s climate change resilience program in western Belize. Working in partnership with the […]
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Her story made waves across social media when the public learned of a fourteen-year-old student battling an incurable disease that has compromised her kidneys. Vicky Samos only discovered her condition two months ago, and it quickly affected her quality of life, as well as the lives of her loved ones. Now, an appeal is being […]
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The Belize Police Department has determined that one of their own, an officer who has been on interdiction since March 2021, was the intended recipient of a consignment of weed gummies that were shipped from the United States. When the barrel arrived at the Port of Belize and customs officials inspected the shipment, they suspected […]
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The consignment of cannabis edibles was shipped to Police Constable Akeem Gamboa four months ago, but the barrel was never claimed at the Customs and Excise Department. Gamboa had been removed from active duty since March 2021 when he, along with his sibling, also a policeman, got into a physical altercation with a fellow officer […]
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According to the Commissioner of Police, the news on Wednesday evening, of the former police officer being the intended recipient of the barrel effectively thwarted a sting operation that was being planned by the department. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “The barrel came in and what we would normally do is that due to […]
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When we caught up with him today in Orange Walk, we also asked Prime Minister John Briceño about the incident involving the cannabis-infused gummies. According to the P.M., he became outraged when he first heard the news and ordered that an investigation be immediately launched into the matter. He later found out that the gummies […]
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Comments Off on Prime Minister Weighs In On Sale of Weed Gummies to Belize City Students
On Wednesday, the National Evangelical Association of Belize (NEAB) rattled off a social media statement noting that the church in Belize has taken a firm stance over the past few years against the legalization of marijuana. The association went on to say that, “It will open doors to illegal connections, it will seriously endanger Belize’s […]
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