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Police have detained a number of persons pending investigation, following a number of shots fired last night on Unity Street, in the Port Loyola area of Belize City. Today, Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams shared that investigators made the detentions based on what they observed when they arrived at the scene. He did not say […]
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It has been almost two months since nineteen-year-old Imari Galvez was found murdered off the Hummingbird Highway. The Belmopan resident had left home two days prior to the discovery of her body and the last information from police back then was that they had her I-phone and were in the process of asking for assistance […]
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One football team in the Cayo District is making a big name for itself out west. Camalote Football Club made the podium in the 2023 Belmopan Football Association First Division Tournament. More recently, it was dominant in an exhibition match that gained national attention. Of course, Camalote Village is no stranger to producing some of […]
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On Wednesday, tourism partners, primarily those who play an integral part in the sustainable use of Lighthouse Reef and its environs, gathered in a workshop to discuss a sustainable management plan for the area. The plan would come out of the best practices, observations and scientific advice, based on the impacts of climate change on […]
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The Protected Areas Conservation Trust today launched its sixteen and a half million dollars Conservation Investment Strategy (CIS) in Belmopan. The new strategy aims to build upon the investments made during PACT’s first strategy. According to the trust, this new strategy adopts a comprehensive landscape management approach. We spoke with Nayari Diaz-Perez, the Executive Director […]
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More than forty-nine thousand residents, including three thousand daily road users now have access to the improved Coastal Plain Highway which has been transformed from an unpaved, gravel road to a modern, climate-resilient corridor. Today, after years of works, an inauguration ceremony was held at the Gales Point Junction on the highway to commemorate this […]
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Commuters entering or leaving Belize City via the Philip Goldson Highway are very well appreciating the progress that has been made so far to the new bridge being constructed at the mouth of the Haulover Creek. There were delays, but Minister of Infrastructure Development and Housing Julius Espat told the media today that it is […]
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Minister of Infrastructure Development Julius Espat also gave an update on the upgrade of the Caracol Road. Phase two of that scaled-down road works project commenced back in 2021 and the ministry was able to save almost twenty-eight million dollars. This infrastructure development project is also already seeing economic benefits to villages in the area, […]
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Diane Vasquez is Chief Transport Officer no more and Peter Williams is now acting in that position. That was the official word coming from Transport Minister Rodwell Ferguson today during an interview with the media. About two weeks ago, Minister Ferguson confirmed that Vasquez was negotiating her contract with the ministry and it would appear […]
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Residents in some areas of Ladyville have been complaining about public transportation since Serrano Bus Service lost its road service permit. Earlier this year, the Transport Board decided not to renew the bus line’s permit and it gave way for Central Bus Service to acquire the route. But the new service provided does not traverse […]
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Today, surveillance footage from the area of Rivero Street and Fabers Road was leaked and ended up on social media. The video clips capture the killing of sixteen-year-old Jahfeth Stamp and the subsequent shooting of forty-three-year-old Wayne Matura. It is believed that the videos were shared with police to assist with the investigation, but were […]
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Earlier today, Angela Lopez, the mother of sixteen-year-old Jahfeth Stamp, visited our office. She is seeking financial assistance with the burial of her only child. She is also demanding justice for the callous manner in which the minor was shot and killed. Admittedly, Lopez said that her son was no saint, he did not own […]
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The police have not yet issued any details into the murder of eighteen-year-old Gabrel Tillett. The youth’s mutilated body was found in the Lord Ridge Cemetery on Tuesday morning, after he disappeared Monday night. Missing was his pants and cell phone and while police try to solve this latest murder; Tillett’s family says he was […]
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Former Cop Elmer Nah returned to the Belmopan Magistrate Court this morning for partial disclosure in the triple homicide case of David, Jon and Viviane Ramnarace. The three were socializing on Jon and Viviane’s property on News Years night in Belmopan when a lone gunman ambushed them. David and Jon died that night as a […]
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The family of the slain victims rallied outside the courtroom this morning in Belmopan. Saldivar says the family is cautiously optimistic that justice will be served. They are, however, concerned about the favorable treatment that Nah appears to be enjoying. Arthur Saldivar, Legal Advisor for Ramnarace Family “The family remains cautiously optimistic that due […]
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Two men have been charged in connection with a brawl and subsequent injuries at the Elton Gillett Park in Burrell Boom. In that incident, Coast Guard officer, Daniel Sabido was seriously injured and left partially paralyzed. Fifty-two-year-old Garrison Nicholson of Burrell Boom Village was charged with aggravated assault with a machete and was granted bail […]
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Well-known criminal figure, Brandon Taylor, also known as Brandon Bowen, is out on bail on a charge of robbery. The charge against Taylor is in relation to a hold-up at the Belize Healthcare Partners Limited on Monday, June twenty-sixth. On that day, the cashier at the hospital was help up by a man who exited […]
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A woman took to Facebook this week to ask for help for her sister after she was attacked and brutally beaten, allegedly by her common-law husband. Jamile Bodden-Henry wrote as part of her post, asking that the justice system doesn’t grant the accused bail, after having viciously attacked her sister with a knife. Bodden-Henry included […]
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The Government of Belize has allocated funds for the reconstruction of a forward operating base at the mouth of the Sarstoon River. The F.O.B. that was constructed back in 2015 has not been occupied because the land has been washed away due to erosion. On Tuesday, the Belize Territorial Volunteers issued a release saying that […]
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Several weeks ago, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams told the media of the increase presence of cartels in southern Mexico and there are reports that contrabandists who frequently cross over into Mexico are being forced to pay the cartels for access. It is quickly becoming a concern for local authorities and today, B.D.F. Commander Brigadier […]
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Wil Maheia also wore his Belize Progressive Party hat today and spoke to News Five about the redistricting process. It was the B.P.P. that took G.O.B. to court, triggering voter equity among electoral divisions. Maheia says that they’ve been disrespected by the Elections and Boundaries Commission because they’ve been excluded from the process and have […]
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The local shrimp industry has a new lease on life after almost a decade of recovery efforts. Back in 2015, a viral infection known as the Early Mortality Syndrome devastated the industry. Hundreds of employees lost their jobs and tens of millions of dollars in losses were recorded. For years, multiple methods were implemented without […]
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Henry Anderson, the Chief Executive Officer at the Development Finance Cooperation is warning against the illegal importation of shrimp. He says the practice poses a major threat to the rebounding industry. Anderson fears that contraband shrimp will undo years of progress. Henry Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Development Finance Cooperation “Now there are couple other […]
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Wayne Matura is the second shooting victim in Sunday’s deadly attack in Belize City and, as we’ve reported, he remains hospitalized at this time. Matura is scheduled to undergo surgery for the injury he received to his leg. The Belize Blood Bank has donated eight pints of blood, but there is still a need for […]
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The mother of slain teenager, Jahfeth Stamp is also in need of financial assistance to bury her son. According to Angela Lopez, she has been informed by police that the morgue at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is presently full and as such an autopsy cannot be conducted on the body of sixteen-year-old Jahfeth. Without […]
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