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2023 is officially history and, as we had reported in our end-of-year review, it did so with far fewer murders than in the immediate past years. Today, the top brass of the Belize Police Department sat with Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa to discuss the 2023 crime report card. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams […]
Written on January 10, 2024 | Posted in
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The first murder of 2024 happened early Sunday morning in Bella Vista Village and police charged two brothers a day later for that homicide. But while the arrests of siblings Cornelio and Ernesto Martinez were swift, there have been quite a few reports out of Bella Vista and Independence that one of the brothers charged […]
Written on January 10, 2024 | Posted in
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A man was shot in the Mayflower Street area of Belize City, otherwise known as Ghost Town, on Monday night. Thirty-year-old Theodore Dwyer was reportedly sitting on a chair near a basketball court through an alley off Mayflower Street when three unidentified male persons approached him from behind and fired multiple shots in his direction. […]
Written on January 10, 2024 | Posted in
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Christmas 2023 has come and gone, but not without its share of mishaps. On December twenty-fourth, around ten thirty a.m., a female police officer reported that she and another female officer had been attacked by a group of men with dynamites. The officer claimed that she and her colleague were working at a police booth […]
Written on January 10, 2024 | Posted in
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Earlier today, we also asked Minister Musa about the task that the police officers in the north had to carry out in dealing with protestors in the sugar belt. Musa said he thought that the officers’ performance and approach was phenomenal, especially when compared to how they handled similar situations in previous years, when citizens […]
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Earlier today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams revealed that several officers are under suicide watch and that about twenty of them will be offered counselling. The information shared with reporters succeeds a recent suicide in Sarteneja Village. Meanwhile, Minister Musa said that incidents such as PC Chan’s unfortunate death and whatever might have led him […]
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Every New Year, the British Monarchy rewards select citizens and members of the Commonwealth, in all fields of work, with honors to celebrate their contributions to society, community, or their area of employment. This is known as the King’s New Years Honors list. And this year, a couple residing in Belize has been granted the […]
Written on January 10, 2024 | Posted in
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A funeral service was held today in Belmopan for Bishop Lawrence Nicasio of the Roman Catholic Diocese. Bishop Nicasio passed away in the early hours of January first, after battling cancer for a few years. His funeral service had an outpouring of Catholic priests and other clergy members, members of the Council of Churches, parishioners, […]
Written on January 9, 2024 | Posted in
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Among the many attendees and government officials at Bishop Nicasio’s funeral today was the Minister of Religious Affairs, Henry Charles Usher. Following the service, Minister Usher told us that he knew the late bishop from before he was ordained in that capacity and thought that he was a true and humble servant of the church. […]
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The passing of a bishop leaves a great void within the clergy and for a congregation that looked to its proverbial shepherd for religious leadership. During today’s funeral service for Roman Catholic Bishop, Larry Nicasio, it was announced that Father Jordan Gongora will act as administrator for the Roman Catholic Diocese until another bishop is appointed. […]
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The sugar impasse is over. Late on Monday night, an agreement between Belize Sugar Industries Limited and the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association was finally signed. This puts an end to several days of demonstration by members of the association and growing frustrations among cane farmers. The protracted impasse involved blockades along the road and […]
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He went public last week to suggest that perhaps the government should nationalize the sugar factory at Tower Hill, after it seemed like there was no solution in sight for the deadlock involving the B.S.C F.A. Last Wednesday, P.U.P. Chairman, Henry Charles Usher, who is also a cabinet minister, was quoted on Vibes Radio and […]
Written on January 9, 2024 | Posted in
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During the sugar impasse between B.S.I. and B.S.C.F.A., the factory allowed members of the association to deliver cane under an open agreement. Some members of the B.S.C.F.A. took on the offer and delivered cane to the factory for milling. So we asked the B.S.C.F.A.’s Vice Chairman, Alfredo Ortega if those farmers will be penalized for […]
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A draft Maya Customary Land Policy was introduced in early December, to provide a framework for the development and implementation of affirmative measures to be taken by the Government of Belize in fulfilling the Consent Order mandated by the Caribbean Court of Justice. The policy also provides a guide to inform the necessary changes and […]
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According to Coc, the Toledo Alcaldes Association is presently sharing the document with the various communities and is awaiting feedback on the way forward. Isani Cayetano “Aside from denouncing the draft policy as it is, what course of action or measure can be taken on your part, as the TAA? Is this something that […]
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A Jamaican national, who migrated to Belize recently, remains hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. after coming under gunfire in an alley off Mayflower Street on Monday night. Thirty-year-old Theodore Dwyer was sitting on a chair near a basketball court sometime before eight o’clock when a trio of men emerged from an unlit area of the neighborhood […]
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Twenty-three-year-old John Delcid was arraigned earlier today in the lower court on a single count of common assault. He is charged with attacking his older brother during a dispute over a missing bucket of paint. Delcid, an unemployed resident of Lawrence Avenue, appeared unrepresented before a Senior Magistrate where he pleaded not guilty to committing […]
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A family of three is left without a dollar to their name after a fire wreaked havoc on their home this morning in Gardenia village. Mother of two, Darlene Dawson was carrying out her normal morning routine when her three-year-old son alerted her of a fire inside the house. The two managed to escape with […]
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Unfortunately, that was not the only fire to occur this week; as just last night at the corners of New Road and Pitts Alley in Belize City, a shopkeeper locked up for the night, only to return less than two hours later, to observe his business in flames. At around seven forty-five p.m., the thirty-three […]
Written on January 9, 2024 | Posted in
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A man was left in critical condition after he was viciously attacked and almost chopped to death in Caye Caulker Village. On Sunday night, January seventh, police found thirty-seven-year-old Tito Rosado on the side of the street, bleeding out from several chop wounds. We spoke with Assistant Commissioner of Police, Hilberto Romero for more information. […]
Written on January 9, 2024 | Posted in
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There are new developments to report on tonight regarding an agreement that is yet to be signed between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and BSI. On Thursday, we reported that after a lengthy stalemate, both parties had finally arrived at a mutually agreeable decision in respect of a new commercial agreement. A day later, […]
Written on January 8, 2024 | Posted in
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In other sugar news, a decision was handed down by the High Court on Friday, in a matter where a claim was brought by the Corozal Sugar Cane Producers Association against former vice president Everaldo Uk and nine other members who had been expelled from the CSPCA. Justice Genevieve Chabot, in her determination, has found […]
Written on January 8, 2024 | Posted in
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The first murder of 2024 is that of Belizean-American, thirty-four-year-old Christon Logan, a resident of the United States. Logan left Belize in 2017 for his home country and has been living and working there since then. He was reportedly working two jobs in order to help his family back home with a recreational business that […]
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Two brothers were arraigned in the Independence Magistrate’s Court this afternoon for the murder of Christon Logan. The pair, captured here on this amateur video recording being escorted by police, was charged jointly for the murder that occurred shortly before three on Sunday morning. Cornelio and Ernesto Martinez appeared unrepresented before the lower court and […]
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Twenty-three-year-old Rupert Codd attempted a dash for freedom after being arraigned earlier today in the magistrate’s court for the sexual assault of a woman. At 2:30 this afternoon, Codd was escorted to Courtroom Number Five where he was read a single charge of sexual assault upon a forty-one-year-old woman. It is alleged that he groped […]
Written on January 8, 2024 | Posted in
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