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A team of three experts from the Commonwealth are in Belize to observe the February seventh General Elections. The team, led by Former Jamaican Foreign Minister, K. D. Knight, includes former Provincial Chief Electoral Officer, Bob Patterson of British Columbia, Canada and Dr. Nemata Eshun-Baiden from Sierra Leone. They are supported by three Commonwealth Secretariat […]
And in news from a different set of observers, the Organization of American States has announced that on Monday three more Guatemalan families were relocated from Santa Rosa, the illegal settlement in the Toledo District. According to the O.A.S., that brings to eleven the total number of families evacuated, leaving six more to go by […]
Police suspect foul play in the death of a woman from August Pine Ridge in the Orange Walk District and are now looking for her husband. This is after a post mortem on her body revealed she died of an injury to the head caused by a blunt object. Twenty-five year old Erwin Blanco told […]
Police and government officials are investigating how thieves could have gotten into the Fisheries Department headquarters on Princess Margaret Drive and stolen three licensed handguns. The break-in occurred around eight last night during a heavy downpour. Fisheries security guard, fifty-seven year old Ronnie Castillo, told police that he was sheltering from the rain in the […]
When we last visited Dangriga’s Christ the King Anglican school in November it was to report on it’s preparations for Garifuna Settlement Day. Tonight the news is less pleasant, as over the weekend thieves broke in, not once, but twice. The first break-in occurred between Friday night and Sunday morning and was detected by a […]
Two brothers have pleaded guilty to Handling Stolen Goods following the start of their trial on the more serious charge of Burglary. Thirty-six year old Wilwood Pinto and thirty-two year old Brian Pinto made their plea bargain decision after eight witnesses had testified for the prosecution. The crime in question involved a September 2006 break-in […]
The Police Department is reminding voters and party activists of the rules regarding guns and liquor on election day. In a press release they state that it is illegal to even carry a firearm or ammunition within one hundred yards of any polling or counting station. This prohibition extends from the time the polls open—seven […]
In a wide ranging interview aired last night following our newscast, U.D.P. leader Dean Barrow put fourth his personal and his party’s position on a number of issues facing the nation … issues that have not necessarily received much attention in the media or campaign propaganda. For those viewers who may have missed the full […]
When political scientists look at election statistics they invariably search for small geographic areas that produce voting results representative of the nation as a whole. Such areas are called bell weather districts and by watching them we may get some idea of what will happen in the rest of the country. For the last several […]
