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After an announcement made in August 2014, a pair of UH1H Huey helicopters, to complement the B.D.F.’s existing fleet of aircrafts, has arrived in Belize. The generous donation is from the Republic of China (Taiwan). Since the withdrawal of British troops several years ago, the Belize Defense Force has been without air support. But in […]
There’s a chilling report of rape against a minor. The names of the victim and the aggressor will not be disclosed to protect the girl’s identity. The heinous incident reportedly happened last Thursday in southern Belize after the girl headed home from school. She claims that her stepfather forced her into a bungalow house and […]
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Fugitive David Nanes Schnitzer slipped through the cracks immediately after he was granted a ten thousand dollar bail by the Supreme Court on November twentieth, 2015. Nanes, who was caught in San Pedro on November sixth, where he was living for some years, was arrested with a slew of illegal Belize documents—from a social security […]
Carrot farmers in the Orange Walk District have reported that seventy percent of their produce has been rotting in the fields because government has been issuing licenses to select persons for the importation of the vegetable from Mexico. The Government has countered that claim saying that it allows carrots to be brought in only when […]
The contraband of goods into Mexico from Belize and from Belize into Mexico is a thriving trade. The Commercial Free Zone is an area of particular concern. It is known that cigarettes and other goods enter the zone and eventually make it into the Mexican market. Contrabandistas are also known to use the Rio Hondo […]
There is also the issue of the transshipment of illicit drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana that get into Mexico from Belize. Just two weeks ago, on January third, Orange Walk’s Quick Response Team came up on a very large quantity of drugs that was suspected of being a drug cartel shipment. The compressed […]
On Tuesday, there were widespread reports of an aircraft landing in the Louisville area of the Corozal District. It was not clear at first whether it was a commuter plane, a private aircraft or even a drug plane that had touched down in the expansive location. Law enforcement officers, accompanied by personnel from the Department […]
Also in the north, the search continues for fifty-nine year old Juan Carlos Gutierrez. The Salvadoran national is wanted by Orange Walk Police for the cold-blooded murder of Indian Church Vice-Chairman, fifty-one year old Francisco Arevalo. Police believe that sometime on Saturday night Arevalo was accosted and killed by Gutierrez near an incomplete cement house […]
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Investigations also continue in another murder. Last Friday morning, the body of Anne Swaney, an executive producer with ABC Chicago, was found floating in the river at Succotz, Cayo. She had been staying at a resort in the area when she was strangled and her body found in the river. Police have been questioning persons […]
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Ten years after its establishment, the Belize Coast Guard has grown considerably in numbers as well as in the scope of duties. Today, it presented a report card of accomplishments even as it projects further growth in its long-term strategy. One issue on the horizon is to be held in partnership with the Belize Defense […]
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A historic groundbreaking ceremony was held on the bank of the Sarstoon River on December ninth to mark the beginning of construction of a forward operating base near Belize‘s southern border with Guatemala. Well, it has been a little over a month since that formality and work is yet to get underway at the location. […]
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With the interruption of work on the building of a new forward operating base on Hunting Caye, coast guard personnel have had to endure the discomfort of utilizing the existing facility on the island. As you would recall, work was discontinued at the location by the United States Army Corp of Engineers when a stink […]
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A cop from San Pedro AC walked free today from a single charge of extortion. That’s because a seventeen year old girl who made the allegation against thirty-eight year old police officer Oscar Ramirez, decided not to proceed with the matter in court. In light of that, Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser told Ramirez that he […]
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Belize’s tourism industry is being tainted with the recent murder of U.S. visitor Anne Swaney, which is still under investigation. But according to the Belize Tourism Board, the industry made great strides in 2015, improving visitor arrivals by six point two percent over 2014. The B.T.B. reports seven consecutive months of arrival increases, with September, […]
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As it relates to arrivals from across the Mexican border, the numbers are not on our side. The Mexican ambassador says he wants to close the gap by encouraging Mexican nationals to visit Belize. Though a figure is not available, Belizeans are known to flock across the border in droves and the Ambassador wants to […]
Turning to the Marion Jones Stadium…there was a soft launch just before the November elections. It is a project that dates back to 2008 and seven years later it has not been fully completed, depriving athletes and the public use of the facility. The Mexican government pledged financial support and came through with it, but […]
Back in July of 2015, Foreign Affairs Minister Wilfred Elrington visited Mexico in an official capacity where he signed on to nine bilateral agreements with his Mexican counterparts. While functional cooperation has been taking place with our northern neighbor for decades, the agreements put in place a legal framework for the execution of a number […]
On Tuesday, twenty-year-old James Emmanuel Cortez and his mother, forty-five-year-old Florita Pineda were charged for possession of a number of stolen items. Those articles were reported missing when occupants of a vessel were robbed near Middle Long Caye on January thirteenth. According to John Picard, a retired U.S. national, pirates boarded his boat sometime around […]
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And on the streets of the city, a team of police officers led by Superintendent Suzette Anderson was deployed this afternoon. While there was no chaos or crime to report on in the downtown area today, the officers were busy chitchatting with residents in Precinct Three’s jurisdiction. They shook hands, asked questions, laughed and made […]
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