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The looming threat of the Zika virus and its potential impact on the Caribbean was the subject of a presentation earlier today, before an audience of CARICOM heads of government in Placencia. While microcephaly and other disorders affecting the nervous system are possibly linked to the spread of the mosquito-borne disease, Zika has been declared […]
The opening ceremony for a gathering of CARICOM heads of government in southern Belize, complete with cultural presentations showcasing the ethnic diversity of the Jewel, was held in Placencia on Monday evening. In attendance were government ministers, as well as other senior representatives from fourteen member states. While the delegates were all treated to music, […]
There are two murders to report—one in Punta Gorda and one in San Pedro. Tonight, the body of Honduran national Johana Samantha Mendez Barrios lies inside the morgue at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where it awaits an autopsy. This morning, the twenty-two-year-old’s throat was slashed inside her apartment in the Boca Del Rio area […]
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And while San Pedro Police hunt for a killer, their counterparts in Punta Gorda are looking for evidence to identify three. On Saturday night, American National Thomas Rockowski was at his home in Hopeville, Punta Gorda when three men stormed into his residence and attacked him. Rockowski was stabbed multiple times, but clung to life […]
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Today, stakeholders from the Flood Mitigation Infrastructure Project conducted a tour across the drainage network in the city – from the Douglas Jones Canal to the Maheia Canal on the Phillip Goldson Highway. The project was launched in October 2014 and was designed to provide critical relief of the flooding woes suffered by residents after […]
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While the site inspectors assess the success of the project works, the Belize City Council has come under fire for sections which have been left in a terrible condition – namely Cinderella Plaza, Kelly Street and Baymen Avenue. Mayor Darrell Bradley has maintained that those works will be a part of the Flood Mitigation Project. […]
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On Friday, media crews camped outside the Belize Family Court until dark, waiting for a determination on the fate of Nina Barrera Perez. The custody and jurisdiction woes of baby Nina have played out in the legal arena since November when she was removed from her mother’s care by the Department of Human Services. Finally, […]
A Belize City man has been remanded for the attempted murder of Raheem Bailey last Friday. Bailey was the first of five persons injured during four separate shootings in the city. And today, twenty-three-year-old Deon Brackett was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith. This morning, Brackett, who walked from a murder in 2013, appeared […]
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Tonight, a sentence handed down by Magistrate Deborah Rogers is under review by Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith, after it was learned that forty-two-year-old Cecil Franklin, no stranger to the law, had received a mere slap on the wrist for burglary. Franklin, also known as G.I. Joe, was sentenced to six weeks in prison after […]
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On Monday, as a post mortem examination was being conducted on the body of Tomari Jackson, his classmates from North Cobb High School traveled back to Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. The fourteen-year-old first year student was on a one-week mission to the Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary with the group when they went swimming in the Sibun […]
From day to day we’re called to various Police Stations and substations for any matter of reasons – from hunting information to donations and training courses. But we’ve never before been called to witness the Police raffling a vehicle – until today that is. It’s a novel idea, and Eastern Division North PR Officer Fitzroy […]
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Today, the Sister Cecilia Home for the Elderly in Belize City was the recipients of twenty-five chairs courtesy of Citrus Products of Belize Limited in the south. Today at the institution located on Wilson Street, CPBL Farm Manager Dwight Montero handed over the donation valued at one thousand, five hundred dollars. News Five found out […]
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