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Nitaya Locke was the first female auto-mechanic in a male dominated industry. She has a level-two mechanical engineering degree, was certified by Isuzu and was employed at Bravo Motors in Belize City. But on Friday night, a traffic accident near Public’s Supermarket on the Phillip Goldson Highway claimed the life of the well-known technician. After […]
Police in Rural Eastern Division have a thorny case of alleged attempted rape to investigate tonight. The case involves a Coast Guard officer, a manager for a major import and distribution outlet and a secondary school teacher, the latter two of whom lived at the same address in Ladyville. They came one after the other, […]
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In Hattieville over the weekend, Rural Eastern Division police made a major seizure of drugs and a firearm. Two persons, including a minor, were arrested and charged and police have reason to believe the adult was a courier for an operation in the West. We get more from ASP Juanito Cocom of Ladyville Police. […]
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Thirty-two-year old Sarita Ash, an unemployed single mother of three children, now has a conviction on her record for theft. But the circumstances are somewhat unusual. According to security guard forty-eight-year-old Frederick Trapp, he had his wallet stolen on Thursday, October twentieth, while at the Uno Gas Station on Youth for the Future Drive in […]
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Elwin Vanegas managed to successfully avoid capture by evading authorities for eleven years, after fleeing a prison bus in 2005. But we can report that he has been captured and returned to Belize from Guatemala, where he was said to be in hiding. Vanegas was picked up over the weekend and today, a warrant was […]
A somber moment today, as hundreds gathered to bid Senior Counsel Michael Young farewell at Wesley Methodist Church in Belize City. Of the many in attendance at the funeral service, Governor General Sir Colville Young and Prime Minister Dean Barrow were among prominent figures, including a who’s-who in the legal fraternity. In spite of the […]
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Since raising the alarm on a pair of offshore studies, including a proposed seismic survey, the local environmental community has been frank in objecting to government’s approval of such maritime activities. Opposition from Oceana in Belize, the Association of Protected Areas Management Organizations, Healthy Reefs and the World Wildlife Fund, as well as public outcry, […]
Notwithstanding assurances that the survey would not be conducted within areas of the Caribbean Sea, including atolls and lagoons, the Belize Audubon Society maintains that it requires an Environmental Impact Assessment to be done. Amanda Burgos-Acosta, Executive Director, Belize Audubon Society “The reality of it is I think when we saw the first map […]
Belize Rural North Area Representative Edmond ‘Clear the Land’ Castro was sworn in today by Governor General Sir Colville Young, as Minister of Transport and National Emergency Management Organization, NEMO. Administering of the oath took place this morning at the Belize House in Belmopan where family and friends gathered to witness the inauguration. Castro was […]
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A love triangle among teenagers in the city turns sour and leaves a seventeen-year-old hospitalized in a critical condition at the K.H.M.H. tonight. Kenroy Daly was badly beaten and stabbed by another teen on Friday night near the corner of Central American Boulevard and Raccoon Street. Daly was rushed to the hospital. Police have since […]
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Well-known Breastfeeding Counselor Penny Casasola was robbed on Friday night around seven-thirty, just outside her home on Rectory Lane. The elderly woman was attacked and robbed by a man on a bike. The robber managed to make off with Casasola’s purse and gold chain. She received bruises to her arm and scratches to her chest […]
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In other news out of Eastern Division South; tonight, police say there are two fewer guns on the street. With assistance from the public, they were able to recover two guns with ammunition from the Saint Martin’s area on Sunday. In a separate incident, over nine hundred grams of weed was confiscated. While the weapons […]
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While Eastern Division South officers were able to remove two guns from the city streets; over on La Isla Bonita, San Pedro police were able to seize a nine millimeter pistol. According to police, around one-thirty this morning, a routine patrol stopped and searched Forest Newton Green near the Barry Bowen Bridge on the island. […]
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On Friday, we reported on a fire on the George Price Highway which destroyed a family home. While National Fire Service personnel are still investigating, a probe of the site uncovered a candle left burning while the occupants were out buying groceries since the home had no electricity. The incident has captured the attention of […]
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The fourteenth National Tourism Awards were held on Saturday night. The annual show put off by the Belize Tourism Board is to recognize the best in the tourism industry. The Cayo District was the big winner of the night with four awards, while Placencia took home two. The surprise of the night, there were no […]
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. PLB Football found Police United FC hosting its bitter rival Belmopan Bandits inside the Norman Broaster Stadium yesterday in the west. We’re 22 minutes in when Elroy Smith powers this set piece at goal; Amin Guerra’s defensive stretch slices the ball away from Jose […]
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