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Tonight, residents and visitors on Caye Caulker are doing their best to distribute a limited supply of potable water, amid a crisis situation where there is a severe shortage of water from the utility company. It has been two and half days since a shaft broke down at the water treatment plant and things on […]
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To make matters worse on La Isla Cariñosa, there have also been intermittent power outages on the island. On Monday, sometime after five p.m., there was an emergency outage which affected the southern portion of Caye Caulker between eighty-forty-five p.m. and one a.m. According to a released issued by the company, the temporary loss of […]
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While work is underway to refill a hundred fifty thousand gallon water reservoir in Caye Caulker, Belize Water Services Limited is still sending out water trucks via barges to the island, to distribute, as well as replenish its supply. Dave Pascascio, Operations Manager, B.W.S.L. “Yesterday when we sent out the first barge of water, […]
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The effect that the shortage is having on local tourism on the island cannot be understated. While BWS is aware of that issue, Operations Manager Dave Pascascio explains the process of procuring a new shaft. Dave Pascascio, Operations Manager, B.W.S.L “We understand the time of the year, we understand the number of people on […]
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A Belize City resident was arraigned in the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court today for the murder of Densmore Bowman. Bowman, a thirty-four-year-old Belmopan resident had been reported missing back in November. His decomposing body was later discovered on the George Price Highway almost three weeks later on December sixteenth; he had been hacked to death and […]
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Two brothers have been charged for attacking and chopping Genaro Martinez and Patricio Kuylen on Sunday morning in Bullet Tree Village, Cayo. Police say that eighteen-year-old B.D.F. soldier Rony Hob and twenty-eight-year-old Ryan Hob committed the crime. They are charges of grievous harm, aggravated assault, and wounding. Martinez and Kuylen told police that they were in […]
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We are in the last few hours of 2019, and about to enter the New Year. So far, there have been more than one hundred and thirty homicides across the country. That’s the unofficial figure and the police department is expected to release the official number in early 2020. Since Commissioner of Police Chester Williams […]
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In 2019, we saw heinous and unbelievable murders. The official number of murders has yet to be determined and will be released in 2020 but by our count, it is dangerously close to 2018’s murder count which is a hundred and forty-four. The majority of the murders in 2019 were caused by three main elements: gang […]
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And with a few hours to go before 2019 comes to an end, the police department will be out in full force with an objective to keep the murder count and other crimes stagnant. The government sponsored Christmas anti-crime campaign will continue across the country and Commissioner Williams says that known criminals will be monitored […]
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The Baptist family from the Police Street area in Belize City is up in arms tonight after police officers barged into their houses just after six this morning. The officers were reportedly looking for drugs and by the time they had concluded the search, Denise Flowers says that they came up empty-handed. That did not […]
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In her interview, Denise Flowers says as a law abiding citizen, she is asking for Commissioner of Police Chester Williams to intervene in what she says may have an adverse effect on peace and tranquillity in the area. Denise Flowers, Claims Police Harassment “Mister Chester have to do something to ih police dehn cause […]
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For some, 2019 was filled with laughter, joy and success, for others it was tainted with sadness, deaths, and failures. But as the year starts anew, Belizeans across the country will be setting goals for 2020. Listing New Year’s resolutions have been a tradition around the world where someone pledges to achieve a certain goal […]
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