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There is worrying news tonight that frontline workers, including members of law enforcement, are persons who are among the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The Belize Police Department is reeling from the number of cases within its ranks since COVID-19 began its spread across the country earlier this year. These men and women, a […]
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The mounting number of COVID-19 cases within the department has forced a change of officers stationed at various hotspots in the north, particularly in the Orange Walk District where border communities continue to be monitored for illegal crossings. Despite the use of personal protective equipment, ComPol Williams says that officers on the frontline are still […]
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The coronavirus is also spreading at the congested Hattieville prison. Test results show that eight inmates have the virus so far and results for fifty-four samples are pending. It is likely that the spread started from a warden who was on holiday in the north. Today, alarm bells sounded when a prison officer suffering from […]
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The police department is actively following a lead that can result in another heroin bust. On Tuesday four men were caught with almost eight pounds of the highly addictive illegal drug while they were parked at a gas station near Belmopan. Forty-two-year-old Guatemalan Jaime Galvez and Belizeans twenty-two-year-old Wilson Morales, thirty-six-year-old Leeson Evelyn, and forty-seven-year-old […]
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Today, the body of popular artist Gilbert Alamilla, known as Mister Program, was interned at the Lord Ridge Cemetery in Belize City. As the funeral was making it way to the cemetery, a second suspect, who was wanted by police for almost a week, was arraigned at the Magistrate Court for his murder. Raheem Marsden […]
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Today, Belizean artist Gilbert Alamilla better known as Mr. Program was laid to rest. A large motorcade was held through the principal streets of Belize City which led his casket to his family home on Kelly Street for a viewing of the body where family, friends and fans were able to pay last respects. The […]
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So, as you heard, during the funeral motorcade for Mister Program, there were concerns about the lack of social distancing and failure to observe other safety protocols. The funeral organizers appeared to have attempted to heed to the concerns, but that didn’t seem to last. When the body made its way over to the Alamilla […]
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A family in the border village of San Victor, Corozal, is outraged claiming they were physically abused by a team of police officers. On Friday the police officers received information of contraband goods being kept at a house in the village. An anti-contraband operation was conducted and eight persons were arrested and charged. According to police, […]
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Commissioner of Police says that the family should be lucky that they were able to make it to the court. Chester Williams told the press today that the family attempted to hold the officers hostage and take control of their firearms. He says that the officers responded in a manner that ensured their safety against […]
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Today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams was asked about the allegations of domestic abuse made against the Prime Minister’s son, Shyne Barrow. Barrow’s wife, twenty-seven-year-old Catherine Barrow, first accused him of violence against her, but later retracted the statement saying that the information was exaggerated. The incident reportedly happened on October third when Catherine wanted […]
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Attorney-at-law Audrey Matura has also weighed in on the matter, pointing out that despite Catherine Barrow’s attempt to retract her statement, there is a medico-legal form that shows that there is a case of harm. Matura says that the complaint against Shyne Barrow doesn’t auger well for his political career. Matura also told reporters on […]
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The south side State of Emergency came to an end on Tuesday. More than one hundred residents of Southside Belize City were arrested and bussed to the Belize Central Prison where they were kept away from committing any crime. Over the past weeks, thirty gang members were slowly released. And while these persons are back […]
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On Wednesday, Kenneth “Big Tom” Flowers appeared in court to answer for forcing a woman to perform oral sex on a man. He was charged with “procuring defilement of a person by threat” for which he pleaded not guilty. He was denied bail and remanded until December third. During his arraignment, Flowers told the senior […]
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The Caribbean Shores constituency in Belize City is readying for the November eleventh elections. The constituency is considered an affluent bell weather district and has only been in Opposition twice. The incumbent Kareem Musa is facing a challenge from Lee Mark Chang, who moved to Caribbean Shores from Freetown where he was defeated in the […]
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is asking for assistance in establishing the identity and nationality of “Kelton.” He is the man who is stranded in Peten in Guatemala and says he is a Belizean. But before he can be brought back to Belize his nationality has to be confirmed and that responsibility lies with the […]
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The family of George Murphy is up in arms tonight because nine days after he was killed, they still have not been able to lay the remains of their loved one to rest. On September twenty-ninth, the twenty-one-year-old fisherman was executed near the main pier in Placencia. Preparations were made to bury Murphy, but the […]
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The family is also crying out for justice for the murder of George Murphy. So far police have been unable to crack the case and no one has been arrested or charged for the killing. Orie Burgess says that the family has also been unable to get information on the case from the police. […]
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Friday is World Egg Day and while you might think that it is insignificant the Belize Poultry Association believes otherwise. According to its data, last year Belizeans consumed more than seventy million eggs, that’s about one hundred and seventy eggs a person consumes every year. This year World Egg Day is being celebrated under the […]
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Placencia is gearing up to benefit from its first polyclinic. An agreement was signed by the Belize Tourism Board, the Ministry of Health and the Placencia Village Council. The state-of-the-art facility will cost one point six million dollars and include consultation and waiting rooms, reception and registration areas, asthma bay, triage rooms, laboratory and pharmacy. […]
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In a typical October, we would be reporting on awareness and educational activities being held around the situation of breast cancer in Belize. The Belize Cancer Society is still commemorating Breast Cancer Awareness – albeit without the usual mass gathering event. In tonight’s healthy living, we find out that there is still a lot to […]
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