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Former Minister of Works Rene Montero may be facing criminal charges in the days ahead. The three-time U.D.P. Cayo Central Area Representative is the subject of an ongoing investigation being carried out by the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing. It is alleged that under his tenure as head of that government department, equipment, fuel […]
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In investigating Montero’s dealings during his term of office, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development has turned to the Attorney General, the Commissioner of Police, and the Integrity Commission to determine whether any legal action can be taken against him for misconduct. According to Minister Espat, no stone is being left unturned. Julius […]
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If that wasn’t bad enough, Montero has found himself in yet another outrage, this one involving a starting gate used in horse racing activities. This morning, personnel from the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, accompanied by a team of police officers, retrieved the gate from a property which was said to be Montero’s farm. In a […]
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Tonight, the family of Gregory Bowen is speaking out. Bowen is the thirty-nine-year-old man found dead in a cell block at the Queen Street Police Station on Monday morning. The police allege that Bowen hung himself with his pants, but tonight, his sister says that she doesn’t believe that is what happened. Catherine Bowen tells […]
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While the Bowen family is questioning the police’s account of his death, they are angry that the police department denies knowing of his mental state. Catherine Bowen says that her brother has interfaced with the cops on multiple occasions over the years because of his mental condition. She says the cops had responded and provided […]
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Police are still investigating Myron Itza’s death, the fourteen-year-old minor from San Jose Succotz who was discovered dead inside a bedroom on New Year’s Day. A post-mortem confirmed that the child died as a result of acute respiratory distress. When we reached out to the family today, they were understandably distraught. They are perplexed by […]
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Police are also investigating another suspicious case in the west. In this case, it is the mysterious disappearance of an older man. It has been six days since Miguel Caceros has gone missing. Despite evidence to suggest that he was injured during an altercation with three other persons on his farm, the family is still […]
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Belize Water Services Limited is the last of three government-owned utility companies to have named a new board of directors under the new People‘s United Party administration. The appointment of Cornelio Acosta, as chairman, and eight other members succeed the selections of former senator Mark Lizarraga and attorney Andrew Marshalleck as the presiding officers of […]
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The COVID-19 outbreak at the Palm View Center has been contained. The Ministry of Health and Wellness confirmed on Tuesday that twenty-one residents and seven staff tested positive for the deadly virus. But according to acting Director of Health Services Doctor Melissa Diaz, the index patient has not been identified. She says that none of […]
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On Tuesday, the country recorded eighty-one new COVID-19 cases, putting the total to eleven thousand and eighteen confirmed cases. Out of that number, five hundred and thirty cases remain active. Two hundred and fifty-eight deaths have been reported, and at the moment, twenty-two patients are hospitalized. The overall positivity rate is now at twenty-one point […]
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The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Orange Walk and Corozal districts has been decreasing. The spread of the virus is slowly controlled. Travel to and within these two districts remain restricted, and it seems that it has helped in controlling the spread of the virus. But the same cannot be said for the […]
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Orange Walk North Area Representative Ramon “Monchi” Cervantes is the sixth P.U.P. area rep to tests positive for COVID-19. The Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, and Immigration revealed the news in his New Year’s message on Facebook last Thursday. In his statement, he said, “I ask you all to […]
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While Cervantes is quarantining and expected to recover, the situation is not so fortunate for a Belize City businessman. Orlando Quan Senior is intubated at a private medical facility in Belize City. Quan Senior is among those severe cases for which a blood transfusion is needed and treatment by convalescent plasma and platelets. His family’s […]
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Applications are now being accepted for the Food Assistance Program under the Ministry of Human Development. The redesigned initiative is a merger of the COVID-19 Food Assistance Program and the Grocery Bag Program. The appeal is for applications from households where no one is working; households that are not receiving a pension; single-parent families, and […]
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There is yet another weed bust to report in the North. On Tuesday, a police operation for drugs and firearm in Orange Walk Town led to the discovery of several parcels of suspected cannabis. The suspected drugs weighed two thousand eight hundred and fifty-five grams or over six point two pounds. No was in the […]
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That bust is one of many the police make every year. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams has himself spearheaded numerous anti-drug operations thus far in his career as an officer. With the cannabis conversation very much alive, what are his thoughts on the legalization of the marijuana trade? Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “I […]
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And he may be the top cop in the country, but on Tuesday night, Commissioner Williams was stopped for violating the quarantine regulations. Williams was driving in Belize City when he was stopped by one of his own officers for being out during curfew hours. It’s ironic because a low-level ranking police officer caught the […]
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A new home for the New Year – that’s a promise that a community group made to a woman and her six children and they delivered on that promise on January first. Two weeks ago, we traveled to Cow Pen Village to share the story of how a community banded together to help a woman […]
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