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Earlier today, Libertad villager Jermain Dion Zuniga was charged for the murder of Juan Arturo Mendez, which occurred in Concepcion Village on Sunday afternoon. The thirty-six-year-old construction worker was detained following the incident in which he allegedly hacked Mendez to death inside his own house before turning his attention to Wendy Mendez and chopping her […]
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A post mortem examination on the body of seventy-nine-year-old Daniel Castellanos, a resident of Belmopan, certifies that he died of hypovolemic shock due to internal hemorrhage caused by multiple perforating gunshot wounds. But while it is clear how the elderly man died, police are still trying to zero in on who, exactly, shot and killed […]
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As government discusses the climate justice and the 2030 agenda, the issue surrounding migrant populations, sex workers, and the L.G.B.T. community persist. While PlanBelize speaks to the cross cutting theme of gender equity and equality, Orozco asks for whom. Caleb Orozco, United Belize Advocacy Movement “It was the prime minister some months ago who […]
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Nineteen-year-old Darwin Orellana from Maskall Village is the Junior Farmer of the Year. He joins a growing list of relatives who have also won the title. We visited Darwin at his family’s onion storage facility in Belize District where we spoke with him and his cousin Freddy Orellana, the 2018 Junior Farmer of the year. […]
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A call is being made for youth basketball players sixteen and younger to come out to a location near you this weekend as the Belize Basketball Federation launched its junior national team program. The regional tryouts which are being held on May twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth is a recruitment exercise where the best of the best […]
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Since taking over the leadership of the federation, Jacob Leslie and his team have been pushing full steam ahead with basketball programs to develop the sport. Recently, along with the National Sports Council, a primary school basketball competition is underway; there are the regional tryouts for the male U-sixteen team that you just heard about […]
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The person, who attempted to poison almost two thousand residents of San Vicente Village, Toledo District sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning last week, has still not been arrested. If ever that individual is caught, he might be facing additional charges aside from those related to attempting to poison a village. That’s because the […]
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During the course of the day public health officers have been visiting major supermarkets across the country to remove a series of Jif creamy peanut butter from shelves due to potential salmonella contamination. The Ministry of Health and Wellness has commenced a thorough investigation as a precautionary measure. These products, with lot codes one-two-seven-four-four-two-five through to […]
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As many as eight hundred and seventy-nine residents of Orange Walk District are benefiting from medical care provided by the United States Southern Command’s Joint Task Force. At the conclusion of Trade Winds 2022, a medical team also completed a three-day outreach where they partnered with local N.G.O.s to provide courses on preventative medicine, pediatrics, […]
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WhatsApp scammers reportedly targeted CARICOM Heads of State, in an attempt to have them transfer significant sums of money to a Chinese bank account. Numerous warnings exist about the perpetuation of monetary scams on social media. But, what happens when a world leader has no reason to doubt the legitimacy of a message that is […]
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Since the protest that took place in front of St Francis Xavier Credit Union in Corozal Town and subsequent press releases by the credit union, the former general manager of that financial institution has issued his own press statement. Rafael Dominguez says in his release his need to set the record straight, in which he […]
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Ms. Nicole Davison has been appointed British High Commissioner to Belize in succession to Ms. Claire Evans O.B.E. who will be retiring from the Diplomatic Service. Ms. Davison will take up her appointment during September 2022.
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The North Stann Creek River is known for raging flood waters after incessant rainfall, like what happened in 2008 when Tropical Storm Arthur claimed eight lives when the river rose several feet above its banks. While this time the river did flood, the eight inches of rainfall that was dumped in that area where the […]
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But while the downpour has subsided for the latter part of today, Young advises us along the coast and in southern Belize to keep those raincoats and umbrellas handy because there’s more rain to come on Thursday and quite likely an early start of the rainy season for this year. Shanea Young, Forecaster, National […]
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On Monday, the villages of San Jose and San Pablo were the beneficiaries of a water system. The Government of Belize officially launched the newly rehabilitated water system, which was made possible through financing by the Caribbean Development Bank and G.O.B. under the Water and Sanitation System Enhancement Sector. Fifteen hundred residents from both villages […]
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