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The appointment of Senator Collet Montejo as Field Supervisor for the pending re-districting exercise has been rife with controversy. From the onset, the opposition has been against the Deputy Secretary General of the People’s United Party being selected to serve in that capacity on the Re-division Task Force. On Thursday, U.D.P. Chairman Michael Peyrefitte wrote […]
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Chairman Peyrefitte’s letter to the Governor General seeking Senator Montejo’s removal is the second request being made for action to be taken by the Crown’s representative in Belize. It follows a previous letter written to G.G. Tzalam requesting the disclosure of an agreement between the Briceño administration and the law firm of CourtenayCoye L.L.P. The […]
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The United Democratic Party joined forces with the Belize Coalition of Churches several weeks ago during a countrywide campaign by the religious community to garner the necessary number of signatures by eligible voters to trigger a referendum on the legalization of cannabis. During the third term of the Barrow administration, cannabis was decriminalized. Individuals were […]
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When we caught up with Kareem Musa, the Minister of New Growth Industries at an event earlier today, we took the opportunity to ask him about the referendum exercise that the churches have been able to trigger through petitions. The churches have been unwavering in their quest to get the country’s input in the voting […]
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There was an armed robbery at the Puma Gas Station on Thursday night in Belize City. It happened at the service station located at the corner of Faber’s Road and the George Price Highway. According to attendants, three gunmen came up just before closing time and relieved an employee of an undisclosed amount of cash […]
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A Dangriga resident has been charged for the murder of Emerson Nunez. Earlier today, police formally arrested and charged thirty-three-year-old Kenrick Wade for the murder which occurred in the wee hours of July fourth in that southern municipality. Police believe that Wade was the gunman who opened fire on Nunez around one a.m. on Gadsby […]
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A police officer is accused of physically abusing his girlfriend in an act of jealous rage. The girlfriend reported to police that following the attack he returned a second day to use a taser on her and continue his physical assault. The cop, identified as twenty-four-year-old Police Constable Harold Thompson, appeared before Senior Magistrate, Tricia […]
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A Hattieville woman alleges that her neighbor assaulted her with a vehicle and a machete. Twenty- eight-year-old Kadisha Carter reported to police that forty-year-old Florith Requeña assaulted her with a vehicle and a knife. When Requeña appeared before Magistrate Khiana Gordon, she pleaded not guilty to the accusation. In her report to police, Carter said […]
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Today at the University of the West Indies Open Campus in Belize City, the Alumni Association bestowed the Professional Excellence Apex Award on Doctor Adrian Coye, a former graduate of the institution. It is issued annually by the association to an alumnus who is recognized for his or her professionalism and excellence – in Doctor […]
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The Belize Police Department is fighting crime by equipping Belize City children with the necessary tools needed for success. A.C.P. Howell Gillett spent the morning engaging children from across the city in a first-of-its-kind tour of the Supreme and Magistrates Court. He then made himself available for a ceremony at the Raccoon Street Police Station […]
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And while these children had intervention from an early age to help steer them clear of prison walls, over at the country’s only penitentiary in Hattieville, the population now is significantly lower than what it was prior to when the decriminalization of marijuana possession of ten grams or less took effect some years ago. Minister […]
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And one of the elements of landing employment often times requires a clean police record, so even a small infraction such as possession of marijuana could sometimes counts against one. But Musa explained that while some may not have known, from as far back as 2017, people who have criminal records for marijuana offenses under […]
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Last October, the Cabinet decided to take a multi-sectoral approach to help to fight crime when the Ministry of Home Affairs, through the Department of Youth Services. D.Y.S. enlisted over seven hundred youths in three different programs and today, those students graduated from their courses and have options to either return to take another course […]
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Electric vehicles are becoming the transportation of choice across the world. E.V.s are considered to be more cost efficient and environmentally friendly than fuel powered vehicles. And, with the increasing cost of fuel, making the switch is almost a no-brainer. In Belize, Ruth Esquivel is among the first to own an electric vehicle. Esquivel purchased […]
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So, why has the E.V. wave not overtaken Belize as yet? Esquivel says, the challenge is threefold. They are physical infrastructure, legislative infrastructure, and political will. Here is how she puts it. Ruth Esquivel, Electric Vehicle Owner “I think it kind of threefold; the first is that the infrastructure is not here. BEL now […]
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“Bruk life have to guh”. That’s the message that Belizean Artist Trevor “T-Unknown” Yarde is spreading in his latest single entitled ‘Bruk Life”. T-Unknown released the visuals for his single today. We spoke with him about the song and the positive message behind it. Here is that interview. Trevor “T-Unknown” Yarde, Belizean Artist “Bruk […]
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Doctor David Pendergast, a renowned American archaeologist, famous for his work at Altun Ha and Lamanai, returned to London today, following a brief visit to Belize. Unfortunately, while here in the Jewel, the eighty-eight-year-old ended up being hospitalized at the Belize Medical Associates after suffering a fall at Lamanai Lodge. From his hospital bed this […]
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It’s summertime and the kids are rolling into two months of recess! Summer camps are kicking off and the Bliss Institute for the Performing Arts is one of the places being occupied by children while they are out of the classrooms. Kids ages three to fourteen are currently engaged in three weeks of theater activities. […]
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