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An American national is the latest victim of a murder which occurred out west in San Ignacio. Details as to why Jeffrey Coats was shot as many as nine times outside a nightclub he owned on Wyatt Street is unknown at this time, but there are several persons detained for questioning, since the incident occurred […]
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So who was Jeffrey Allen Coats? While he migrated to Belize and started his nightclub, Coats had a criminal past. Reports surfacing online reflect that back on September sixth, 1994, he kidnapped David Grenier and stole his car in Tacoma, Washington. Coats was fourteen years old at the time and was charged with robbery, attempted […]
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This is yet another murder in less than four days in the twin towns of San Ignacio/Santa Elena. It is something unusual within the community and has Mayor Earl Trapp concerned because these crimes threaten the public’s sense of security. Earl Trapp, Mayor, San Ignacio/Santa Elena “San Ignacio has always been known to be […]
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On Friday, San Ignacio police arrested and charged twenty-two-year-old Christian Kelly for the crime of murder, in the wake of a deadly Independence Day stabbing at the Macal River Park. Police believe that the resident of Roman Catholic Street was responsible for inflicting the fatal injuries on Matthew Smith, a twenty-nine-year-old Belize City resident who […]
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An Orange Walk resident who has been charged for murder twice, in separate incidents, has been charged for the chopping death of librarian Bernard Timmons. The incident took place on Independence Day in Orange Walk Town, following the carnival road march. It is reported that Timmons, a resident of Neal’s Pen Road in Belize City, […]
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The Belize Bus Association, B.B.A., has written to the United Nations Development Fund, U.N.D.P. essentially requesting that buses be given as grants to conduct business. In the letter, written on September fifth, the B.B.A. seemed to chide the organization. The association then went on to state that it was not invited to sit at the […]
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As we reported last Thursday, the Supreme Court has granted the proprietors of James Bus Line leave for judicial review against the Department of Transport and Floralia Bus Company. The decision came after legal arguments were made on behalf of James Bus Line to the effect that the insertion of Floralia into the southern schedule […]
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Prime Minister John Briceño met with US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken at the Department of State in Washington D.C. today. The meeting was to discuss issues of mutual concern between both countries, including climate change, energy, food security, and finance. Prime Minister Briceño and Secretary of State Blinken spoke with the press briefly, […]
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Today, PathLight Belize signed a Cooperation Agreement with the Organization of American States (O.A.S.) in Washington, D.C. The agreement provides a framework for both organizations and the Government of Belize to collaborate in achieving the sustainable development goals through education. The Cooperation Agreement was signed by Adele Catzim-Sanchez the C.E.O. at PathLight, and Luis Almagro, […]
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For the second time in just over a month, a Belize Defense Force soldier has taken his own life. В.D.F. Сaptain, thirty-three-year-old Damacio Coc, who was remanded pending trial, was found hanging from a bed sheet inside his cell in the Tango Ten section of the prison facility on Sunday morning. Coc was awaiting trial […]
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Captain Coc’s suicide came as a surprise to prison officials, who normally look out for signs from inmates as a part of their training. Murillo told us that Captain Coc was remanded for a month and that he showed no signs of suicidal tendencies during the period that he was incarcerated at the facility. […]
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Thirty-five-year-old Kenya Villamil was viciously stabbed by her ex-boyfriend in San Narciso Village on September twenty-first. She was injured as many as twelve times when Myron Palencia reportedly took a knife to her while she was on her way home that night. Communications Director, Assistant Superintendent Fitzroy Yearwood told us today that the incident is […]
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The lifeless body of fifty-year-old Sergio Jovannie Valdez was found near a dumpster in Chan Pine Ridge last Thursday. A post mortem examination indicates that the fish vendor died as a result of a chop wound he received to the neck. This morning, A.S.P. Yearwood told reporters that information to the police department has not […]
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Welcome to this Monday’s edition of Sports Monday. Tonight, we will be bringing you the stats and highlights from the U13 Elite Boys Championship, the Benny’s Interoffice Basketball League, and the men’s national team basketball open tryouts. We begin our coverage with the Football Federation of Belize’s Under-thirteen Elite Boys Championship, which came to a […]
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Moving on now to the Benny’s Interoffice Basketball League in memory of Ian Mariano Sr. On Friday night, six teams faced off in three, action-packed basketball matches inside the Mexico Center in Belize City. The Central Health/Customs Enforcers took on the Digi Wallet Bucks. The Belize Coast Guard/Belize Port Authority went up against the Grace […]
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This week’s I.B.L. matches are scheduled for this Thursday, Friday, and Sunday inside the Mexico Center. And to more basketball news, an open men national team basketball tryout was held on Sunday at the Belize Civic Center. The tryout was hosted to select a national team to compete in the upcoming FIBA 2023 United Cup […]
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Flooding in Belama Phase Three has been a perennial issue for residents and business owners in that community. While it hasn’t been raining incessantly, the area is still submerged and getting in and out of the neighborhood is quite a challenge for commuters. Tonight, we look at the crisis that residents are faced with along […]
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