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The family of seventy-four-year-old Romaldo Che is mourning his death after a driver knocked down the elderly farmhand and did not stop to render any assistance. The fatal road traffic accident occurred on Sunday night around nine-thirty on the San Estevan Road in Orange Walk Town. Reports are that even as Che was struck, the […]
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Up to news time this evening, no one has been detained in connection with the road traffic accident in which Romaldo Che lost his life. At a press conference this afternoon, Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero shared brief details on the incident, asking for the public’s assistance. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, O.C., Eastern Division “Police […]
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On Saturday, after days of search, the body of Luke Hansen was recovered from the Belize River, in the vicinity of Banana Bank. It was the third day of a search effort and Belize Coast Guard personnel, as well as members from the Belize Search and Rescue Team, were back on the river along with […]
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Police have arrested and charged three of their fellow law enforcement officers in connection with the death of Andrew McDougal back in December 2022. McDougal succumbed to injuries he sustained after being thrown into the pan of a police mobile while being detained. As a result, police formally arrested and charged twenty-nine-year-old John Lucas and […]
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In the wake of the shocking murders of brothers Jon and David Ramnarace in Belmopan on New Year’s Eve, the Belize Police Department, under public pressure to revisit the case of Fareed Ahmad who died in the presence of former Woman Police Constable Michelle Brown, turned over a sheaf of documents to seasoned attorney Richard […]
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According to Bradley, after poring over the documents, he was satisfied that there’s insufficient evidence to support the claim that a third person was ever inside the vehicle at the time of the incident. He told the media during a press briefing this afternoon that the extent of Elmer Nah’s involvement had to do with […]
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Following Bradley’s explanation, based on what he read from the police file, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams also addressed the matter. For reference, the case was revisited because of public pressure, including a call from the Leader of the Opposition, for the Belize Police Department to reconsider Elmer Nah’s involvement in that incident. This, after […]
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The Belize Network of Non-Governmental Organizations (B.N.N.) has issued a press release expressing its profound sadness, following the murder of brothers Jon and David Ramnarace and attempted murder of their wives in Belmopan. B.N.N. says it joins Jon’s colleagues at the Turneffe Atoll Sustainability Association (TASA) and his former co-workers at the Wildlife Conservation Society […]
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There was a scare at the Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave this afternoon when reports surfaced that a group of as many as one hundred and fifty tourists was trapped when the water level rose inside the cave. The Belize Search and Rescue Team, better known as BSART, dispatched a team of rescuers. By the time […]
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Fortunately, no one was injured in this incident, but BSART’s executive director Wendy Garcia says that there must be better monitoring of the cave system by tour guides and others, because it could have been deadly. On the Phone: Wendy Garcia, Executive Director, BSART “NICH needs to put some more monitoring aspects in place. […]
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A Bella Vista Village resident is tonight fighting for his life inside the K.H.M.H. after experiencing third degree burns to seventy-five percent of his body. On January fourth, Valeriano Pop was burning garbage outside of his home when the heap of waste suddenly exploded, causing severe injuries to his body. And, tonight his mother, Concepciona […]
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And, according to Doctor Melissa Diaz Musa, the Director of Public Health and Wellness at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, an investigation has been launched at the Independence Polyclinic. Doctor Musa says her team is seeking to ascertain what the doctor said to Pop and his family. Dr. Melissa Diaz Musa, Director of […]
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ComPol Williams, armed with the figures, listed out the number of murders per capita, by year, and the overall percentages. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “2012, the country saw one hundred and forty-five murders. That equates to forty-two point five per capita. That‘s extremely high. 2013 is the best year that we had under […]
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The United Democratic Party has called for the removal of Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa and Commissioner of Police Chester Williams from office on several occasions where the perennial issues of crime and violence are concerned. Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow continues to echo that call in the wake of the bloody New Year’s weekend. […]
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The Belize Business Bureau is calling for a direct takeover of the nightly Boledo and Sunday lottery from Brads Gaming Group Limited which signed an exclusive license in June 2020, to conduct the government lotteries. That demand follows a letter that was written to Kim Chee, Managing Director of Brads Gaming, in late December, where […]
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It is the second week in 2023 and countries across the globe continue to fight high rates of COVID infections. China, the United States, and the United Kingdom are all now reporting increased cases of COVID-19. In Belize, there was a spike in confirmed cases over the last few weeks in December, and into the […]
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As we said, several countries are reporting a spike in COVID-19 infections. Over the last seven days, the U.K. has reported more than seventy-thousand new cases. In China, more than one hundred and seven thousand new cases have been reported over the same period. According to Doctor Musa, the BA5.2 and BF7 variants account for […]
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If you were travelling along the Philip Goldson Highway from Ladyville to Belize City today, you would have noticed that two new checkpoints have been set up – one near the junction with the airport road and the other at the roundabout near the entrance to Benny’s Apartments. These checkpoints were put in place in […]
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The Belize National Blood Transfusion Service has been relocated. The blood bank was once housed inside a small wooden structure next to the Central Medical Laboratory. And, according to Doctor Melissa Diaz Musa, after decades of use, the structure has been deemed unfit for use. The Belize National Blood Transfusion Service is now located on […]
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