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Three days after the Sibun River mayhem in Gracie Rock, thirty-five-year-old Tyrone Young, a taxi man and construction worker of Mahogany Street, was arraigned for the murder of Denver Montero that occurred on Sunday afternoon. Montero, along with many others, was socializing in the river near the hammock bridge when they were ambushed by a […]
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He was executed on Saturday night in the vicinity of the Port of Belize compound on Central America Boulevard, and tonight, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams confirmed that there have been no arrests as yet for the murder of sixteen-year-old Wellington Williams. A motive for the cold-blooded homicide of the high school student is a […]
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On Tuesday, the body of a man was discovered on the banks of a lagoon inside the Corozal Free Zone. The individual has since been identified as thirty-three-year-old Mexican national Carlos Alberto Yepes Rosa of Santa Elena, Quintana Roo, Mexico. A local report says that Rosas’ body was covered with pallets, with injuries to the […]
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As promised, cameras have been installed on the John Smith Road. During an interview this evening, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams confirmed that he was also meeting with representatives from the Belize Tourism Board to discuss the installation of cameras in San Pedro Town to assist with crime-fighting on the island. Here’s ComPol Williams with […]
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Thirty-seven-year-old Police Constable Daniel Requeña has been acquitted of a charge of extortion, five years after he was accused of obtaining money by force or coercion from a woman in Belize City. The incident took place in 2017, when Estephania Gomez reportedly handed over eight hundred dollars for the release of her friends who were […]
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Every year around this time, the Belize National Fire Service is summoned more often than it can respond to calls of bushfires that rage out of control and threaten homes and sometimes lives. This year is no different. In fact, fire officials believe that this will be the worst yet, simply because bushfires have started […]
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House fires are as bad as forest fires and can also easily be prevented if the time is taken to ensure that nothing is left turned on and unattended. At this time of year, people are planning to travel for the Easter and many times they go and leave electrical appliances plugged in and turned […]
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On April first, the Immigration Department introduced new fees for passport services, several months after the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration announced in parliament that charges would not be increased along with the introduction of a new Belize e-passport. Nonetheless, it has become necessary in order to offset the cost of the […]
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Data compiled by the Immigration Department indicates that as many as twenty-five thousand, fifty-eight domestic passport applications were submitted between October 2022 and C.E.O. 2023. A majority of those applications were turned in at the C.E.O. office. C.E.O. Middleton also went on to compare the cost of the new e-passport to similar travel documents in […]
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The availability of passports has also been an issue at the Immigration Department. C.E.O. Middleton explained how the situation will be resolved in the days ahead, before clarifying what created the shortage in the first place. On the phone: Dr. Gilroy Middleton, C.E.O., Ministry of Immigration “Okay, in terms of the availability of the […]
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In 2018, sargassum began to wash up along Belize’s coast at a record rate. The brown, pungent seaweed has been bad for the tourism industry, as resort owners reported increased cancelations at the time. In 2023, the problem is back and scientists are projecting that this could be another record year for sargassum influx along […]
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The five million dollar Boca del Rio Bridge on the island of Ambergris Caye is near completion. We have been reporting on the renovation of the bridge since the inception of the project. Well, tonight we can tell you that it will be inaugurated in a couple of weeks. And according to Mayor Nunez, the […]
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Dallas Maverick Shooting Guard, Reggie Bullock, vacationed in Belize back in June 2022. During his stay in the Jewel, Bullock engaged a group of secondary school students who are at risk of joining gangs. Late last year, in December, Bullock donated twenty-four pairs of basketball tennis shoes to the Belize Basketball Federation. But, what was […]
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It’s no secret that the cost of living has increased over the years – the stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as soaring fuel prices, have triggered a price hike on almost all commodities. Fish and other seafood products are no different, but during Easter time, the cost for your favourite fish goes up […]
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Belize has received yet another donation of pediatric vaccines, this time from the Government of Lithuania. On Tuesday, the Honorary Consul of Lithuania Carlos Perera handed over the donation of six boxes of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for children, twelve years and younger, to Minister of Health and Wellness Kevin Bernard. The ministry continues to monitor […]
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Mayor Bernard Wagner has served as mayor for a full term and is currently serving his second. He has been commended for keeping the City Council’s finances out of the red, but criticized for wanting to charge city residents a garbage collection tax. As municipal elections are scheduled for next year, the question arises: Will […]
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And Wagner was re-elected as President of the Mayors’ Association, an advocacy group comprising of all mayors. They have been discussing hot-button topics on ways to increase revenues. Among them is one that Belize City residents have scoffed at – a garbage collection tax. But Wagner says that one is on the back burner, at […]
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At the beginning of March, Mayor Wagner had told the media that the Belize City Council was prepared to rethink the installation of parking meters in front of Digi Park, a family-oriented facility. He had reasoned that the meters were installed to deter employees of the nearby call centers from taking up that section of […]
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As the Sinach concert kicks off at this hour at the Digi Park, the traffic in that area will be controlled by the City Council’s traffic wardens to ensure that there’s no bottleneck to affect motorists trying to make their way to the concert or to another part of the city through that area. Mayor […]
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