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There were four murders recorded over the weekend – two in Belize City and two out west, in the Cayo District and in two of the incidents, minors are the victims. We begin tonight’s newscast with the murder of a teenager, believed to be a minor, at Smith’s Family Farm on Branch Mouth Road of […]
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A teenager was executed in an abandoned lot on Hunters Lane over the weekend. The fifteen-year-old ran afoul of the law on a number of occasions and was in fear of his life. But on Sunday night, fate caught up with Nigel Ferguson, as he was callously murder a distance from where he lived in […]
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A Belize City resident was ambushed and killed on Saturday night in front of his apartment. Reports are that just after eleven-thirty, twenty-eight-year-old Ricardo Borja was inside his white Nissan pickup, when a lone gunman approached and opened fire in his direction. Borja had just returned to the apartment from a night out in the […]
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A group of seven Mexican nationals was busted near a checkpoint Corozal over the weekend. The men are believed to be hired guns sent to Belize by a Mexican cartel to take out a well-known drug dealer in Corozal District. It’s a frightening scenario that proves the effortless infiltration of Belize’s northern border by criminal […]
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While an investigation is ongoing, this morning, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams told reporters that the Belize Police Department has been utilizing resources made available through the Government of Belize to address the issue of drug-related crimes in Corozal District. The Briceño administration has allotted a million dollars to law enforcement to fight the scourge […]
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Embattled Belize Rural South Area Representative Andre Perez has taken a leave of absence from his responsibilities as Minister of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation. The decision comes amid a sex scandal involving the San Pedrano and a woman residing in Caye Caulker. Earlier today, the Government of Belize issued a release stating that Prime […]
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As we reported at the top of the news, there were two murders in the Cayo District over the weekend. The shooting death of an alleged minor in San Ignacio Town for which Joseph Budna is also under investigation, and then there was the murder of a Billy White villager on Saturday night. Police responded […]
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Two elderly brothers are recovering from stab wounds they suffered at the hands of a younger relative on Saturday evening in Lemonal Village. The incident happened in front of the Anthony’s residence, where a celebration was happening after a cricket match. And the suspect is no stranger to police. Aside from being the grandson of […]
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A twenty-four-year-old Corozal Town resident was shot on Saturday night while socializing at a bar. According to police, the victim, Adonais Rax, was at “Aqui me Quedo Bar” at around nine o’clock when a single gunshot was heard. Rax then realized he was shot. He was transported to the Corozal Community Hospital where he is […]
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Police are also investigating a chopping incident in the town. According to reports, just before midnight on Friday, police visited Fourth Avenue where they observed twenty-eight-year-old Franklin Moreno with injuries to his arm. Initial investigation reveals that Franklin Moreno and Douglas Moreno were socializing at a local bar when a brawl broke out and both […]
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Two men were killed in a traffic accident on the Philip Goldson Highway on Saturday morning. The mishap happened at the famous Mameyal Curve near the entrance to San Roman Village and involved a pickup and a motorcycle on which the two victims were travelling. The victims are two men who lived about twenty minutes […]
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There was a robbery near mile twelve on the George Price Highway on Friday that resulted in an employee of Grace Kennedy Belize being injured by gunshots. Ellis Arkliss and his sidemen were en route to Belize City when they were ambushed by several persons inside a vehicle. The men fired multiple shots at the […]
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Today at the Leigh Richardson Building in Belmopan, an opening ceremony was held for a review of Belize’s implementation of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, UNCAC. It’s the second reassessment of the country’s standing since ratification back in December 2016. Fast track to this week, officials are in country to meet with government officials […]
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Bernardo Arévalo, an anti-corruption advocate representing the progressive Movimiento Semilla party, emerged victorious in Guatemala’s presidential election on Sunday. He defeated former First Lady Sandra Torres. With a complete tally of votes, Arévalo secured an impressive 58.01% of the votes compared to Torres’s 37.24%. The election of Arévalo stands as a robust rejection of the […]
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. Author and fitness coach, Fred Devito once said, “If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you”. Over the weekend, Belize rural held its 2023 Women Softball Championship, a challenge that saw the top four teams in the area go head to […]
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