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Residents in the area of Albert Street West and Yarborough in Belize City, are still shaken from the gun violence on Sunday night. They were, for the most part, inside their homes when what sounded like an automatic rifle unleashing rounds after rounds of bullets on a target permeated the air. There would be a […]
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A former Belize Defense Force soldier has been remanded to the Belize Central Prison in connection with a shooting incident in Belize City. Reports are that on Saturday night, police responded to the scene of a shooting on Western Avenue. When they arrived, they were informed that two men on motorcycle were seen traveling on […]
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A man was shot and stabbed in the Antelope Street Extension area on Sunday night and police say that he came under fire when three men went to rob a shop where he was. The victim, who was identified as Linsford McKenzie, reportedly discharged himself from the K.H.M.H. Assistant Commissioner of Police Hilberto Romero, who […]
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Twenty-four-year-old Everal Sambula, a resident of Partridge Street in Belize City, has been acquitted of two firearms-related offenses. In May 2019, he was charged for kept unlicensed firearm and ammunition, after police said that he had knowledge of a thirty-eight special revolver and three rounds of matching ammunition. But in a trial before the lower […]
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Mexican national Javier Martinez was one of several persons arrested in Corozal last week under the belief that they were hired guns sent to Belize to carry out an execution. After several days in detention, the Belize Police Department was unable to link the men to organized crime. While six of his countrymen have since […]
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A pair of armed thieves held up the employees of Puma Freetown service station on Saturday, before making off with an undisclosed sum of money. According to police, the duo arrived at the location and proceeded to relieve the gas attendants of cash at gunpoint, then entered the business and also robbed those inside of […]
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Thirty-six-year-old Shane Jones has been charged with robbery after he attacked a call center agent and her young child and stealing a purse containing money, bank cards, and several other personal documents. The incident happened on August eighteenth while Shayan Ramirez, a resident of Burrell Boom Village, was walking along East Collet Canal towards Novelo’s […]
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A hit and run in Belize City on Friday night has claimed the life of a Belize City resident. Fifty-two-year-old Radcliffe Codd was riding a bicycle along the Philip Goldson Highway when he was knocked down by someone driving a black Kia sports utility vehicle. The motorist and cyclist were both headed in the same […]
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Today marks one week since a young man left his home in Concepcion Village, messaged his mother informing her that he was going fishing with his father-in-law, as he normally did, and that he’d be back in a couple of days. But he went missing during the fishing expedition and his body was found on […]
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On Saturday night, the longstanding tradition of selecting a Queen of the Bay took place at the Belize City Civic Center. Eight young ladies from across the country, having won titles in their respective communities, competed for the coveted title to become the successor for reigning queen Mazlin Hanson. After a week of interviews and […]
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Officials from the World Bank are in Belize to assist farmers invest in better forms of technology that are more climate-resilient than what they are presently using. Farmers, particularly in the Valley of Peace area, will benefit from a loan project worth twenty-five million dollars. That area which is known to supply much of the […]
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. Former American Football Athlete, Ronnie Lott once said, “If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it”. This weekend, the Belize Softball Federation hosted the Thirty-First Women’s Softball Nationals. The eight teams that participated in this tournament believed and most definitely […]
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