All posts by Patrick E. Jones

  • Search for body of missing child feared drown is underway

    Reports from rural Belize district say that a little girl who had gone on an outing in Isabella Bank village is missing and feared drowned. The full name of the child has not yet been confirmed but...

    • Posted August 25, 2013
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  • Toledo Queen of the Bay chosen

    Congratulations to the new Queen of the Bay, Toledo Miss Kristen Tate, 22.  Tate bested three other contestants to claim the crown during the pageant held on Saturday night at the Sports Complex in Punta Gorda town. ...

    • Posted August 25, 2013
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  • SUV and motorbike collide; man dies

    A man from St. Matthew village in the Cayo district lost his life on Saturday evening in a road traffic accident.  The victim has been identified as Vicente Petronillo Santos, 38.  Reports are that Santos was driving...

    • Posted August 25, 2013
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  • Group prays at the steps of the National Assembly building

    A group of “concerned and patriotic Belizeans” are today gathered at the steps of the National assembly building in Belmopan. The purpose of the gathering, which is organized by Pastor Jim Duncan and community activist Patrick Menzies...

    • Posted August 24, 2013
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  • Flood alert, NEMO issues advisory

    The National emergency Management Organization (NEMO) has activated district emergency committees in all districts, except Stann Creek.  This is because of localized flooding due to heavy rainfall caused by a passing tropical wave.  So far only one...

    • Posted August 24, 2013
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  • Service group helps children going back to school

    About one hundred primary school children, mostly from south-side Belize City will find it less stressful to return to classes in September.  That is because the Sunrise Rotary Club of Belize City will be distributing two sets...

    • Posted August 24, 2013
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  • Belize beats Panama in hotly contested volleyball game

    Bravo for Belize’s National Junior Volleyball team.  Team Belize today defeated Panama in one of the more exciting games of the ongoing 15th Women’s U-20 Central American Championship. It took 5 sets plus extra points for Belize...

    • Posted August 23, 2013
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  • Body of Mexican retrieved from Rio On Pool

    The body of a man has been retrieved from the Rio On Pool in the Mountain Pine Ridge area of the Cayo district less than 24 hours after he fell from a rock.   Dr. Marcelino Sosa, a...

    • Posted August 23, 2013
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  • Belmopan duo arrested on drug trafficking charges

    Two Belmopan residents have been arrested on drug trafficking charges.  They are Omar Avelar, 20 and Tina Gabourel, 28.  According to police reports, officers conducted a search of Avelar’s home on Antelope Street in Belmopan on Thursday...

    • Posted August 23, 2013
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  • Man chopped in the face as he slept in bed

    A man from Mahogany Heights village in the Belize District has survived a brutal home invasion that the police are classifying as a case of attempted murder. Police say that just after midnight on Friday morning a...

    • Posted August 23, 2013
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