All posts by Patrick E. Jones

  • Teenage girl reported missing in Santa Elena town

    A 16 year old girl has been reported missing in Santa Elena town, Cayo.  The mother of the child Aura Alicia Isales reported to police that her daughter Wendy left home on Friday for an unknown destination...

    • Posted August 5, 2013
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  • Murder in Benque Viejo del Carmen town

    Police in Benque Viejo del Carmen are investigating a homicide in Belize’s western-most municipality. The victim has been identified as Pedro Antonio Vasques, 51, a Guatemalan laborer residing on River Side street in the town.  Police say...

    • Posted August 5, 2013
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  • New international leader for the Salvation Army chosen

    The Salvation Army church has a new international leader.  Commissioner Andre Cox was chosen on the sixth day of the High Council meeting in London, England.  General Cox becomes the twentieth leader of the quasi-military style church...

    • Posted August 4, 2013
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  • Mayor Bradley seeks sister cities relationship with Evanston, Illinois

    The Mayor of Belize City Darrel Bradley is on a working visit to the US state of Illinois.  According to the Evanston Review website, the purpose of Mayor Bradley’s visit is to pursue a sister city relationship...

    • Posted August 2, 2013
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  • Salvadoran authorities seize cocaine reportedly destined for Belize

    Law enforcement officials in El Salvador last week seized multiple containers chock full of cocaine that were supposed to be destined for Belize.  According to an Associated Press report, El Salvador’s attorney general has confirmed that the...

    • Posted August 1, 2013
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  • Victim of traffic accident is Bullet Tree Falls taxi driver

    Police have identified the victim on Wednesday night’s fatal road traffic accident on the Bullet Tree road as Adolfo Ventura, 48.  According to police, Ventutra’s Toyota Corolla car, with taxi license plate SI D-00429 went out of...

    • Posted August 1, 2013
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  • Taxi driver dies in traffic accident

    There are reports of a fatal road traffic accident on the Bullet Tree road in the Cayo district.  Initial reports are that a taxi driver from Bullet Tree Falls village lost his life in the accident.  More...

    • Posted July 31, 2013
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  • Salvation Army moves closer to choosing new world leader

    Five men have accepted the nomination to stand for election as the new world leader of the Salvation Army church. The 18th High Council of the Salvation Army convened on Monday morning in London, England with the...

    • Posted July 31, 2013
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  • Youth accused of trying to sodomize 11 year old boy

    Police in the Belize district are looking for two youth after an alleged attempt at sodomizing an 11 year old boy.  According to police, the eleven year old boy from Sunset Park village along the George Price...

    • Posted July 31, 2013
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  • Two of three escaped prisoners recaptured

    Officials of the Kolbe Foundation have confirmed to West Vision news that two of three prisoners who escaped from the Belize Central Prison on Sunday night have been recaptured.  The trio was reportedly spotted near La Democracia...

    • Posted July 30, 2013
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