All posts by Patrick E. Jones

  • Belize is represented at FAO meeting in Mexico City

    Belmopan, CAYO. Wednesday, March 9, 2016. Belize was represented at the the thirty fourth United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean. The forum was held in Mexico City, Mexico from...

    • Posted March 9, 2016
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  • Maskall village water system being rehabilitated

    Maskall village, BELIZE. Wednesday, March 9, 2016. Yolanda Habet-Jones Reporting: Ground was broken this afternoon in rural Belize district for the rehabilitation of the Maskall village Rudimentary Water System. The project, will seeks to upgrade the village’s...

    • Posted March 9, 2016
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  • Warmer, drier weather conditions setting in

    Punta Gorda, TOLEDO. Monday, March 7, 2016. Yolanda Habet-Jones Reporting. Improving weather conditions will mean warmer temperatures around the country in the coming days. The general forecast for Belize and her coastal waters is for cloudy skies...

    • Posted March 7, 2016
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  • Domestic incident leaves one dead, one in police detention

    San Pedro Town, AMBERGRIS CAYE. Monday, March 7, 2016. Another fatality arising out of a domestic dispute has been reported. Information received says that late last night a couple in the San Pedrito area of San Pedro...

    • Posted March 7, 2016
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  • San Pedro bartender on life support in Belize City

    San Pedro Town, AMBERGRIS CAYE. Sunday, March 6, 2016. The family of 30 year old Edwin Ixpatac is staying by his bedside at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital as he remains in critical condition. Best information suggests...

    • Posted March 6, 2016
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  • Police make marijuana bust just outside of San Ignacio town

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Sunday, March 6, 2016. Two large bundles of marijuana, weighing about 150 pounds, are in storage at the San Ignacio police station following a drug bust early on Saturday morning. The drug is labeled...

    • Posted March 6, 2016
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  • Family searches for San Ignacio man

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Saturday, March 5, 2016. A family from San Ignacio is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a loved one. Thirty four year old Carlos Sanchez was last seen on Thursday evening around 5...

    • Posted March 5, 2016
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  • Belizean authorities capture Guatemalan near Valentin Camp

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Saturday, March 5, 2016. Twelve hours after a Guatemalan national was injured during an encounter involving a joint Belize Defence Force/Friends for Conservation and Development patrol and Guatemalan civilians illegally inside of the Chiquibul...

    • Posted March 5, 2016
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  • Heavy axle load survey underway on George Price Highway

    Camalote, CAYO. Wednesday, March 2, 2016.  A traffic survey is being taken on the George Price Highway in Camalote village in the Cayo District. From now until Thursday of next week – March 10 – personnel from...

    • Posted March 2, 2016
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  • Belizeans chosen to take part in Japan exchange program

    Belize City, BELIZE. Wednesday, March 2. 2016. Four Belizeans have been chosen to take part in a two-week exchange program between Japan and Latin America and the Caribbean. Cecy Castillo, Christa Hulse, Donghoon Choe and Raphael Martinez...

    • Posted March 2, 2016
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