All posts by Patrick E. Jones

  • Police officer recuperates after being shot in the line of duty

    Belize City, BELIZE. Tuesday, March 1, 2016. A police officer stationed in Belize City in recuperating in the hospital after she was injured in a shooting incident last night. Constable Sheneah Caliz, who is attached to Traffic...

    • Posted March 1, 2016
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  • Children taken from Belmopan school without permission

    Belmopan, CAYO. Monday, February 29, 2016. A foster mother from Belmopan is appealing to the general public for help in locating a set of twins that was taken without permission from the Garden City Primary School in...

    • Posted February 29, 2016
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  • Placencia police officers do community service in Seine Bight village

    Placencia, STANN CREEK. Thursday, February 25, 2016. Police officers are often featured in the news for making arrests, or when some member of the community makes allegations of brutality against them; as is the case in of...

    • Posted February 25, 2016
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  • Man who was shot by GSU gives his side of the story

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Thursday, February 25, 2016.  A man from Bullet Tree Falls village in the Cayo district was wounded in a shooting incident last night. Twenty eight year old Roberto Chan was shot in the shoulder,...

    • Posted February 25, 2016
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  • BDF storeroom burglarized in Punta Gorda town

    Punta Gorda, TOLEDO. Thursday, February 25, 2016. An assortment of boots and uniforms belonging to the Belize Defence Force, BDF, has been reported stolen from the Fairweather Camp in Punta Gorda town. The Quarter Master reported to...

    • Posted February 25, 2016
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  • GSU fires on moving vehicle; one man injured

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Thursday, February 25, 2016. A man from Bullet Tree Falls village in the Cayo district was wounded in a shooting incident last night. Twenty eight year old Roberto Chan was shot in the shoulder, allegedly...

    • Posted February 25, 2016
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  • SUV destroyed by fire

    Belmopan, CAYO. Tuesday, February 24, 2016. A fire on Monday afternoon on the George Price Highway gutted an SUV. Police say that around 3:30 pm on Monday afternoon, twenty nine year old Souad Assad Lindo, a resident...

    • Posted February 24, 2016
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  • New bathroom facilities for St. Ignatius High School

    Santa Elena, CAYO. Monday, February 22, 2016. New bathroom facilities have been installed at the St. Ignatius High School in Santa Elena town. The project was carried out by the San Ignacio Rotary Club and Principal of...

    • Posted February 22, 2016
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  • Police officers sharpen their shooting skills

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Monday, February 22, 2016. Members of the Special Patrol Unit of the Belize Police Department were recently engaged in an exercise to sharpen their shooting skills. Sources say that 42 officers who took part...

    • Posted February 22, 2016
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  • Ombudsman and Contractor General take oath of office

    Belmopan, CAYO. Monday, February 22, 2016. Swearing in ceremony was held this morning in Belmopan for two senior public officers. Governor General Sir Colville Young today administered the oath of office to Ombudsman Lionel Arzu and Contractor...

    • Posted February 22, 2016
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