All posts by Patrick E. Jones

  • CARICOM Heads of Government meet in Placencia

    Placencia, STANN CREEK. Monday, February 15, 2016. The Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM have gathered in the coastal village of Placencia in the Stann Creek district for their 27th Inter-Sessional Meeting. The two-day Conference of...

    • Posted February 15, 2016
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  • Community Policing program contributes to home for the elderly

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Monday, February 15, 2016. Residents of the Octavia Waight Center in San Ignacio town are the beneficiaries of a community outreach from the San Ignacio police. Over the weekend, a contingent of two dozen...

    • Posted February 15, 2016
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  • Men busted with sizeable amount of marijuana on the George Price Highway

    Belmopan, CAYO. Thursday, February 11, 2016. Two men have been arrested on drug trafficking charges after they were busted at a checkpoint in Camalote village, Cayo. They have been identified as 21 year old Travis Sutherland of...

    • Posted February 11, 2016
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  • Construction of Forward Operating Base well underway

    Punta Gorda, TOLEDO. Thursday, February 11, 2016. The construction of the Forward Operating Base at the mouth of the Sarstoon River is proceeding as per schedule. On Wednesday, the Minister of National Security John Saldivar and Junior...

    • Posted February 11, 2016
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  • Bureau of Standards says local rice is free of contamination

    Belize City, BELIZE. Thursday, February 11, 2016. The government of Belize through the Bureau of Standards has sharply refuted claims from a Belize City businessman that local rice contains aflatoxins and could be dangerous for human consumption....

    • Posted February 11, 2016
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  • Farmers go on field day in Central Farm

    Central Farm, CAYO. Thursday, February 11, 2016. the Ministry of Agriculture today hosted a Field Day on the seed production of corn and beans at the Central Farm Crop Unit Production Plot. The purpose of the Field...

    • Posted February 11, 2016
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  • Showery, cool weather prevails this weekend

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Saturday, February 6, 2016. TNC: A stationary front over our area is supporting showery weather of the country along with cool conditions. The general forecast for Belize and her coastal waters is for cloudy...

    • Posted February 6, 2016
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  • Police continue to look for Anne Swaney’s killer

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Saturday, February 6, 2016. TNC: The investigation of the murder of American television producer Anne Swaney has gone quiet; but that does not mean that the police has given up on looking for her...

    • Posted February 6, 2016
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  • Strong earthquake shakes southern Taiwan

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Friday, February 5, 2016. TNC:  Multiple fatalities have been recorded and the death toll may rise further after a strong earthquake shook the city of Tainan, in the southern part of the Republic of...

    • Posted February 5, 2016
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  • Oscillated turkey visits downtown San Ignacio

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Thursday, February 4, 2016. TNC: The oscillated turkey is a species that is found primarily in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula as well as parts of Belize and Guatemala. Today one of these large birds was...

    • Posted February 4, 2016
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