All posts by Patrick E. Jones

  • Police find revolver in abandoned lot

    Belize City, BELIZE. Monday,November 23, 2015. Police in Belize City have taken another weapon off the streets of the old capital. On Saturday afternoon, officers searched an abandoned lot in the St. Martin de Porres area and...

    • Posted November 23, 2015
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  • High School vice principal accused of drug possession

    Belize City, BELIZE. Monday, November 23, 2015. The Vice Principal of Wesley College in Belize City Melvin Hewlett has been arrested and charged for the crime of possession of controlled drugs with the intent to supply to...

    • Posted November 23, 2015
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  • Police checkpoints appear to be back

    Unitedville, CAYO. Saturday, November 21, 2015. After being suspended prior to the November 4 General Elections, police checkpoints appear to be back on stream. This afternoon, a motorist on the George Price Highway observed a police checkpoint...

    • Posted November 21, 2015
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  • Drier airflow setting in; weather to improve

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Friday, November 20, 2015. A drier airflow will start to set in tonight, leading to much improved weather in the days ahead. The general forecast for Belize and her coastal waters is for partly...

    • Posted November 20, 2015
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  • Belizeans celebrate Garifuna Settlement Day

    Dangriga, STANN CREEK. Friday, November 20, 2015. Thousands of Belizeans traveled to the southern districts of the country yesterday and Belize observed Garifuna Settlement Day. The day signifies the mass arrival of the Garinagu to our shores...

    • Posted November 20, 2015
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  • Flood water abate as weather improves

      San Ignacio, CAYO. Friday, November 20, 2015. Flood waters in the south and western parts of the country have gone down significantly since this time last weekend. To low-lying wooden bridge spanning the Macal River in...

    • Posted November 20, 2015
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  • Prime Minister Barrow on personal leave

    Belmopan, BELIZE. Friday, November 20, 2015. Prime Minister Dean Barrow has proceeded on personal leave. A brief announcement from the Office of the Prime Minister announced that Mr. Barrow departs the country today for four days of...

    • Posted November 20, 2015
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  • Belmopan man dies in traffic accident

    Belmopan, CAYO. Thursday, November 19, 2015. A man from the Las Flores area of Belmopan died in a road traffic incident this afternoon on the Hummingbird Highway. 47 year old Lucas Ayala sustained massive head and body...

    • Posted November 19, 2015
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  • Happy Garifuna Settlement Day

      San Ignacio, CAYO. Thursday, November 19, 2015. The Management and Staff of West Vision and The National Channel wish all Garinagu a Happy Garifuna Settlement Day. Garifuna Settlement Day is celebrated each year on November 19th...

    • Posted November 19, 2015
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  • GSU picks up bags of marijuana

      Belize City, BELIZE. Thursday, November 19, 2015. The Gang Suppression Unit is also reporting the removal of three pounds of marijuana from the Guadalupe Street area of Belize City. Last Wednesday morning (November 11), GSU officers...

    • Posted November 19, 2015
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