All posts by Patrick E. Jones

  • SUV crashes in front of police station in San Ignacio

    San Ignacio, Cayo. Wednesday, August 26, 2015. A late night crash in San Ignacio town has left one person hospitalized in Belize City. Around 10 o’clock last night, an SUV came down Buena Vista Street, which is...

    • Posted August 26, 2015
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  • Doctors say school teacher died of heart attack

    San Ignacio, Cayo. Tuesday, August 25, 2015. A medical doctor has confirmed that no foul play was involved in the death of 32 year old Erminia Alicia Canto. The school teacher was found dead inside the bedroom...

    • Posted August 25, 2015
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  • Guatemalan president under pressure to resign

    San Ignacio town, Cayo. Monday, August 24, 2015. The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) Luis Almagro has called for respect for the laws and Constitution in Guatemala. This follows political upheaval this past...

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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  • BTB says tourist arrivals “show improvements”

    San Ignacio town, Belize. Friday, August 21, 2015. The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) today released the latest tourist arrivals statistics for the first seven months of the year. And they show that overnight arrivals with a 1.6%...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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  • Belize joins Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

    San Ignacio town, Cayo. Friday, August 21, 2015. Belize has become only the second country in the Caribbean – Jamaica was first in 2013 – to join the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. According to...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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  • El Salvador offers scholarships to Belizean doctors

    Belmopan, Belize. Friday, August 21, 2015. Belizean doctors are being offered scholarships to pursue professional development training in various medical speciality areas. The offer comes from the government of El Salvador. Minister of Health Pablo Marin recently...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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  • Teenager shot in the abdomen

    Belize City, Belize. Friday, August 21, 2015. A sixteen year old boy is in critical but stable condition following an overnight shooting incident. According to police, the shooting happened near the Fairweather Street Bridge around 8:45 pm...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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  • Belize to take part in CARIFESTA XII

    San Ignacio town, Cayo. Tuesday, August 18, 2015. Belize will have representation at the twelfth edition of the Caribbean Festival of the Arts, CARIFESTA. The 10-day spectacular opens on Friday in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti under the theme “Our...

    • Posted August 18, 2015
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  • Gian Chand Ghandi passes away

    Belmopan, Belize. Monday, August 17, 2015. Career public servant Senior Counsel Gian Chand Ghandi, 82, has died. Ghandi who served in various capacities in the Belize Public Service, including most recently at the Legal Counsel in the...

    • Posted August 17, 2015
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  • Belize’s New Permanent Representative to the OAS presents credentials

    San Ignacio, Cayo. Friday, August 14, 2015. Retired banker Patrick Andrews today presented his credentials, accrediting him as Belize’s Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, D.C. Ambassador Andrews replaces Ambassador Nestor Mendez...

    • Posted August 14, 2015
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