All posts by Patrick E. Jones

  • PNP calls for the removal of the Minister of Foreign Affairs

    Punta Gorda town, Toledo. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. The People’s National Party, PNP, today called on Prime Minister Dean Barrow to fire Wilfred Elrington as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. A statement from the PNP and its...

    • Posted July 22, 2015
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  • Medfly detected in the Stann Creek and Toledo districts

    Punta Gorda town, Toledo. Tuesday, July 21, 2015. The detection of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly, also known as Medfly, in te Stann Creek and Toledo districts has prompted a swift mobilization by the Ministry of Agriculture. The...

    • Posted July 21, 2015
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  • Minister of Foreign Affairs gets Mexico’s Order of the Aztec Eagle award

    Belize City, Belize. Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington had been conferred with the Order of the Aztec Eagle. The honor was conferred on Elrington during his working visit to Mexico yesterday by...

    • Posted July 21, 2015
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  • PC Carlos Orio is laid to rest in Belmopan

    Belmopan, Belize. Monday, July 20, 2015. A funeral service for fallen Police Constable Carlos Orio was held this morning in Belmopan. The Special Branch detective died on Thursday night, July 16, when the car he was driving,...

    • Posted July 20, 2015
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  • Man charged for murder in stabbing death of Keisha Buller

    San Ignacio Town, Cayo. Tuesday, JUly 14, 2015. The family of Keisha Buller, 25, are preparing to lay her to rest on Thursday afternoon in Belize City. Buller, a Customs Officer stationed at the western border, was...

    • Posted July 14, 2015
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  • Youth charged for beating up teenager in Ladyville

    Belize City, Belize. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Twenty-two year old Casey Lozano, one of two persons who allegedly beat 17 year old Anferee Anderson with a piece of stick, was charged with grievous harm when he appeared...

    • Posted July 14, 2015
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  • Swift justice for Gardenia village man who pleaded guilty to charges

    Belize City, Belize. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. A 23 year old man from Gardenia will serve 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of keeping a prohibited firearm and ammunition and drug trafficking. Anthony Zelaya...

    • Posted July 14, 2015
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  • Man jailed after being found guilty of wounding a woman

    Belize City, Belize. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Belize City resident Denton Requena has been jailed for wounding a woman. Requena was found guilty of a charge of wounding Gloria Nunez and sent to jail for 6 months by...

    • Posted July 14, 2015
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  • By-Election underway for Dangriga constituency

    Dangriga town, Stann Creek. Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Residents of the Dangriga constituency, which also includes Hope Creek and Sarawee villages, are today choosing a new area representative. Today’s by-election was necessary after the abrupt resignation last...

    • Posted July 8, 2015
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  • MLA says UN expert urges government to respect Maya property rights

    Punta Gorda town, Toledo. Tuesday, July 7, 2015. The Maya Leaders Alliance (MLA) today issued a press release, highlighting what it says is a warning from a United Nations expert that the arrest and charging of village...

    • Posted July 7, 2015
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