All posts by Patrick E. Jones

  • San Ignacio/Santa Elena Municipal Fair underway

    San Ignacio Town. Saturday, April 4, 2015. The annual Municipal Fair in San Ignacio/Santa Elena has started. The event proper, commenced this morning, as it usually does, immediately after the annual Holy Saturday Cross Country Cycling Classic...

    • Posted April 4, 2015
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  • 87th Annual Cross Country Cycling Classic underway

    The 87th Annual Cross Country Cycling Classic is underway on the George Price Highway. The traditional Holy Saturday bicycle race is taking over one hundred riders from Belize City to San Ignacio town and back to the...

    • Posted April 4, 2015
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  • Home invasion reported in San Pedro village, Corozal

    Corozal police are investigating a home invasion that occurred on Wednesday morning in San Pedro village. Police say that around 7:45 am on April 1, fifty two year old Rutilia Cob was having breakfast when two masked...

    • Posted April 3, 2015
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  • Boat explosion leaves one man critically injured

    Four men survived a boat explosion on Thursday afternoon in Belize City. They are George Nicolas Gonzalez, 34; Romaldo Badillo, 59; Wallace Flowers, 41 and Steven Bradley, 52. Police say that Bradley, arrived at the hangar area...

    • Posted April 3, 2015
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  • Belize City man shot as he walked on Berkley Street

    Belize City. Friday, April 3, 2015. A late Thursday night shooting incident in Belize City has left one man injured. 22 year old Winston Baptist was shot to the left ankle and lower left leg around 11:45...

    • Posted April 3, 2015
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  • Boat explosion leaves captain critically injured

    The family of 59 year old Romaldo “Romi” Badillo is appealing for the public’s assistance to get him urgent treatment following a terrible boat accident on Thursday afternoon. Badillo, received second and third degree burns in an...

    • Posted April 3, 2015
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  • Belizeans learn to identify native birds

    San Ignacio Town. Friday, April 3, 2015. The Belize Botanic Gardens and duPlooy’s Jungle Lodge just outside of San Ignacio town continue to promote education about our country’s native flora and fauna.   It recently sponsored a...

    • Posted April 3, 2015
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  • Police continue to investigate murder of Orange Walk businessman

    Orange Walk police continue to investigate the murder of businessman Ricardo Alberto Triminio. The fifty seven year old man was shot multiple times sometime overnight on Monday and his body, with multiple gunshot wounds, was found just...

    • Posted April 1, 2015
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  • Anti-drug operation finds marijuana in orange orchard

    An orange orchard is supposed to yield … oranges, right? But a recent anti-drug operation by police in the Stann Creek district found bags of marijuana. The anti-drug operation was carried out late last month in Alta...

    • Posted April 1, 2015
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  • Dangriga Community United to Begin Holy Week

    Tuesday, March 31, 2015. The Anglican, Catholic, and Methodist Congregations gathered on Palm Sunday to celebrate the beginning of Holy Week (March 29th – April 4th) with a Procession that began from the Drums of Our Fathers...

    • Posted March 31, 2015
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