All posts by Patrick E. Jones

  • Belize City youth wins ceremonial award

    The Toledo-based Teens Belize organization has announced the recipient of its self-styled Personality of the Month award as Andre Alamina of Belize City.  The largely ceremonial award puts young people in a positive spotlight, highlighting their achievements,...

    • Posted November 5, 2013
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  • PUP convention chooses standard bearer for Belmopan

    The People’s United Party Belmopan constituency has chosen Patrick Jason Andrews as its standard bearer for that division. Andrews beat out three other candidates in a constituency convention held on Sunday, November 3 in the nation’s capital....

    • Posted November 3, 2013
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  • Prime Minister seeks medical treatment in the USA

    The Rt. Honorable the Prime Minister Mr. Dean Barrow today, Sunday, November 3, traveled to Los Angeles, California to see medical treatment for chronic back pain.  A brief statement from the Office of the Prime Minister announced...

    • Posted November 3, 2013
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  • Stalled cold front brings unstable weather

    After a few days of sunshine … the rain is coming back. A cold front that is now stationary over the Yucatan is supporting an increase in unstable weather over Belize. It will start with rain in...

    • Posted November 3, 2013
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  • “Hybrid” eclipse at dawn

    There was an eclipse of the sun at dawn today that was visible from the southern United States all the way to Africa.  It was described as a rare eclipse because during the celestial event was classified...

    • Posted November 3, 2013
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  • Pickup truck clips passenger bus then crashes off the George Price Highway

    One man was injured in a road traffic accident on Friday near the Burdon Canal Bridge on the George Price Highway.  According to Channel 7 News, Calman Hall was behind the wheels of a pickup truck assigned...

    • Posted November 2, 2013
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  • Legislation designed to overhaul Immigration and Nationality service taken to parliament

    Prime Minister Dean Barrow today introduced a set of three pieces of legislation designed to overhaul the Immigration and Nationality services to make the system “as fail-safe as possible.”  The proposed reform includes the setting up of...

    • Posted November 1, 2013
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  • Taxi man murdered in Belmopan

    Police in Belmopan are investigating the murder of a Roaring Creek resident.  Reports are that the victim, a taxi driver, has been identified as Orlando Smith, 47, also known as Ratta. Reports are that his body was...

    • Posted November 1, 2013
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  • Supporters of the PUP stage demonstration in Belmopan

    The Opposition People’s United Party (PUP) carried out a demonstration today at the steps of the National Assembly building in Belmopan.  The House was in session while the PUP protestors numbering in the hundreds demonstrated outside.  Speaking...

    • Posted November 1, 2013
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  • New UN report says teenage pregnancy is on the rise in the Caribbean

    A new United Nations report has spotlighted what it describes as the high rates of teenage pregnancies in the Caribbean and other developing countries. The report, released in New York City on Wednesday, has called on Governments...

    • Posted November 1, 2013
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