All posts by Patrick E. Jones

  • High School student stabbed to death

    A student attending the New Hope High School in Orange Walk town was stabbed and killed this evening. The victim has been identified as Darrel Wade, 18. Reports are that Wade was walking on Stadium Street, Orange...

    • Posted September 24, 2013
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  • Belmopan community group gets grant funding from US Embassy

    A community organization in the nation’s capital has been given grant funding of US$100,000 to implement a program help young people stay drug free.  The organization known as the Belmopan Active Youths will target a group of...

    • Posted September 24, 2013
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  • Immigration department suspends three officers over passport scandal

    The fallout from the issuance of a Belize passport to a Korean National continues, even as an internal investigation by the Immigration Department is ongoing. This afternoon, the update on the investigation announced that “a serious breach...

    • Posted September 23, 2013
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  • Captive parrots rehabilitated, returned to the wild

    The Belize Bird Rescue is celebrating the successful rehabilitation and return of wild parrots to the forest.  According to BBR, after two years of rehabilitation, two former captive parrots were set free.  During their rehabilitation, Belize Bird...

    • Posted September 23, 2013
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  • Public Accounts Committee public hearings begin

    The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the House of Representatives began its public hearings of the reports of the Auditor General this morning at the National Assembly building in Belmopan.  The second meeting will take place on...

    • Posted September 23, 2013
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  • Anonymous donor gives half a million dollars for PICU project

    An anonymous donor has gifted half a million dollars for the new pediatric intensive care unit under construction at the KHMH. The announcement of the “generous donation” was made this morning via a press release by the...

    • Posted September 23, 2013
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  • Early morning murder in San Ignacio

    A man was killed early this morning on Monday morning San Ignacio town. The victim has been identified as Jorge Tzib, 28, a resident of the Shawville area.  Police say they found Tzib’s body between the Red...

    • Posted September 23, 2013
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  • U.S. president sends congratulatory message to the people of Belize

    United States president Barack Obama has send a message congratulatory message to the people of Belize on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of independence on September 21 on behalf of himself and the people of the...

    • Posted September 20, 2013
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  • Investigation of fire that gutted Ramon’s Village Resort completed

    The investigation into the massive fire that gutted nearly two-thirds of the cabanas belonging to Ramon’s Village Resort on August 27th has been completed.  The San Pedro Sun newspaper, quoting the lead investigator Orin Smith of the...

    • Posted September 20, 2013
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  • Prime Minister asks for Junior Minister’s resignation

    Prime Minister Dean Barrow had fired the junior minister of Immigration Elvin Penner.  A statement from the office of the prime minister said that on Wednesday evening, Prime Minister Barrow met with Penner, a two-term representative for...

    • Posted September 19, 2013
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