All posts tagged "featured"

  • Family expresses concern over detention of Santa Elena man

    The family of a Santa Elena man is concerned for his wellbeing after he was taken into police custody earlier this week.  Leopoldo Waight, 29, has been in detention by San Ignacio police, for what family members...

    • Posted August 22, 2013
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  • Duo busted with weed in Belmopan

    Two people, both in their 50’s have been arrested on drug trafficking charges.  Irma Jones, 56 of Belmopan and Gilroy Baptist, 53 wee busted on Wednesday afternoon when police conducted a search of a house in the...

    • Posted August 22, 2013
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  • Businessman accused of shooting store patron

    An Orange Walk businessman has been detained pending the outcome of a police investigation following the shooting of one of his patrons.  The victim has been identified as Erwin Hernandez, 26, a resident of the Santa Rita...

    • Posted August 22, 2013
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  • Guatemalans caught panning for gold in the Chiquibul

    Six Guatemalan nationals are in the custody of Belizean law enforcement authorities after they were caught this morning in the Chiquibul Forest Reserve in western-Belize.  Initial reports are that the six Guatemalans were illegally inside Belizean territory...

    • Posted August 22, 2013
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  • Belizean artists carry out charity art visual arts projects

    Reports from Suriname say that members of Belize’s delegation to CARIFESTA XI continue to represent the jewel well.  As part of activities for CARIFESTA, Belizean artists Alex Sanker and Rachael Heusner traveled to Brokopondo_Ananie Strand, which is...

    • Posted August 22, 2013
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  • Orange Walk teacher commits suicide

    A school teacher residing in Trial Farm village, Orange Walk is reported to have taken his own life.  The body of Julian Chi, 28, was found hanging from an electrical cord in his bedroom on Wednesday night...

    • Posted August 22, 2013
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  • Tanya Carter wows thousands in Suriname

    Belizean artist Tanya Carter has performed before thousands in Suriname as part of the ongoing CARIFESTA XI.  According to Aurelio Sho of Ak’kutan Radio, Carter took to the stage at the Jazz Caribbean Party-Reggae/Soca  concert and performed...

    • Posted August 22, 2013
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  • Man succumbs to injuries sustained in traffic accident

    There are reports that a man who was involved in a road traffic accident on the George Price Highway on Monday morning has succumbed to his injuries. The victim Manuel Ramirez of Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala, is...

    • Posted August 21, 2013
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  • Cabinet rejects reconfiguration of Public Accounts Committee

    The government of Prime Minister Dean Barrow has rejected the positions advanced by the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the National Trade Union Congress of Belize as they relate to the proposed reconfiguration of the...

    • Posted August 21, 2013
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  • Taiwan donates to Aquaculture Project initiative

    The government of the Republic of China, Taiwan is living up to its end of the bargain on the joint Aquaculture Project being undertaken in Central Farm, Cayo district.  On Tuesday, Taiwan’s Ambassador in Belize David Wu...

    • Posted August 21, 2013
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