All posts tagged "featured"

  • 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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  • Congress of Maya Teachers speaks on Santa Cruz incident

    Punta Gorda town, Belize. Tuesday, July 7, 2015. The Congress of Maya Teachers, a group of educators from rural and urban Toledo district today issued a statement on the incident in Santa Cruz village which happened on...

    • Posted July 7, 2015
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  • Roman Catholic Church calls for repeal of Petro Caribe Loans Act, 2015

    Belmopan, Belize. Monday, July 6, 2015. The head of the Roman Catholic Church of Belize Bishop Dorick Wright and Senator for the Churches Reverend Noel Leslie have called for a repeal of the Petro Caribe Loans Act,...

    • Posted July 6, 2015
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  • Family and colleagues mourn the murder of Belize City journalist

    Belize City, Belize. Monday, July 6, 2015. Police in Belize City are investigating the murder of journalist Kareem Clarke. The body of the twenty seven year old man was found near the Vernon Street bridge around one...

    • Posted July 6, 2015
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  • Woman acquitted in trial involving fatal attack by dogs

    Belize City, Belize. Wednesday, July 1, 2015. The case made national headlines five years ago when two dogs bit a senior citizen so badly that he died in the Tropical Park area of Hattieville village in the...

    • Posted July 1, 2015
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  • Attempted murder charge for man who allegedly attacked an on-duty policeman

      Belize City, Belize. Wednesday, July 1, 2015. Formal charges have been brought against Darren Gillett, the man who police believe viciously attacked Constable Jason Hall on Monday on the Phillip Goldson Highway. PC Hall was brutally beaten...

    • Posted July 1, 2015
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  • Tropical Wave approaches; increase in showers expected

    San Ignacio town, Cayo. Wednesday, July 1, 2015. A Tropical Wave will cross the country on Thursday and support an increase in cloudiness and showers. The forecast for Belize and her coastal waters is for partly cloudy...

    • Posted July 1, 2015
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