All posts tagged "ticker"

  • Belize beats Panama in hotly contested volleyball game

    Bravo for Belize’s National Junior Volleyball team.  Team Belize today defeated Panama in one of the more exciting games of the ongoing 15th Women’s U-20 Central American Championship. It took 5 sets plus extra points for Belize...

    • Posted August 23, 2013
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  • Body of Mexican retrieved from Rio On Pool

    The body of a man has been retrieved from the Rio On Pool in the Mountain Pine Ridge area of the Cayo district less than 24 hours after he fell from a rock.   Dr. Marcelino Sosa, a...

    • Posted August 23, 2013
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  • Belmopan duo arrested on drug trafficking charges

    Two Belmopan residents have been arrested on drug trafficking charges.  They are Omar Avelar, 20 and Tina Gabourel, 28.  According to police reports, officers conducted a search of Avelar’s home on Antelope Street in Belmopan on Thursday...

    • Posted August 23, 2013
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  • Man chopped in the face as he slept in bed

    A man from Mahogany Heights village in the Belize District has survived a brutal home invasion that the police are classifying as a case of attempted murder. Police say that just after midnight on Friday morning a...

    • Posted August 23, 2013
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  • Police investigate alleged carnal knowledge case; man in detention

    A 56 year old man is in police detention on suspicion of having sexual intercourse with a 15 year old girl. Police reports say that around 3:45 pm on Thursday, authorities visited a house at the corner...

    • Posted August 23, 2013
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  • 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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