All posts tagged "ticker"

  • Foreign Minister Elrington addresses the UN General Assembly

    The Honorable the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Wilfred Elrington today told the United Nations General Assembly that there is an urgent need for a solution to Guatemala’s territorial claim to Belizean territory.  In his address to...

    • Posted September 30, 2013
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  • Woman attacked as she slept in bed

    A man from Roaring Creek village is in police detention pending charges of attempted murder.  The man, a 31 year old, is accused of stabbing a woman multiple times as she slept in her bed on Saturday...

    • Posted September 30, 2013
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  • Underage girl reports sex act; now pregnant

    A 15 year old girl from rural Toledo has been the victim of a carnal knowledge incident and is now reported to be 4 weeks pregnant.  On Friday evening, the girl, accompanied by her mother, went to...

    • Posted September 30, 2013
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  • Man murdered in Jalacte village, Toledo

    Police are investigating the killing of a man in Jalacte village, Toledo over the weekend.  The name of the victim has not been released and neither is the name of the suspected murderer. Police say two Guatemalan...

    • Posted September 30, 2013
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  • BREAKING: Man’s body being retrieved from river in Roaring Creek

    A second body is being retrieved from the river in Roaring Creek village.  Police are now processing the scene again. On Saturday, the body of a woman was retrieved from the river. It appears that the man...

    • Posted September 30, 2013
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  • Woman’s body found floating in the river in Roaring Creek

    There was a murder in Roaring Creek village over the weekend. The body of Philippines national Alry Rose Sardido, 25, was retrieved from the river in Roaring Creek village, Cayo on Saturday afternoon. Three minors who had...

    • Posted September 30, 2013
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  • Belize promotes diplomatic representative in Taiwan

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China, Taiwan has announced that the Charge d’Affaires at Belize’s embassay in Taipei has been promoted to the post of ambassador. A report in the online edition of...

    • Posted September 26, 2013
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  • PUP wants impartial investigation of passport scandal at Immigration Department

    The opposition People’s United party (PUP) today said it stands ready to pursue the possibility of engaging the recall mechanism with the Honorable the member for Cayo Northeast Mr. Elvin Penner being the target.  A press release...

    • Posted September 26, 2013
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  • Silk Grass village man hospitalized, woman charged

    A woman from Silk Grass village has been charged for the crime of grievous harm following an incident which police say has left a man in a paralyzed state. The incident reportedly happened on Independence Day. Police...

    • Posted September 26, 2013
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  • Coast Guard officer disciplined over incident at sea

    Swift disciplinary action has been meted out on a Belize National Coastguard officer involved in an embarrassing incident on Independence Day in which a vessel carrying the visiting Prime Minister of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit was briefly detained...

    • Posted September 25, 2013
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