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On Independence Day, a drug plane landing just outside of Santa Martha Village in the Orange Walk District. Five persons, including the owner of the farm, a Mennonite, a farmhand [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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So five persons have been detained and two are expected to be charged on Wednesday morning with facilitating the landing of a plane on an unregistered aerodrome. But where is [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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The borders are closed but illegal activity and contraband continue to flourish. In the south, there was a sizeable bust of contraband goods in Punta Gorda under the cover of [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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All ports of entry, including harbours, are closed under the existing statutory instrument. And police are deployed at various hot spots along the borders to prevent the entry of contraband [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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While the police department does not have the powers of arrest where uncustomed goods are concerned, a separate investigation is being conducted by the Customs and Excise Department and additional [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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There were forty-five new cases of the novel coronavirus identified over the extended weekend, bringing the overall number of positive cases for the country to one thousand six hundred and [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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The Quarantine Regulations have been further amended now that the number of COVID cases appears to be decelerating. The new regulations allow for a soft re-opening of the certain businesses. [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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If you are travelling from Belize, the following is information that you need to factor in your plans. The Office of the Director of Health Services says that there is [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Forty-five-year-old Belize City resident Denise Torres died within a matter of minutes on Saturday, spreading alarm among her family members and those who knew her. While Torres’ death went viral [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Forty-seven-year-old Orlando Velasquez better known as Easy Bob of Belize City was found dead on Sunday. Velasquez’s body was found floating nude near the House of Culture in Belize City. [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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A toddler was knocked down and killed in Little Belize in the north over the weekend. Police say a resident of Chunox Village visited a warehouse to conduct business and [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Rodrick Wade has been treated and released from the K.H.M.H. where he was rushed this morning after he was the victim of a road traffic accident at the corner of [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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There was also a traffic fatality in the US in which a Belizean couple perished in a single-vehicle crash on Sunday morning in the Crenshaw area of South Los Angeles. [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Police have arrested and charged one of their own following an incident involving a firearm. Police say that Corporal Jercel Savery of Dangriga Police Formation used a pellet gun to [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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National celebrations were muted this year due to the COVID pandemic. The events were mostly held virtually due to restrictions in place, save for Independence Day on September twenty-first. The [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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With the retirement of PM Barrow, Leader elect Patrick Faber of the United Democratic Party is facing Opposition Leader John Briceño in the upcoming general elections. Faber addressed the Independence [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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The Commissioner of Police has a message for those of you who are still hosting parties with persons outside of their household. ComPol Williams says that he has instructed his [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Police say they have arrested one man in connection with a shooting incident in a known hot spot in the city. It happened around ten o’clock on Sunday night. No [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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There was a burglary over the weekend in Belize City, but the robber didn’t get away nor did he go straight to jail; instead, he landed in the hospital. The [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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There was a fire on Independence Day in Belize City. Police say that around three-thirty on the morning of September twenty-first they were notified of a fire on Linda Vista [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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There’s also a small fire to report in the north. This fire was set on the Caledonia Police Station. ACP Joseph Myvett says that the officers who work at the [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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A commemorative excursion to Sarstoon Island in honour of Hubert Pipersburgh and Nedal McLaren, both well-known members of the Belize Territorial Volunteers who passed away this year, was held over [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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To end our newscast tonight, the late Father of Independence George Cadle Price was remembered by the People’s United Party on Saturday, which is commemorated as National Service Day. Nine [...]
Written on September 22, 2020 | Posted in
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