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The spate of gun violence in Lake Independence continues unchecked, despite the brass of the police department coming forward to address the issue in the media last Thursday. There have [...]
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Things are tense in neighborhoods gripped by gang violence – ‘extremely tense’ – according to the Commissioner of Police. Today we asked ComPol Chester Williams about what’s been happening on [...]
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A dispute among relatives over a stolen cell phone has led to the death of Renicle Hemmans, who was fatally stabbed by his niece on Saturday night. The young lady [...]
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A Trial Farm resident was shot multiple times at home on Sunday evening. Police say that two men went to buy weed from Elroy Arnold when one of them pulled [...]
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Police made a forty-pound weed bust on Sunday afternoon. Cops in the north were called to an area in Chan Chen Village in Corozal that’s known for illicit activities. Polices [...]
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Two men are lucky to be alive after being involved in a road traffic accident on Sunday night around eight-thirty in Santa Elena Town. George Velasquez and Jason Linarez were [...]
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From Friday night to this evening, sixteen COVID-19 related deaths have been reported. Friday saw the largest number with ten deaths on record, seven males and three females. The Office [...]
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In the wee hours of Saturday, police and fire fighters responded to a fire at the corner of Meighan and Vasquez Avenues in Belize City. Six members of the Budna [...]
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The new COVID-19 measures were amended over the weekend. Two major changes were announced, the first being the time the curfew comes into effect. Initially, Minister of Health and Wellness [...]
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Statutory Instrument 170 of 2020 came into effect over the weekend. You’ll recall that the Ministry of Health outlined a number of measures being taken to contain the spread of [...]
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Earlier today, Commissioner Williams told the media that he was simply following the directives initially given to him and could not explain the decision to move the curfew back an [...]
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It happened about a month ago but the public is only hearing about it now – a police officer attached to the San Pedro Police Station allegedly stole the property [...]
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Two more cops are in hot water – unlike the cop in San Pedro they were criminally charged and arraigned and have already been placed on interdiction. Commissioner of Police [...]
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Over sixty persons are in shelters in rural Belize District as several villages and homes remain under water. A number of access roads are also under several feet of water [...]
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On the day he was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of the country, P.U.P. leader John Briceño made it clear: he wanted all U.D.P. political appointees to do [...]
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According to Minister Perez, several contracts were sent to the office of the Attorney General for revision. He says that because these U.D.P. political appointees do not want to vacate [...]
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A Honduran woman delivered her baby early this morning inside a police station. Amparo Lopez was detained at the Orange Walk Police Station where she was scheduled to appear before [...]
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There was an uproar in the southern community of San Vicente on Sunday night where residents faced off with Belize Defense Force soldiers. The men who are assigned to the [...]
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According to residents of San Vicente, the B.D.F. soldiers stationed in the village have been seen on previous occasions frequenting the nearby Guatemalan border to purchase contraband beer and liquor [...]
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams has also weighed in on the confrontation in San Vicente and explained the need for police to have intervened in the fracas. Chester Williams, [...]
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Dolores Balderamos-Garcia is the latest minister to test positive for COVID-19. The Belize Rural Central area representative made the announcement on Sunday saying, “I would also like to let you [...]
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Prime Minister John Briceño remains in self-isolation at his Orange Walk home tonight. PM Briceño tested positive for COVID-19 on November twenty-third and has since been working from home. Over [...]
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Earlier in the newscast, you heard Commissioner of Police Chester Williams say that some three hundred police officers are off duty as a result of COVID-19. Well, some of those [...]
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A public consultation on the proposed development of a fourth cruise terminal in Belize has been met with serious concerns and objection from the tourism and environmental sectors. On Thursday [...]
Written on November 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Whereas a cruise terminal is constructed adjacent to a port, Dr. Chamberlain-Miranda points to other countries and tourism destinations where such facilities coexist harmoniously. The project, once given the green [...]
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