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Former Minister of Works Rene Montero may be facing criminal charges in the days ahead. The three-time U.D.P. Cayo Central Area Representative is the subject of an ongoing investigation being [...]
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In investigating Montero’s dealings during his term of office, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development has turned to the Attorney General, the Commissioner of Police, and the Integrity Commission to [...]
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If that wasn’t bad enough, Montero has found himself in yet another outrage, this one involving a starting gate used in horse racing activities. This morning, personnel from the Ministry [...]
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Tonight, the family of Gregory Bowen is speaking out. Bowen is the thirty-nine-year-old man found dead in a cell block at the Queen Street Police Station on Monday morning. The [...]
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While the Bowen family is questioning the police’s account of his death, they are angry that the police department denies knowing of his mental state. Catherine Bowen says that her [...]
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Police are still investigating Myron Itza’s death, the fourteen-year-old minor from San Jose Succotz who was discovered dead inside a bedroom on New Year’s Day. A post-mortem confirmed that the [...]
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Police are also investigating another suspicious case in the west. In this case, it is the mysterious disappearance of an older man. It has been six days since Miguel Caceros [...]
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Belize Water Services Limited is the last of three government-owned utility companies to have named a new board of directors under the new People‘s United Party administration. The appointment of [...]
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The COVID-19 outbreak at the Palm View Center has been contained. The Ministry of Health and Wellness confirmed on Tuesday that twenty-one residents and seven staff tested positive for the [...]
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On Tuesday, the country recorded eighty-one new COVID-19 cases, putting the total to eleven thousand and eighteen confirmed cases. Out of that number, five hundred and thirty cases remain active. [...]
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The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Orange Walk and Corozal districts has been decreasing. The spread of the virus is slowly controlled. Travel to and within these two [...]
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Orange Walk North Area Representative Ramon “Monchi” Cervantes is the sixth P.U.P. area rep to tests positive for COVID-19. The Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign [...]
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While Cervantes is quarantining and expected to recover, the situation is not so fortunate for a Belize City businessman. Orlando Quan Senior is intubated at a private medical facility in [...]
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Applications are now being accepted for the Food Assistance Program under the Ministry of Human Development. The redesigned initiative is a merger of the COVID-19 Food Assistance Program and the [...]
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There is yet another weed bust to report in the North. On Tuesday, a police operation for drugs and firearm in Orange Walk Town led to the discovery of several [...]
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That bust is one of many the police make every year. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams has himself spearheaded numerous anti-drug operations thus far in his career as an officer. [...]
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And he may be the top cop in the country, but on Tuesday night, Commissioner Williams was stopped for violating the quarantine regulations. Williams was driving in Belize City when [...]
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A new home for the New Year – that’s a promise that a community group made to a woman and her six children and they delivered on that promise on [...]
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