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This morning in Orange Walk Town, nine men detained since Friday morning following the crash landing of a drug plane with dozens of bales of cocaine were arraigned in that [...]
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Meanwhile, over the weekend, the police discovered an additional three bales of cocaine. Police reportedly went looking in the Crooked Tree Lagoon, and there they found the bales of drugs [...]
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The selling off of public assets at a steal by the financially-burdened Barrow administration in the months leading up to the November eleventh general elections will be fully investigated. This [...]
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And while the Commission will look into irregularities in those sales, what about the allegations against former Minister of Works Rene Montero? The Attorney General’s Ministry is one of three [...]
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A shopkeeper in Belmopan was shot and killed after he tried to fight off a robber. The deadly incident happened last Friday in the Maya Mopan area. Abel Bardalez was [...]
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The last of the remaining escaped prisoners are behind bars tonight. Police captured Michael Faux and Erwin Lanza on Sunday morning. They were the only two prisoners who remained on [...]
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The National Institute of Culture and History was one of the remaining statutory bodies to have a new board of directors named. Late this afternoon, the Ministry of Culture issued [...]
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The Corozal Free Zone reopened for business today following ten months of closure. Discussions about reopening had started soon after the general elections, and there was collaborative planning to ensure [...]
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Thirty-eight new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed today. This number reflects samples processed between Sunday and today. One new COVID-19 related death was recorded, bringing the number to three hundred [...]
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The new COVID-19 Regulations of Statutory Instruments eight and nine of 2020 came into effect midnight last night. As we shared last week, the curfew hours have been adjusted, and [...]
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And if you find yourself breaking those laws, you will be penalized. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that if you breach the curfew, face mask and social distancing regulations, [...]
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While the curfew for adults has been extended to ten p.m. for the next thirty days, the restriction on movement for minors remained a concern for parents, particularly those whose [...]
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Vendors across the country welcomed the news on Friday that the new COVID-19 regulations would give them some relief. For months, vendors were forced to relocate from their popular spots [...]
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This morning, dozens of people once again gathered at the Lands Department in Belize City. The line of people snaked around the building on Cemetery Road. Those in line failed [...]
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A hunting trip went horribly wrong in Corozal on Sunday evening. Police say three men went on a hunting trip near Libertad Village and at around six that evening one [...]
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A sixteen-year-old boy has been arrested and charged for the murder of Dangriga businessman Kenrick Drysdale. Last week we told you the story of how the car-wash owner was gunned [...]
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Last week Friday, we reported on the discovery of Eli Chan’s body on a farm in the Maya Mopan area of Belmopan. As you heard in that interview on Friday, [...]
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Robbers targeted a gas station in Dangriga over the weekend. According to police, three men robbed the Puma Gas Station on Havana Street in that southern municipality around six-forty on [...]
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Earlier in the news, you heard Commissioner Williams break down the relaxation in the COVID-19 regulations. One of the significant changes is the adjustment to the curfew hours. Now, we’ve [...]
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In a statement on social media, attorney Estevan Perera resigns from the post as Chairman of the Elections and Boundaries Commission. Perera says that at this time the country needs [...]
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The People’s United Party is rounding off its slate of candidates in all nine municipalities with only Dangriga and Punta Gorda remaining. Over the weekend, conventions were held in Belize [...]
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The National Trade Union Congress of Belize has elected a new executive. President Luis Luke Martinez will now lead the N.T.U.C.B. New executive members for the umbrella organization were chosen [...]
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The Belize Port Authority wants all port development projects suspended immediately. Chairman of the Belize Port Authority Retired Major Lloyd Jones has written to Chairman of the National Environmental Appraisal [...]
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A new cohort of local magistrates took the oath of office as alcaldes in their respective villages over the weekend. The system that is a legally constituted form of traditional [...]
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This morning in Punta Gorda, seventeen Saint Peter Claver Primary School teachers lined the streets in town in solidarity with their school principal. The teachers say they are taking a [...]
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