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On Monday, an official statement was issued by the Cordova and Rodriguez families who laid their loved ones to rest over the weekend. Three-year-old Amari Rodriguez, her father Delmar Rodriguez, [...]
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Christian Espat and Michael Brown have both been arraigned and remanded to the Belize Central Prison for three counts each of murder, three counts of attempted murder and three counts [...]
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It’s been exactly one week since the bodies of farmer Joel Andrews and his workman were discovered in a pond on his farm in Hattieville. The farmhand was chopped multiple [...]
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It’s been fifteen days since a leased Maya Island Air plane was stolen from the Placencia Airport and crash landed seconds after taking off, killing a Venezuelan and an Argentinean [...]
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The border dispute between the communities of Yemeri Grove and Laguna is arguably one of the most publicized land disputes in southern Belize. Following their press conference in Belize City [...]
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As the boundary dispute rages on between Yemeri Grove and Laguna, the future hangs in the balance for youths on both sides who are hoping to own a parcel of [...]
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And, Yemeri Grove Village leaders want Greg Ch’oc gone as the Commissioner of Indigenous People’s Affairs, at least when it comes to their boundary dispute. Arden Edwards says the mediation [...]
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As we reported on Monday, the boundary dispute between the people of Laguna and Yemeri Grove dates back several years. Both sides are accusing the other of encroaching on the [...]
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Deputy Alcalde of Laguna Village, Monica Coc-Magnusson explained to News Five that they are convinced that Yemeri Grove has no grounds for its claim to the lands near the Laguna [...]
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Earlier today, the Government of Belize issued a release informing that it has approved the waiver of all fees charged by public hospitals in an effort to ensure that persons [...]
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If you were in the vicinity of the Biltmore Plaza today, you would have thought that heads of government were in country because there was high security presence in the [...]
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Among those in Belize for the regional security meeting is a representative from the National Police of Haiti. As we’ve been reporting, the issue of gang violence in Haiti is [...]
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Last week, we told you about information received by our newsroom that Commissioner of Police Chester Williams was going on pre-retirement leave as of December of this year. Well today, [...]
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According to the handbook, all police officers must engage in forty hours of training per year. If they do not comply, they will not receive their annual increment. This was [...]
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Will Kevin Arthurs remain as C.E.O. in the Ministry of Home Affairs? Come next month, the three-year contracts for Chief Executive Officers are to expire, but is Arthurs contemplating a [...]
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Minister Kareem Musa also gave an update on his other portfolio, New Growth Industries. The concept of developing a cannabis industry and its accompanying referendum was shelved back in 2022, [...]
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We are two months away from the end of the year, but it is safe to say that major crimes are down significantly. Despite the five murders that were recorded [...]
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It’s Halloween and across the country, there will be many persons engaged in trick or treating. It is also a time that unsavoury characters may use as an opportunity to [...]
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The National Meteorological Service is keeping a watchful eye on an area of low pressure that is forming over the eastern Caribbean Sea, several hundred miles south of Puerto Rico. [...]
Written on October 30, 2023 | Posted in
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According to the Chief Met Officer, while the system is being monitored, Belize is not in any emergency. Should the system become a threat to the country, the National Emergency [...]
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While Belize is monitoring a possible tropical depression that can form in the eastern Caribbean Sea in the days ahead, Jamaicans are recovering from an earthquake that shook the island [...]
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The American Sugar Refinery/Belize Sugar Industries Limited (A.S.R/B.S.I) issued a press release today, informing of a record cane price that was distributed to all the cane farmers’ associations with whom [...]
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But while the profit margins are bigger this year for cane farmers, there are quite a few areas where those added funds could be used to improve the quality of [...]
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There has been a lower supply of over a hundred and sixty-four thousand metric tons of sugar. Chavarria says that the drought in 2019 impacted the 2020 crop significantly, but [...]
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Today in the High Court, Justice Farnese ruled in favor of a mother and daughter who brought a constitutional claim, following a charge of attempted murder that was initially leveled [...]
Written on October 30, 2023 | Posted in
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