Santa Rosa Cleared of Squatters, BDF Patrolling 24/7
Since 1988 - Guatemalan nationals have been calling the Belizean village of Santa Rosa near the border in Toledo home. They have lived and farmed in the village as if it was Guatemalan land. What started as 65 persons in 1988 ballooned to 130 people from 16 families in 2007. And so as part of the confidence building...
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Melvin Hulse to Bus Owners: Deliver or Depart
Apart from the Albert Street riots in 2005, the most memorable events of unrest in the past 5 years have been the bus riots: there were four of them, two in Orange Walk and two in Benque Viejo. They were nothing nice, and it seemed to us, they had the effect of tipping the balance of power in the transport...
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Teen critical following shooting
Another youth was shot last night but luckily he survived the attack. Around seven Sixteen year old Jermaine Matura of Arlington Drive was shot twice while inside a yard at sixty-three Central American Boulevard with family and friends. Statements given by those in the area indicate that they heard noises...
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No success yet in hunt for fugitive killer
He's been on the run since the February fourteenth murder of Shannon "Shaggy" Henderson and police believe that exactly a month later he fatally shot Samuel de Jesus Ortiz, both killings occurring in Placencia. Since then law enforcement authorities have still been unable to determine the whereabouts of thirty year...
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Belize Has Enough Food to Export
There's a worldwide food shortage and its effects are being felt most deeply in the developing world. Food riots in Haiti toppled the government and in Somalia this week, 5 food rioters were shot by armed forces. There have also been food riots in Cameroon, Egypt, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Indonesia, Bangladesh and...
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A Piglet With the Head of A Monkey
Few words can be said to introduce our next story - so we'll keep it short. The animal you are about see was supposed to be a piglet but it looks more like a monkey- or a cross between the two. That's right - 2 months ago a pig in Calcutta Village had piglets. One of them was born with the body of a pig and the head of...
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Charges are reinstated in human trafficking case
Two ex-police officers whose case was dismissed for want of prosecution have been recharged with the original offence of Trafficking in Persons. Allyson Muslar and Lauren Flowers were initially charged along with Hersel Garcia in February of 2007. This was after they were apprehended between miles seventy-one and...
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New Crimes Commission takes comprehensive approach
"They will look at everything, not just criminal activity or criminal enterprises, but they will look at employment, production, development of ideas to fight poverty, looking at what social help we need, counselling, what kind of support we need to give the people who are involved or do not want to continue with...
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R&B Legend Millie Jackson Touches Dow
She's an R&B singer in an era when rhythm and blues has gone pop. But that doesn't mean Millie Jackson is any kind of antique piece. The 63 year old is still getting down and belting out songs that would make Beyonce blush. She arrived in Belize for the first time and she and I had quite a chat. Here's how it went...
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