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Oct 18th 10
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Fugitive Gabriel Salazar
| Belizean fugitive Gabriel Salazar, who was wanted for murder and the Spanish Lookout Scotia Bank robbery, is in Police custody. Salazar, who is originally from San Pedro Town, was placed on a Maya Regional flight from Honduras to Belize and was escorted by immigration and police personnel on Wednesday October 13th.
Salazar was held in Honduras in protective custody to testify in the case against the police officers who shot him and his two accomplices, Benjamin Peters and Alexander Edwards. It is reported in the Prensa Libre Newspaper in Honduras that the three entered Honduras through the Aguas Caliente border station in Guatemala, where Honduran customs officials searched their bags and found guns. The newspaper reports explained that the three men were taken to the police station around 3:00am on Sunday, September 26th and were told that they would be transferred into the custody of the office of the Public Ministry. (more…)
Oct 18th 10
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Inspector James Moreira Deputy OC Corozal Police
| Information about the suspected drug plane that landed near Sarteneja has still not made it to the police blotter. But Corozal police say that while their response to the area was not quick enough to intercept the aircraft, but they did detain five men in a vehicle carrying a fuel pump and a battery in Chunox Village. The men were also said to be wet from waist down. There is not much to add to the story, but Deputy Police Commander in Corozal, Inspector James Moreira told News Five that patrols have been enhanced in the area.
Inspector James Moreira, Deputy O.C., Corozal Police
“A plane was landing in the area of Sarteneja, so we dispatched personnel to the location to join with the A.D.U. team. But however when they reached there’re there was no sight of any plane.”
Marion Ali
“But five people were later intercepted in a vehicle in Chunox Village.”
Insp. James Moreira
“Yes, we did our part by apprehending the fellows in the vehicle at Chunox.”
Marion Ali
“What led you to those people?”
Insp. James Moreira
“Well just the information that we received from the Sarteneja area and we more or less believe that they may be connected.”
Marion Ali
“Are there more patrols being conducted in that area, Sarteneja, I’m talking since this was a suspected drug plane?”
Insp. James Moreira
“Automatically from the said night, more patrols were placed out there.”
Marion Ali
“Is this something that you believe always happens or happens frequently?”
Insp. James Moreira
“For the past years, it didn’t happen, not to my knowledge while I was around, but you know things changes.”
The five men who were intercepted in the vehicle in Chunox Village are being investigated to determine whether they are linked to illicit activity.
Oct 16th 10
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Belize National Under-15 Male Basketball Team
Channel 5 Belize | The National Under-Fifteen Male Basketball Team is getting ready to head to Mexico for the Centro Basket Tournament. They’ve been preparing for at least nine months, but before they head north, the guys are testing their mettle against the Sacred Heart College under-eighteen team, who placed second at the CODICADER Games earlier this year. Mark Usher, the Public Relations Officer for the Belize Basketball Federation told News Five that they are holding a fundraiser on Saturday to help cover travelling expenses. And according to Usher, the federation believes the team is well prepared and ready to represent Belize.
Mark Usher, Public Relations Officer, Belize Basketball Federation
“The U-15 male national team will go to Chiapas Mexico, where they will compete in the Centro Basket. You may recall that they recently came in second in the COCABA championships—I think it was in July—so now the next level is to go to Mexico in Chiapas and represent Belize at the Centro Basket tournament on the first to the sixth of November.” (more…)
Oct 16th 10
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Belize sends Jessel Lauriano to Miss World Pageant
Reporter.bz | Belize has sent a representative to participate in the Miss World Pageant in Sanya, China this year. Twenty-two-year-old Jessel Monique Lauriano was one of the three top finalists of last year’s pageant. Due to time constraints Miss World Belize Organization directed by Michael Arnold, decided to send Jessel to participate in the 60th Anniversary of the pageant.
Vying for the title along with 119 other women, Jessel arrived in Sanya on August 31 to participate in all preliminary activities. The pageant will test talent, fitness, fashion sense, beachwear and charity choice. It will be held on October 30 and expects over 2 billion television viewers this year.
Jessel is a high school graduate who hopes to pursue studies in social work. “My goal is to get my degree in social work and work in this field for a few years before moving on to either manage a youth organisation or to start my own. Apart from my studies I am involved in several youth groups. As well I do tutoring and provide youth mentorship,” says Jessel of herself.
Oct 15th 10
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Taste of Belize 2010
PR | The Belize Tourism Board takes pleasure in inviting you to the 9th Annual Taste of Belize! on October 16th, 2010, at ITVET Campus on Freetown Rd. in Belize City. Chefs from all over the country will bring cuisines unique to their culinary culture to compete in several categories. “We have our main stay competition, the professional chef completion, the cake decorating completion, and the bar tending completion,” commented Laura Esquivel Frampton Director of Quality Assurance at the Belize Tourism Board to Love FM News in the city.
“In addition to that, this year we sort of changed up how we traditionally done the buffet. Instead of people paying $35 to come and have a buffet, there will be a $10 entry fee and after which point they will be able to purchase sample plates from the various destinations that will now be competing against each another for the best of Belize competition.”
The Best of Belize Competition is a new category where the samples purchased by those who attend will count for 25 percent of the points for the overall competition. Placencia is slated to have shrimp ceviche, conch soup and Dangriga will have cohune cabbage and hudut and darasa. Orange walk is taking puc chuck and tacos sariano, while Hopkins wil have boholobo and coconut rice and seafood casserole. Punta Gorda is set to have barracuda stuff cho cho and grated coco yams fritter, Cayo is having pibil dumplings and bollitos and escaveche and Belize district is having rice and beans and stew beans and white rice but they will also have the gibnut, the armadillo, and warrie peccary.
Lara Frampton says that they continue to boast the fact that the taste of Belize is the only one of its kind of Belize because it provides a unique opportunity for more Belizeans to see the culinary arts as a viable means of employment.
“Throughout the years, we have seen some foreign chef’s who live here competing but more and more now we have Belizeans chefs competing against each other,” continued Lara. “I would say that 90% of the competitors this year are all Belizeans born and bred and grew up in the industry kind of.”
Those interested in attending this year’s Taste of Belize Culinary Competition are advised that there are limited spaces. Tickets are available at the BTB office for $10. For more information visit www.tasteofbelize.com
Oct 14th 10
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Belize Art Exhibit
| A new exhibition of paints, sculptures and photographs opens this Thursday at the Mexican Cultural Institute. It is showcasing the work of new and upcoming artists in black and white photography as well as the more traditional works of an older generation of artists. Entitled Beyond the Border, New Visions from Belize, the exhibit’s first stop was across the northern border at the Museum of Mayan Culture. Earlier today. Beyond The Border New Visions From Belize was launched in Quintana Roo, Mexico. The travelling exhibit has just landed at the Mexican Cultural Institute on Princess Margaret Drive.
Gilvano Swasey, Curator, Beyond the Border
“Beyond the Border, New Visions from Belize. The concept was to get Belizean art and take I tout of its regular space—meaning the country itself and take it to a new area which was Chetumal and we were at the Museo de Cultura Maya. I was approached by the Mexican Cultural Institute to do a collection of popular art, upcoming artists and try to showcase the different mediums. Traditionally when we think of art, we think of paintings. And the idea was to show what Belizeans have been working with, what they have been carving into. And so the idea was to show the different media and the different visions they were having in this media. For example; you have artists like Jill Burgess who works on Found Wood. You have artists like Ingrid Cayetano who does needle work or sewing. You have Franco Cano who works on Conch Shell. You have artist like George Gabb who worked in found metal. You have artist like Santiago Cal who works in Wood. So this exhibition is showcasing the different talent.”
While the first section focuses on tradition, the second section looks at amateur photographs executed by students. (more…)
Oct 14th 10
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7 News Belize | Yesterday history was made when police investigators arrested four immigration officers at their workplace in Belize City. Arrest warrants were made for all six who were on duty when three charter flights from Haiti with Chinese nationals landed at the Phillip Goldson Airport in September and October.
They were charged with purposely aiding and facilitating the commission of an offense under the Immigration Act and forgery of an official document. They are: 29 year old Candra Wade, 42 year old Angelica Lima, 33 year old Jason Daly, 30 year old Lindsay Wade, 37 year old Mark Tench and 37 year old Martin Guy.
Candra Wade was charged with 10 counts of purposely aiding and facilitating the commission of an offense under the Immigration Act and 9 counts of forgery of an official document. Lima was charged with 12 counts of purposely aiding and facilitating and 12 counts of forgery of an official document. Lindsay Wade was charged with 2 counts of purposely aiding and facilitating and 2 counts of forgery of an official document.
Daly was charged with 8 counts of purposely aiding and facilitating and 9 counts of forgery of an official document. Tench was charged with 2 counts of purposely aiding and facilitating and 2 counts of forgery of an official document. Guy was charged with 2 counts of purposely aiding and facilitating and 2 counts of forgery of an official document. Candra, Lima and Daly were released on bails of $20,000.00 each. (more…)
Oct 12th 10
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OAS
PR | On October 8, 2010, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Belize hosted a public, half-day consultation with local stakeholders on the Legal Review of the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement, a study prepared with the support of the Department of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
Numerous organizations from the private and public sectors attended the briefing, including the Chamber of Commerce, the Coalition of Services Providers, the Belize Bar Association, the Public Service Union, and BELIPO.
Alexis Rosado, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, thanked the OAS for its ongoing support to Belize in the area of trade capacity building and underscored the importance of the need for collaborative work on the implementation of trade agreements. He expressed the need for ongoing dialogue on issues of importance, such as the harmonization of legislation, if Belize is to truly benefit from the EPA and other similar agreements. (more…)
Oct 11th 10
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Reward offered for information about missing Rash children
PR | TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO COLLECT THE REWARD FOR THE SAFE RETURN OF BENJAMIN RASH AND ONELIA RASH
A reward in the amount of BZ$12,750.00 (Twelve thousand, Seven Hundred Fifty Belize dollars) is being offered by an anonymous group of donors for the safe return of both Benjamin Rash and Onelia Rash, aged eleven (11) and nine (9), who were last seen on August 30, 2010 near Cattle Landing, in the Toledo District of Belize. Such reward will be paid to the person or persons responsible for the safe return of these children. This reward will only be paid if the following conditions are met:
1. Both children must be alive and in the custody of either the Belize Police Department or the children’s family.
2. The reward will not be paid unless both children are recovered alive. There will be no partial reward for the return of just one child.
3. The reward will not be paid before the children are in the custody of the Belize Police Department or the children’s family. There will be no advance payment of any kind, including (but not limited) to “out-of-pocket expenses,” “facilitation fees,” “locator’s fees,” etc.
4. The reward will be paid to anyone who is aware of the location of the children if he or she provides this information to the Police, and the information leads to the safe recovery of both children. In order to collect the reward, the person providing this information must be able to confirm that they were the ones who provided the information.
5. If more than one person is responsible for the safe recovery of both children, the reward will be split between those persons. In no case will the total reward paid exceed BZ$12,750.00 (Twelve thousand, Seven Hundred, Fifty Belize dollars).
6. If the children are safely returned, and there is a dispute between persons attempting to claim the reward, the Belize Police Department will decide who the reward shall be paid to. The decision of the Belize Police Department will be final.
For further information, or to report the whereabouts of these children, please contact
MIGUEL A. SEGURA, ASST. COMMISSIONER,
HEAD NATIONAL CRIMES INVESTIGATION BRANCH,
Crime Stoppers Hot line – 0-800–922-TIPS
e-mail: masegura666@gmail.com
Oct 11th 10
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Channel 5 Belize | In an interview on Thursday night in this newscast, attorney Arthur Saldivar, who is representing some of the persons who were on duty when Air Century landed in Belize on Sunday night, recalled that in the past administration, the government had removed the minister who was, at the time, heading Immigration when a smuggling ring had been exposed in 2002. Back then the US brought pressure on the government and canceled the US visa of the minister because the immigrants smuggled into Belize were making their way to the United States.
Late this evening, the US Embassy, in a release, encouraged “the Government of Belize to remain steadfast in their commitment to identifying and sanctioning corruption at all levels and implementing measures that eliminate the illegal entry of people and goods into Belize.” According to the release, the US continues to partner with the region to disrupt the movement of criminals and contraband.
The release states “The United States of America believes that a professional cadre of immigration and customs officials, working with transparent and standardized procedures, facilitates legitimate travel and trade while combating corruption and the illegal entry of people and goods. The Embassy has provided training and material assistance to Belize in attaining these objectives.”
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