All posts by Patrick E. Jones

  • Chester Williams takes over Belize Police Department

    Belmopan, CAYO. Tuesday, January 8, 2019. Attorney-at-Law and career law enforcement officer Chester Williams is the new Commissioner of Police. A two-paragraph statement from the Ministry of National Security today announced the appointment, bringing the curtain down...

    • Posted January 8, 2019
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  • September celebrations theme chosen

    Punta Gorda, TOLEDO. Thursday, July 19, 2018. “Belize Da Fi Wi – Now & Forever, 8867.” That is the theme that has been chosen for this year’s September Celebrations. The National Celebration Commission today announced that the...

    • Posted July 19, 2018
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  • BCVI Summer Camp underway in Belize City

    Belize City, BELIZE. Wednesday, July 16, 2018. The annual Belize Council for the Visually Impaired, (BCVI) summer camp continues in Belize City. The camp is catering to twenty children who are blind and their parents/guardians. The BCVI...

    • Posted July 18, 2018
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  • Belize represented at EU-ECLAC meeting

    Belmopan, CAYO. Tuesday, July 18, 2018. Belize was represented this week at the second meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean and Latin america as the European Union. The meeting was held on Monday and Tuesday n...

    • Posted July 18, 2018
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  • Weekend rice harvest to benefit children

    Orange Walk Town, ORANGE WALK. Tuesday, July 17, 2018. Belize Camping Experience will be holding a Harvest for Kids event this coming Saturday in the Orange Walk district. The event is a big rice harvest. After months...

    • Posted July 17, 2018
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  • Constables Aretha Gordon and Alpheus Parham get Officer of the Month awards

    Punta Gorda, TOLEDO. Tuesday, July 17, 2018. Police Constable #98 Aretha Gordon, assigned to the Punta Gorda formation, has received the award for outstanding officer for the month of May. Her colleague, Police Constable Alpheus Parham was...

    • Posted July 17, 2018
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  • Adrienne Galanek’s farewell message to Belize

    Belmopan, CAYO. Tuesday, July 17, 2018. After three years on the job as Chargé d’Affaires at the United States Embassy in Belmopan, Adrienne Galanek is bidding farewell to Belize. The U.S. embassy in Belmopan this afternoon released...

    • Posted July 17, 2018
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  • Re-registration exercise continues

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Tuesday, July 17, 2018. The countrywide re-registration exercise continues into the third week. The Elections and Boundaries Department provided an update on the process so far, reporting that as of July 14, a total...

    • Posted July 17, 2018
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  • Oath of Office for Elections & Boundaries Commission members

    Belmopan, CAYO. Tuesday, July 17, 2018. The new chair of the Integrity Commission has been officially sworn in by Governor General, Sir Colville Young. Attorney-at-Law Deshawn Arzu Torres took the Oath of Office on Monday at Belize...

    • Posted July 17, 2018
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  • Flooding affecting Toledo villages

    Punta Gorda, TOLEDO. Tuesday, July 10, 2018. Residents of some rural Toledo villages are experiencing flooding in their communities as a result of overnight rains on Monday in this southern district. Reports from Jacintoville this morning indicated...

    • Posted July 10, 2018
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