All posts by Patrick E. Jones

  • Search for missing taxi man ends; his body found

    The search for an Orange Walk taxi driver has ended.  Reports from the north say the charred remains of Hugo Ernesto Moreno, 42, was found inside his car about a mile and a half outside of Carmelita...

    • Posted July 30, 2013
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  • Business estabishment left holding bounced cheque

    A Belize City establishment has been jilted out of thousands of dollars in merchandize by someone using a cheque that had more rubber in it than a pair of old tires.  According to police, in April of...

    • Posted July 30, 2013
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  • Two people injured in George Price highway crash

    Police have released more details regarding the road traffic accident on Monday afternoon on the George Price Highway.  Two vehicles, a Nissan Patrol and a Ford pickup truck collided head on between miles 25 and 26, just...

    • Posted July 30, 2013
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  • Shooting incident in Red Creek, Cayo

    Police in San Ignacio town are investigating an early Tuesday morning shooting incident in Red Creek area of Santa Elena town.  The shooting happened at the Ifield’s residence. Police say that around 1:10 am on Tuesday, they...

    • Posted July 30, 2013
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  • Sex with underage girl lands teenagers in trouble

    Two teenage men from Corozal are in police detention pending charges are they were accused of have sexual intercourse with a 15 year old girl. The girl, accompanied by her mother, went to the police and reported...

    • Posted July 30, 2013
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  • Orange Walk taxi driver reported missing

    An Orange Walk taxi driver has been reported missing by his family. Hugo Ernesto Moreno, 42, is reported to have left home on Saturday, July 27 to do his taxi runs and has not returned home. Moreno’s...

    • Posted July 30, 2013
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  • Vehicles collide on the George Price Highway

    Two people were badly hurt on Monday afternoon when two vehicles crashed on the George Price Highway.  The accident happened between miles 25 and 26 on the GP Highway sometime after 2 pm. The vehicles were traveling...

    • Posted July 29, 2013
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  • Corozal police constable reported missing

    The Belize Police department has issues a missing person’s bulletin … for one of their own.  According to a terse press release from the police press officer, Police Constable #227 Martin Bustillos “has been absent (missing) since...

    • Posted July 29, 2013
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  • Teachers undergo professional development training in Cayo

    Over two hundred school teachers are currently involved in a three weeks training program in the Cayo district.  The training, which began on July 22, will continue through until August 9. It is being hosted at the...

    • Posted July 29, 2013
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  • Jail break: three prisoners on the run

    Three inmates of the Belize Central Prison located at Hattieville village escaped on Sunday night.  Information received say two Guatemalans and a Belizean got away from the institution and are now at large.  The escaped prisoners have...

    • Posted July 29, 2013
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