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Dec 29, 2020 Are the Four Missing Fishermen from Dangriga Still Alive? Did a quartet of missing fishermen sink into a watery grave off the coast of Dangriga earlier this month when they went on a trip to Southern Long Caye?  Police and coast guard personnel are still conducting search operations near that location in an effort to find forty-two-year-old Omar Thompson, twenty-nine-year-old Brenton Brackett, nineteen-year-old Leon Joseph and Jeffery Gomez.  Despite all efforts, the men...

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Dec 29, 2020 Errol Gomez A Dangriga resident was shot and killed inside his home on Christmas Day. Police say they don’t know why Errol Gomez was gunned down nor do they know who did it. Today we caught up with the family who shared their own theory about their loved one’s demise. They say that someone wanted him dead because he had been targeted twice before. Here’s the story:   Andrea Polanco, Reporting Twenty-nine-year-old Errol Gomez was shot to death inside his house in the...

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Dec 23, 2020 Yasmine Morgan This afternoon, the elder sibling of missing fisherman Jeffery Gomez spoke with News Five.  According to Yasmine Morgan, her brother had only just relocated to Dangriga three weeks ago and was last seen on Southern Long Caye with a family whom he was staying with on the island.  Gomez, we understand, caught a ride with three other fishermen on a vessel called Sea Life.  When they failed to arrive in Dangriga, the common-law wife of Omar Thompson, reported...

Dec 23, 2020 Still No Sign of Missing Fishermen in the South The search and rescue effort for a group of four fishermen continues in the waters off the coast of Stann Creek District.  Three of the men, we now understand, set out from Dangriga on a fishing trip and were preparing to return to mainland when Jeffrey Gomez caught a ride with them as they departed Southern Long Caye.  That was over a week ago and the men have since disappeared without a trace.  Notwithstanding a joint op...

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Dec 22, 2020 Four Missing Dangriga Fishermen; Is Foul Play Suspected? The search for four fishermen reported missing at sea on Friday continues, despite the efforts of the coast guard and police department taking an ominous turn.  Forty-two-year-old Omar Thompson, twenty-nine-year-old Brenton Brackett, nineteen-year-old Leon Joseph and Jeffery Gomez, all residents of Dangriga, remain unaccounted for, following a fishing trip to Southern Long Caye around December eleventh.  Thompson�...

Israel Argueta Police are looking for a driver who knocked down and killed a man on the Stann Creek Valley Road. The family of Israel Argueta is mourning the loss of their loved one and police have more questions than answers. Just before 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 12, the 64-year-old was riding his bicycle when was he was knocked from the rear. Dangriga Police were called to the scene between Miles eight and nine on the Stann Creek Valley Road and met Argueta’s lifeless body. Not too fa...

iStock/aga7ta Belize being English-speaking does have its advantages. Paperwork and official forms can be completed with ease. Being able to talk with everyone you meet means you can ask locals for advice. It also allows you to socialize more easily. In some countries expats are often stuck with other expats until they learn the language. That isn’t a problem in Belize. 2. Belize is safe iStock/Lux Blue Some small areas of Belize City suffer from a drug trade, gangs, and the activities that c...