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Thrilling Finish At Ruta Maya
posted (March 13, 2018)
The second biggest sporting event in Belize, the Ruta Maya race finished yesterday at the Belcan Bridge in Belize City. It aired live on Channel 7 and Rhonda Crichton's team had the call and the first interviews with the paddlers:

Courts was first for the females, and Benny's second.





How To Catch A Fat Fish

If you are a Discovery Channel or Nat Geo fan, you have surely seen some strange and grotesque animals on their shows and features - animals you never knew existed. Well, that is what Belize City fish vendor Claudia Gutierrez thought when she first saw this 167 pound Jewfish. She had no idea they could grow this big in Belize. We first found out about the big fish on facebook. In the post it says that the Punta Gorda fishermen Ricky Castro known as Noche and Michael Casimiro were out at sea off coast of Toledo this weeekend and they caught the beast. They then sold it to Fish vendor Guiterrez. She told us more about this mega catch.

Reporter
"How long have you have you been buying and selling a fish?"

Claudia Gutierrez - Fish Vendor
"Must be about 4 to 5 years now."

Repoter
"Right here from this spot here?"

Claudia Gutierrez - Fish Vendor
"Yes."

Reporter
"Have you ever seen any fish this big before?"

Claudia Gutierrez - Fish Vendor
"Not so big only on Discoverery Channel but I didn't believe that Belize had it so big."

Reproter
"How much does the fish way?"

Claudia Gutierrez - Fish Vendor
"1 hundred and 67 pounds."

Reporter
"What exactly are you going to do with this fish now?"

Claudia Gutierrez - Fish Vendor
"We will fillet it, then we are going to sell it. 75 to 70 pound will come out of 1 hundred and 67 pounds."

Reporter
"So that is overall?"

Claudia Gutierrez - Fish Vendor
"Only for the fillet, because remember the skin and the bones. So fillet will take out like 65 to 75 pound of meat."

Reporter
"You already have people who ordered?"

Claudia Gutierrez - Fish Vendor
"Yes that's why we buy because we already have the buyer already but in fillet. They don't want it whole like that."

Reporter
"So this is a major come up for your business."

Claudia Gutierrez - Fish Vendor
"Yes."

Reporter
"And you usually buy from this fisherman?"

Claudia Gutierrez - Fish Vendor
"Yes everyday we go at the courthouse wharf and try to see if they bring any kind of fish."

Gutierrez will now fillet the fish and sell it for about $17 a pound.




Acclaimed Prizefighter Mikey Garcia In Belize In Charity Mission

One of the world finest boxers is in Belize preparing to do missionary work in Toledo.

Mikey Garcia - who just won a world title in his fourth weight class on Saturday - said he was leaving the ring and heading for the airport to come to Belize. Here's how he put it after he beat Sergey Lipinets in San Antonio:

He is working with a church group in Toledo. Garcia simultaneously holds world titles at junior welterweight and lightweight, is only the third fighter to win belts at 126, 130, 135 and 140 pounds.





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