The Belize Humane Society organized and put off the first ever dog show and ‘pawty’ at the Memorial Park in Belize City. Dog lovers, as well as man’s best friends, came out in great numbers to socialize and compete in the many categories. In the end, King, an English bulldog from Orange Walk, came out […]
But on the other side of the law, there have been several recent videos of uniformed police officers acting out while on duty; being drunk and disorderly, embarrassing themselves and the department. Belmopan police have moved to discipline an officer attached to the Roaring Creek Police Station after video posted on social media captured him […]
The Government of Belize has been given one last chance by the Caribbean Court of Justice to live up to its promises made in April of 2015, when it agreed and consented that the Maya of the Toledo District have a right to communal land title among the villages in which they are the majority. […]
In August, the Maya village of Crique Sarco was the first to be entered in the Maya Land Registry. A geographical map created over the course of five years delineated its boundaries among several other buffer communities that fringe the Sarstoon Temash National Park. At the time, the Toledo Maya Land Rights Commission appeared on […]
A physical altercation between a police officer and a young activist was captured on video this weekend. Justin Usher was arrested for reportedly punching the policeman. But the tirade did not end with his arrest. Despite being restrained, a tearful Usher can be heard saying that his detention perpetuated the so-called injustice that Belizeans are […]
The weekend rollout of the latest crime fighting measure to be undertaken by police in Belize City is yet to yield fruit. Despite the seemingly overwhelming presence of officers in the streets during the past seventy-two hours, crime is still very much prevalent on the south side. All three shooting incidents that have taken place […]
Assistant Commissioner of Police Dezerie Magdaleno also plays a key role in the effectiveness of the campaign. Her responsibility to ACT includes the gathering of actionable leads from members of the public via a pair of open phone lines. ACP Dezerie Magdaleno, Commander, Eastern Division “The Operation ACT that was launched on Friday, as […]
The illegal sale of marijuana has long since been identified as the root cause for an eruption of gun violence among feuding groups in Belize City. Both activities have spiked considerably over the past few months, a total of twenty-nine murders being committed as of July first. According to Senior Superintendent Marco Vidal, who heads […]
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The General Sales Tax Unit says Yhony Rosado owes over half a million dollars, but the firebrand FECTAB front man says not so! Today, Rosado and his colleagues, along with support from COLA, called a press conference to tell the public that he is being targeted by the powers that be and this time it […]
Are the Belize Tourism Board’s tourist stats bogus? That is what the Federation of Cruise Tourism Associations of Belize says. David Almendarez, a tour operator and member of FECTAB, says that cruise arrivals this year is the worst they have seen. According to Almendarez, the B.T.B. numbers do not reflect the reality on the ground […]
Four young men and one woman were called to the Bar of Belize this morning at the Supreme Court. It was a grand occasion, featuring the return of Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Justice and prominent Belizean attorney Godfrey Smith, who sat alongside his colleagues from Belize’s Supreme Court, Justices Michelle Arana and Courtney Abel. We […]
Joining the younger Courtenay on the roll are Magistrate Carlon Mendoza and two young attorneys out of the Marine Parade Chambers founded by Godfrey Smith. Hector Guerra is from San Ignacio and has a passion for helping the poor and underprivileged. Zahira Flores is originally from Big Creek in the south but has practiced all […]
Did members of the Government boycott the Public Accounts Committee meeting set for Thursday? The Belize National Teachers’ Union believes they did. The meeting was the first opportunity to question Auditor General Dorothy Bradley on the 2012-2013 Audit Report, but it turned out that two of the sitting ministers came down with ‘pink eye’ or […]
Is Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Harvest Caye crippling the tour operators of the Fort Street Tourism Village? President of FECTAB, Tom Greenwood, says that the NCL ships have taken away about thirty percent of the tourists who arrive at the Belize City Port. Here’s how Greenwood describes the reality on the ground for his members. […]
But Greenwood says that tour operators are also hurting from other decisions made by Government agencies. The FECTAB President made a call to the stakeholders involved to save what he says is an already collapsed cruise industry. Tom Greenwood, President, FECTAB “What happens to us outside? Luckily we have a way of getting our […]
On Thursday night, a Facebook post went viral and the Ministry of Health and Statistical Institute of Belize were in the middle of it. One Facebook user alleges that a woman in a white van who claimed to be from the ministry approached her mother to take a blood sample. She wrote that the individual […]
A proposed loan by the Social Security Board to the Belize Airports Authority is making the headlines tonight. The said loan is to finance construction of the Caye Caulker Airstrip Runway. Tonight, S.S.B. Chair Doug Singh says the Investment Committee has yet to consider the application before it even gets to the main S.S.B. board. […]
In Friday’s House meeting, Prime Minister Dean Barrow said that the amount being asked for was four million dollars and that the Board had yet to consider it. Meanwhile, Tourism Minister Manuel Heredia told reporters days before that winning contractor Imer Hernandez has already been advanced funds; though he did not say from where. In […]
Since the confirmation of the incumbent United Democratic Party’s slate in August, the announcement for the unveiling of the People’s United Party slate in Belize City has been hotly anticipated. The press was able to tease details from Briceño during this afternoon’s press conference, such as the name of the mayoral candidate, who he confirmed […]
By far, C.E.O. of Belize Telemedia Limited Rochus Schreiber’s salary and benefits, amounting to more than seven hundred thousand Belize dollars, is the most paid to anyone in that role in Belize. In fact, even ministerial salaries are beneath that amount. Opposition Leader John Briceño raised it in the House on the occasion of the […]
The Court of Appeal concludes its business for the current term on Friday, but one of its judges is facing a fight to keep his job. Recently appointed Franz Parke continues to face criticism over his lack of judicial experience and ties to Prime Minister Dean Barrow and shortly before his appointment, P.U.P. Leader John […]
While Social Security dominated this afternoon’s press conference, the first issue raised by P.U.P. Leader John Briceño was crime, which has dominated this week’s news as it has many weeks. And the solution could be on his way back very soon. Former Southside Commander Chester Williams, according to Briceño, is slated for a return. But […]
A session of the Public Accounts Committee during which Auditor General Dorothy Bradley was scheduled to appear, was called off earlier today when four U.D.P. ministers who sit on the working group failed to show up for the meeting. The scheduled sitting would have seen the auditor general responding to questions about irregularities described in […]
The Caribbean’s judicial officers have for the past few months been consulting on an issue of region-wide importance. With an increase reported in sexually-based offences, particularly here in Belize in the cases of rape, unlawful sexual intercourse and similar offences, there are more persons left vulnerable and subject to stigma and discrimination, not to mention […]
