On June seventeenth, the organization called the Alliance of Ministers and Leaders of Belize took to the steps of the National Assembly in an initiative called Occupy Belmopan. Since then the pastors and members of mainly Hispanic-based evangelical churches have been a constant presence on Independence Hill. Belize Can President Patrick Menzies is spearheading the […]
In recent months Belize’s military branches have benefitted from millions of dollars in equipment, infrastructure and training, courtesy of the US. Those donations are a part of a larger regional security initiative. But with a new Ambassador taking over, will the B.D.F., Coast Guard and Police continue to reap the benefits of a very beneficial […]
Scenes of Crime technicians and personnel of the Belize Police Department are being trained to meet international standards in forensics. Today, the Belize National Forensic Science Service Department and the U.S. Embassy launched a one year forensic crime scene investigation course. The trainer, Hayden Baldwin, is a retired Master Sergeant from the Illinois State Police […]
With a widening trade imbalance, Belize has been attempting to close the gap. To this end, a two-year program to bolster foreign trade concluded today. The project, funded by the European Union focused on negotiation tactics and strategies to increase trade in Central America and beyond the region. Stakeholders from both private and public sector […]
Lavern “Anti-Christ” Longsworth remains in prison tonight; whether or not she will spend more time in prison or be freed will be decided by the Court of Appeal on Friday. Longsworth was sentenced to life in prison in November 2012 for the murder of her common-law husband. Her murder conviction for dousing David White with […]
The U.S. State Department’s Human Trafficking Report 2014 is out, and Belize has been downgraded on the Tier Two watch list. The annual report evaluates countries on their efforts to combat human trafficking, and where Belize is concerned, the evaluation is not a good one. The report claims that the government of Belize does not […]
The report observes other inadequacies in government’s efforts to combat human trafficking, claiming that authorities failed to protect victims of human trafficking while in Belize, and also failed to safely repatriate victims. It is an outright condemnation of the government, but more so the Human Trafficking Council which is the front line operational committee. Alpuche […]
A total of twelve teachers have been fired as a result of the merger of three high schools in Belize City. It means that if the Ministry of Education has its way, they will not be able to teach in the upcoming school year. But the group of teachers from Maud Williams, Sadie Vernon and […]
Public Service Day is celebrated every year on June twenty-third. This morning, a number of public officers with a quarter of a century of service were honored at an all day event held at the Belize Biltmore Plaza under the theme: “Public Service! Service for You, Service for Me, Serving the People, Serving Belize.” Duane […]
A mass congregation of approximately two thousand men, women and children, primarily of Maya descent, converged on the primary school compound in the village of Indian Creek on Sunday for what was being called The Gathering of Children of the Earth. The meeting at that venue was the second largest since June 2010, when Chief […]
Belize is assuming the presidency of the Central American Integration System, SICA, for a period of six months, beginning July first. Prime Minister Dean Barrow left the country for the Dominican Republic today to receive the presidency which is rotated between all Central American countries and the Dominican Republic. Barrow is attending the SICA Summit […]
A nineteen year old woman alleges that bail bondsman Adil Abdullah raped her on June thirteenth in an area off Mile eight on the George Price Highway. She has provided specific details to the police saying among other things that the sexual abuse happened when he was to take her to an apartment and […]
The merger of three high schools has so far led to the dismissal of a dozen teachers from the Maud Williams, Excelsior and the Sadie Vernon high schools. But questions are being raised by the teachers as to the real reasons behind their dismissal because the official explanation provided does not cut it for them. […]
A major blunder by the Lands Department concerning a three hundred by sixty feet parcel near the municipal airstrip in San Pedro has resulted in a huge land dispute between Tropic Air and Construction Depot Ltd., one of several companies registered to Brett and Sean Feinstein of the Benny’s Group. The situation comes amid a […]
On January eighth, 2012, Antonio Edwards, a resident of Jacintoville in the Toledo District, was seriously injured when a large flitch of rosewood fell off a flatbed truck and crushed his legs. Edwards was returning from church that Sunday afternoon when the vehicle reportedly came speeding around a curve, flinging the log in his […]
The Belize Hotels Association held its annual general meeting at the Biltmore this morning where hoteliers from across the country gathered to discuss the state of the tourism and hospitality industries. Keynote speaker at the AGM was Director of Tourism Karen Bevans. It was Bevans’ first time addressing the association since her appointment to the […]
There were smiling faces today at the Ladyville Adventist School. It was a special day for students who had successfully completed the Gang Resistance Education and Training Program of the Police Department. The program is being implemented at a number of schools to motivate youths who are at risk to stay the course and keep […]
A six million dollar project on the island of San Pedro has come to a complete stop, and Minister of Natural Resources Gaspar Vega says the reason is human error in the Lands Department. Tropic Air has a valid lease to a piece of property just off the municipal airstrip. The site is allocated for […]
That story was done in San Pedro at around midday today. At almost exactly the same time in Orange Walk, Minister of Natural Resources, Gaspar Vega, broke the news that his Ministry had cancelled the lease issued to Tropic Air. The title issued to Construction Depot will stand because it is a title, even if […]
Ground was broken for a new runway at Tower Hill this morning and we’ll have that story coming up. But the contract for the works was awarded to Imer Hernandez, who is the nephew of Deputy Prime Minister, Gaspar Vega. The runway is the second large public works project given to Hernandez in one week, […]
The names of the members of the new Belize Airports Authority Board were revealed this past Tuesday and by today, the Board along with its new minister, Manuel Heredia Junior, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the upgrade of the Orange Walk Airstrip. Now, there is a lot of public scrutiny on the B.A.A. because five […]
On Wednesday, Attorney-General Wilfred Elrington was asked his opinion on the reappointment of Justice Samuel Awich. He expounded at length, but he also took the opportunity to vent on the Bar Association of Belize. We showed you some of it on Wednesday’s newscast, but there’s more. Elrington also revisited a move he made last year […]
As we told you earlier, work will soon begin on the rehabilitation of an old dirt runway that will become a modern airstrip to accommodate domestic flights to the Orange Walk District. The project is costing seven hundred and forty-nine thousand dollars. The new players of the Belize Airports Authority were along with Minister of […]
There were all manner of state matter to ask Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega about today, and we did. But we also asked him to don his party hat for a moment. Vega is the area representative in Orange Walk north, an area considered somewhat of a U.D.P. stronghold in the mostly P.U.P. controlled north […]
There was commotion at the Tourism Village this afternoon when a man attempting to sell his wares was roughed up by the police and taken in custody. His detention was followed by that of another vendor. It raised the ire of other vendors who claim they are being prohibited from selling in certain areas. […]
