Good evening and welcome to this week’s edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. We have some exciting sports highlights and reviews for you tonight. So, let’s get started with the Inter-Office Basketball League. The IBL 2022 Champions have been crowned and they are none other than the undefeated team Tuff eNuff. Taking a […]
Today, the search officially began for missing Belizean American businessman Owen Tucker Senior. A group of police officers, relatives and friends gathered at the Washing Tree Eco-Park and Resort, formerly known as Crocland, to look for the sixty-six-year-old man who was last seen alive on Tuesday afternoon leaving the property. But in an interesting twist […]
A group of eleven persons, many of whom are family and friends, walked free from charges that were brought against them in August 2021. They were arrested following an alleged party that was held on a boat during the State of Emergency which was associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, they appeared before Chief Magistrate […]
Twenty-four-year-old Nicholas Trapp, a fisherman of Chunox Village, appeared unrepresented before the lower court today where he was charged with a single count of fishing in a conservation zone. It is alleged that on November eleventh, he was caught fishing within the Blackbird Caye Conservation Zone. In his possession were nineteen conchs inside a canoe. […]
Another fisherman, also from Chunox Village, was equally charged for the offense of fishing in a conservation zone. Thirty-five-year-old Leonardo Mesh, however, is challenging the allegations brought against him by the Fisheries Department. On November eleventh, Mesh was discovered in the vicinity of Dog Flee Caye where he was found in possession of forty-two conchs. […]
Mum’s the word at the Ministry of Sustainable Development, in the wake of a decision taken by the National Environmental Appraisal Committee on Thursday. Following a final round of public consultations earlier this month regarding the construction of a cruise terminal as part of the Port of Belize Expansion Project, NEAC convened a meeting to […]
On Thursday, a joint United Nations Government of Belize National Steering Committee meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Belmopan. The meeting was to ensure that the UN Multi-Country Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2022-2026 and the Country Implementation Plans are aligned with the development processes and commitments. This is particularly as it […]
As the country continues to recover from the impact of Hurricane Lisa, a little over three weeks ago, the gaps in basic needs are being exposed. Earlier this week, we showed you the handing over of food supplies by a group of Asian businessmen from Stann Creek to the Belize City Council to assist families […]
There are over seven thousand beneficiaries of the P.S.W.T.’s food assistance program and Doctor Philip Castillo says that already the office is being contacted by the membership on how they can access the support in areas across the country. Doctor Castillo breaks down the procedure. Dr. Philip Castillo, Public Sector Workers Trust “The procedure […]
Belize’s elected parliamentarians oftentimes get a bad rap for unsavory comments towards each other and the general manner in which they conduct themselves during national debates in the House of Representatives. Today, high school and tertiary level students held a debate of their own on the topic Vocational Education Development and conducted themselves in a […]
The debate continued for well over an hour, after which there was also a session set aside for student senators. But the arguments for and against the further enhancement of vocational education in each municipality was one that drew solid arguments from student parliamentarians on both sides of the floor. Tomas Serrut served in his […]
One student who stood out during the debate was Maria Cal, Student Area Representative for Belmopan, not because she is visually impaired, but because even with her physical restrictions, she eloquently argued for and on behalf of everyone who has a disability and whose needs are overlooked every day in public spaces by the absence […]
We keep hearing of nerve-racking incidents of violence within the home or between spouses that sometimes end up fatal. It all seems to be a never-ending cycle of abuse that gets dragged before the courts. At the centre of many of these scenarios are children who are either the victims of the atrocity or are […]
But while gender-based violence continues to be a perpetual problem in our society, the education and awareness campaign does not stop. In fact, while the sixteen days of activism is front and centre at this time, those who work behind the scenes at the National Women’s Commission like Eleanor Murillo and Geovanni Brackett told us […]
This morning at the Belize City Center, entrepreneurs from across the country gathered for the grand return of EntreCon, a business showcase organized by BELTRAIDE. The event had been placed on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, there were pop-up shops outside of the venue and presentations on growing and strengthening small business inside the […]
The Public Utilities Commission hosted a web development competition this morning for secondary school students from eight high schools across the country. The tech-based challenge, in some ways, replaces its predecessor, Raspberry Pi. This morning, we stopped by the Biltmore where students gathered to participate in the competition which saw serious prizes being afforded to […]
The tourism season has just entered its peak season and the number of flights arriving in San Pedro from the Philip Goldson International Airport with visitors at this time has flooded air traffic at the island’s only airstrip. So now that tourism is expected to blossom in the coming months and years ahead, there is […]
Sabreena Daly is bringing in the Christmas spirit in this week’s look on the bright side and her meeting with Maureen Navarrete might change your view of all the debris left from hurricane Lisa. She is a fashion designer, interior designer, and miniature maker. But most unique about this creative designer is her choice to […]
This afternoon in Belize City, former Belmopan Area Representative John Saldivar broke his silence, following a lengthy absence from facing the media. The erstwhile Minister of National Security convened a press conference at the Belize Institute of Management, sans his attorney, to discuss the latest development in his political career. As many are aware, he […]
Designation aside, Saldivar’s political future hangs in the balance. The defeated politician is offering himself as a candidate in an upcoming U.D.P. convention where he is running against several others, including George Lovell, Khalid Belisle and Emil Torres. But at what point is he prepared to throw in the towel amid all the allegations of […]
Can embattled politician John Saldivar mount a legitimate legal challenge against the United States government and what would it take for him to be successful in court? It’s a question that many are asking in the face of his designation, notwithstanding the absence of evidence from the U.S. State Department. But Saldivar told the media […]
John Saldivar, during his time with the media this afternoon, also spoke about the use of the coast guard vessel, under his tenure as Minister of National Security, to ferry Lev Dermin to so-called coast guard installations. Here’s how he responded when challenged by reporters on that issue. John Saldivar, Former Minister of Government […]
The Mental Health Association has issued a statement in the wake of Wednesday’s deadly officer-involved shooting that claimed the life of forty-eight-year-old Francis Ramos Junior, an individual who had been struggling with mental illness. In the absence of adequate training and proper protocols on how to treat with persons suffering from mental illness, the association […]
An Orange Walk resident is admitted at the Northern Regional Hospital tonight, after he was struck multiple times to the head and abdomen with a metal bat just after eight o’clock this morning. The frightening incident took place on Liberty Avenue in Orange Walk Town, in front of a number of residents. Fortunately, Diego Armando […]
A missing person bulletin has been issued for a Belizean American businessman who has not been seen or heard from since Tuesday afternoon. Sixty-six-year-old Owen Tucker Senior was last seen in Biscayne, when he left his recently purchased property, formerly known as Croc Land. Work has been underway at the property, located about two miles […]
