The Commissioner today concluded a national tour with an event at the Police Training Academy in Belmopan City. The event included an inspection of law enforcement units and a presentation session and open discussion between Williams and police officers. According to ComPol Williams, the tour was a national strategy of familiarization and information sharing on […]
Police normally report about drug busts, small or big, contraband beer and the sorts, but tonight, they are tight-lipped about an incident in the south. Since Friday, there have been persistent reports that a vessel was intercepted with a significant amount of cash, forty thousand U.S. dollars. Images were obtained of the bundles of cold […]
While the Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin heard arguments after the P.U.P. filed an application for an interim injunction to halt the referendum on April tenth, outside the courtroom the P.U.P supporters gathered. They were bussed in from the districts to the Battlefield Park under the banner “Vote No to the I.C.J.” According to Leader John […]
For the past two weeks we’ve shared several stories about the plight of Holy Angels School in Pomona Village in Stann Creek. Since we broke the story, the school has received tremendous support including help from businesses and the public. The school has also been doing its own fundraising activities to generate more funds to […]
The Board of Trustees at Bishop Martin High School has decided to hire ‘emergency teachers’ in order to normalize the school’s operations. In the past two weeks, classes were disrupted after four teachers were forced to speak out against what they say is a complete neglect of their concerns by the board and the Principal. […]
On Thursday for some seven hours, senators analyzed the 2019-2020 Budget that had been passed in the House days before. The agro-productive sector is seen as an important factor with a driving force to boost the economy. But according to P.U.P. Senator, Eamon Courtenay, the Government’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year, gives little importance […]
Meanwhile, Private Sector Senator, Mark Lizarraga called out the government, asking “what happened to all the boom in tourism?” Tourism is known to be one of the main drivers of the economy with arrivals reportedly above the million mark. Lizarraga pointed out that the figures contained in the budget as it relates to the tourism […]
The relentless media campaign promoting a yes vote has seen a total blitz of radio and television leading up to April tenth. Ads in favour of Belize going to the I.C.J. are being aired in just about every commercial break. In between the rollout of new propaganda, government has brought out several bigwig proponents, including […]
What initially began as an awareness campaign a year ago, to inform voters about the Belize/Guatemala territorial dispute, has since morphed into a party political crusade. The United Democratic Party and the People‘s United Party have taken opposing sides in the matter. But what can we expect come Referendum Day and will the machineries of […]
Former Foreign Minister Lisa Shoman is batting heavily for the Government of Belize, coming out as one of its chief advocates for going to the I.C.J. During the prime minister’s press conference on Thursday, Shoman, who is also representing government in the Special Agreement challenge, quoted Judge Schwebel’s responses to many of the questions posed […]
On Thursday at the end of her budget debate presentation, Union Senator Elena Smith condemned the supposed actions of one of her parliament colleagues for sharing the nude pictures of a female teacher of Muffles College High School. Today the Government issued a release responding to her statements. The government says that it decries “This […]
Earlier this week we told you about some history making bananas in the south. Two plots were planted on two different farms and they are just about ready to be harvested. So what’s so special about those bananas? Well, those bananas we eat in Belize and those that are exported are actually from small plants […]
Last year UNICEF made calls for proposals from community groups and NGOs to submit proposals for funding of innovative ways to combat violence against children in different communities. The projects have completed their implementation and on Thursday made a presentation about the results which was shared with UNICEF to help inform their work. We stopped […]
There are new details tonight in respect of the crisis at the Atlantic International Bank Limited. We can confirm that AIBL has started a voluntary winding up and representatives from the Central Bank of Belize have been deployed to the bank to ensure that the process is smooth and clients are protected as much as […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow presented the latest legal opinion on the Belize/Guatemala territorial dispute. It comes on the heels of another put forward recently by the Bar Association which commissioned preeminent international law professor Stephen Vasciannie to weigh in on the strengths and weaknesses of the claim should it go before the I.C.J. for resolution. […]
While it can be argued that Judge Schwebel is essentially rehashing what has been posited in the 2001 legal opinion, PM Barrow went on to say that it is Schwebel’s view that Belize would be granted temporary relief from the World Court should there be a yes vote in the upcoming referendum. This means that […]
On Monday, Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin will preside over a constitutional challenge brought by the People’s United Party. The legality of the Special Agreement between Belize and Guatemala, signed in 2008, is being called to question and whether Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington had the authority to sign without House approval. There’s a possibility that the […]
The Prime Minister’s campaign has been to promote a ‘yes’ vote come April tenth. It is also the position of former foreign minister Lisa Shoman, who shared the stage with him at the press conference and has also become a lawyer for the government. Today’s event was a push to convince the electorate to support […]
Following its passage in the House of Representatives, the budget for 2019/2020 went to the Senate floor today. Debate in the upper house started with a robust statement from private sector senator, Mark Lizarraga. The senator noted that the figures do not add up and there was no accountability of how the people’s money was […]
Earlier in the year a female teacher at Muffle College High School in Orange Walk Town was asked to resign after nude pictures of her were circulated. The teacher resisted and the matter is expected to go before the courts. Today in the Senate, B.N.T.U. President Elena Smith brought up the issue, alleging that one […]
During his budget presentation, Private Sector Senate Mark Lizarraga touched on Belize Telemedia Limited and Belize Electricity Limited, both companies nationalized by the government. Senator Lizarraga reminded the government of the glorious returns that was expected after the nationalization of B.T.L. He said that he has seen no record of any projects, prompting a response […]
Small tour guides are ramping up their protest at the lack of jobs even though, the B.T.B. continues to report significant increases in tourist arrivals. Today at the ITVET Compound in Belize City, members of the Belize City Tourism Zone Tour Operators and Workers Association staged a press conference to share the plight of the […]
The Ministries of Education and Health say that they want to see more healthy meals in the schools across Belize. As a part of the initiative, a national menu for the school feeding programme was launched today in Belize City to ensure healthy eating for the students. The new menu will take into consideration portions […]
UB President Clement Sankat, today issued a statement on the murder of business students, Kevin Frutos. The twenty-six-year-old from Bullet Tree was found along the George Price Boulevard in Belmopan with his throat slit. His family believes that he was robbed before being murdered callously. President Sankat described Frutos as a beloved member of the […]
A family says that something went terribly wrong at the Southern Regional Hospital’s morgue last week and it caused a lot of pain during the grieving of their loved one. Today, we spoke with Karen Lewis, who lives in the U.S.A., and she told us that her mother’s body was at the morgue for about […]
