A gender-based violence seminar was held today in Belize City. The purpose of the event was to discuss and share ways to enhance the reporting, monitoring and surveillance of gender-based violence in Belize. The all day event featured an in depth discussion on the framework for combating this growing problem. Presenter Dorla Bowman of the […]
As activities wind down in celebration of Women’s Month, the Belize City Council today singled out a group of outstanding women from all walks of life and ages for their contributions in diverse fields, from education to politics. Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner and Councillor Candice Pitts were both on hand to recognize the labour […]
School children all around the country have had a busy month with meaningful and fun activities. This year, Child Stimulation Month, is being held under the theme, “Hug me, Listen to me, Read with me, HELP ME GROW!” which is key to early childhood development. Having prepared themselves, today the preschoolers from the Kiddies Campus […]
We take a break from the local news for two major developments in the region. Today, Guyana’s Court of Appeal ruled that a no-confidence motion against the government of David Granger was not valid because it was passed with thirty-three votes. That vote took place in December 2018 after Charandass Persaud switched his allegiance, setting […]
Today, President Donald Trump met with leaders from five Caribbean countries in Florida; namely Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Dominican Republic, Haiti and the Bahamas. Notably, these countries voted with the U.S. and against the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, at the O.A.S. in January. Belize was not invited to participate. Central to the meeting was the situation […]
The Ahmadiyya Basketball League is hosting its all-star basketball competition this Sunday in Belize City. The event will bring players from across the country, as well as Mexico, to compete in a number of basketball events and will show off their skills in a big match. Today, President of the Muslim Community Naveed Mangla shared […]
Over the weekend, senior officials from Belize Water Services Limited held a meeting with residents of San Jose Succotz in Cayo over high water bills. As we reported earlier in the month, residents are angry over inexplicably high that they received over the last two to three months. Some residents say their bill came as […]
Transport woes are brewing once again. Today, police were on alert monitoring the area of the bus terminal on East Collet Canal and reportedly at the western border point. This is because there was a report that the authorities would not have allowed passengers to disembark at the terminal. Word is that a local bus […]
The Senate on Tuesday approved the appointment of six persons to the Integrity Commission. They are Lisbeth Delgado, Armead Gabourel, Wilmot Simmons, Nestor Vasquez, Zoe Roberson Zetina, and Claudette Grinage. The appointment of Chairperson, attorney Deshawn Arzu-Torres, was approved by the Senate in July 2018. This was after Justice Marilyn Williams resigned from the position […]
Five computers were donated to Saint Luke’s Methodist Primary School in Belize City to boost its computer lab. The now thirteen functioning stations will assist teachers and students with their research and will help to incorporate technology into lessons. The donation was made by Smart Belize; the telecommunication company has been working with the institution […]
On Thursday, the Senate ratified a loan agreement between the Government of Belize and the Caribbean Development Bank for five point nine million U.S. dollars. The monies have been earmarked for G.O.B.’s Second Road Safety Project. In 2013, the Government borrowed seven point two million U.S. dollars for the first road safety project and later […]
Since presenting an updated legal opinion on the Belize/Guatemala dispute and the possibilities of a resolution at the I.C.J., Professor Stephen Vasciannie has been sought after to discuss his findings publicly. That forum will be held on Friday at the Bliss Institute via a Skype conference with the esteemed international lawyer. The forum has been […]
A family of four is today picking up the pieces after a fire totally destroyed their house located on Faber’s Road Extension in Belize City. The blaze erupted after five o’clock on Tuesday evening. The house owner, Melanie Adolphus, was outside when she detected smoke coming from inside her house. While attempts were made to […]
Small tour operators who work outside of the Fort Street Tourism Village in Belize City complained that they are being squeezed out by large operators. The operators claims that they have been experiencing some rough months because they are not selling their tours. According to the operators, it is because the system at the tourist […]
On Tuesday the National Trade Union Congress of Belize fired off a press statement in support of the Police Association against what it describes as the heavy-handedness on the part of the recently appointed Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams. The Association has filed a legal claim against ComPol Williams for shortening the president’s tenure through […]
The case brought by the Police Association against Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams is expected to come to the courts later this week. But, before that happens the internal affairs of the department are spilling all over the media. While the N.T.U.C.B. and the B.N.T.U. President are blasting the ComPol, today three members of the […]
It has been more than a year since the Senate Special Select Committee ended its inquiry into the findings of the Auditor General’s Special Audit Report of the Immigration and Nationality Department 2011-2013. The committee questioned numerous witnesses who testified for hours of key witnesses and government officials as it delved into what was taking […]
Fire destroyed a house earlier this evening in Belize City. Shortly after six, flames were seen coming out of a small wooden house in the Faber’s Road Area but the fire spread quickly by the time fire officials arrived on the scene. We’ll have more in Wednesday’s newscast.
But an estimated one hundred and forty-seven thousand persons have reregistered ahead of the March twelfth deadline to vote in the I.C.J. referendum on April tenth. The Elections and Boundaries Department is expected to share the exact figures in the next couple of weeks including how many naturalized Belizean citizens of Guatemalan origin are on […]
Some two thousand five hundred voters are not appearing on the voters list for the April tenth referendum. For one reason or the other they were deemed not eligible. This afternoon a Burrell Boom resident, Jennifer Baptist, a born Belizean who has lived all her life in the country, says she is among those who […]
An elderly man was shot on Monday night in Belize City. Police say that around seven-forty, sixty-three-old Gilroy Garnett was walking on Partridge Street when a man approached him and fired several shots at him. One of the bullets caught Garnett in the right lower abdomen and exited his right lower back. He is now […]
This evening the National Trade Union Congress of Belize called out the Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams. The N.T.U.C.B. says that it has viewed the apparent public confrontation between Williams and the Police Association. The Association is suing the Commissioner of Police for measures he took to reduce the term of the President of the […]
The Elections and Boundaries Department will be distributing voters I.D. cards in more than one hundred and sixty villages countrywide. The I.D.s distributed will be for persons whose applications were accepted in the months of July and August of last year and subsequently approved at revision court. The distribution began on March sixteenth and is […]
Also speaking on the issue was Opposition Leader, John Briceño, who on Friday, during the Sitting of the House of Representatives, criticized severely the Vital Statistics Unit. Briceño questioned the challenges that Belizeans are facing when dealing with the Unit. John Briceño, Leader of the Opposition “We have to questioned how comes it is more […]
With twenty-three days to go until the I.C.J. referendum on April tenth, it is expected that opposing campaigns will ramp up their efforts to sway people to vote a particular way. In January, a poll conducted by poll Belize dot org showed that a majority of the people who were sampled were leaning towards a […]
