The Department of Youth Services condemns the killing of UB students Masaki Yanai and Dwayne Cummings. In a release issued today, the DYS says that it joins with the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors to express its condolences and denounce the murder of two young and productive members of society. Masaki Yanai was shot and killed last […]
Belize’s most famous entrepreneur Marie Sharp has teamed up with the U.S. Embassy in Belize to raise funds for victims of domestic violence. Sharp has crafted a new pepper sauce called Pure Love – and the monies made from the sales of this special pepper sauce will be used to fund the Haven House. This […]
As many as forty firearms and a stockpile of ammunition have been removed from the streets of Belize. In our newscast on Tuesday night, the lead story was a massive burglary at Victor L. Bryant & Company – an arms dealer located here in the city. Twenty firearms and several boxes of ammunition were stolen […]
The U.S. Embassy has teamed up with well-known Belizean entrepreneur, Marie Sharp in an initiative to combat gender-based violence in Belize. This Thursday, a special product Pure Love Pineapple Habanero Sauce will be officially launched. Both entities believe that the violence must stop, and that the funds generated from the sales of the new product […]
Back in 2018, Infotel International was rebranded as Voyse International. On Monday, the community service arm of the organization, Voyse Cares donated four thousand dollars to the Dorothy Menzies Child Care Centre in Belize City. The donation is to assist with repairs and infrastructural upgrades at the centre. The handing over took place at Voyse […]
Speak Up! It’s the first-of-its-kind public forum to openly address the prevalent issue of domestic violence. Organized by the Belize City Council, the conference provides a platform to break the silence by acknowledging how domestic violence negatively impacts society. At four o’clock this evening, dozens of attendees converged on Swift Hall where Mayor Bernard Wagner […]
There is a raging social media debate over B.F.L.A.’s decision to hold a fellatio workshop. The Belize Family Life Association is an N.G.O. that focuses exclusively on sexual and reproductive health and rights. According to its website, sexual and reproductive health care is not simply a matter of imparting information about sexually transmitted infections or […]
Bernard is also the P.U.P. standard bearer for the Orange Walk East constituency. He has also been working on a skills training programme that is being offered to single models across the division. Bernard says that the entrepreneurial training is to help the thirty-plus persons into becoming independent. According to Bernard, during his campaign, this […]
The Belize Women Against Violence Movement in Collaboration with the Building People Movement is holding a series of consultations on sexual crimes legislation reform. The first of the six-part consultations was held today in Belize City where more than ten organizations that work with victims and offenders of sexual offences participated. The purpose was to […]
Attorney-at-law Leslie Mendez is working with the Building People Movement on the drafting of the bill. Today, she says they are looking to strengthen existing laws and legislation in other countries. The aim, according to Mendez, is to ultimately have a set of sexual offences laws that are comprehensive. Leslie Mendez, Attorney-at-law “At this […]
In the wake of the record number of killings in a span of twenty-four hours, Chief Executive Officer George Lovell, of the Ministry of National Security, has outlined a strategy that will be employed during the reorganization process. (Ret.) Col. George Lovell, C.E.O., Ministry of National Security “In terms of police professionalization, we have […]
Over the past few years, the Ministry of National Security and the Belize Police Department have attempted a number of strategies to arrest crime and violence in Belize City. 2018 goes down on record as the second most murderous year in the history of the country, with just a few less homicides than 2012. But, […]
The Salvation Army’s Christmas programme started with the yearly Kettle Appeal. Earlier this month, the organization hosted a party for deserving children in the city. Today, they topped it off. At different venues, families lined up and received a hamper of goodies to make sure their dinner tables are filled with a scrumptious lunch. News […]
The severity of storms in the last two years in the region has displaced and disenfranchised thousands. But did you know that women are the ones most affected by these hurricanes and super storms? Droughts, floods, vector borne diseases and other issues resulting from climate change in the region has threatened the lives and reduced […]
Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin addressed the judiciary this morning at the Radisson Hotel. The CJ was among several notable speakers at the gathering on gender equality protocol which is part of a larger initiative through the JURIST project to ensure that gender equality is practiced in the courts. Canada is funding the project which is […]
On November twenty-third, Belize joined the rest of the world in the official launch of the annual sixteen days of activism to stop gender based violence against women and children. The activities come to an end on December tenth, but since the start of the campaign, various organizations have been carrying out events to create […]
Earlier this week, a Belize City resident was shot to the groin by his common-law wife, who had made numerous reports to the domestic violence unit. In fact, police officers have been called out to her residence at the corner of Magazine Road and Vernon Street countless times to intervene, in what neighbours say, was […]
The top brass of the police department gathered today in the capital for the first conference dubbed COMSTAT. The intention is to move to a system that will provide the department with a better understanding of crime statistics. This information will be used to forecast and prevent crime before criminals commit offences. News Five’s Duane […]
Last week we reported on the US Government’s decision to cut non-humanitarian aid and non-trade assistance to Belize. United States President Donald Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum which listed Belize as one of several countries that has failed to comply with minimum standards of international human trafficking regulations. As a result, aid to Belize will […]
A five-day conference kicked off today in Belize City. Policy makers are attempting to strengthen what is in place to eliminate poverty among the various pockets of the vulnerable populations. Issues of healthcare, income security for children, the elderly or the disabled are also on the table. On the first day, social protection registries and […]
A sub-regional conference of HelpAge International concluded today at the Ramada Princess in Belize City. Six countries in region examined a convention that was signed in 2015 under the Organization of American States in respect of the protection of the human rights of older persons in Latin America and the Caribbean. But only Costa Rica […]
For the first time, the HelpAge International Latin America and Caribbean Sub-Regional conference is being hosted in Belize. The meeting brought together experts from across both regions to discuss the Inter-American Convention in the region on the Older Persons Rights in El Salvador and Costa Rica taking into consideration the experience and the role of […]
But while Belize was lauded for its work in safeguarding older persons, Patroness Maria Elena Sylvestre says that there is a lot to be done. In the past, we have seen that older persons have been victims of verbal, physical abuse and crime. She challenges the government to increase the penalty for persons who perpetrate […]
The annual sixteen days of activism was launched in Belize City last Friday, under the theme, “#HearMeToo – End Violence against Women and Girls!” As part of the global campaign, the University of the West Indies Open Campus today hosted a panel discussion for at its auditorium in Belize City. Held in collaboration with the […]
According to Jane Bennett, the issue of gender-based violence is cultural, a bad behaviour, that needs to be changed and will take a village to change. Jane Bennett, Head, UWI Open Campus “Most of the times, it is women and mothers that socialize our children and we socialize boys and girls so we have […]
