Today a group of fourteen law enforcement officers concluded a three-week training in prisoner handling at the B.D.F. headquarters. The course was intended to improve their skills when making arrests to observe the rights of inmates. Representatives from the B.D.F., the Customs and the Police Departments received certificates in Trainers’ Techniques and in the Prisoner […]
There is more on yesterday’s budget debate in the House of Representatives. In the afternoon, Orange Walk East Area Representative, Marcel Cardona, who was recently ousted from Cabinet as the Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, took the floor and he did not spare any words for his own government for ignoring his constituency. And […]
And while Cardona was critical of his government’s performance in his area, Minister of State in the Ministry of Health, Arthur Roches proved to be a man of few words with the shortest speech of the day: sixty seconds tops. Arthur Roches, Minister of State in the Ministry of Health “Like my colleagues on this […]
If you are looking for good family fun this weekend, then you can head to the YWCA which is hosting its annual Open House and Sports Day. The event serves as a fundraiser for the institution and promises much entertainment and family fun. Public Relations Chair for the Y, Anne-Marie Williams, stopped by our studios […]
The weekend is just getting underway and there are activities around town that provides great fun and relaxation. Safiyyah has the scoop on the upcoming events for weekend. Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is what’s happening Belize? Inside the bliss tonight there will be a Lyrical Combat poetry slam. This is being held in order […]
Remember the Accommodation Agreement? It was signed back in September 2005 between the Government and Telemedia and had been fully implemented by both parties for nearly two and half years. Then soon after assuming office in February 2008, the Barrow administration declared that the agreement was no longer valid. In the months ensuing, it became […]
It is perhaps one of the shortest budget debates and also one that ended on a different note when P.M. Barrow counseled the Leader of the Opposition, John Briceño, to hang in there in the face of alleged challenges to his leadership. This had to do with an early departure from parliament by the members […]
Briceño, having said his piece, paved the way for the remaining area representatives to rise in support or critique… and while most ministers stuck to words, the member for Belize Rural North did show and tell. Here’s a look at the words and the props. John Saldivar, Area Rep., Belmopan “The United Democratic Party received […]
There have been a number of fires in recent days and the latest was this afternoon shortly after the lunch hour when a blaze gutted the home of a Belize City food vendor. It started shortly after two p.m. at the home of Regina Rodriguez on Landivar Street in the King’s Park Area. In the […]
Yesterday, Belize Electricity Limited and Telemedia issued a joint release regarding fiber optic cables that Telemedia is installing on B.E.L.’s poles between Belize City and Belmopan. The basis for the release, according to B.E.L., was to point out that short power outages during the installation process could be expected. But an editorialized item on Channel […]
We reported recently that various branches of the Colonial Life Insurance Company throughout the Caribbean have been hit by the global recession and because of the gravity of the situation, the matter was discussed at the recent summit of Heads of Government of CARICOM in Belize. Just recently in the Turks and Caicos Islands, CLICO […]
In the Magistrates’ Court, a taxi driver was today charged with Dangerous Harm. Police allege that twenty-three year old Andy Cruz beat his nine month old daughter, almost killing her. No plea was taken because the offence is indictable and Cruz was offered bail of six thousand dollars without objection from the prosecution. The case […]
He was charged with Theft and released… and just when twenty-one year old William Steven, former bank employee, thought he was home free, the cops took him back in. Joy Flowers, manager of Caye International Bank Limited in San Pedro, initially made a complaint of theft against Steven on October sixteenth, 2007. He was arrested […]
We rarely report on these cases, but the following story is about a prostitution ring in the United States that is reportedly being run by a Belizean woman. A Houston based reporter told us that thirty-three year old Deborah Louise Dawkins, A.K.A. Vivian, is in possession of a green card and she is married and […]
Edward P. Yorke High School is soliciting assistance through a poetry competition for a student who racked up thousands of dollars in medical expenses for injuries he sustained during a traffic accident in February of this year. The student, thirteen year old Jihad Ahmad, is currently recuperating from surgeries he underwent. On Friday night at […]
It was another interesting day in the Court of Appeals today in the case of Krem Radio and Sagis Investments Limited and after lawyers for both sides closed their arguments, the court reserved judgment for a later date. The appeal goes back to a ruling last year in May in the Supreme Court when Chief […]
Prevention is always better than cure, it applies to many situations and particularly so to your health. And while age is a factor, no one is really exempted from strokes. Healthy Living this week looks at the early symptoms and how to prevent permanent damage. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting Like all the rest of our body, […]
In London today, the Privy Council handed down a judgment in the case of the Attorney General of Belize, ECOM Limited and Belize Telecommunications Limited versus the Jeffrey Prosser companies of Belize Telecom Limited and Innovative Communication Company… and its bad news for Prosser, but good for G.O.B and Telemedia. For years the Prosser companies […]
After almost fourteen years, two rivals have found themselves back in court battling an old transaction that they signed back in 1994. Today Krem Radio and Sagis Investments Limited were before the Court of Appeal requesting Justices Manuel Sosa, Boyd Carey and Cecil Morrison to review a ruling made last May when Chief Justice, Doctor […]
In the Supreme Court, two men accused of murdering Kevin Parks in 2006 walked free today when key witnesses in the case failed to provide sufficient evidence against them. Supreme Court Justice Adolph Lucas ordered the jury of ten women and two men to find twenty-four year old James Escarpeta and twenty-two year old Brandon […]
Meanwhile, Jorge “Chapas” Castellanos was not so fortunate and Justice Adolph Lucas today handed down a sentence of seven years in jail. Castellanos, a resident of Benque Viejo, was found guilty of Burglary with Intent to Commit Rape earlier on the eleventh of this month and his sentence is retroactive to that date. Justice Lucas […]
Many controversies plagued the Belize City Council in the past months particularly in the period leading to the March fourth elections. The discord ranged from garbage collection to public squabbles amongst councilors and City Council employees. But now City Hall is attempting to strike a different note and this morning at a press conference, the […]
In other news from City Hall, councilors have been designated their new portfolios. Yesterday we reported that the Deputy Mayor is Dion Leslie. Leslie is also in Charge of Public Relations and Special Events; Roger Espejo is responsible for Sister City Relations, Investment and Works on the North Side; Dean Samuels will handle Works on […]
The debate for the 2009 to 2010 budget in the House of Representatives begins tomorrow and the Prime Minister Dean Barrow hopes to raise thirty million dollars through a fuel tax. But tonight already we can report that the price of fuel has shot up. Premium gasoline is up by forty-one cents and is now […]
Last night we reported on the brutal murder of twenty-seven year old Lacey Rosales and up to news time, no one has been arrested. Though no arrests have been made, the word on the street is that it wasn’t a random murder and Rosales was known to have a habit of leaving the apartment on […]
