Last week, ten Belizeans were deported from the U.S. after completing their sentences for crimes committed in that country. Another deportee is currently facing time behind bars for crimes in Belize. After being deported to Belize thirty-nine year old Francis Ramos, had lived with the aunt of thirty-three year old Michael Young. That bond between […]
Today, the second policeman alleged to be involved in the shooting death of O’Neil Anthony Jones in February 2010 walked out of the Supreme Court a free man. PC Lazaro Catch was charged with Abetment to Murder after a Jamaican national identified as O’Neil Anthony Jones was shot in the back and killed as he […]
The Sarstoon Temash Institute of Indigenous Management (SATIIM) will be hosting a press conference on Tuesday, to discuss a claim filed in the Supreme Court of Belize by SATIIM and the buffer communities of the Sarstoon Temash National Park. Executive Director Gregory Ch’oc is currently visiting the buffer communities of Barranco, Midway, Sunday Wood, Conejo […]
On Saturday, protestors in favor of the existing laws of Belize took to the streets of Corozal Town in demonstration against the content of the Revised Gender Policy 2013, as well as a constitutional challenge brought against the government by Caleb Orosco, who is seeking to have repealed Section Fifty-three of the Criminal Code. While […]
The thirtieth weekly drawing of the Sunday Lottery Draw was an unusual one, as in the middle of the drawing there was a malfunction of the automated lottery and jackpot machine. Introduced earlier this year, the machine had no hiccups during the first prize, twenty-one-fifty-eight, but the third digit of the second prize was skipped […]
Thirty-one year old Marlon Usher, a resident of Arlington Drive, Belize City, is lucky to be alive tonight, following a shooting incident over the weekend during which he was injured. Usher, no stranger to the law, was the intended target of a gunman, who unleashed a hail of bullets at him whilst socializing on Central […]
A house party being held at a residence on Iguana Street Extension on Saturday night ended in bloodshed when a group of women turned on each other with knives. Shortly before three o’clock on Sunday morning, police visited the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where they observed thirty year old Darlene Adolphus, twenty-one year old Kendra […]
Fourteen-year-old Rowan Garel, the visually impaired teenager who conquered Victoria Peak two years ago, was set to dive the Blue Hole on Tuesday; however, plans to make the descent below the surface of the Caribbean Sea have changed due to the weather. It’s a minor setback given all the preparation that has gone into Rowan’s […]
Garel is providing inspiration to many youths to show them that anyone can achieve as long as they make the effort. That is also the same spirit that Belizean Olympian, Kaina Martinez is instilling in the youths of Seine Bight Village in Stann Creek. Martinez, who is also a member of the Belize Coast Guard, […]
Rowan Garel and Kaina Martinez are two outstanding Belizeans that are motivating youths. The Global Parish Project, sponsored by the Central American Regional Security Initiative, is also honing the skills of youths. Later in the week, the Global Parish Project in conjunction with the University of West Indies will be hosting a public poetry open […]
The twenty-fourth biennial conference of the Caribbean Association of Principals of Secondary Schools started today with pomp and circumstance as delegations from across the Caribbean converged at the San Ignacio Resort Hotel for the event. For the next five days, the leaders from high schools will be discussing the management, achievements as well as new […]
Last week, we reported on an independent report commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank that indicated that Belize’s education system is in a crisis. The report said that Belize is at the bottom of the academic ladder in Latin America and the Caribbean despite hundreds of millions of dollars being pumped annually into the system. […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. If you thought5 the bitter rivalry between Belize Telemedia and Fresca Lady Rebels couldn’t get any hotter, well you’re wrong because Friday evening, at Roger’s Stadium, saw the teams pull up to a tie in the 5 game Belize City Softball championship. We pick […]
The big news tonight is about the Chiquibul Symposium which was held in Belize City today, and we’ll get to that in a few. But first to the issue of rosewood, which burned furiously before settling to a slow simmer. Remember how exporters including the brother of the Deputy Prime Minister were allowed to sell […]
And from rosewood to the symposium on the Chiquibul National Park held in Belize City by the Friends for Conservation and Development…it signifies the launch of an intensive campaign to raise countrywide awareness of the value of this little known and understood mother lode of natural resources. The primary target of this focused campaign is […]
A team of ten men returning from the United States was received at the Phillip Goldson International Airport this afternoon. The group was not the remaining members of the Belize Jaguars who stayed behind following elimination from the Gold Cup tournament; instead, they are ex-convicts who have served time in the US penal system for […]
Thirty year old Elvira Ack and her husband thirty year old Lawrence Bol are both mourning the loss of their first child. Forty-eight hours after giving birth on Friday, July twelfth, her baby girl died. It was traumatic not only for the parents but for a country that is still waiting for justice following the […]
The habeas corpus application hearing of drug suspect Mark Seawell was adjourned for the umpteenth time this morning in the courtroom of the Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin. In his previous appearance on July twelfth, the Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin noted that Seawell’s attorney Arthur Saldivar was not acting with the urgency the hearing merits and […]
The last murder in the city occurred eleven days ago when twenty-one year old Jamal Anthony Neal was gunned down on July eighth. Today, a University of Belize student, Jedd Burgess of Tibruce Street located in the Saint Martin’s de Porres area, Belize City, was taken to court for the homicide. Burgess, who was unrepresented […]
Another man is on remand for an alleged indecent assault upon a minor. Edilmiro Oliver appeared in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court to answer to a single charge of aggravated assault of an indecent nature upon an eight year-old girl. The incident allegedly occurred on July first, 2013 and Oliver is said to have touched […]
The recent termination of a pair of prison officers from the Kolbe Foundation has once again brought into sharp focus security concerns at the Belize Central Prison. While the unofficial account by Gaspar Camara and Felipe Gongora is that they were released following an incident involving the attempted rape of a female co-worker by a […]
The issue of public health at the Belize Central Prison is also raising serious concerns tonight, following a recent visit by officials from the Office of the Ombudsman. In the wake of the call, public health authorities have filed a report detailing the results of an assessment which includes the unsanitary environment where inmates and […]
The pro-constitution anti-gender policy crusaders who have gone on countrywide tour have stated publicly that they hate the sin and not the sinner where homosexuality is concerned. But during the march in Toledo, one prominent feature was an effigy labeled UNIBAM hanging from a noose, and that has drawn sharp condemnation and criticism. One of […]
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article four consultation with Belize and the results were released earlier this week. The IMF says the restructuring of the bond brought substantial cash-flow relief mounting to one hundred and thirty U.S. dollars over the next five years. But it also said (QUOTE) “The […]
Government has been tight lipped lately about the cruise tourism megaprojects which have gone before Cabinet for consideration. Included in that multimillion dollar package are the Stake Bank project, the Norwegian Cruise Line tourism project at Harvest Caye and the Puerto Azul development project near theTurneffe Atoll. There is word that memorandums of understanding are […]
