The Christian Workers Union which represents bank employees has joined the chorus of condemnation against the Dangriga Branch of the First Caribbean Bank. Recently, a bank employee, Uwahnie Martinez, was written by the management instructing that she desist from using her native tongue when conducting transactions with customers. While a meeting has been requested with […]
A letter from Tate & Lyle delivered to the B.S.C.F.A. on Tuesday has sent shockwaves through that Association, which governs eighteen branches in Orange Walk and Corozal. Citing the fluctuating EU market, the company proceeded to inform the B.S.C.F.A. that it would be purchasing fifty-five thousand tons less of sugar from them under the Fairtrade […]
While the impending Fairtrade disaster has taken center stage with the B.S.C.F.A. and the five thousand plus cane farmers in the north, there is plenty of turmoil in the industry even without it. Bagasse payment remains the ten thousand pound gorilla in the room which nobody wants to touch. The Sugar Industry Control Board, G.O.B.’s […]
A man who police claim confessed to burning down his aunt’s home in the Gungulung area of Belize City is tonight on remand at the Belize Central Prison. Twenty-seven year old Darrel Alvarez was arraigned in the Magistrate’s Court where he was slapped with a single count of arson. Allegations are that this past Tuesday, […]
The People’s United Party has suspended, attorney Arthur Saldivar as standard bearer for the Belize Rural North Constituency. That happened on Wednesday at a meeting called by the executive to discuss Saldivar’s fate. There were some who wanted the party to go further than a suspension and to have him removed as standard bearer. But […]
The body of an American national, Robert Thomas, was found today in his room at a guest house in Belize City. Just after ten this morning, a taxi-man who would shuttled forty-seven year old Robert Thomas around the city, reportedly found him dead. Police was soon be called and visited a room at the Three-Star […]
In June 2012, twelve year old Jasmine Lowe was found dead on a lonely street in the Cayo District. Her death sparked unprecedented awareness and action, and in her name the Jasmine Alert was born a month later. It’s a program which networks the country in an immediate response when children are reported missing. Like […]
Convicted robber, twenty six-year old Dillon Diamond is serving his first night of a ten year sentence for attempted robbery. The Taylor’s Alley resident is accused of holding up at three men and attempting to rob Geovanni Quijano of his cell phone. But he was caught in the act by a police mobile that pulled […]
Just before one this morning, police constable Victor Chulin had to be hospitalized for a gunshot wound to his leg. The officer was reportedly on Cemetery Road in front of Trench Alley when his nine millimetre CZ brand service pistol accidentally fell from his trousers and went off hitting him on the leg. Police say they […]
You may not be aware of it, but there is a body entrusted with looking after the rights of Police Officers countrywide – from the rank of constable all the way to sergeant. It’s sort of like a union within the Police Department, complete with an executive body. We don’t hear much about it, really, […]
This afternoon, Dangriga Mayor Gilbert Suazo, himself a prominent member of the Garifuna community, denounced the action of the bank. According to Mayor Suazo, the idea of restricting employees of the bank from speaking Garifuna, particularly in an area where the ethnic composition is primarily Garifuna is absurd. Via Phone: Gilbert Suazo, Dangriga Town […]
A new library was inaugurated in Maskall Village earlier today. For decades, the rural community has been without a public facility which caters to the academic and literary needs of its residents. A collaborative effort between Area Representative Edmund Castro, the Ministry of Education and the National Library Service has resulted in the construction of […]
Seven teams from across the jewel are participating in the twenty-fourth annual National Women’s Softball Championship held by the Belize Softball Federation. Starting this Friday at six-thirty p.m. at the Rogers Stadium in Belize City, the top two teams from each association will compete in a double eliminations format to win the bragging rights and […]
The Belize Tourism Board announced today that the Village Arts and Craft Expo that was scheduled for this weekend has been postponed until November first due to the inclement weather that is forecasted for the weekend. According to Forecaster, Michael Gentle, of the National Meteorological Service, since this morning, the country has been experiencing a […]
It’s back to school season! Parents across Belize have been busy getting school books, stationary, uniforms school bags and just about everything the children need for a brand new academic year. While, that’s one hurdle the other is getting the children ready for the transition after the long summer break. Tonight on Healthy Living, we […]
