There was a firestorm against the CIBC FirstCaribbean Bank weeks ago when a Dangriga employee was prevented from speaking in her native tongue. Minister Godwin Hulse today provided his own perspective on the bank’s policy imposed on former employee, Uwahnie Martinez, preventing her from interacting with customers in Garifuna. The Labour Minister says that he […]
The private prosecution lead by COLA of the former minister of state, Elvin Penner was thrown out earlier this year following the lack of evidence to convict the ousted Cayo Northeast area rep. The three officers that were suspended from the nationality and immigration departments have since been reinstated to their posts and the scandal […]
Bahamian nationals Rohn Knowles and Kelvin Leach remain in pretrial detention at the Belize Central Prison tonight. The pair of stockbrokers, both employees of Titan International Securities, was expected in court on Wednesday for a bail application but did not show up because a removal order had not been prepared. Despite the adjournment, a case […]
The downpour across the country, especially in the city, has left several areas in downtown Belize City inundated and impassable for pedestrians. According to Mayor Darrell Bradley, the council has identified eight areas that flood due to improper drainage. He says that a drainage project will soon be unveiled to alleviate the perennial problem. Darrell […]
UNCEF and partners launched today a Child Friendly Municipalities Initiative with a live broadcast in Belize City and simultaneous activities in all other municipalities. The idea is to provide infrastructure, amenities as well as the proper environment for children to be free, healthy and well-informed. Duane Moody was a report from the Belize Elementary Auditorium. […]
A nineteen year old Tourism Police Officer has been gunned down near the Mayan site of Caracol, located in the Cayo District. Danny Conorquie was assigned to the San Ignacio Station, but was on rotational duties in Caracol along with one other officer. The incident is already sending shockwaves through the community, since it is […]
The story of an alleged rape of a five year old Infant One student in Belmopan has aroused public sentiment. The incident allegedly happened last week, and the child’s mother has gone on the airwaves to bring attention to the matter. Naturally any allusion to such a heinous and unnatural crime has caused outrage in […]
Orange Police have issued a bulletin for assistance in locating twenty-seven year old Alexander Tillett. Tillett, as seen in this photograph, is wanted for two robberies which occurred earlier this month. He is the suspect of the September eleventh robbery at Darvis Store in Belize City. Tillett is also wanted for a robbery at Hung […]
There is a report coming out of Hattieville tonight on a case of alleged police brutality against a resident of the village. Lloyd Usher Junior was alleged taken by police officers sometime last week and beaten badly by officers attached to the Hattieville Police station. According to information gathered, Usher Junior was taken as he […]
Usher Junior worked with Hattieville Chairman, Kevin Carcamo, who went missing just over two months ago on July twentieth following a routine day’s work in Freetown Sibun, in the village. Carcamo was employed as a linesman by an oil company, Discoverseis, doing geophysical work and after he went to work that Sunday, he has not […]
Food prices, often one of the primary drivers of economic inflation, saw a marginal decline in the month of August, with average costs decreasing in all areas save for fish and seafood. That’s according to the latest release from the Statistical Institute of Belize indicating that inflation slowed to zero point nine percent last month. […]
Mexican national, Anabel Kumul, who is accused with the murder of her common-law-husband, twenty six year old Felix Alamilla, appeared for the third time in the courtroom of Magistrate Dale Cayetano. But her hearing was adjourned for November fifth. Kumul was informed by the magistrate that her next court appearance will be in San Pedro […]
There are growing concerns tonight from residents of Placencia who complain that illegal dredging activities and sand mining in the South Stann Creek River is destroying their properties. As seen in the following images, excavation has led to a considerable loss of beachfront and the damages are affecting the local tourism industry north of the […]
Belizean entrepreneur Tiffany Simpson has been making the news in Trinidad and Tobago since Monday. The president of Belizean Artwork Publishing, a company out of Belize City that has been working with various artists, authors and musicians, is currently in the Caribbean promoting several products that have been released by the company over the past […]
On Friday morning at nine o’clock, the Municipal Seal will be launched simultaneously across the country. The initiative succeeds a meeting of mayors in May, during which it was agreed that the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, as part of the overall capacity building of cities and towns, is crucial to the implementation of […]
Social Policy Specialist Ilija Talev explains how the idea was introduced in Belize a few weeks ago. Ilija Talev, Social Policy Specialist, UNICEF “In August of this year, 2014, all the mayors met here in Belize City in order to promote a study and an assessment which was done on the capacities and human […]
Imagine your young child – happy, healthy, smiling…getting ready for a new year of school. You sit and dream about what he will be when he grows up. And then suddenly, overnight, without warning, he’s diagnosed with a deadly disease and life as you know it falls apart. That’s what happened to Clovis Matura in […]
Former South African President Nelson Mandela, the father of democracy in that nation, was buried in Qunu, Eastern Cape in December 2013. Following his death, a tribute was held for the anti-apartheid revolutionary here in Belize City during which a book of condolences was signed by hundreds of sympathizers. While that initiative was spearheaded by […]
Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington will be addressing the General Assembly of the United Nation as in the coming days. A top heavy delegation is already in New York but today the Special Envoy for Women and Children, Kim Simplis Barrow took center stage in a side event. She hosted what is referred to as the […]
Detox programs have been growing by leaps and bounds in some parts, that’s because many people are taking healthy lifestyles seriously. In Belize, it has been a gradual process, but it is picking up because many persons are becoming more conscious about their health. Detoxing involves eliminating toxic substances from the body. It means that […]
Incarcerated stockbrokers, Kelvin Leach and Rohn Knowles, were scheduled to appear in Supreme Court this morning where bail applications were to have been made before Justice Denis Hanomansingh. But there was a hitch and it appears the duo will be spending far more time behind bars. The Bahamian nationals, wanted by U.S. authorities for their […]
But last week, contrary to what Smith says, in an exclusive interview with News Five, Attorney General Wilfred Elrington acknowledged that there is indeed a request being made by U.S. authorities for the extradition of Leach and Knowles. That petition found its way to Elrington’s desk through the Solicitor General’s Office where a team of […]
It has long been spoken of by Attorney-General Wilfred Elrington, but on September fifth, government finally moved to amend the Legal Profession Act. The proposed amendment would have two significant repercussions on the profession – first, the composition of the General Legal Council would change. We understand that the Chief Justice would be Chairman while […]
Current Bar Association President Eamon Courtenay was far less subtle in his reference to the proposed amendments, in particular the change in composition of the General Legal Council. According to Courtenay, the bill for an amendment to the Legal Profession Act is scandalous and is obviously a backward step orchestrated by Attorney-General Wilfred Elrington. […]
The Annual General Meeting of B.T.L. takes place on Thursday evening at seven o’clock to review the performance of the company over the twelve months to March 2014. As you know, shares in the company were offered to the public by the Government at the end of 2010 to a great fanfare, with promises of […]
