In political news…The People’s United Party decided over the weekend to contest the bye-election set for July eighth in Dangriga. Last week, the party met and coming out of that meeting, multiple sources revealed that the P.U.P. was considering the unprecedented – sitting out the election. That revelation raised a storm of protest from the […]
Today, Fonseca was on the ground in Dangriga, and we are told that the call has gone out to all Standard-Bearers to rally the troops and report for duty. Passion and determination aside, the P.U.P. is strapped for cash, and Fonseca told us that he intends to make no apologies for focusing on the upcoming […]
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Across the regional football community much has been said about the illustrious careers of star striker Deon McCauley and goalkeeper Woodrow West. McCauley presently holds a record, along with six others, for the most goals scored at this stage of the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers. West’s achievements on the pitch have also not gone unnoticed. […]
What’s next for the Belize Jaguars as they head into the third round of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers? Well, that’s what we asked F.F.B. senior executive Marlon Kuylen today. While much has been said about the momentous victory over the Dominican Republic, very little has been said openly about the road ahead. The Jaguars […]
In mid-April, the Football Federation of Belize took a hard line position not to sponsor Deon McCauley’s return to the Jaguars, but an ad-hoc team of supporters banded together to raise funds to defray the striker’s expenses while at home. Those incidentals included a weekly stipend to keep Deon afloat financially while committing himself to […]
Almost never has the Court of Appeal been put in such a dicey position as they were this week in respect of a case concerning the overturning of constitutional amendments limiting time of judges on the Court to sit where their instruments of appointment are open-ended. On Monday, the Court reserved its decision on an […]
President Mottley resigned in 2010 while Morrison stayed on until April of this year. Their colleagues on the court at the time, now-President Manuel Sosa and Denys Barrow, were given longer terms of appointment although Barrow also resigned. Senior Counsels Eamon Courtenay and Godfrey Smith represent the Association. Smith argues that for courts to retain […]
Diondray McKoy was convicted in November 2014 for the attempted murder of Everald Gray. He was sentenced to twelve years in prison after being found guilty of shooting Gray multiple times in the chest. That incident occurred on the night of June twenty-third, 2009 while Gray was inside his home. Today, before the Court of […]
About four hundred and fifty technicians are trained to provide emergency medical services throughout the country via BERT, the Belize Emergency Response Team. Their skills on how to manage an emergency situation can mean the difference between life and death. Training and licensing of the Emergency Medical Technicians are currently ongoing in Belize City. Duane […]
Just before six o’clock this evening the government announced that public officers and teachers will receive an eight percent salary increase. The package according to the government release represents about thirty-eight million; it is effective in the July paycheck and retroactive to beginning of the financial year on April first, 2015. The government also says […]
A national consultation workshop on the proposed strategy for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to benefit from the legal instruments of SIECA was held today in Belize City. The initiative falls under the economic integration of Central American countries to promote better use of existing legal mechanisms in order to facilitate market access and movement […]
According to Ocampo, there are several logistical challenges that the initiative is faced with, including the harmonization of participating countries. Fernando Ocampo, Consultant, CENPROMYPE “The huge challenge here is coordination, I mean trying to put together so many countries, to try to implement specific measures in many, many areas. It involves customs authorities, immigration authorities, […]
NICH, through the Institute of Creative Arts, has embarked on formulating a five year plan to develop the music industry in Belize. Since April of this year, an international consultant has been meeting with key stakeholders of the music and entertainment industry, including artists, promoters, government bodies and independent groups, in an effort to document […]
The feedback from this week’s event is expected to be included in the five year plan. And that plan will be assessed, as the consultant says that he will be back in a year’s time to see how the implementation is progressing. But, for right now, Stanbury says we have the basics down, but there […]
Sunday’s momentous victory in front of hundreds of cheering fans at the F.F.B. Field ensures Belize a place in the third round of qualifying matches ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. It is the first time in football history that the Jaguars have made it this far, overwhelming the Dominican Republic with a […]
The detention of five Belizeans in Guatemala, and the alleged abuse of those detainees, has resulted in a formal protest being forwarded to Guatemala. It’s an incredible story which started making the rounds on Saturday – five Belizeans who were allegedly hanging out in the Guatemalan village of Santa Cruz, just across the border from […]
Despite the worst fears of the detained men, they were not shot and left in that grassy pasture as they expected. Instead they were taken eight more kilometres where they met up with a mobile unit and were subjected to a preliminary interrogation. Voice of: Ashton McKenzie, Detained in Guatemala “They rubbed us down. […]
McKenzie and his companions were taken back to the Police Station without being allowed to speak on their own behalf. They were first put into a cell with other Guatemalan prisoners, but say that when they witnessed the conditions of the cell they begged to be allowed to stay outside the cell in an open […]
As we told you earlier, a formal note has been sent to Guatemala through diplomatic channels, following the reports made by the men. According to Acting C.E.O. in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Audrey Wallace, they had no inkling of the abuses which are now being alleged. Voice of: Audrey Wallace, Acting C.E.O., Ministry […]
Three persons lost their lives over the weekend in separate incidents in the west and the Old Capital. On Friday night, shots rang out on Partridge Street Extension sometime around eight-thirty p.m. When the echoes of the blasts subsided, twenty-eight-year-old Allison Williams of Rivero Street, Belize City laid dead on the street, next to his […]
Twenty-four hours after the murder of Williams, shots rang out once again in the city. Just after nine p.m., twenty-seven-year-old Jason Sutherland was shot to the left foot as he stood on Central American Boulevard. According to Sutherland, he heard several shots and later realized that he had been shot. He was rushed to the […]
Last Wednesday, two officers, PCs Leonard Nunez and Hallet King were arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate Court for the murder of eighteen year old Hilberto Sotz. Sotz, a second form student of Baptist High School in the west, was killed while in police custody and Nunez and King were allegedly responsible for his demise. […]
The sensational murder of eighteen-year-old Hilberto Sotz of Caye Caulker left the country stunned. Sotz was beaten and killed whilst in police custody at the island’s police station. As we said, two cops were arraigned and remanded, and several others are on interdiction. The police officers involved alleged that Sotz was experiencing breathing problems and […]
On Saturday night a man on a bicycle was hit by a speeding government vehicle and killed on the George Price Highway, between Miles fifty-one and fifty-two in Camalote. It was a hit and run, but preliminary investigations led Police to the home of Orlando Castillo, driver of Minister of National Security John Saldivar. Castillo […]
