Now that the Supreme Court has ruled that the violations did take place, the issue of quantum of damages will be dealt with. Young says that his client will certainly be seeking relief – both on compensatory and vindicatory bases. At this point it’s only a matter of getting directions from the Court as to […]
There is a new chairperson to APAMO, the Association of Protected Areas Management Organizations. Over the weekend, Froyla T’zalam was elected to head the umbrella organization of NGOs. Tzalam is also the current Executive Director of Sarstoon Temash Institute of Indigenous Management SATIIM that co-manages the national park in southern Belize which has mushroomed into […]
On Friday, charges against two police constables were downgraded from murder to manslaughter. PCs Hallet King and Leonard Nunez were accused of killing eighteen year old Hilberto Sotz, while he was detained at the Caye Caulker Police Station. Sotz was badly beaten and taken to the polyclinic, but died within hours of his detention. Both […]
Sotz killing prompted riots on Caye Caulker and the family believes that the wheels of justice are not turning. The two cops were also granted bail of two thousand dollars each. Hilberto was to graduate from Baptist High School in the west when his life was cut short ten months ago. Santorino Sotz, Father […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. It was always going to be a tense affair inside the MCC Grounds for Game 2 of the PLB semi-finals as both combinations came in yesterday tied in goal aggregate after Belmopan Bandits got a 2-1 home win against a competitive Belize Defence […]
Teachers converged today in Benque Viejo del Carmen, the community closest to the border with Guatemala in west. This is where the Belize National Teachers Union kicked off a campaign called “Stand Up for Belize“ to build awareness on the territorial dispute which has come to the forefront in light of Guatemala aggression in the […]
Seasoned negotiator Assad Shoman, an expert on the Belize/Guatemala issue, has a total of forty-one years of experience dealing with the territorial dispute. He challenged educators to go a step further and to hold a special convention to make a determination on how to end the claim. He supports the I.C.J. way and warns that […]
While the objective of the countrywide campaign is twofold, emphasis is being placed on interpreting the information presented for future use in the classroom. According to B.N.T.U. National President Luke Palacio, the turnout of teachers was satisfactory and their engagement in the forum bodes well for the implementation of pertinent facts on the Belize/Guatemala issue. […]
The role of the Referendum Unit which has now evolved into the International Boundaries Unit is critical to the overall awareness by Belizeans of the Belize/Guatemala issue. The wealth of information that has been gathered and compiled is invaluable as a teaching aid for academic lessons from primary to tertiary levels. Ambassador Stuart Leslie has […]
Can you imagine a scenario where in Belize City, in 2016, raw sewage is being pumped into the Haulover Creek? Incredible, right? But it’s true. News Five visited a site on North Front Street where we saw a pipe spilling human waste, right into the river just across from the Port Authority, next to a […]
The Belize/Guatemala dispute is currently front and center of all national discourse, with special attention given to the Sarstoon where the Guatemalans are insisting that their permission is required to enter the area. There’s some welcome news in that arena. The Forward Operating Base north of the Sarstoon is close to completion and will formally […]
Back in June 2015, police charged two officers on duty at the Caye Caulker police station with the murder of eighteen-year-old Hilberto Sotz who was killed while in police custody. Today, after ten months on remand, in a directive the DPP’s office instructed that the charge of murder be downgraded to manslaughter against police officers […]
A year ago, gunmen executed forty-year old Edward “Ghost” Usher, a resident of Mayflower Street while he was on the steps of his house in the Ghost Town area in Belize City. Police detained teenager, Percival Pilgrim, as the gunman in the broad daylight shooting. At the conclusion of a preliminary inquiry for Pilgrim today, […]
Tonight we can report that there is some progress in the investigation of an allegation of a disturbing crime in Dangriga. Police have been encountering difficulties in getting a formal complaint from a minor who was allegedly sexually violated by her stepfather on March thirty-first at her home. The minor has cerebral palsy, and cannot […]
Today the Social Security Board held the finals of its 2016 Debate Competition where six students from two tertiary level institutions faced off – Corozal Junior College and Ecumenical Junior College from Stann Creek. The topic was (the criminal legislation of marijuana has been a major discussion in many countries. Do you believe that marijuana […]
The debate raged on all morning, with the three members of each team presenting the results of studies and surveys to support the stance assigned for the debate. Pearla Martinez, Debator, Ecumenical Junior College “Legalizing marijuana will reduce the street competition and the need for control of turf. Drastically reducing violence, corruption and the […]
On May twenty-ninth delegates of the United Democratic Party will select a new first Deputy Leader to replace Gaspar Vega. It’s expected that the victor will automatically get a shoe in to the top spot when Dean Barrow leaves office at the end of this term, so as you’d expect the race between Patrick Faber […]
Student athletes from primary schools across Belize City participated in a table tennis tournament at the Belize Elementary School today. The event was organized by the Belize Table Tennis Association and is the culmination of several weeks of demanding training for up and coming ping pong talent. When the last ball was served St. Joseph […]
The Ministry of health says it will be providing information on the results of ZIKA tests next week. The samples were taken from two persons in the Stann Creek and Toledo districts and sent to CARPHA. While there is possibility that the two persons are bearers of the virus, for now it has not been […]
Why is the Belize Defense Force the subject of an intensive investigation commissioned by the Ministry of National Security? And why is the Ministry of Finance, the Accountant General and the Auditor-General involved in that investigation? Why have all transactions from the B.D.F. Account Fund been put on immediate hold, and why has Commander Brigadier-General […]
Deputy Commissioner of Police Miguel Segura remains on interdiction with half pay, following a fatal road traffic accident along the George Price Highway on August sixteenth, 2014. The deadly head-on collision on the stretch of road near the outskirts of San Jose Succotz claimed the life of fifty-four-year-old Yolanda Valencia and left twenty-eight-year-old cabdriver Yanie […]
In December of 2015, we reported on the embezzlement of over ten thousand dollars in cash from the Post Office in Belize City. Second-grade cashier from Orange Walk, Sergio Patt, was being investigated because checks made by the supervisor of the Express Mail Section of the Post Office detected discrepancies in the records. Further checks […]
Three persons were formally charged late this evening in Belmopan for the attempted murder of Jose Gonzales. Gonzales was along with Maya Mopan resident, Luis Ortiz on Sunday morning just before he was killed and his body and vehicle dumped in the Belize River near the Agripino Cawich Bridge in Camalote. While they were not […]
Is there another Pennergate? There is an unconfirmed report that an investigation is taking place at the Immigration Department where two Belize passports were reportedly issued to Chinese nationals who did not qualify. As far as we know, the Chinese nationals never set foot in Belize, but were able to secure the Belizean passports. The […]
We’re pretty willing to bet that a lot of viewers tuned into CBS Wednesday night for the first airing of this week’s Criminal Minds. It’s a popular show featuring a hotshot F.B.I. team solving violent crimes. But this episode was special – Criminal Minds Beyond Borders…in Belize. That’s right, that hotshot team in the jewel, […]
