As recently as the early 2000’s, it was still considered a crime in Belize to attempt to kill yourself. Those who have succeeded seem to be tainted in the eyes of others. But suicide is the end result of a process of mental destabilization that can be prevented. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on […]
Today, the Ministry of Education and the Commonwealth Of Learning launched a policy management open school workshop. The purpose of the three-day session is to enable administrators and managers to better understand the opportunities available in open learning. So what is open schooling? It is defined by the Commonwealth of Learning as the physical separation […]
The concept of open schooling actually began at Gwen Lizarraga High School Even Division back in 2009. The workshop, however, will ensure that administrators of the evening division and ITVETs can support teachers for the online platform. The policy management workshop is expected to empower the stakeholders involved. Dr. Sheldon Samuels, ACE Coordinator “The […]
Dan Thompson, a cancer research advocate, has embarked on a run around the world for a good cause. Thompson visited Belize on Tuesday to run a leg of his journey – which he has done in almost half of the world’s countries – he hopes to complete the journey around the world by the 2020 […]
Another cop goes down in the city and is tonight fighting for his life at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City. But there are more questions than answers in this shooting incident in the Old Capital. According to the police, forty-year-old Police Corporal Daniel Paul Lawrence, who is attached to Strike Team South, […]
Forty-seven-year-old Marcial Toledo, an accused cop killer, is tonight on remand at the Belize Central Prison after being arraigned on Monday for the brutal murder of a law enforcement officer. Despite being booked for the fatal stabbing of Police Constable Marvin Locke, the Honduran national was initially turned back from being admitted into the custody […]
The daring mid-afternoon murder of Police Constable Marvin Locke, while on duty at the Raccoon Street Precinct on Sunday, has left the department badly shaken up and reeling from the unimaginable. It is being forced to seriously consider adequate security measures for the safety of its employees. As it stands, Precinct Two is among several […]
Twenty-seven-year-old Kenzle Hulse was quietly arraigned in the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court last Wednesday, after being arrested and charged for the lesser crime of harm. The young businessman’s indictment comes several months after a report was officially made against him by a customer who was purchasing fuel at a gas station. According to Alberto Santos Lopez, […]
A new fiscal year will be ushered in on Saturday, minus the celebration that usually accompanies the ringing in of a new calendar year. In fact, the 2017 financial calendar is one of austerity, with budgetary cutbacks in various government departments. One particular office that won’t be singing the Auld Lange Syne come April first […]
The Fisheries Department is tightening up on persons who violate fisheries regulations. A group of fishermen from Ranchito, Copper Bank and San Joaquin villages up north were taken to court this morning for possession of undersized conch found in their possession. Their arraignment lasted two hours and they all took a guilty plea before Magistrate […]
Is the Guatemalan Government stepping up its aggressive campaign against Belize, even before a referendum to take the unfounded territorial claim to the I.C.J. is held? Reports surfaced today that the Guatemalan government proposes to annex the Sarstoon Island as part of Guatemalan territory. The report states that the Government of Guatemala is preparing to […]
For one of the rare instances in Belizean legislative history, the ‘noes’ had it in the Senate with regard to the Protected Areas Conservation Trust (Amendment) Bill on its second reading. The amendment proposed to introduce a development fee to be collected from any border administered with support from PACT, and was one of the […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wilfred Elrington, confirmed last Thursday at the House debate that the Ambassador of Belize to Austria, Joel Nagel, was told to leave his post by the Government of Austria following unnamed allegations. Elrington, however, did not disclose why the host country took that most embarrassing decision. In the Senate on […]
The comment by Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington on the topic of Belize’s borders and how they have not been fully drawn and accepted, in which he compared Belize’s situation to enforcing “squatter’s rights,” has drawn wide and loud condemnation from several arenas. The Minister has tried to backtrack, saying in the House last […]
Senator Courtenay also reacted to the rise of the number of passports being issued and the amount Government is collecting for them. He points out that with nearly four times the amount of passports being proposed to be created – with the machine readable system being under strain – government expects to collect the same […]
Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Godwin Hulse, wrapped up debate on the General Revenue and Appropriation Bill around news time on Monday evening after a full day of discussion. He opened with a review of the state of affairs in agriculture, which has been blamed for the slight economic contraction reported in the […]
Developer Michael Feinstein has come out swinging against Minister of Tourism Manuel Heredia Junior, following recent statements made during the budget debate on Friday. Those comments were purportedly in reference to the stalled Stake Bank Tourism Project. Today, the Feinstein Group of Companies fired off a press release in response to those comments. Feinstein says, […]
Eighteen families and just over fifty persons have been displaced by last Friday’s inferno that swept through an apartment complex and two houses in the heart of Fort George area, Majestic Alley. While some have been staying with relatives, majority of the affected persons have been living in shelters—and being provided with the basic necessities […]
The U.S. Army South, in partnership with the B.D.F., will be kicking off Beyond the Horizon 2017. For about ten years now, the training exercise has been taking place in Belize, providing free medical and dental services, as well as building medical and educational facilities across the country. The project officially kicked off on Saturday […]
Five organizations that manage the network of protected areas across the country are beneficiaries of a combined one million dollars plus in grants. The awards were disbursed on Monday by the Protected Areas Conservation Trust. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting Annually, several protected areas managers are the beneficiaries of grant funding […]
Stakeholders from across the energy sector are participating in a four-day seminar that is being facilitated by the Latin American Energy Organization, OLADE. The workshop focuses on the establishment of a database where information on energy usage and greenhouse gases emission will be gathered. That collection of information will then be made accessible to members […]
The Belizean Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, BSCAP, is stepping up the ante and bringing down the hammer on broadcasters, radio stations and businesses who, according to the organization, have been violating the rights of artists. Under the copyright law, anyone who plays music in public should pay a royalty fee to the creator […]
A group from across the Caribbean is in Belize to learn more about our Criminal Justice System. The team is here under a project called CARISECURE. The project aims to strengthen youth and violence policies and programmes through the use of quality, comparable and reliable citizen security information. The opening of the working tour kicked […]
A series of murders over the weekend has shocked a nation long since used to hearing about wanton, senseless violence. The past weekend was grim with bloodshed in the Belize, Cayo and Stann Creek Districts. Eight persons were murdered, setting a new record for the number of persons killed in less than two days. Of […]
The senseless string of murders in the city, however, started early on Saturday morning in an area heavily-trafficked. Just after two o’clock, an elderly resident accompanied by a thirty-six-year-old were murdered execution-style not far from Cinderalla Plaza and near the popular Chon Saan Palace restaurant. A single gunman is said to have carried out the […]
