There is a murder in San Pedro that police are investigating. The body of a young man was retrieved from a hotel room on Barrier Reef Drive around midday today. He is a U.S. national who resides in Caye Caulker and has been identified as Christopher Meighan. According to reports from the island, surveillance camera […]
A sixty-three-year-old British national is in custody at the Belmopan police station. It is believed that he was the perpetrator of a foiled kidnapping of an eight-year-old boy on George Price Avenue in the outskirts of Belmopan. The minor was heading home along with his two older siblings when a man described as Caucasian attempted […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow returned to the country on Thursday, but he was unable to attend today’s House Meeting since he is still recovering from surgery. So, Acting Prime Minister Patrick Faber led the proceedings on the government side. A number of bills were introduced. The main bill; however, was for the settlement of an […]
The Opposition hotly debated the six million U.S.-dollar settlement agreement. John Briceño led the charge questioning why government wants to settle a U.S.-based judgment when it had ignored a judgement in Belize’s courts. According to Briceño’s calculations, the government’s tax claim with penalties and interest amount to twenty-eight million dollars, which it is giving up […]
When the NEWCO deal collapsed, the Belize Airport Concession group was granted an agreement to manage the P.G.I.A. The Belmopan Area rep John Saldivar raised the issue of who was in that group, but the former Prime Minister and Fort George Area Rep Said Musa shut him up. Caribbean Shores area rep Kareem drove home […]
The Belize National Teachers Union called a press conference today to share its position on the Ministry of Education’s finalized list which was released at the start of the new school year in September. It involves the re-categorizations of schools for hardship and rural allowances as well as time off to collect salary. Today, the […]
On Thursday, the Ministry of Education made a number of claims against the B.N.T.U., including that the union didn’t respond to information made available to them nor did they raise concerns. Today, the B.N.T.U. hit back at the ministry for calling them liars. They produced emails to support their account of what did and did […]
And so the B.N.T.U. says that it will be participating in the meetings scheduled for the categorization list. But in the mean time, they want to make their point loud and clear that they will stand up for what they believe. Nadia Caliz hit back at the Minister of Education’s comments about Stann Creek teachers. […]
A loan for roughly seventeen million Belize dollars is being guaranteed by government for Belize Water Services Limited to acquire shares in Consolidated Water Belize Limited in San Pedro. The privately held utility company on Ambergris Caye will be bought by BWSL and its system expanded to provide potable water, as well as sewerage, to […]
The tragic fire that claimed the lives of four members of the Petillo family in Orange Walk Town on Sunday morning remains a talking point in light of numerous criticisms made against the National Fire Service. Once again, the department has been disparaged for not responding promptly to the deadly blaze and when it did […]
The state of emergency for two south side neighborhoods is presumably nearing its end. That notwithstanding, another amendment was tabled before parliament today. The Crime Control and Criminal Justice Act was once again brought before the House of Representatives with a revision in respect of bail restrictions for gang membership and other offenses. The reintroduction […]
Two businesses in Corozal were hit by robbers in just over twenty-four hours. The most recent occurred on Thursday night just before nine p.m. at Gao Tai Store at the corner of Seventh Avenue and Fifth Street South. Four men dressed in dark clothing entered the store and one of them held up the Chinese […]
The referendum is set for April tenth. 2019. It is the day when Belizeans will go to the polls to decide if the Belize-Guatemalan territorial dispute should be taken before the I.C.J. It is arguably the important voting decision that Belizeans will have to make. And while there has been very spirited debate on whether […]
The National AIDS Commission is introducing an innovative way to get more people tested. They have developed an app which they are making available for free and can be downloaded on mobile devices after which persons do not need internet to be able to navigate to testing sites around the country. This new feature is […]
Today, the U-Report was launched at the B.T.L. Park in Belize City. It is a free SMS social monitoring tool designed to gather information to address issues that affect youth. Once the data is captured, it will be used policy and decision makers to tailor policies and programs to meet the needs of the population. […]
It has been reported across the media that an audit was to be conducted on the office of the music ambassador, Shyne Barrow. It was Barrow who first spoke out publicly against NICH President Sapna Budhrani. So when information got out about an audit at his office, it was seen as a deliberate reaction to […]
There is also an ongoing audit at the National Sports Council. While it comes on the heels of the NICH external audit ordered by cabinet, Deputy PM Patrick Faber says that the two are separate and unrelated. In fact, he says the sports audit was sanctioned by his ministry to ensure that nothing is wrong […]
Investigators are trying to figure out where a high-powered rifle retrieved in Orange Walk originated from. As we reported on Wednesday, Orange Walk Police discovered an AR-Fifteen, five-point five-six rifle in a cane field about two miles west of the northern road airstrip. The firearm was found with five rounds of ammunition. The northern section […]
The Belize Electricity Limited hosted an open day to share information on health and safety tips when using electricity and working or playing near power lines. The fair included several other partners who set up interactive displays and distributed informational materials to help keep you and your families safe. We stopped by to find out […]
The Belize Tourism Board is hosting its annual familiarization trip. It is an opportunity for the local media to experience Belize’s tourism offerings and tell you all about the exciting time they had. It is an effort to push local tourism to the fore, particularly during the slow season and it is also a time […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow is back in the country. He was in Cuba for spinal surgery which he underwent on September fourth. The PM arrived at the Philip Goldson International Airport on an American Airline flight. He was picked up by his driver and swiftly departed the airport. But he did make a stop while […]
There is a report of the alleged kidnapping of an eight-year-old student on Monday. It happened in Belmopan while the boy was heading home from school along with his older brother and sister. The children told their mother that they were approached by a man in a white van offering them a ride home. The […]
A policeman and seven B.D.F. soldiers, who were jointly charged for the crime of murder but had the charge dismissed on Wednesday, will be re-arrested and the charge levied against them again. This is what Minister of State for National Security Elodio Aragon Junior told the media this morning. The men, police officer Lennart Cajun; […]
Since embattled President Sapna Budhrani was placed on administrative leave, Doctor John Morris, the Director of the Institute of Archaeology has been at the helm of the statutory body. It was at his desk that the findings of an external audit by Baker Tilly Hulse landed and was later presented to the Board at a […]
There was a parliamentary caucus and a cabinet meeting held today in Belmopan prior to Friday’s House meeting. Cabinet agreed to the reinstatement, with immediate effect, of Sapna Budhrani. The Minister of Culture, Patrick Faber, confirmed that she is now back on the job. Patrick Faber, Minister of Culture “The Board of NICH met […]
