A police officer was killed on after one o’clock this morning on San Pedro. Corporal Alfonso Guy had been stationed on the island for years and had been socializing with a friend prior to the shooting death inside his quarters. While police this morning said it was a murder investigation, late this evening, an official […]
Former Foreign Affairs Minister Eamon Courtenay has made it quite clear what he thinks about the Government’s latest move to push a ‘yes’ vote for the upcoming April tenth ICJ referendum. On Wednesday, five former Foreign Affairs Ministers Said Musa, Godfrey Smith, Lisa Shoman, Assad Shoman, and PM Dean Barrow signed a declaration in support […]
According to Courtenay, one of the fundamental reasons why he decided not to be part of the collaborative work of the five former Foreign Affairs Ministers is because the declaration is misleading the Belizean public. Eamon Courtenay, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs “This thing for example as far as I am concerned misrepresents things, […]
During the discussion this morning, Courtenay proposed an alternative to holding a referendum and taking Guatemala’s claim to the I.C.J. Courtenay is proposing a ‘deep freeze’ scenario in which both countries would agree to halt negotiations for two and a half decade. Eamon Courtenay, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs “My belief is that we […]
Courtenay says that if Belizeans go to the polls on April tenth, he will not attempt to convince them to vote ‘yes’ unless certain conditions are achieved by the government. Eamon Courtenay, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs “One, there must be and update for a legal opinion. Two, there must be a legal opinion […]
There are new details tonight about the home invasion and kidnapping of former minister Elodio Aragon Senior, the father of the junior minister of police. Aragon Senior was abducted from his house in Orange Walk on Thursday morning and taken by two persons to an area, miles away and then released. He showed up at […]
A Belize City man was stabbed multiple times this morning and left for dead. Forty-three-year-old taxi driver Stephen Leiva was set up by a woman he knows. The woman went to his house near Bel China Bridge and asked to use his bathroom and when Leiva opened his door, two women and a man attacked […]
Several families in the Belama Phase Four community are facing eviction tonight after being served with a letter two weeks ago informing them that they are illegally occupying property belonging to an Asian businessman. The cluster of houses located on Yvonne Massiah Street sits on a parcel of land whose purported owner is now requesting […]
Earlier you heard former Foreign Minister Eamon Courtenay saying he won’t support going to the I.C.J. if certain conditions are not met. Another P.U.P. colleague shares similar views. Caribbean Shores Area Representative, Kareem Musa says he does not agree with his father, two-time Prime Minister and Fort George Area Representative, Said Musa who supports a […]
P.U.P.’s Cayo South Area Representative, Julius Espat, says that he was not impressed with the five former foreign ministers who signed the I.C.J. declaration in support of a ‘yes’ vote. According to Espat, Wednesday’s high profile event was nothing more than a show in which the government showcases its disregard for the public’s sentiment on […]
Junior Minister for National Security, Elodio Aragon Junior today spoke about the shakeup at the Belize Police Department. As we reported on Thursday, an initial list surfaced on social media on the reassignment of senior officers to posts across the country. Notable is that Senior Superintendent Howell Gillett goes back to Belmopan as the Officer-in-Charge […]
Another increase in the electricity rate came into effect on January first, ahead of a meeting between Belize Electricity Limited and the Public Utilities Commission to rationalize its request for a price hike. When B.E.L. met with the utilities regulator on Monday, the electricity provider reiterated that it used its strong financial position to briefly […]
The latest HIV statistics have been released and according to the Ministry of Health report; in 2017, there were a higher number of infections among males than in females. Of the two-hundred and twenty-three new HIV cases, one hundred and twenty-four were among males compared to the ninety-nine females who tested positive. The report also […]
The Belize Women Against Violence Movement in Collaboration with the Building People Movement is holding a series of consultations on sexual crimes legislation reform. The first of the six-part consultations was held today in Belize City where more than ten organizations that work with victims and offenders of sexual offences participated. The purpose was to […]
Attorney-at-law Leslie Mendez is working with the Building People Movement on the drafting of the bill. Today, she says they are looking to strengthen existing laws and legislation in other countries. The aim, according to Mendez, is to ultimately have a set of sexual offences laws that are comprehensive. Leslie Mendez, Attorney-at-law “At this […]
Manatee advocate Jamal Galvez is advising boaters to exercise caution when passing through the Belize River. Galvez, with the assistance of the MAR Fund, has installed several signs along the river to draw attention that manatees live in the area. As a part of the awareness, Galvez has also installed billboards and painted a mural. […]
In November 2018, the Belize City Council announced that it would discontinue the twenty percent discount initiative that property owners took advantage of by paying their property tax before the due date. The problem for the council was that this initiative benefited only those who can afford to pay their tax early, which is a […]
The Belize City Council still has plans to restore the natural habitat of Krooman Lagoon. But before that is done, the residents living on the water reserve will need to be relocated. In October 2018, Canadian engineers joined Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner on a visit to Krooman Lagoon to assess the living conditions of […]
The father of the Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security was abducted. A police report says that Elodio Aragon Senior, a former Minister of Government, was kidnapped after his home was burglarized. The release is very sparse with details – with no mention of what time the incident occurred or how many […]
It is no secret that Belize’s location makes the country vulnerable to transnational organized criminal groups such as the drug cartels. In recent months, we have seen an alarming number of drug plans land across the country. And on January third, Vicente Zambada, son of one of the bosses of the Sinaloa Drug Cartel, dropped […]
There is another worrisome report. A document published by Friends for Conservation and Development in March of 2017 speaks about an increase in cattle ranching along the western border. The report, based on aerial observations and ground assessments, shows the alarming development that if not contained will pose a serious trend in the transformation of […]
While some of the well known threats to the Chiquibul such as xaté and poaching have received attention, narco-cattle ranching has not been addressed by the government despite many reports. It requires a concerted effort from many governmental agencies. Rafael Manzanero, Executive Director, Friends for Conservation and Development “We need to understand that if […]
Freetown Area Representative and former P.U.P. Leader Francis Fonseca took to social media on Wednesday to weigh in on G.O.B.’s move to join five former Foreign Affairs Ministers to sign a declaration in support of a ‘yes’ vote. In his post, Fonseca joins a long line of critics who have said that the government has […]
A national telephone poll on the I.C.J. Referendum conducted by www.pollBelize.org is showing a higher number of persons who would vote ‘no’ on April tenth. The poll was conducted in November 2018, utilizing the same sample design and questionnaire as the previous poll conducted in August. The results of the poll show that more people […]
Five former foreign ministers on Wednesday, however, gave the thumbs up to take the claim before the I.C.J. Former Prime Minister Said Musa, during his second term in office, met with O.A.S. Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza in 2007 to discuss a possible solution to the longstanding territorial claim. At the time, the advice given […]
