The Belize Police Department is enforcing a regulation in the Standing Orders which has some women police officers up in arms. The department is implementing its code of ethics outlined in the Police Services Regulations and Police Act, specifically as it relates to the length of their hair and style. Women police officers who have […]
News Five understands that at least one woman police officer has sought legal advice and is considering challenging the matter in court. Commissioner Williams says that anyone who does not agree with the rules of the police department can seek employment elsewhere. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “And my thing to the female officers […]
Eight days from now the public will vote either YES or NO to determine Belize’s next step to address Guatemala’s claim over the country. As the day nears, opposing camps are intensifying their campaign. A few legal opinions have been penned including one by the late Gian Gandhi. During Open Your Eyes this morning, attorney […]
With the help of Turneffe Atoll Sustainability Association, the Fisheries Department and the Nature Conservancy, a group of fishers are exploring the economic benefits of seaweed farming. About a dozen fishers are part of a pilot project to farm and harvest seaweed. Their farms are located a few miles out of Mauger Caye which forms […]
Muffles College High School in Orange Walk Town has yet to reinstate the female teacher who was placed on administrative leave, despite the ruling of the Teaching Services Commission. The teacher has been on leave after she refused to resign at the school’s request following the dissemination of nude photos of her without her consent. […]
Cyber bullying and threat of violence are not limited to the viral release of pornographic material on social media. It has also taken root online in the buildup towards the I.C.J. referendum on April tenth. The latest target of such offense is Senior Counsel Lisa Shoman, the attorney representing the Government of Belize in a […]
Since the beginning of the year to the end of March, there have been thirty-one murders recorded across the country. According to the Ministry of National Security, the Belize Police Department recorded the ‘lowest level of murders for the first quarter of a year since 2012.’ There were fifteen murders less for the first quarter […]
The police department is focusing more on preventing deaths caused by excessive drinking. But for the department to be successful in its endeavour, the root causes must be addressed. ComPol Williams says that there are plans to curb public drinking, amend the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Act and crack down on establishments that violate the act. […]
The Commissioner today concluded a national tour with an event at the Police Training Academy in Belmopan City. The event included an inspection of law enforcement units and a presentation session and open discussion between Williams and police officers. According to ComPol Williams, the tour was a national strategy of familiarization and information sharing on […]
Forests still cover about thirty percent of the world’s land area, but they are disappearing at an alarming rate. And because deforestation causes almost twenty percent of global emissions, the preservation of trees is a big part of the answer to slow down climate change. One of the solutions to preserving forest is through an international […]
With the April tenth referendum inching closer to the date, the Chief Justice today heard an application for an interim injunction brought by the People’s United Party. This afternoon the courtroom CJ Kenneth Benjamin was packed to capacity as members of the House of Representatives including Opposition leader, John Briceño. The Opposition is challenging the […]
Courtenay also argued that the Special Agreement, read on a whole, is an attempt by the executive to empower the International Court of Justice to amend the country’s constitution as it relates to the territory, therefore, exercising legislature abilities in violation of the “separation of powers.” Shoman, however, argues that Courtenay’s IFs preempts the outcome […]
The attorneys for the P.U.P. did not give comments after the hearing; instead opting for after the decision to be delivered on Wednesday by the Chief Justice. In his arguments to the court, Courtenay also submitted that there is the question of irreparable harm. He contends that his clients’ rights as members of the executive […]
A violent incident in Sand Hill, Belize District, involving two relatives, ended fatally for Malcolm Leslie. On Saturday afternoon, Malcolm was stabbed to the left side of his chest by his cousin James Gibson. Malcolm was at James’ house in the village where a confrontation took place while the two cousins were on the verandah. […]
A B.D.F. volunteer was found dead the morning around six-thirty on the Hummingbird Highway. The thirty-year-old had been chopped to death and left on the roadside in Armenia. Police say some monies, a cell-phone and the man’s documents were retrieved from the scene. Just prior to his murder, Hermelindo Ical was enjoying a night out […]
Eighteen-year-old Rudy Morales went missing days ago and his family and the police had issued a missing person’s bulletin. Well, the news tonight is that his body was found floating in the Mopan River in Benque Viejo. The teenager from Kontiki area in San Ignacio left home on Saturday en route to a party. But […]
Police normally report about drug busts, small or big, contraband beer and the sorts, but tonight, they are tight-lipped about an incident in the south. Since Friday, there have been persistent reports that a vessel was intercepted with a significant amount of cash, forty thousand U.S. dollars. Images were obtained of the bundles of cold […]
While the Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin heard arguments after the P.U.P. filed an application for an interim injunction to halt the referendum on April tenth, outside the courtroom the P.U.P supporters gathered. They were bussed in from the districts to the Battlefield Park under the banner “Vote No to the I.C.J.” According to Leader John […]
Thieves hit two schools in the rural community of Burrell Boom, disrupting the ability of teachers to smoothly carry out their functions today. Investigators believe that it is the same group of thieves that carried out the robberies over the weekend. At the Methodist Primary School, the robbers gained access to duplicate keys and cleaned […]
Another person lost his life over the weekend and police are looking at it as a death investigation. A fishing trip turned deadly on Sunday when one cousin punched another and he fell and hit his head. The Eight Miles resident never regained consciousness and died about an hour later at the K.H.M.H. Police say […]
Last week, we reported on the death of seven persons as a result of vehicular collisions; four were motorcyclists. Tonight, we can report that another person has perished as a result of a motorcycle accident. Walter Loyo died early this morning at the K.H.M.H. where he had been receiving treatment since March twenty-fourth. The twenty-eight-year-old […]
There is finally an official comment from police on the murder of Carlos Noe Reyes. The forty-eight-year-old fisherman from Citron Street in Dangriga was fatally injured in a shooting at his home in that southern municipality on Thursday night. He was along with Sarawee villager Israel Pimentel when they came under gunfire by someone who […]
At this afternoon’s press brief, police also issued official comment on the fatal road traffic accident in the west that claimed the life of nineteen-year-old motorist, Luis Cruz. Last Thursday evening, Cruz collided into a vehicle as he rode his motorcycle along Loma Luz Boulevard in Santa Elena Town. His Lifan motorcycle was extensively damaged […]
Aside from the murder in Armenia, there was another chopping incident in the west, but luckily the victim survived the attack. It occurred in Franks Eddy Village on Sunday afternoon. George Jones was chopped to the head and body by Randy Franco near a shop in the village. Despite being injured, Jones managed to wrestle […]
For the past two weeks we’ve shared several stories about the plight of Holy Angels School in Pomona Village in Stann Creek. Since we broke the story, the school has received tremendous support including help from businesses and the public. The school has also been doing its own fundraising activities to generate more funds to […]
