The victim in a shooting incident in Hattieville is in detention. On January tenth, gunmen turned up at the home of Tyrone Belisle when he was with his family, Belisle fled, but was hit on the leg. Since then he has been picked up by the police, released and then detained again. Belisle’s family says […]
A series of countrywide public consultations commenced over the weekend; on Monday it was held in Belmopan where proponents of the Equal Opportunities Bill presented, to an audience of interested persons, the need for the proposed legislation. Led by Chief Executive Officer Judith Alpuche of the Ministry of Human Development and Social Transformation and Executive […]
The Equal Opportunities Bill is of serious concern for the National Evangelical Association of Belize, NEAB, which has come out strongly against the proposed legislation because of the perceived same-sex agenda. NEAB has also been staunchly against the repealing of Section Fifty-three of Belize’s Criminal Code. That issue was raised pointedly during Monday night’s forum. […]
The murder of three-year-old Mark Tuyul Junior has pushed the issue of domestic violence to the front burner. Domestic violence is pervasive and has become commonplace to a point where it is casually addressed in everyday conversation. In our interview on Sunday with the biological father of the Tuyul kids, he described an incident where […]
Equally concerning is the issue of child sexual abuse resulting from pedophilia. According to Lovell, this kind of predatory behaviour often manifests itself in situations where children are groomed by the stepparent. Jennifer Lovell, Psychotherapist “We have a lot of pedophiles here you know, these are people, men and women, who like young children […]
At this time, the inauguration of the new Guatemalan president, Alejandro Giammattei, has been delayed for hours. The event is to take place at the National Theatre in Guatemala City, but reports say that a number of delegations have left due to the tardiness of the start of the ceremony. Giammattei ran three campaigns and […]
The Belize Tax Service is holding on to its position that Belize Telemedia Limited owes millions of dollars in taxes to the Government of Belize. The Department initiated an audit of B.T.L.’s account last year and reviewed a trove of documents that showed that B.T.L. owed up to twenty-nine point three million dollars for the period […]
Reynaldo Verde, Former Deputy Director of the Belize Tax Service, remains incarcerated in the U.S. after he was nabbed by F.B.I. officials on September seventh 2019, on a charge of extortion and attempted extortion. Verde has denied any wrong doing. The allegation brought against him was made by owner of Orchid Bay in Corozal, Chris Williams who […]
Jumoke Castro, son of U.D.P. Minister Edmond Castro, is yet to be charged for what is considered a threat of rape against Plus TV’s Shasta Wade. Castro was placed on administrative leave with full pay after he appeared on social media making vile comments against Wade. His own party has denounced his actions with Prime […]
The Belize Tourism Board today announced that for the first time in the history of Belize’s tourism industry, Belize surpassed the half-million mark in overnight arrivals last year. In 2019, five hundred and three thousand, one hundred and seventy-seven overnight entered the country. This represents an increase of two point eight percent compared to the […]
Last week the Nurses Task Force called out the Ministries of Health and Public Services for acting in bad faith. According to the Task Force, the ministries were failing to address issues affecting the nursing profession. In our story, we spoke with the President of the Nurses Association of Belize, Darrell Spencer. Well, there is at […]
Now, while Baird wants answers from the association in regards to the task force and elections, he says that he believes some of the points that they have called for are legitimate. He told us that if nurses were consulted more issues would have been included in the nursing task force’s agenda with the Ministries […]
Is the ‘Dara Feeding Programme’ closing its doors after thirteen years? Not just yet – that is, if Joel Dara Robinson gets his way. The local philanthropist says that his feeding programme is on life support and is in serious need of a boost. According to Robinson, he can no longer maintain the programme because […]
On Friday night, a young mother came home to find her three-year-old son dead inside their house on Lovely Lane, the heart of Jungle, which is the Pickstock hutment in Belize City. His two siblings, were badly injured, they had been brutally beaten and sexually abused. Zema Castillo rushed the child to the K.H.M.H., but […]
Both sides of the families agree that signs of domestic abuse were detected in the relationship between Zema Castillo and Kenrick Longworth was releases from prison last year for a charge of attempted murder. The violence would lead to the unfortunate death of three-year old Mark Tuyul Junior. Isani Cayetano spoke to the mothers of […]
This morning, the Belize Police Department, led by Commissioner Chester Williams, held a press conference to discuss the weekend tragedy. ComPol Williams began by giving an official police account of what transpired at the family’s Lovely Lane residence. Notwithstanding the tragedy and the sensitive nature of what took place, he believes that there is a […]
The arrest of Kenrick Longsworth on Sunday afternoon brought to an end an intense manhunt that had been undertaken by police officers in Belize City since Friday evening. While his capture in Isabella Bank was successful, it wasn’t without controversy. That’s because a swarm of officers descended on Pickstock Hutment earlier in the morning in […]
In the pursuit of Kenrick Longsworth, Belize City police descended on Pickstock Hutment, popularly known as Jungle. In a social media post, Commissioner Williams suggested that the fugitive stepfather was being harboured by residents of that community. The comment has incensed many who live in Jungle, despite the hotspot it is known to be. Upon […]
A throve of documents has been obtained on a complex case in the U.S. Courts involving an alleged scheme to illegally obtain more than five hundred million U.S. dollars in renewable fuel tax credits. It includes court documents and press reports of the alleged bribes paid to senior U.S. officials as well as from Belize. […]
The traditional opening of the Supreme Court took place as scheduled this morning. Members of the Judiciary were in full force as they made their way to the courtroom following a ceremony at Saint John’s Cathedral; but the Executive of the Bar Association and its President, Cheryl-Lyn Vidal, did not attend boycotting the event due […]
At this time, a meeting is currently underway at the Swift Hall in the Lake Independence constituency of Belize City where as promised, Minister of State for Immigration, Beverly Williams, is meeting with immigrants seeking nationality. Hundreds of persons, some who have been living in Belize for over a decade, have gathered there hoping to […]
Less than twenty-four hours after the body of Emil Escalante was laid to rest over the weekend, the tomb at the cemetery in Orange Walk was broken into and his casket opened. It occurred overnight and relatives are questioning who could be behind such a vile act and why. Outside of the vandalism, which police […]
The Belize Police Department owes a San Pedro hotel over a hundred thousand dollars. The hefty hotel tab is reportedly for accommodations for officers who have been working on the island. According to the Commissioner of Police, the Belize Police Department will not pay the six figure bill in its entirety. He says that it […]
Belmopan Police carried out a number of operations in the Belmopan area over the weekend. One of the operations netted a trove of ammunition. Police say that the more than one hundred rounds of ammo have been labeled as found property because no one was in the area when the discovery was made. Here’s more […]
Foreign Affairs Minister Wilfred Elrington confirmed to the media today that Guatemala has nominated a judge who will sit on the bench to hear submissions on the territorial, insular and maritime dispute between Belize and Guatemala. May eighth 2019 became a historic day after Belizeans overwhelming voted in favour of taking the longstanding dispute to […]
