Government continues to put its house in order and today announced a number of key appointments involving the foreign service, finance and education. With so few Belizean embassies abroad there are not a whole lot of spoils to go around… but it appears that at least three of Belize’s five major diplomatic posts will be […]
In other news from Belmopan the Ministry of National Security has begun a review of disciplinary actions taken against a number of police officers last year. According to a press release, the review, which comes as the result of complaints from officers who believe they have been dealt with unfairly, will be conducted by former […]
In crime news, police are still trying to piece together last Thursday’s shooting in Belize City which sent one man to the emergency room and at least three others scrambling for cover. Twenty-two year old Denvor Willoughby is the prime suspect in the late night incident and police are anxious to speak with him. But […]
An early morning accident across the Mexican border has killed two and left seven others hospitalized in Chetumal. According to Corozal police, just shortly after one this morning, Chetumal time, a small car driven by twenty-one year old Hipolito Marin of Corozal town, was travelling on the main highway to Chetumal with three Mexican nationals. […]
From Chetumal to Guatemala, the news is no less tragic for another Belizean family, as a forty-five year old man was gunned down in front of his wife last night. According to police, Guatemalan national Carlos Canizales and his Belizean wife were walking from Melchor to Arenal Village on the Guatemalan side of the border […]
The weeklong deadlock at City hall over a successor to Mayor Jose Coye may soon be over. Acting Mayor Marshall Nuñez says the stalemate will be resolved shortly and without ministerial intervention. Nuñez told News Five that while the business of governing the City continues uninterrupted, he would prefer to have the job of Mayor […]
Many of us know someone who is HIV positive or is suffering from AIDS, but not all of us have had the painful experience of caring and preparing for the death of a loved one who has this invariably fatal disease. It’s a sensitive issue, that for the first time is being publicly addressed in […]
