This afternoon around one thirty police received a call from the Youth Enhancement Academy about an alleged suicide. When they arrived at the scene they say twenty-two year old inmate Jeffery Bradley with a sheet tied around his neck and hanging from an iron bar inside cell number three. Police say the discovery was made […]
Two men are hospitalized following an accident on the Western Highway yesterday evening. Police say around three-thirty a construction worker from St. Matthews Village Jose Linares, who was accompanied by Jose Maldonado, was driving a pick-up truck towards Belmopan. Between miles ten and eleven he collided with a car which had no license plates which […]
During their weekly Cabinet meeting yesterday in Belmopan three amendments were approved to legislation affecting local government. The Towns Property Tax Act was amended so that the Belize City Council could continue to levy property tax based on the annual rental value until the transition to a system based on the market value of the […]
While we noted with relief the very visible presence of the Belize Defense Force during the Hurricane Mitch threat, it seems there were a few police officers missing in action during those tense days. The Ministry of National Security has announced that disciplinary action is being taken against eleven officers found guilty of being absent […]
Although Christmas is over, yesterday the children at the Karl Heusner Memorial pediatric ward were all smiles as they were entertained by twelve missionaries from the United States using bells to make music. The group visited different churches, schools and hospitals throughout Belize sharing their music. They arrived Saturday and held their last performance last […]
Today the Minister of National Security handed over communication equipment, donated from an Israeli family to the Police Force to enhance law enforcement countrywide. In his address, Minister Jorge Espat, says his government is committed to modernizing and transforming the Belize Police Department as well as the Department of National Security and Immigration. The equipment, […]
Although this afternoon’s press conference was mainly to highlight the equipment donation, the media took the opportunity to ask Minister Espat about his recent directive to the police that press releases on criminal activity only be issued on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Jorge Espat, Minister of National Security “I believe we have the most open Ministry […]
