We often hear about projects being launched and then the participants fade from the headlines, but the Conscious Youth Development Programme is one organization that continues to let the public and its members know about their progress. Today the C.Y.D.P. members gathered at Birds Isle, the site of the original gang truce, to rededicate themselves […]
The Stann Creek District Drug Demand Reduction Task Force was inaugurated today by the Minister of National Security, Jorge Espat. The task force is working in partnership with the National Drug Abuse Council NDACC as part of their community empowerment program. News Five spoke to the director of NDACC about the new venture. Francis Baizar, […]
A special police operation yesterday has led to the recovery of a number of stolen goods. Head of C.I.B. Simeon Alvarez says that they recovered five nineteen inch colored televisions, a video camera, a weed eater and an assortment of jewelry. Police then detained seven people but released them after they proved they bought the […]
The Government Child Care Center has been renamed in honor of one of its governors. According to the Minister of Human Development, Women and Youth, Dolores Balderamos Garcia the center will now be known as the Dorothy Menzies Child Care Center. Dorothy Menzies has been involved with the center since the 1990 and is currently […]
The Supreme Court is in session and will deal with eleven criminal cases ranging from murder to forgery. But while it is hoped justice will move swiftly for these cases, there are over two hundred cases backlogged for Belize City Magistrate and Supreme Courts and an untold number in the rest of the country. Additional […]
