The media in Belize rarely has to report on prison breaks, because it seems anyone who really wants to leave Hattieville can find a way to escape without damaging their cell. Or, if they are really “facey,” they just slip off their handcuffs and run away while being escorted to or from court. Both scenarios […]
Today, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. George Alleyne, officially handed over twenty computers to the Ministry of Health. They will be used by the National Health Information Surveillance Unit and the Family Violence Unit of the Police Department. With this new system, everything from birth dates to how many people are […]
Every year, parents go on the warpath about buying expensive primary school textbooks, many of which are discontinued in favor of newer books the following year. But now the Ministry of Education says that will all change. A review committee made up of school principals, managers and the minister himself, has recommended a list of […]
Things in Belmopan are heating up for the City Council Elections on March 1st. Candidates are running into controversy and the political parties are pulling out all the stops to promote their councils. But there are a few independents in the bunch and instead of plastering the town with posters, one independent has decided to […]
Police say the mother of a child who witnesses claim was almost abducted near St. Ignatius school on Monday afternoon has declined to file a formal report or press charges. Channel Seven News spoke with a witness, who declined to be identified on camera, that on Wednesday he and a co-worker stopped a man who […]
If you see a suspicious bag hanging from your fence or door this weekend…RELAX. It’s part of a program called “Scouting for Food”, an annual food drive by the Scout Association of Belize. But for the past five years, they’ve been guided in their efforts by the Girl Guides Association of Belize. Tomorrow, young boys […]
In November, the British Forces Broadcast Service, B.F.B.S. launched a radiothon to raise funds for the British Charity “Wireless for the Blind.” Today, they handed over twenty percent of the money raised to the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired. $5,400 was presented to Joan Musa, B.C.V.I.’s director. Musa says the organization welcomes the assistance […]
Newspaper cartoonists are having a field day making fun of the police and prison officers trying to deal with the numerous escapes, stabbings and even murders at the Hattieville Prison in recent months. But the situation is no laughing matter for the inmates or their families. Many of those incarcerated tell their relatives that they […]
