They were particularly grisly crimes in which five young Belize City girls were abducted and killed over a sixteen-month period. Despite vows by authorities to solve the crimes quickly and a number of high profile public campaigns to end the violence, the homicides remain unsolved and the public’s attention has drifted elsewhere. Today, with a […]
Police have arrested and charged twenty-one year old Roque Rosado of Neal’s Pen Road in Belize City with attempted murder, deadly means of harm, dangerous harm and robbery in connection with the shooting of Guatemalan vendor Ziriaco Mejia Hernandez. Rosado, who was arraigned on Monday, is on remand at Hattieville Prison until December eighteenth when […]
Proceeds from the twenty million U.S. dollar hurricane relief loan recently approved by the IDB are already being put to use. One of the first projects to be initiated, by the Social Investment Fund, involves the repair of three schools on Ambergris Caye. San Pedro High School, San Pedro R.C. Primary School and San Pedro […]
Two new members of the Elections and Boundaries Commission have been appointed. They are Herbert Panton, a reporter for the Guardian Newspaper, and attorney Samira Musa Pott. Pott and Panton replace long serving members Domingo Perez and Audrey Wallace. The five-member commission is made up of a chairman and two members appointed at the request […]
In news from Tuesday’s Cabinet session a government release reports that a number of new legislative initiatives will be undertaken shortly. One measure, which will bring relief to fathers behind on their child support payments, is that deadbeat dads will no longer be put in jail. Instead Cabinet agreed to consider new legislation, which will […]
As observance of Aids Week continues, Belize Electricity Limited has announced a donation, which will keep Belizeans aware of their responsibilities all year round. The four thousand dollar gift will be used to implement a countrywide campaign to educate the public on the realities of the deadly epidemic. The cheque was presented today to AIDS […]
A study on the effect of mainland agriculture on the barrier reef suggests that the present level of farming has not been harmful to the marine environment. The Watershed Reef Interconnectivity Scientific Study looked at soil erosion and sediment runoff from the North Stann Creek, South Stann Creek and Sittee River. Delia Tillett, the project’s […]
They are often regarded as second class citizens in the law enforcement community; officers who are empowered to stop crimes but more often wind up giving directions to befuddled visitors. But as their numbers grow, so too does the stature of the tourism police. Ann-Marie Williams reports on the latest class of recruits. Ann-Marie Williams, […]
