It was a crime of extreme brutality, but police have acted quickly to arrest and charge two young men for the Friday night murder of businessman Michael Burns. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods was at Magistrate’s Court today as the duo were walked up those familiar steps. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Eighteen year old Keith Lewis and […]
A Belize City man is behind bars tonight, accused of sexually assaulting a ten year old girl. Twenty year old Basilio Bolon appeared before Magistrate Margaret McKenzie where he was charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count of threatening words. Police allege that Bolon first made advances on the child on January […]
And while we’re on the subject of sex crimes, Justice Adolph Lucas today used the occasion of a trial for carnal knowledge to warn the press about how it covers such cases. He particularly reminded reporters that they are not to publish the name of any minor involved in sexual assaults and emphasized that there […]
In October of 2003 the town of Punta Gorda–and the nation of Belize–was caught up in a lurid case of alleged child sex abuse. Three U.S. citizens were vilified by the media and charged with various crimes ranging from carnal knowledge to trafficking in persons. But after several years of postponed trials, the cases against […]
You would have thought that the two major political parties would have fought tooth and nail over electoral registration, but today, the appointed date for courtroom challenges to newly registered voters, there was an eerie silence from both P.U.P. and U.D.P. With a few minor exceptions for clerical errors, the voters list for the March […]
He is well known for his generosity to political causes in his native U.K. and Belize, but news from Australia indicates that Michael Ashcroft is spreading some of his wealth down under. According to Aussie press reports, the billionaire has made a one million U.S. dollar donation to that country’s liberal party. Handed over in […]
A Parent’s Guide to the Child Protection System is the latest publication by the National Committee for Families and Children. And according to N.C.F.C programme coordinator Starla Acosta, the booklet seeks to promote awareness of child abuse and neglect. Starla Acosta, Programme Coordinator, N.C.F.C. ?A lot of times we realise that a lot of reports […]
It’s called “The Song of Kriol: A Grammar of the Kriol Language of Belize” and this latest effort from the Bileez Kriol Projek is sure to stir up discussion. Compiled through the collaborative efforts of Belizeans and international linguist, Ken Decker, the book is designed to reveal the inner workings of Kriol. According to local […]
It may not be the most glamorous part of the medical profession, but while community nurse’s aides do not perform open heart surgery, they are often responsible for the health of entire villages. Today I learned more about these vital workers as they began a major training initiative. Janelle Chanona, Reporting For more than a […]
There is no question that Belize possesses an underwater treasure chest unrivalled in other parts of the world. And while a number of international film-makers have documented the wonder and awe that is life along the Belize Barrier Reef, tonight we feature the work of a local diver who took his love for the sea […]
