It was almost an identical scenario to that which unfolded in the awarding of preferential oil leases to three well connected businessmen. That is, the Opposition leader cries scandal, the press and civil society jump in … and then government reverses its policy, saying it was all a misunderstanding in the first place. Today, in […]
It took her longer than expected, but late this afternoon Merlene Bailey Martinez, co-chair of the Commission of Inquiry into the Development Finance Corporation, delivered her report to the Prime Minister. It has not yet been announced how the report will be made available to the public. On July twelfth co-chair Herbert Lord elected to […]
This morning, the eighty-third recruit squad marched ceremoniously across the Arthur Adolphus Parade Square as they officially graduated from the Police Training Academy. Over the last six months, the seventy-three men and six women have endured intensive physical and mental training in technical and academic subjects so their last test was easy as the recruits […]
And while the Police Department celebrated the newest cops to hit the block, this afternoon Minister of Home Affairs Ralph Fonseca responded to public outcry following the collapse to the Ben Bou-Nahra manslaughter case in the Supreme Court. According to Fonseca, the officers who took the stand have been charged with perjury and there has […]
The police have yet another hit and run mystery to solve. The accident that occurred just before seven on Monday night took the life of forty-eight year old Daniel Diaz. Diaz, a mason of Trial Farm Village in the Orange Walk District, was riding his bicycle on the right hand side of the Northern Highway […]
Customs officials have declined to comment on a case of forgery that Belize City police are investigating, telling News Five that the detective work has only just begun. According to the authorities, Miguel Uk, an enforcement officer with the Customs Department, reported that between the period of August eighth and October nineteenth of this year, […]
Only four years since its formation, the organisation known as Crimestoppers has become a regular part of the law enforcement and media scenes. But as crime and violence continue to dominate the headlines it is worth asking just how effective its efforts have been. News Five’s Marion Ali reports on the group’s latest initiative to […]
Activists in the field of HIV have long maintained that stigma and discrimination form a barrier to combating the disease and this week, two workshops by separate organisations are focussing on that issue. This morning at the Biltmore Plaza the National AIDS Commission and Pan American Health Organization opened a two-day seminar examining the human […]
Whether it’s a botched operation, crumbling infrastructure or political interference, the nation’s largest medical facility often seems like the place we love to hate. But like a trusty Timex watch, as much as the K.H.M.H. takes a licking, it somehow keeps on ticking. Today I witnessed some new efforts to do better. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting […]
They say that nice guys finish last … but tonight we have news of some nice Belizeans—a guy and a gal actually—who finished second. One is eleven year old Alexander Fonseca who was one of two runners up in the Conde Nast “My Caribbean” essay contest. Fonseca, the son of Minister of Education Francis Fonseca […]
