Authorities are often accused of abusing the use of taser guns to torture prisoners or detainees by applying it to sensitive body parts. And today the Belize Police Department announced that it has acquired a number of tasers but that their use will be closely monitored. What’s more, there will be strict accountability. And to […]
Taser guns may be the preferred choice to restrain violent persons, but the legal system will deal with a couple who left two kids alone at home. Forty-seven year old Willard Leslie and thirty-one year old Kimberly Alford, a common-law couple of Vista Del Mar, Ladyville, appeared today in Magistrates’ Court where they were charged […]
Also in the Magistrates’ Court, twenty-two year old, Jarrett Crawford was sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment for firearm and ammunition offences and the aggravated assault of Police Corporal Gavin Sanchez. Today, Crawford changed his plea from not guilty to guilty when his trial resurfaced in Magistrates’ Court. Although he asked for leniency, […]
Cops believe a shooting in Belize City on Saturday night is gang related. And a Saturn car with license plate number BZ 32327 saved the life of twenty-two year old Austin Rowland in the shooting. Rowland, who was the driver of the vehicle at the time of the incident fled towards Central American Boulevard and […]
Cops are on the hunt for a man wanted for Drug Trafficking and are focusing on the driver of a taxi with license plate number CYD-3354. On Saturday night at around nine-thirty, police conducted a highway patrol on the Western Highway and their attention was drawn to a vehicle parked off the road in Blackman […]
And cases of carnal knowledge appear to be climbing and tonight there are reports of sexual abuse of a fifteen year old minor of San Marcos Village. This past Monday, the minor told police that on September eighth around six-thirty a.m., forty year old Leoncio Muku of the same village had sexual intercourse with her […]
The Anglican Cathedral College emerged from an amalgamation of St Michael’s and St Hilda’s high schools back in 1982. And many leaders have passed through its doors including present and former prime ministers: Dean Barrow and Said Musa. There are other personalities such as Attorney Dickie Bradley who is a graduate of St. Michael’s and […]
Close to forty percent of Belize is designated as protected areas and maintaining that is not cheap. This week a group of organizations which fund conservation projects are meeting at the Biltmore Hotel to exchange experiences, discuss new challenges and opportunities. Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Representatives of the organizations which form the Latin […]
While environmentalists were discussing funding, across the hall, public service officers were embarking on a three-day training session. C.E.O. in the Ministry of Public Service, Charles Gibson told us what skills they were acquiring. Charles Gibson, CEO, Ministry of Public Service “It’s part of an ongoing process that we have at the Ministry of the […]
If you are heading to Dangriga for the celebrations of Garifuna Settlement Day or even sooner, there is a new facility that you will not miss, smack in the middle of town. The Princess Royal Park has received a whole new facelift with new benches, playground equipment, fencing, walkway bathroom facilities, garbage disposals and improved […]
Also in the south, workers at the Citrus Products of Belize can now enjoy the benefits of an HIV/AIDS workplace policy. The document was signed last Tuesday by C.P.B.L. Chief Executive Officer Henry Canton, along with Union Representative Robert Palon and Labour Department Rep., Hertha Gentle. According to a Press Office release, the citrus company […]
Our two countries have always enjoyed excellent relations and now Mexico wants to further strengthen these ties. And to do that, the Mexican Embassy says it also wants to improve its relationship with the local media. Today Ambassador Luis Lopez Moreno hosted the press to a luncheon to highlight the areas his country wants to […]
Belize is a treasure trove for professional and amateur photographers alike. What escapes our observation is focused zoomed upon with the lens of an artistic eye and snapped by visual visionaries. One such person is Richard Holder, who experienced added flair to his recent exhibition, Project Poverty. And while Holder is established in his field, […]
