It was a busy day in Belmopan today. Teachers demonstrated outside the National Assembly, while inside the parliamentarians went head to head over the Education and Training Bill. The contentious article in the bill deals with corporal punishment. And while it will not come into effect immediately, the B.N.T.U. had asked for a delay to […]
It is one of the largest demonstrations against this government, and the ire of the teachers had been building up for some time. Estimates are as high as two thousand strong but by and large the teachers were orderly and peaceful. A News Five team was stationed outside the House from where Isani Cayetano has […]
While all the action was in Belmopan, where teachers from all branches of the Belize National Teachers Union marched on Independence Hill, in Belize City some schools closed their doors for the day while classes continued at others. Downtown at Holy Redeemer, the gates and classrooms were locked up and neither students nor teachers were in […]
It is one of the biggest drug busts in recent memory. On Thursday, police seized a whopping twenty kilos, that’s over forty-five pounds of suspected cocaine. San Ignacio police, acting on a reliable tip apprehended their suspect, Carlos Gibson, a resident of Alta Mira, Corozal. He was nabbed while traveling along the Western Highway and […]
Four men have been charged in connection with two murders this week. In the first instance, Dwayne Evelyn was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb this afternoon for Wednesday’s shooting murder of twenty-two year old Peter Myvett on Kutt Avenue. Myvett was washing a bus near his house when he was shot by gunmen on […]
Meanwhile for the stabbing murder of Nigerian security guard, Kaluru Oloungududu early Monday morning, cops have brought a joint charge of murder against three men, two of who were his work colleagues. They are twenty five year old Jamal Jackson, nineteen year old Daniel Myvette and twenty-one year old Kareem Stevens who was once employed […]
Also in court, this morning Justice Troadio Gonzalez empanelled the jury to hear the case against interdicted officer Richard Polonio, who was attached to the patrol branch. Polonio was initially charged with manslaughter but that charge was changed to murder and the trial started promptly. Polonio is accused in the shooting death of Carmen Herrera, […]
Meanwhile, it turned out better for another ex-cop who was on trial. Francis Ogaldez was accused of extorting four hundred dollars from Ladyville residents, Windell White and his common-law-wife, Sonia Guerra last September fourteen. A jury of nine persons asked the court for more time when they could not reach a verdict but after almost […]
Last year the government introduced the Belize Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Bill and held consultations nationwide. The Bill came under fire from the public which has caused the government to abandon one of the proposed changes, the election of persons to government with dual citizenship. In the House today, the Bill went through its third reading […]
Musicians, unionists, educators and students are mourning the passing of popular jazz musician and educator, Frankie Rhys. Rhys battled diabetes for twenty five years and his health condition turned for the worse in late 2008. He lost that battle early this morning at his home. It happened on the same day that Association for Belizean […]
Forty-seven single mothers who took advantage of the Support Single Mothers in Belize City project will tonight be recognized at a commencement ceremony. They are the second set of women to complete the initiative, which is coordinated by the Women’s Department. The women trained for four months in four areas to better their chances of […]
At the Image Factory tonight, the Kinich Ahau Art Festival is launching a unique art exhibition, special brochure and video documentary on the local wood carving industry. The brochure features the carving industry in the Rock Stone Pond and the Maskall areas while the video shows the process of the art from the planting of […]
Just in case you don’t have plans to travel outside of Belize City, well you can still attend City based events throughout the weekend that will keep you entertained and relaxed. Safiyyah has the highlights. Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s happening Belize? Tonight there will be a concert called “An evening with the […]
