There may be more than one victim in a sexual abuse case in Franks Eddy in the Cayo District. The details began to unravel on Monday when an eleven year old reported that on two occasions, the pastor of the Baptist Church in the village had abused her. The physical contact occurred in the church […]
There are two other cases of alleged carnal knowledge. A twenty-year old mother of Indian Hill Estate in Orange Walk Town claims that she surprised her seventy nine year old father-in-law in a compromising position with her two year old daughter. The reported incident happened on Tuesday morning when she found her daughter sitting on […]
At another Baptist school, the faculty, as well as the enrolment of Baptist High School in Belmopan held an on-campus protest, during which they demanded the termination of acting Principal Delvorine Hamilton, who took over following the resignation of former principal Norman Willacey. Willacey is another pastor who fell from grace after confessing to having […]
The Minister of National Security announced last Thursday that with immediate effect, several areas in the Old Capital and elsewhere would be demarcated as Crime Ridden Areas. It is a designation assigned under the Crime Control and Criminal Justice Act that would expedite the work of security personnel in neighborhoods that criminals call home. The […]
The Crime Control Council has been inactive for a couple years. The Crime Control and Criminal Justice Act clearly defines that the fourteen member group that was appointed by the Prime Minister would plan, develop and coordinate crime prevention programs and strategies and also locate jobs for unemployed youth. But the Chairman of the Council, […]
Earlier today, the Prime Minister and delegation travelled to Honduras in a private plane on an official visit where he is being toasted by President Porfirio Lobo Sosa and is expected to sign a cooperation agreement with Honduras. P.M. Barrow returns to Belize on Thursday and will head out again on Friday for Miami where […]
The five areas that the Ministry of National Security intends to be demarcated as Crime Ridden will not be confirmed until Thursday when it is expected that the initiative will go through its final procedural stage of being gazetted. But at the Business Forum on November first, Prime Minister Dean Barrow also hinted that there […]
Representatives from the World Bank are in the country working with the Ministry of Human Development and other related institutions such as the Ministry of Education to improve and enhance policies that improve social conditions across the population. Vulnerable age groups were a consistent topic of the discussion the group held with the media on […]
Representatives from the Caribbean Local Economic Development Program (CARILED), and the Ministry of Local Government signed a memorandum of understanding this morning at the Radisson. CARILED is a six-year multimillion dollar project in which local governments will take advantage of available resources to fuel economic growth, as well as job creation. As part of the […]
The Belize National Teachers’ Union has been up in arms recently, following the ratification of a statutory instrument to amend the Education Rules. According to the union’s executive, the Ministry of Education fell short of its commitment to allow final criticism of the legal document prior to its approval. This was to have been done, […]
Twenty year old Latifah Augustus, a vocational student of Belize City, appeared in the Magistrates’ Court twice today, following an incident involving public drinking on Friday night. Augustus, who was caught drinking a Belikin beer in public, was arrested and escorted to the Queen Street Police Station where she was charged for the offense. While […]
After a red carpet of glamour and glitz, the grand finale of the Next Superstar got underway at the Bliss on Tuesday night. There was a line-up of favorite artists, but the occasion was all about who would be the first Superstar in season one of the show. The three worthy groups treated the audience […]
