A grocery store shop located in the village of Biscayne was burglarized sometime between May twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh in the absence of the owner, Raquel Borland. The police arrested an employee and his girlfriend and charged the couple for Burglary and Handling Stolen Goods after police recovered some of the stolen money amounting to three […]
On Thursday, the K.H.M.H. Board of Governors, Management and the Prime Minister Dean Barrow sat at the head table of a press conference. It was to provide an update on the tragic deaths of thirteen newborns in one month after a week of intensive investigation. But the reality is that there was nothing new reported, […]
And just as there were no answers as to who will be held accountable for the neonatal deaths, there are also none available to the question – why did Imer Hernandez, nephew of the Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega, receive payments from the Ministry of Works via official vouchers for the paving of the San […]
The destruction of the northern Mayan Archaeological Site of Noh Mul is still very much front and center, even after three weeks without charges being levied. Again, Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega is caught up in a mess, since Noh Mul was destroyed by his close affiliate Denny Grijalva. And not only that, but it […]
There is also an update on the one hundred million dollar tourism project for Crawl Caye which is within the World Heritage Site. The Prime Minister on Thursday said that Placencia Tour Guides Association and a majority of residents in Placencia are in favor of the Crawl Caye Norwegian Cruise Line cruise ship proposal. Warren […]
Forty-two year old Pamela Garnett and her son, Mark Vernon, were acquitted of charges of Attempting to Suppress Evidence and Using Violence against a Witness when they appeared in magistrates’ court today. In the case, the high profile duo was accused of threatening the life of Marie Alvarez, the aunt of nineteen year old Raheem […]
There is increased scrutiny on the onshore drilling case between OCEANA and Government in the wake of the resignation of Vice President of OCEANA Belize Audrey Matura-Shepherd. Government is appealing a ruling by Supreme Court Justice Oswell Legall which declared the contracts between government and six specific oil companies null and void. But pending the […]
If you’re from Belize City, or anywhere else but the north of the country, odds are that you may not have known that today was El Dia de Los Caneros, or Cane Farmers Day. There are about five thousand six hundred cane-farmers in the Orange Walk and Corozal districts, so it is a big deal, […]
And if the mood today seemed jubilant, there was good reason. Last year’s crop season was considered an exception one, with unprecedented production and quality of cane. And this year’s figures are even more impressive. That is cause for much excitement among the five thousand six hundred cane-farmers, the association which governs them and Belize […]
With assistance from PACT, the Friends for Conservation conducted research from October to March on the effects of poaching of game species within the Chiquibil. The finding of the report shows that a large number of game meat as well as exotic birds including our national bird were being poached by illegal xateros and loggers. […]
May 2013 has probably generated more interest and controversy in the Government’s gender policy than in all the years combined since its first issue. Mired with controversy over definitions of sexual orientation, gender and gender equality, it also had passages about the possible legalization of prostitution while offering no clues about one passage that spoke […]
A new N.G.O. introduced itself publicly on Thursday; it is called Research, Education and Advocacy for Social Change. As the name suggests, REACH will be actively promoting social change. In so doing it will develop the potential of youths caught in the vicious cycle of violence; all this through the different forms of the creative […]
A partnership between the Belize Trade and Investment Development Service and the various public utilities, to provide direct support to small business owners and new startups, has resulted in the launch of what is being called a Micro-Enterprise Utility Start-up Package. The initiative is the outcome of continuing dialogue between the public and private sectors, […]
A lab at the Stella Maris Primary School in Belize City was transformed and today officially opened earlier today. It is the proud accomplishment of resourceful teachers and staff of the school who were inspired by a visually impaired activist, Hector Hoare. Fittingly so, the resource center is carrying his name. Duane Moody dropped by […]
The Dorothy Menzies Child Care Center is home to some sixty underprivileged youths at its King’s Park location. Well today, the youths had reason to celebrate as much needed supplies were handed over courtesy of the Hospital Auxiliary. The donation included mattresses, sheet and beds to make sleeping conditions more comfortable for the underprivileged children. […]
