Primary school teachers across the country, employed under the Catholic Public Schools system, are tonight awaiting the processing of salaries through their respective banks, following a delay in the payment schedule for the month of September. Wages are often deposited by the last Friday of every month; however, a problem with the payroll, which went […]
While the hiccup caused a delay in payment, there were teachers from several districts, including Orange Walk, who stayed away from their classrooms today. Their abstention, says Faber, was unwarranted. Reporter “Did this particular problem affect pensioners as well, past teachers?” Patrick Faber “You know, I am not certain. I think that once […]
The current passport scandal involving the fraudulent issuance of an official Belizean travel document to imprisoned South Korean businessman, Kim Wonhong, in Taiwan has seen the dismissal of Cayo Northeast area representative Elvin Penner from Cabinet. While the prime minister’s decision to fire Penner from his post as Minister of State in the Ministry of […]
The media also got an update from the Minister of Immigration himself today on the investigations into the passport scandal. But while Godwin Hulse commended the new and improved systems in place at both the Immigration and Nationality Department, he chided the ousted minister for his involvement in facilitating the issuance of a Belizean passport […]
The relative peace of the capital has been shattered by a double murder which it is believed occurred on Saturday morning. And by four-thirty this afternoon, another murder was reported, this time in neighboring Camalote village. Details are still sketchy, but information received says that a masked man shot another individual multiple times, killing him. […]
Alry Rose Sardido was murdered on Saturday, and later that night another woman from Roaring Creek narrowly escaped the same fate. Just after ten that night Police were called to a house where they observed bloodstains on the front steps. Their investigation led them to the Western Regional Hospital where they found Joanna Longsworth fighting […]
Two persons were injured in a traffic mishap over the weekend in Sand Hill. Nineteen year old Javier Moody and his girlfriend lost control of a motorbike on which they were traveling and are still admitted at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital receiving treatment. But unlike his girlfriend, Moody is clinging to life after he […]
A laborer of Boston Village was today charged for burglarizing the warehouse of Minister Godwin Hulse. Police believe twenty-three year old Marcus Mejia is the man who entered the Minister’s warehouse sometime between the twelfth and thirteenth of September. He allegedly made off with various pieces of equipment valued at ten thousand dollars. Mejia appeared […]
Belize’s Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington addressed the United Nations General Assembly this morning, where he spoke on the issue of the postponement of the joint referenda which should have been held in Belize and Guatemala in October. The simultaneous exercise was to have posed the question of whether the unfounded Guatemalan claim should be submitted […]
Today at the Radisson Fort George, municipal leaders gathered for a 2013 Local Governance Symposium being held by the Caribbean Local Economic Development Project. The CARILED Program is designed to assist and work with respect of community leaders across the Caribbean in creating employment opportunities. With local economic development as its primary focus, the one-day […]
This morning, a very significant donation was made to the Institute of Archaeology…thanks to a project called Making Tourism Benefit Communities Adjacent to Archaeological Sites. One of the objectives of that project is the enhancement of the tourism experience through improvement to tourism infrastructure and services. And that’s just where the donation of large tools […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The PLB Belikin Cup opened the 2013 season with 3 matches nationwide in the 7 team semi-pro football competition. We caught up with Saturday night’s showdown inside the Isidoro Beaton Stadium as defending champions; Police United hosted the Belize Defense Force in a rematch […]
