There is confirmation by Minister of Immigration Godwin Hulse of a story we broke on Wednesday that Director of Immigration Maria Marin has recommended the termination of three passport officers – Sharon Neal, Erwin Robinson and Omar Phillips. But tonight, there is evidence that the corruption goes much deeper and higher than those three public […]
The unions have promised that 2014 will be the year of the worker, and agitation has been ramped up since the beginning of the New Year. The Belize National Teachers Union has implemented a countrywide strategy of peaceful industrial action, starting with Orange Walk and Corozal last week and touching down in the Belize District […]
As we told you earlier in our newscast, it has been reported that three public officers – Sharon Neal, Omar Phillips and Erwin Robinson are on the chopping block based on a direct recommendation from Director of Immigration Maria Marin. Those public officers are perceived to be the scapegoats for corruption in immigration which goes […]
The Minister of Education Patrick Faber came under fire from the teachers for criticizing the industrial action, the union and them. Faber is often outspoken, and defends his comments as just plain-speaking. But he isn’t the only one capable of plain-talk, and there was plenty of that today. Ian Mariano, Teacher, Excelsior High School […]
Following the signing of an interim agreement between B.S.I. and the B.S.C.F.A. early this week, the 2013 – 2014 sugar cane crop was to have gotten underway on Monday, January twentieth at ten am. But it won’t. It has been delayed until Friday, January twenty-fourth. That’s because work on the very critical sugar roads has […]
A family in Belize City was devastated today by the news that their loved one would not be coming home from court with them. Thirty-three year old Darrell Henry has been behind bars since December on firearm charges, but his case is far from typical. Henry was charged in December for possession of a firearm […]
In July of last year, twenty-eight-year-old Deon Bruce was arrested by Belize City police and held in detention at the Queen Street Precinct pending what his family believed would have been a summary extradition to the United States. Bruce is wanted in Chicago for a murder in which U.S. authorities say he was the alleged […]
Eighteen-year-old Joseph Sanchez was fatally stabbed by two men at about two o’clock on Sunday morning while en route to a party. The teenager was dressed as a woman, clad in a white blouse and green short skirt, and was walking along Elston Kerr Street when he was attacked and mortally injured. In the wake […]
While a throng of teachers from the Belize District converged on Battlefield Park this morning to make known their demand for a salary adjustment, its social partner, the Belize Chamber of Commerce & Industry, was busy tying the loose ends of a press release issued in support of the Belize National Teachers Union. Although the […]
There are two reported incidences by the Social Security Board of identity theft under the names Carmen Cantun and David Cruz. The S.S.B. said today that the cases remain under investigation. In respect of another purported case, in which it was stated that a US fugitive had been given a social security card; that has […]
Fifteen-year-old Christian Martinez, a resident of Balan Street in Lake Independence, remains hospitalized tonight, following a vicious attack on Thursday evening during which he was stabbed multiple times to the body. According to police, at around two o’clock that afternoon the teenager was riding home on bicycle when upon reaching the corners of Balan Street […]
On December twelfth, 2013, B.D.F. Soldier Abimael Carrillo, who had been serving the Belize Defence Force for almost two decades, was killed in a traffic mishap. Today, one of his own surviving colleagues, forty-three year old Juan Tuyub was arraigned for his death. Tuyub was charged with Manslaughter by Negligence, Causing Death by Careless […]
Meet twenty-one year old Inga Woods….she’s a painter, poet, jewelry designer and does almost anything during her spare time to create impressive pieces. And tonight at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts, the young artist is putting on display all the work that she has done over the years. Woods places her personal experiences […]
Rayford Benguche, a Belize City resident turned Good Samaritan, is on a mission to assist women who are experiencing hardships because their loved ones have been caught in the vicious cycle of violence. Benguche’s initiative was prompted by a personal experience last Monday when a close friend was sentenced on the day his child was […]
Junior female and male ballers converged on the MCC grounds today to kick off the national school football championships. Before the start of the one day competition, the students heard words of advice from a female national team player to trust in God, pursue their education and stay in the game. With that the games […]
