A reserved judgment was handed down today via teleconference in the case of gay activist Maurice Tomlinson. The Caribbean Court of Justice which is the highest judicial institution for three CARICOM member states: Barbados, Guyana and Belize, has granted special leave for openly gay, LGBT activist Tomlinson to proceed with challenging the immigration acts of […]
Following the CCJ’s decision, Acting Solicitor General Nigel Hawke told the media that the legal victory for Tomlinson is simply the beginning of what will be a protracted argument from all three parties involved in the claim. Nigel Hawke, Acting Solicitor General, Belize “Leave is granted. This is just the first stage. We objected […]
On Wednesday afternoon, a Belize City man attended his uncle’s funeral in Ladyville. A little over an hour later, he lay dead in a pool of blood…shot to the head as he sat in a bus shelter. Today, the Police are looking for a motive and a murderer, while the family of King’s Park resident […]
Today, nineteen year old Visiona Carcamo was slapped with six criminal charges for the death of five year old Akeela Wade on April fourteenth. Wade was on a motorcycle being driven by Carcamo when it crashed into a bus in Belize City. It is a real tragedy. There were three persons on the motorcycle – […]
SPISE, the Caribbean Science Foundation’s Student Program for Innovation in Science and Engineering is a prestigious program offered at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies in Barbados. The program provides twenty students from across the Caribbean with the unique opportunity to a month of intense training in science and engineering […]
The latest stats on regional internet speeds versus cost are in, and Belize is coming in almost dead last, comparatively speaking. The report was submitted by the ICT Pulse, which has been tracking internet speeds and prices across the Caribbean since 2011. This year, they analyzed nineteen countries from the region. Of note is that […]
The Belize Electricity Workers Union and Belize Electricity Limited are at odds tonight over the fate of four long-standing employees. Come May seventeenth, a team of plant operators, stationed at the company’s mile-eight facility, will be unemployed following a decision to make their respective jobs redundant. In 2012, the government-owned utility transitioned from operating its […]
In responding to the concerns of the union, B.E.L.’s Manager of Corporate Services, Dawn Sampson-Nunez says that the employees were given a chance to undergo training but when they refused the offer that window of opportunity later expired. Dawn Sampson-Nunez, Manager, Corporate Services, B.E.L. “The company immediately offered to the employees involved the opportunity […]
There is one more report on Belize Electricity Limited. The company has announced an offering of twenty-five million dollars in series six debentures to shareholders in the government-owned company. While the bonds are being advertised to series three holders since May fifth, B.E.L. says it has been generating the interest of investors who are willing […]
In light of the ongoing debacle within the Ministry of Health, particularly where it concerns the recent appointment of Danini Contreras as Director of Drug Inspectorate, as well as the procurement of pharmaceuticals, a release has been issued by a collective of suppliers in support of stringent measures by the Ministry of Health to ensure […]
In July last year, the Gang Suppression Unit arrested a family of six and linked them to the discovery of a firearm, ammunition and week found inside a church adjacent to their home on Victoria Street. At the time, the GSU claimed that the Estrada/Jones family was using the church as a stash house. […]
Tourism stakeholders are meeting for the rest of this week in their expo known as BETEX. It is one of the major events hosted by the Belize Tourism Industry Association and this year, there are new and familiar faces. BETEX provides immense opportunities to those in the market to show what individual operators have to […]
There is other good news in the industry. The Belize Tourism Board is reporting that arrivals for overnight, cruise and airport visitors went up between January to March 2014, when compared to the same period last year. In respect of airport tourist arrivals, there was a ten percent increase for visitors arriving at the P.G.I.A., […]
The University of Belize through its Primary Education curriculum today put off a math fair. The purpose is to encourage interest in one of the most challenging subject areas in primary schools curriculum. Adjunct Mathematics Lecturer at UB, Brian Plummer along with his students came up with creative and fun ways to learn statistics, algebra […]
The Ministry of Education today hosted the Second National TVET Conference in Belize City. It’s all about showcasing and celebrating education, with a focus on the promotion of technical and vocational education and training in a holistic way. Featuring guest speakers from the region, the seminar is targeting all stakeholders in vocational education, from trainees […]
According to Gomez, this is just one prong of an extensive initiative to promote technical and vocational education. There is constant interaction between the Ministry of Education and stakeholders, but she recognizes the need to do much more to reach their goals. Currently, students who are certified in Belize receive a National Vocational Qualification, but […]
It’s dry, it’s windy and the mayflowers are in full bloom. Sounds like a beautiful day in the jewel, but for allergy sufferers – it’s anything but. In the United States, the 2014 allergy season is predicted to be a tough one, as the extended cold has proved better for pollination of plants. But what […]
