There has only been one murder in San Ignacio since the start of the year, but the body of a man was found on Wednesday afternoon in the area of the San Ignacio Community Hospital. The grisly discovery was made by a resident who is constructing nearby and it took his daughter to identify him […]
A peculiar accident claimed the life of a mother and left two of her children and two others injured on Wednesday night in Santa Elena, Cayo. It happened at a church were the congregation had gathered for the evening service. Somehow, a parked vehicle moved from its position in front of the church, crashed through […]
The arrest on June twenty third, 2015 of Maya Leaders Alliance spokesperson Cristina Coc and twelve other residents of Santa Cruz Village has become an international issue. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the O.A.S. has written to the government seeking information on the arrests on the grounds that the life and personal integrity […]
The trial for murder against thirty year old Dionicio Salazar started on June twenty-second before Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin. And at noon today, a jury of six men and six women stepped into the deliberating room to decide Salazar’s fate. At six-twenty, the jury indicated that it required more time to deliberate. Salazar is accused […]
The La Inmaculada Credit Union, headquartered in Orange Walk, is one of the largest in the country. It has assets around fifty million and about twenty-one thousand members, but it also has a big problem. On May eighth, its long-time General Manager and institution icon Yolanda Gomez was summarily placed on administrative leave by the […]
In the Supreme Court before Justice Troadio Gonzalez, the office of the D.P.P. entered a nolle prosequi in the case against twenty-eight year old Brian Welch of Belize City. He was accused of the attempted murder of the then nineteen year old Alfredo Rodriguez, another Belize City resident. On September fifteen, 2012, Rodriguez fingered Welch […]
Six men are in custody tonight in respect of an unlicensed firearm found on Turneffe Caye. The men were detained by the Belize Coast Guard on the caye and handed over to the police on Wednesday for the nine millimeter firearm. They are twenty one year old Everon Teck, twenty-nine-year-old Geovanni Murillo, fifty-two-year-old Goldburn Goff, […]
And inside the Senate on Wednesday, things got testy between Senators Thimbrel and Shoman. The U.D.P. senator said that the “U.D.P. Government” is spending the monies wisely and that the proof is in the pudding. Well, the way the “debate” was going didn’t seem to sit well with Shoman. Here’s how that exchange went. […]
And there is no debate of Petrocaribe without the now famous ‘tacos and beer’ trip to Corozal. Well, in the senate, Senator Godwin Hulse justified the use of Petrocaribe funds for the “free trip”- which, you may know by now, has been publicly condemned by many as irresponsible use of the funds. And it was […]
And whether it sounded like a debate or not, things were a bit calmer when Senator Joy Grant presented. She served up the usual figures and little political jabs here and there, but she told the senate that no matter how much the Petrocaribe is opposed – they, the U.D.P., did their home work. In […]
And just before seven o’clock tonight, Dionicio Salazar learnt his fate in his third trial for the murder of Rodney August. As we said earlier in the newscast, a jury had been deliberating all afternoon and has now determined that Salazar is not guilty of murder or manslaughter. This ends Salazar’s third trial for Rodney’s […]
The 2015 sugar cane crop, which started very late in January, will close next week Tuesday, July seventh at six pm. The opening was delayed by hostile negotiations between the B.S.C.F.A. and ASR/B.S.I. which at one point threatened to derail the crop season completely. With such a late start, and heavy rains already affecting the […]
The area comprising the Pound Yard Private Market, the Michael Finnegan Market and the Bus Terminal is busy all the time. That’s the main hub where commuters come and go, and Belizeans buy fruits and vegetables for the cheapest prices – fresh off the farm. But it’s also one of the dirtiest areas in the […]
With the removal of physical punishment from primary schools across the country in 2013, there has been a need for administrators and teachers to employ a proactive approach to student discipline. The overwhelming demand for an alternative to the rod has resulted in an initiative to implement a Positive Behavior Interventions and Support System in […]
The initiative was designed to offer information, training and support to schools. It commenced in the 2014/2015 academic year with twelve schools. The introductory step continues to grow and principals, teachers and members of the school communities will be trained and supported. Candy Armstrong, Director, Educational Support Services, MOE “This training is for the […]
If you suffer from insomnia you know all too well the devastating effects it can have on your body. There’s a difference though, between, having a rough couple of nights and chronic insomnia. So, if you’ve been having trouble falling asleep or staying asleep in the night, this next segment of Healthy Living may put […]
