A man was shot and killed by police officers in Hope Creek over the weekend. There a questions surrounding his death. Police say that the man pointed a gun at them and they responded with bullets- to the shoulder, abdomen and thigh – which fatally wounded the construction worker. But just how much forced was […]
The relentless spate of gun violence in the Old Capital continued this weekend, leaving one person dead and another clinging to life in separate armed assaults. On Friday night, an eighteen-year-old youth was mercilessly shot and killed on Central American Boulevard. Despite the presence of police in the area, the gunman pulled off a daring […]
A Belize City minor is currently in custody for the murder of star reporter, Kareem Clarke. The minor was detained over the weekend by cops on patrol and the police strongly believe that the teenager is responsible for the cold-blooded killing of Clarke. The slain journalist was laid to rest on Saturday, almost a week […]
But the minor, who has since been detained in connection with the murder of Kareem Clarke, is also the main suspect in a shooting that occurred on Friday night in the Old Capital. Around ten-thirty p.m., Glenn Murillo was in front of a Chinese store on Vernon Street with two friends when a gunman walked […]
For quite some time now, the Ghost Town Gang has been splintered and rival factions have been waging war against each other in an internal squabble that has seen significant carnage since the beginning of the year. The blood feud on Mayflower Street has the Belize Police Department working overtime to find a suitable solution […]
In June, two bills were presented to the House for a first reading – an amended PACT Bill and a brand new National Protected Areas System Bill. But while the N.G.O. community has been calling for these bits of legislation for years, what was introduced a couple weeks ago is not necessarily what they wanted. […]
This morning, the N.G.O. stakeholders asked the House sub-committee for more time, and they were granted that time, which means that there is room for much more consultation and input. That approval will likely not sit well with Minister Lisel Alamilla, who has been very aggressive and even contentious in pushing the bills. In fact, […]
The chronically cash strapped F.F.B. has received a much needed infusion of cash and, you guessed it…it’s a gift from Mister Petrocaribe. The symbolic check was handed over this afternoon at F.F.B. headquarters in Belmopan, where national team players have assembled to prepare for the third round of qualifiers set for September. John Saldivar, […]
A quarter million dollars sounds like a lot of money – and it is…but set against the backdrop of a national team in training, and against the costs associated with the individual rounds of competition – it’s not going to be enough. Still, it’s a significant amount of breathing room for the FFB, which can […]
It’s likely that nobody will be complaining much about Petrocaribe rolling onto the Jaguars’ football pitch. The fact is that G.O.B. has been conspicuously absent in the national team’s journey to date. Petrocaribe – the use of it and the recent Act – continue to be sources of controversy and contention though. Today, Financial Secretary […]
In April 2015 four persons were arrested for their involvement in a Treasury Department scam which allegedly netted them more than half-a-million dollars. Preliminary investigations indicated that money due as subvention for the Toledo Community College was diverted into other accounts, and then siphoned off from those accounts. It was a bold scam, uncovered by […]
Twenty-seven-year-old Jaimie Smith walked free from the double murder that claimed the lives of Eric Arana and Dwayne Tillett on Antelope Street Extension four years ago The acquittal took place just before ten thirty this morning, before Justice Adolph Lucas in a trial by judge without jury in which the judge was the judge of […]
A construction worker from Bermudian Landing is tonight on remand for allegedly engaging in sexual intercourse three times with a fourteen-year-old minor. Forty-year-old Orlando Dawson Junior appeared before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith where he was arraigned for three counts of unlawful sexual intercourse. Due to the nature of the offense, no plea was taken […]
The Department of Youth Services, in collaboration with the CARICOM Secretariat, is doing a follow-up training to Creativity for Employment and Business Opportunity. The regional initiative was piloted in five CARICOM member states back in 2012 and has now been introduced to a total of thirteen countries in the region. It looks at providing youths […]
But the visit by the regional delegation is also to establish local CEBO trainers in an effort to sustain this youth and entrepreneurship effort locally. Hilary Brown, Program Manager, Culture & Community Development, CARICOM Secretariat “Initially, we only trained three facilitators in the CEBO methodology from each of the countries in a regional workshop. […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. We head immediately to Big Bird’s Isle where Friday night, Atlantic Bank faced Generals in firms division basketball as the action heats up. In the opening quarter, it’s all Generals. This press looks like a practice 3-man weave as Tyrone Palmerston finds Wilfred […]
