Since last week we have been chasing behind the results of the Primary School Exam. As you know, the results of the competitive examinations are highly anticipated since some high schools use them to determine admissions, but it is officially intended to assess achievement of content and skills in English, Mathematics, Social Studies and Science. […]
There is a much anticipated judgment tonight from the Caribbean Court of Justice. The CCJ has set aside a claim brought by gay rights activist Maurice Tomlinson against the governments of Belize and Trinidad and Tobago. The immigration case was filed in 2013 and required the CCJ to make a ruling on state legislation that […]
While Tomlinson’s case has been discharged and the government of Belize is absolved, the legal challenge is now compelling lawmakers to make the necessary revisions. Attorney Nigel Hawke explains. Nigel Hawke, Attorney General’s Office “The application is dismissed based on state practice, right, and the fact that Mr. Tomlinson did not ever come to […]
Senior Counsel Lisa Shoman, who has an interest in the outcome of the matter, sat in on the decision this morning. She represents Caleb Orozco of UNIBAM who is also filing a constitutional challenge in the Supreme Court in respect of section fifty-three of the criminal code. Following the judgment, which was delivered via teleconference, […]
While the CCJ handed down an unduly delayed judgment today, a little over a year after submissions had been filed, the Supreme Court of Belize is yet to come to a decision on a constitutional challenge to Section Fifty-Three of the Criminal Code. That particular aspect of the Laws of Belize speaks to the penalization […]
Minister Pablo Marin is out of the country, but it is likely that he will return to what is amounting to a storm of controversy over the political appointment of Audibaldo Monima. Monima is now the Regional Health Manager for the North charged with creating healthcare policies in Orange Walk and Corozal and overseeing their […]
Two Bulgarian nationals, who were caught stealing from the Belize Bank ATM in early May of this year, begin a prison term behind bars tonight. Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser imposed a custodial sentence upon both after they pleaded guilty to eighteen counts of theft each. Jeorji Petrov and Halid Yuksel Aptula will have to serve […]
A watchman, the father of five children, was executed on Thursday night soon after he exited a bus. Lyndon Murillo met his death at about nine o’clock before he could get to his home in Mahogany Heights on the George Price Highway. Under the cover of darkness, a gunman shot multiple times at the watchman […]
There is another murder of a Belizean, but it happened in the U.S. Fifty-seven-year-old Elvis Tillett, originally from Crooked Tree Village, has been arrested in Osceola County, Florida for the murder of his son-in-law. According to deputies from the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, Tillett and twenty-nine-year-old Marquise Ephron got into an argument on Sunday afternoon […]
On May twenty-nine, twenty-five year old Michael Wallace was killed on the George Price Highway near the Mile Eight community. Michael, his brother Richard Wallace and a friend Edward Flowers were on their way back to the city after visiting the Central Prison in Hattieville for a family day when they were ambushed by gunmen […]
Twenty-five-year-old Deshawn Young remains hospitalized in critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after being shot multiple times on Thursday night. According to residents, an unidentified male person was seen running along Laura Dunn Street sometime around nine-thirty, shortly before a volley of approximately four shots rang out. The person was later identified as […]
In the past few days, we have been reporting on the arrest of persons for illegal fishing. Well tonight, there is an arrest about illegal logging. An Orange Walk resident and a seventeen year old remain in detention at the Ladyville Police Station after they were caught transporting logs. This morning, Maskall police intercepted a […]
If you’re a resident of Belmopan or the West, or even just a commuter passing through, you’ve definitely seen the massive program of works taking place in the Garden City, including three massive roundabouts and what is being dubbed urban work on the entrance to Belmopan and the Ring Road. It’s progress, but because the […]
That’s the roundabout by Guanacaste Park, but there’s another massive roundabout being built at the junction of the Hummingbird Highway and Forest Drive. Concerns have been expressed by residents of Belmopan that there is no need for that grand a structure at that location because the traffic doesn’t seem to call for it. But Scott […]
There’s another roundabout under construction near the Western Regional Hospital. There’s also work being done on paths on either side of the Ring Road. The concept seemed to be for a jogging path and a bicycle path but the complaint has been the construction which seems to leave much to be desired. Pamela Scott, […]
To round off the project, there is good news for residents of Belmopan. The entire Ring Road will be completely repaved. Scott says it’s much more than infrastructure, though. Pamela Scott, Project Manager, Belize Road Safety Project “What we would do is encourage drivers to move very slowly on the road and bear patience […]
This morning, the Ministry of Health received a very much needed donation of thirty foldable wheelchairs from the Government of Japan. The aid is a part of Japan’s Non-Project Grant Aid for the provision of Industrial Products. Handing over the wheelchairs on behalf of Japan was Resident Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency while […]
Earlier we showed you the road works in Belmopan being down through the Road Traffic Safety Project. But one other municipality is also preparing to embark on a massive infrastructure project. This week we spoke to Mayor Kevin Bernard who told us that orange Walk isn’t being left behind, even though they haven’t been able […]
This Saturday, the police department will be having a book fair in both the north and rural eastern division jurisdictions. The community outreach program is being done to foster reading primarily in the youth, but caters to everyone. Assistant Commissioner of Police Edward Broaster told the media today that there is a wide variety of […]
Soca versus Dancehall…it’s a one of its kind concert that the promoters from Kings Promotion have put together for Belizeans this Saturday at the Hour Bar Field in Belize City. Bacchanalist Kerwin Dubois and Dancehall/Reggae artist Aidonia will take the stage to give partygoers a taste of both worlds. Today, the artists touched down in […]
