A minor is dead following a shooting incident on Daly Street this evening. The minor was accompanied by an adult who remains hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Sometime around four-thirty p.m. they came under gunfire as they were making their way on a bicycle towards Craig Street. It is reported that as many […]
Belize National Teachers Union has been silent in the past few days. That is because we have learned that the union has decided to challenge the government in respect of salary deductions for teachers to be made at the end of this month. A letter was sent to the Minister of Education and Acting Prime […]
A family from Crooked Tree, Belize District is mourning the unexplained death of one of their own. Thirty year old Deonnie Robinson, a mother of three children, was admitted to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital on October twenty-eighth for a throat infection. While hospitalized, it was discovered that there was a swelling to her brain […]
It’s been almost two weeks since Robinson died and a postmortem is yet to be performed to determine the cause of death. Her body remains in the morgue and Crawford says that she needs to put closure to the death of her daughter. Pastor Mildred Crawford, Mother of Deceased “The next day I asked […]
Belize awaits the return of Prime Minister Dean Barrow on Saturday from New York City, where he urged bondholders tied to the 2038 Bond or “Superbond Three point O” to come together to listen to Belize’s pitch for a further restructuring of the multi-billion dollar debt package. The Barrow administration conceded in a press release […]
Both Heredia and Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington concede that the issue of the Super Bond restructuring did not come up during the last meeting of the Cabinet. While Elrington admits to being in the dark on the latest round of talks, he is confident that the outcome of the negotiation will be favorable to Belize. […]
After extensive debate and more than a few hurt feelings, Norwegian Cruise Line is finally ready to get its cruise port at Harvest Caye in the Stann Creek District off the ground. An inauguration of the multimillion dollars tourism project is being planned as the first ships come into harbour next week. We hear more […]
The Government has completely backtracked, for now at least, on the issue of seismic testing, cancelling the visit of one ship scheduled to do testing but allowing another that will perform less invasive testing. The environmental community has gotten Belmopan to budge somewhat on its eight-point agenda for lifting a Government-placed moratorium on offshore petroleum-related […]
Sexual assault is a continuing terror to our societies. Unlike murder which is final for the victim if not for those left behind, and robbery, burglary and theft which assault a person but leave fewer lasting scars, victims of rape, incest and other forms of sexual assault live with these horrific events for the remainder […]
During today’s Jurist Project meeting in Belize City, Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin acknowledged a severe backlog in criminal cases and especially sexual assault cases in certain parts of the country. Despite the dispatch of Supreme Court Justice Antoinette Moore to sit in Belmopan and Denis Hanomansingh to Dangriga, the number of cases is at a […]
Another aspect of criminal justice as it relates to sexual assault cases is the continued care to ensure that not only victims, but all of society are aware of the most violent and unredeemable offenders. As with other countries, Belize has provisions for a Sex Offenders’ Registry; but it has not been implemented despite being […]
The Sarstoon Protocol; it’s been several months since the governments of Belize and Guatemala discussed formalizing a proposed set of guidelines that would govern access to the southernmost reach of the country. The area has been under contention since 2015 when the Guatemalan Armed Forces ramped up its presence and control of the riverine access. […]
He was lost in a plane crash above the San Pedro Airport in February of 2010. But Sir Barry Bowen probably wouldn’t have minded, considering that he regularly made flights in his personal aeroplane between his residence on Ambergris Caye and the center of his business empire, Belize City, as well as out west to […]
Green Tech Belize a fifty-four hour intense boot camp geared at fostering entrepreneurship through the use of green technology was officially launched today. Belize Training and Employment Center and the Caribbean Climate Innovation Center are hosting the potential entrepreneurs. The boot camp is designed to empower them with skills and relevant tools to start up […]
According to the UNFPA, what the world looks like in fifteen years will depend on what we do today to help a ten-year-old girl realize her potential. In its 2016 report, the UNFPA notes that more than half of the world’s ten-year-old girls live in countries with high levels of gender inequality. This means that […]
On Thursday evening, a consultation was held at the Memorial Park in Belize City on the proposed development of the Fort George Tourism Zone. The master plan looks at specific changes in the area. One of the biggest concerns of residents was the flow of traffic that is proposed. During the consultations, a plan put […]
The Kettle Appeal by the Salvation Army is a given at this time of the year. Every year the Salvation Army pulls out the red pot indicating that generosity is encouraged in the spirit of the holidays. This morning Albert Street in downtown Belize City felt the vibes as the appeal was launched. News Five’s […]
