Ladyville Police are investigating the ghastly discovery of a badly decomposed body found floating along the Belize River earlier today. The body of an unidentified woman was retrieved from the waterway this afternoon, in an area approximately three miles downstream from the Burrell Boom Bridge. Dressed in a dark blue blouse and a pair of […]
Today, the family of Janeeka Campbell said their final goodbyes to the two year old child as she was laid to rest at the Lord Ridge Cemetery in Belize City, following funeral services at the Universal Church on Queen Street. But police have still not been able to determine whether her death was as a […]
Did a man who was on the run in connection with a murder take his own life? On Tuesday, Maximiliano Williams was found dead with an apparent gunshot wound to the left side of the chest in Yalbac Village in the Cayo District. He was wanted by San Ignacio Police in connection with the murder […]
A residence in the Lake Gardens community in Ladyville was burglarized by thieves this morning. Sometime around ten-thirty, Ladyville police were summoned to an isolated area where they discovered that a home had been broken into by burglars. The men reportedly gained access through the rear of the building by prying open its backdoor. But, […]
The Senate Special Committee on Immigration hosted its third meeting in Belmopan today. It continued its questioning of Auditor General, Dorothy Bradley, and Supervisor of Audit Carla Faber, on various aspects of the three-volume Special Audit Report on Visas, Passports and Nationality 2011-2013. One major question raised so far during the meeting is how the […]
Inside the Senate Committee meeting, much of the discussion in the morning session was taken up with going over the requirements to issue visas, which the Department seemed to treat as step one in the accelerated process to becoming, illegally, a Belizean citizen. Apart from the usual requirements, matters of security and finance were on […]
The auditors noted in the course of their report that twenty-five thousand defective visas bought from Three-M Company in the U.S. were replaced at a cost of more than fifty thousand Belize dollars, and the originals were destroyed before they could get to them. As part of their investigation of the cash and stock on […]
The Belize Association of General Managers of Pre and Primary Schools says that classes will resume on January third, 2017, contrary to what the Belize National Teachers Union stated on Monday. In a letter written by the association’s Vice Chair Denise Lamb, she says that managers unanimously agreed to have schools reopen six days earlier […]
When the teachers went on an eleven-day strike in October, they had put together a list of eight demands, called the good governance agenda. One of the demands was the contracting of an international expert to investigate the beheading of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas in July. Lucas’ head was found in a bucket in the pan […]
Now back to the senate…Three meetings of the Committee are now complete and some are wondering why the Committee is taking its time and moving so cautiously in relation to questioning the Audit Department. Today Senators spent some time questioning the visa process and how it related to whether visas issued to persons who later […]
Despite initial cynical comments, some from those inside the process, that the Committee’s inquiry will amount to naught, the Committee is expected to produce a report on the testimony of those it calls and make recommendations as to how to proceed with cleaning up the Immigration Department. Two things some expected to see within that […]
Outgoing Minister of Lands Vanessa Retreage clears her desk on December thirty-first, not before completing a list of tasks which include apprising the media on the controversial Ron J Limited land transaction in which an agreement was signed to compensate Ron J a million dollars for land in Placencia which the company acquired for six […]
As far as investigation into the questionable transactions involving land acquired by the Vega family in Carmelita, PM Barrow says that if the facts are indeed accurate, as presented by Lake I Area Representative Cordel Hyde last Friday in the House, then it should be reproved altogether. He also likened that land grab to similar […]
The Opposition People’s United Party has accused the government of completely losing control of the Ministry of Natural Resources, and calls for an immediate independent audit of the powerful Ministry. In a press release the P.U.P. describes the explanation of Minister Vanessa Retreage’s departure “bizarre”, considering that she was only given that portfolio four months […]
The Sarstoon Protocol continues to hang in the air. Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington says there’s been some incremental gains in dialogue, but he wouldn’t share much more on where those conversations are headed. Elrington maintains that Belize is very clear as it relates to what we want out of the Sarstoon Protocol, but it is […]
There is a small list of persons countrywide who are Commissioners of the Supreme Court. But today, following a rigorous selection process including background checks and a test, over a dozen persons were chosen to serve the public. According to Section Fifteen of the Judicature, commissioners are authorized to receive affidavits and declarations or examine […]
Over the past two years we have been sharing with you the creative talents of primary school students through the Primary School Art Skills Training project. It started with teaching the basics of drawing, painting and other art skills and it has developed into a full-fledged program where students are participating internationally for awards and […]
How sustainable and environmentally sound is the process of developing tourism and industry projects, such as offshore drilling? Well, an initiative by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, the Environment, Sustainable Development and Climate Change, which started in 2015, is looking at that. Earlier this year, the Spanish firm Limia and Martin was hired to […]
But to mitigate negative impacts is to identify alternative actions or technologies. According to Martin, one of his main recommendations is for the strengthening of the current legislation, making it more efficient for developers and other stakeholders. Emmanuel Martin, General Manager, Limia & Martin “The current schedules that define which projects needs to do […]
The average life expectancy for a female in Belize is around seventy-three according to the 2015 World Health Organization stats. There are several people who have defied those numbers and over the years we have shown you several of their stories, particularly those who make it to a hundred years old. And tonight we will […]
