Around seven-thirty on Thursday night, shots rang out in the vicinity of Dolphin Street near the rear of Roger’s Stadium. A well-known taxi driver and activist had been gunned down in cold blood. Seventy-two-year-old Albert Anthony Cattouse was driving his Lincoln Town Car on Hicatee Street when he was targeted by a gunman. The bullet […]
Warren Lewis has been on remand for over eight years for the August eighteenth, 2009 murder of Albert Allen. After almost a decade and after a third trial for murder was not forthcoming by the judiciary, attorney Darrell Bradley sought bail today for twenty-six-year-old Lewis, a former B.D.F. volunteer, who at the age of eighteen […]
The badly decomposed body of sixty-nine-year-old Christoffer Jan Roggema was found today in some high bushes in Saint Margaret Village. The Norwegian- Belizean businessman went missing on Monday while out scouting for a piece of property to build a business. According to close friend, Jaime Perez, who has known Roggema for more than fifteen years, […]
They had expected many more, but only fifteen family members and friends and a handful of concerned citizens joined the search for seventeen-year-old Erwin Rodriguez. Although all signs point to foul play, the family of the teenager is focused on finding his body and knowing definitively what happened to him. The inhospitable terrain of the […]
Attorney Kareem Musa has written the Ministry of Works and Contractor General Godwin Arzu under the Freedom of Information Act. On behalf of Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action, he is asking for reasonable inspection of several documents in connection with Thursday’s contract signing for the reconstruction of Fabers’ Road between the George Price Highway […]
The Belize National Teachers’ Union is joining in on the backlash against the proposed appointment of Franz Parke to the Court of Appeal. In a statement released today it questioned Parke’s qualifications. Citing Section 101 of the Constitution, it argues that Parke, from his widely publicized C.V., has neither served as a judge in the […]
On Thursday, Daniel Fabro and Frank Sharp were formally introduced as candidates in the upcoming race for the president and vice president of the Football Federation of Belize. Both men have decided to throw their hats in the ring to challenge the leadership of the organization. The direction of F.F.B. remains under question since a […]
The constant harassment of Paul ‘Chicken Dread’ Ferguson by the Belize City Council continued around noon today in front of E.P. York High School. This time a tractor was reportedly called in to haul off his vending truck and impound it at CitCo’s works department on the George Price Highway. Despite having obtained the requisite […]
As we reported on Thursday, cases of conjunctivitis experienced an epidemic-level spike in the last month, after trailing 2016 for the first nine months of the year. In the last four weeks, more than nine thousand cases have been reported, causing significant loss of production in five of Belize’s six districts. The Ministry of Health […]
The other concern, especially when it comes to ‘pink eye’s’ fast spread, is behaviour in public places and while traveling. The ministry, according to Doctor Manzanero, is closely working with its counterpart in education to manage the infection rate in schools, but there are concerns that those who have recovered could return to the same […]
Since the beginning of the week, reports to News Five are that the Southern Regional Hospital in Dangriga saw several patients walk out after being informed that there was no anesthesiologist on duty and no chemicals available to perform gynecological services. Several of these patients have since found alternate places to be checked, but it […]
With more than nine thousand cases of conjunctivitis reported in the last month, chances are you know someone suffering with ‘pinkeye.’ But what happens if that someone is working in the health industry – in this case, with Belize Emergency Response Team? No employer likes losing a worker for the better part of a week, […]
A press release from the organization issued on Thursday advises the general public to minimize non-emergency calls to BERT until the situation is stabilized, but notes that emergency services remain in place. But which is which? According to Andre Carrillo, those situations which do not necessarily require immediate medical intervention and free services such as […]
Ever wondered why Belize Emergency Response Team doesn’t pick up dead bodies from homes or murder scenes? The image of a police vehicle carrying the covered dead body as relatives cry in the background is sadly a regular image on the daily news, but some believe it’s really a job for the ambulance crew. It’s […]
On Thursday, the Belize City Council received road and canal maintenance equipment valued at one point seven million dollars. The equipment was obtained through the flood mitigation infrastructure program with financing from the Inter American Development Bank. The equipments handed over include a jet-vacuum truck, street sweeper, asphalt distributor, backhoe loader and vibrator compactor. C.E.O. […]
B.D.F. to Dominica? Yes, says Defense C.E.O. Felix Enriquez. The B.D.F. will be heading to the hurricane devastated island to help with reconstruction. Dominica has been asking for help after Hurricane Maria tore through the island about three weeks ago – destroying almost every structure. And as a part of its disaster relief outreach to […]
A week ago, the Ministry of Defense hosted the third annual multi-national security conference in Belize City. The purpose of the conference was to share Belize’s vision, work and needs on military assistance with our allies and partners. The conference emphasized security cooperation and military capacity building for the Belize Defense Force, Belize Coast Guard, […]
A ‘Walk for a Green Belize’ will be held tomorrow, Saturday, October fourteenth. The Department of Environment joined forces with Belize Solid Waste Management Authority and the Belize Audubon Society. The clean-up campaign is aimed at building awareness and sustaining an environmentally friendly country. The walk and clean-up will be held along the entire seventy-seven […]
Across the globe on Wednesday, International Day of the Girl Child was recognized. In her statement, United Nations Population Fund’s Executive Director, Doctor Natalia Kanem says, “Girls today enjoy better life prospects than previous generations in many ways. Prosperity and nutrition are improving, child marriage and teenage pregnancy are declining, and female educational attainment and […]
