Prime Minister Dean Barrow is back in the country. He was in Cuba for spinal surgery which he underwent on September fourth. The PM arrived at the Philip Goldson International Airport on an American Airline flight. He was picked up by his driver and swiftly departed the airport. But he did make a stop while […]
There is a report of the alleged kidnapping of an eight-year-old student on Monday. It happened in Belmopan while the boy was heading home from school along with his older brother and sister. The children told their mother that they were approached by a man in a white van offering them a ride home. The […]
A policeman and seven B.D.F. soldiers, who were jointly charged for the crime of murder but had the charge dismissed on Wednesday, will be re-arrested and the charge levied against them again. This is what Minister of State for National Security Elodio Aragon Junior told the media this morning. The men, police officer Lennart Cajun; […]
Since embattled President Sapna Budhrani was placed on administrative leave, Doctor John Morris, the Director of the Institute of Archaeology has been at the helm of the statutory body. It was at his desk that the findings of an external audit by Baker Tilly Hulse landed and was later presented to the Board at a […]
There was a parliamentary caucus and a cabinet meeting held today in Belmopan prior to Friday’s House meeting. Cabinet agreed to the reinstatement, with immediate effect, of Sapna Budhrani. The Minister of Culture, Patrick Faber, confirmed that she is now back on the job. Patrick Faber, Minister of Culture “The Board of NICH met […]
The Belize National Teachers Union and the Ministry of Education are at odds again. The B.N.T.U. says a number of its members will be disenfranchised by the “finalized” listing of re-categorised hardship schools. The list was introduced by the Ministry of Education at the start of the school year, but the B.N.T.U. says the exercise […]
The Council also looked at the issue of day offs, half day or a full day, granted to teachers only at the end of the month to collect salaries at the banks. Back in November 2010, it was agreed that eligible schools with proper justification would be allowed to take the last Friday off in […]
Nine of eleven teachers at the Claver College Extension on Punta Gorda were fired earlier this week on Tuesday. The teachers were let go when they could not agree on the terms of a contract on their salaries to be paid every two months. Board Chair Lisel Alamilla sent them home and is looking for […]
On Monday morning, the top brass at the Ministry of National Security appeared on Open Your Eyes, the first stop in a media round speaking in support of a ‘YES’ vote to take the Guatemalan claim to the International Court of Justice for resolution. Senior officials of Belize’s three security arms, Coast Guard Rear Admiral […]
A fifty-two-year-old woman was violently attacked and raped in broad daylight while at her house. On Wednesday, Dangriga police were called to the Southern Regional Hospital where they saw the woman with injuries to her face. The victim told police that she was at home in Pomona Village doing laundry when a man who she […]
Shots were fired on Wednesday night on Faber’s road in the Old Capital. Residents of the area say that they heard the sound of gunshots at around seven o’clock. When police responded they discovered that no one was hurt. ASP Alejandro Cowo told the media today that the shooting resulted from a dispute between residents […]
A fight between two men who were supposed to be friends led to a shooting incident in Armenia Village, Cayo. Twenty-nine-year-old Roni Diaz and fifty-nine-year-old Miguel Funez were at a bar in the village socializing on Wednesday when a verbal disagreement ensued. It got physical with Funez pulling out his nine-millimeter pistol and shooting Diaz […]
San Ignacio Police are investigating an armed robbery which occurred on Wednesday afternoon. Delivery man and driver for Vega’s Imports, Ellsworth Martinez told police that he and the two coworkers stopped on Carrillo Puerto Avenue in Santa Elena Town to make a delivery. He and one of his coworkers exited the vehicle and upon returning […]
The Taiwanese Government has gifted the Police Department one million dollars in motorcycles and crime fighting equipment. Last year, the then Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Ellington lobbied for the monies to strengthen the department’s capacity to tackle crime. The sum of five hundred thousand dollars was awarded by the Taiwanese, for which the department […]
The U.S. Government has awarded over a million U.S. dollars to the four organizations through the CARSI-ESF programme. Since 2008, over seven million U.S. dollars been awarded to various N.G.O.s. Today’s funding is just one part of over forty million U.S. dollars awarded through the CARSI programme to Belize. The focus of the 2018 disbursement […]
The cost of living went up in the month of August. Data from the Statistical Institute of Belize shows that the cost of living inched up by one percent due to the hike in the price of fuel. The prices for food items and non-alcoholic beverages, however, went down. The S.I.B. also reports that imports […]
The Garifuna Collective is heading to Spain for the famed World Expo of Music, having secured the necessary funding. As you know, the Collective has performed on international stages, but WOMEX is a big deal. This morning, the National Institute of Culture and History announced it will be making available the remaining thirty thousand dollars […]
