It was a rare appearance by four People’s United Party former foreign ministers and Prime Minister Dean Barrow, who has also served as foreign minister. This morning they stood united on stage at the Biltmore Plaza where there was only standing room, shaking off the political mudslinging that has characterized the relationship between the P.U.P. […]
Over the past few months the Belize Peace Movement, a team of politicians from the People’s United Party and the Belize Progressive Party has been running its own counter campaign against going to the I.C.J. The group has pored over the details of the 1859 Treaty and has since come up with specific inadequacies with […]
It was truly a historic moment that played out at the Biltmore today; former P.U.P. Prime Minister Said Musa joined current U.D.P. Prime Minister Dean Barrow sharing the same stage and views on the I.C.J. Absent from the stage was the sitting foreign minister, Wilfred Elrington; but he was in the room as his predecessors […]
Attorney Lisa Shoman was Foreign Affairs Minister between June 2007 and the 2008 general elections. While today she signed the declaration, back in April 2018, Shoman, who made her thoughts known through her Facebook profile, posted a status in which she expressed her disagreement on holding any referendum on going to the I.C.J. until certain […]
A recent poll commissioned by the government revealed that the number of persons who are against taking Guatemala’s claim to the I.C.J. for final resolution has increased by twelve percent when compared to an earlier poll in August 2018. The poll also found that the ‘NO’ vote was prominent in the south and that the […]
Many have criticized the Government’s I.C.J. Referendum Education Campaign, saying that information is not being distributed impartially to the wider population. Prime Minister Dean Barrow today assured that by April tenth, the Referendum Unit would have increased efforts in the campaign to enable voters to make an informed decision. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “Everybody […]
Vicente Martinez, the whistleblower, held a lengthy press conference on Tuesday calling out names of high ranking police officers he claims are involved with drug cartels that have been landing planes in Belizean territory. Martinez has promised evidence, but that has been hard to come by though he can be credited with verifiable intel on […]
While the police department welcomes a new commissioner who vows a no-nonsense approach to brutality and abuse, there are still officers within the ranks of law enforcement that are prone to the use of excessive force. On Monday night, forty-one-year-old Darrell Ramclam, a resident of Fern Lane in Belize City, was shot in the face […]
Senior cop Chester Williams officially took over as Commissioner of Police today. It came as no surprise that Williams was in line to replace Allen Whylie. Whylie was serving in the position for six years during a period when the number of murders rose to historic records. After obtaining his degree in law, Williams held […]
While he refused to confirm his appointment as Commissioner, minutes before the announcement was made on Tuesday, Chester Williams in a brief comment to the media today, commended his predecessor and expressed gratitude to the ministry and government. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “I am honoured and humbled to have been given the opportunity […]
At the end of 2018, one hundred and forty-three persons were killed; this is the second highest count in seven years and it doesn’t factor the amount of persons missing and presumed dead. Most of the incidents were gang related and in the Belize District or as a result of domestic disputes. According to Williams, […]
With the new office comes new responsibilities and that means an end to mediation with gangs; that is, at least for Williams. He told the media today that he will have activist turn politician Dianne Finnegan and Nuri Mohammed work along with the Community Youth Development Programme to mitigate the issue of gang rivalries and […]
Fifty-four-year-old Solomon Ramirez has succumbed to road traffic accident injuries three days after he was knocked off his motorcycle. Ramirez was in a coma and on life support since Sunday night until he died earlier this morning. He was in the traffic accident on Sunday night when he was driving his motorcycle after seven between […]
A baby boy in Bella Vista needs your help. His family is trying to get funds for him to undergo much needed surgery. Nelson Javier Tavora was born almost two years ago in Dangriga and lives with his parents and a sibling in Bella Vista Village in the Toledo District. The baby boy has been […]
An investigation into the untimely death of eleven-week-old baby boy Dion Woodeye Junior is currently underway. The investigation was launched by the Ministry of Health after the baby died at the Corozal Community Hospital on December thirty-first, 2018. The child’s parents took him to the hospital after he began suffering from an extreme case of […]
As scheduled, the Ministry of Education was in Maya Mopan Village to look into why parents are keeping their children at home. Today marked the third day since over ninety students have not attended classes and parents have reported that they will be keeping them at home through the rest of the week. Chief Education […]
The Embassy of China (Taiwan) is pleased to announce that the 2019 Taiwan ICDF Scholarship Programme has officially opened. The embassy is now accepting applications from Belizean students who are seeking to further their education in their respective fields in Taiwan. It is one of the most popular scholarship programmes with more than three hundred […]
