As the families of Oscar Humes and Kevin Moro prepare to lay their loved ones to rest, residents of Punta Gorda are still reeling from Monday night’s double murder. The Police Department, meanwhile, has stepped up presence in the town to avert further violence but there have been no arrests. The two friends were inside […]
As we said, Punta Gorda police are yet to make an arrest in a double homicide that has rocked the southern community, but they have been able to make progress in another investigation which preceded the murders of Kevin Moro and Oscar Humes. Earlier today, twenty-four-year-old Albert Valentine, a resident of Punta Gorda, was arraigned […]
The Moro and Humes families of Punta Gorda Town continue to grieve the loss of their loved ones. In the wake of the tragedy they have organized a candlelight vigil which they hope will bring other families together in the name of peace and solidarity. While they have not heard anything official from investigators, the […]
Aside from the spate of violence there was another unfortunate incident in Punta Gorda where a baby was injured. Eighteen-month-old Vela Usher was transported to Belize City and is hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital following a fire on Tuesday evening at her home in Punta Gorda. According to the toddler’s mother, twenty-five-year-old Aaronie […]
Also in the south, an American national was attacked and robbed inside his home in Hopkins on Saturday. Seventy-three-year-old Thomas Shannon reported that two armed men broke into his home, sprayed him with bug spray, stabbed and tied him up. The men stole cell-phones, a laptop and other gadgets. Shannon reportedly freed himself and got […]
PUP Belize City Councillor, Micah Goodin remains without a portfolio tonight. After being benched following an altercation with City Administrator Stephanie Lindo-Garbutt, Councillor Goodin took to Facebook to respond to the Council’s unified position on the incident. Councillor Goodin posted that he was being used by the ‘bigger heads’, stating that “the bigger heads loved […]
In October 2018, the Department of Environment issued a stop order to businessman Hiasam Diab for a construction that had commenced along Sand Lighter’s Promenade, next to the Ramada Princess Hotel. D.O.E. was concerned about the disposal of garbage and sewer. It was later explained that Belize Waste Control would deal with that matter and […]
The Belize City Council will increase the cost of new license plates for vehicles. The new price will be thirty-five dollars and it’s scheduled to take effect on March fifteenth. The Belize City Council issued a notice on Tuesday and today Mayor Bernard Wagner explained the reason for the increase. Bernard Wagner, Belize City […]
On Tuesday, Commissioner Chester Williams was asked about the status of the investigation into interdicted Corporal Darrell Tutsie Usher. If you’ll recall, he has been on interdiction because he was charged with drug trafficking. Usher was recently freed of that charge but he is still facing charges before a police tribunal. Earlier this month, he […]
For a long time the top brass of the Belize Police Department was viewed as an all boys club. Across the world there is a hyper-masculine culture that plays out in police departments, from policies to promotions. In Belize, there has never been a female commissioner since the first Belizean commissioner in 1969 – the […]
In 2018 a butane gas explosion rocked the Mopan and Mahogany Streets neighbourhood in Belize City when a faulty butane cylinder exploded in an apartment building. Three persons were injured including twenty-two-year-old Grayson Cadle. Cadle received second and third-degree burns to more than seventy percent of his body. After a few days at the K.H.M.H., […]
It has been two years since the Social Security Board embarked in a consultation process to seek support for the adjustment of the Board’s contribution and pension scheme. The S.S.B. is critically close to what experts call the ‘period of equilibrium’ where total income equals total expenditure. In order to avoid a financial crash, the […]
Legal changes have also been made to the submission period for sickness and injury benefit claims. According to Doctor Young, the submission period has been extended from four days to fourteen days. Doctor Young says that because of the short period in which employees were being asked to file claims, many had been disallowed due […]
Over the next ten years, the S.S.B. would have been renewing almost four hundred thousand cards and as you can imagine, this takes a lot of money and staff time. So the S.S.B. also made changes to the life term of its card. Starting this year, social security cards won’t expire. According to Doctor Young, […]
As the Belize City Commercial Centre nears completion, Mayor Bernard Wagner has been left with the task of sourcing funds to furnish the huge structure. According to Wagner, the previous U.D.P. City Council did not budget monies to furnish and equip the interior of the building which will also houses City Hall. He says that […]
A regional forum hosted by the Wildlife Conservation Society, involving representatives from ten countries across the Caribbean, concluded today in Belize City. The purpose of the workshop was for the exchange of experiences and reflections on technology solutions for enforcement and compliance for fisheries and marine protected areas in the Mesoamerican and Caribbean Region. Nicole […]
Using the Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool, SMART, participants demonstrated solutions to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries using drones. They also discussed commonalities of Marine Protected Areas compliance gaps, as well as capacity needs for the region. Julio Maaz, Technical Coordinator, WCS “The Wildlife Conservation Society works across the globe in the conservation of […]
