There is disappointing news coming out of the Belize Police Department tonight, where hundreds of officers who sat last month’s promotion exams have failed to meet eligibility to move up in rank. The exams were sat countrywide on May fourth and officers interested in being promoted to corporal, sergeant or inspector were given one month […]
Corporal Eldon Arzu, President of the Belize Police Association, is suing Commissioner of Police Chester Williams and has been granted judicial review of the legitimacy of his post as the duly elected leader of the group of law enforcement officers. On May sixth, Justice Shona Griffith ordered that Corporal Arzu report to work in Belmopan […]
Fifty-year-old Kiran Kumar Solanri is tonight recuperating from a frightening ordeal he experienced this morning. Solanri, who is from Palmar Village in the Orange Walk District, told police that the incident happened around eleven o’clock inside the Commercial Free Zone in Corozal. He alleges that two men with guns robbed him of three thousand U.S. […]
A Caye Caulker resident is fighting for his life at the Karl Heusner Memorial, Hospital having undergone a round of life-saving surgery today following a stabbing on the island. On Wednesday night, police responded to reports of an incident at a local bar on the island and arrived to find that William Thomas was stabbed […]
There is little to report from the crime blotter tonight. Just after midday on Tuesday, two thieves – one armed with a gun – held up the sales supervisor from Bowen and Bowen on Gabourel Lane in Belize City. The robbers got away with about a thousand dollars in cash and other personal belonging from […]
Police also gave an update on the armed burglary at the Solid Waste Transfer Station in Belize City. As we had reported on Monday, a group of persons targeted the establishment, formerly known as the dumpsite at mile three on the George Price Highway. The security guard was tied up and the armed burglars entered […]
Foreign Minister Wilfred ‘Sedi’ Elrington appeared before the Court of Appeal this morning where, in his private capacity as a shareholder in the legally embattled Progresso Heights Limited, is appealing the outcome of a matter before the high court. According to Elrington, he believes that there may have been financial impropriety taking place within the […]
On Wednesday, the International Court of Justice issued a release in which it essentially acknowledges receipt of Belize’s application to have its territorial dispute with Guatemala resolved in that jurisdiction. A timeline has been established during which both countries must submit their arguments, but the formal step to get the ball rolling after the I.C.J. […]
Geovanni Brackett is no longer the president of Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action, COLA. Brackett passed on the baton to twenty-one-year-old Shawn Christopher Saldano who won the post in an uncontested election. COLA has been described as a firebrand, grassroots activist group which has had a significant impact on several national issues over the […]
According to Saldano, under his leadership, focus will be placed on building COLA’s membership and economic revenue. Shawn Saldano, President, COLA “The first of which is the security of the administration and the operational duties of COLA. As you know COLA is an activist organization and sometimes there areabsolutely no funds and no budget […]
While Shawn Saldano is new to COLA, he is not necessarily new to the world of politics. Saldano worked at the Youth Department and years ago he had the aspiration to run under the U.D.P. banner. That, unfortunately, did not work out and he parted with the party. Up until recently, Saldano was considering forming […]
A number of residents along the Philip Goldson Highway near mile fifteen, just after the Burrell Boom cut off, are expressing concerns over what they say is a health hazard in the area. They have been exposed to smoke and the chemicals from a nearby property where various items are being disposed of. Ray Cattouse […]
A national consultation to address challenges to girls’ education was held today at the Belize Institute of Management in Belize City. Private and public sector stakeholders gathered to look at the issues surrounding adolescent girls not being inside of the classrooms and the social issues affecting them. The process was triggered by a recent out-of-school […]
The idea is to get young women and girls to understand their position and value in society. There must be a multi-ministerial approach to solve the issue. Today’s consultation serves also as a springboard for a project that is being supported by the CAMI-Fund. The RISE Girls programme has been taking place in schools and […]
The Belize Police Department, through its Community Policing Unit, is teaching south side residents how to sew through an initiative called the Community Development Sewing Programme. The police partnered up with the Department of Youth Services to teach skills in an effort to impact poverty and crime on the south side of Belize City. Last […]
Are you an active youth in your community? If you are doing good work that is making an impact, then you may qualify for the National Youth Awards. The Department of Youth Services is now accepting nominations for this year’s awards. Dominique Noralez of the Department of Youth Services tells us more about the requirements […]
There is yet another fifteen thousand-dollar winner in the recently established Scratch and Win game. Caye Caulker resident and father of one, Wilber Chi is taking home twelve thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars after taxes. Chi is one of thousands of Belizeans that have played the game since it started back in March by […]
A four-day gathering of mental health professionals continued today as part of an effort to finalize a tool that will be used to gather more information on the state of mental health in children ages ten to nineteen across the county. But why is it important to focus on the mental health of children? That’s […]
