There was a late evening protest in Dangriga where members of the Southern Workers Union this evening protested in front of the Southern Regional Hospital. The hospital has been plagued by a long list of problems ranging from a dysfunctional morgue to lack of mediation and equipment. The S.W.U. is advocating for better treatment for […]
Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber says that government’s decision to write-off a forty thousand dollars loan issued to Joshua Perdomo, son of Cabinet Secretary, is unfortunate. Prime Minister Dean Barrow who is also the Minister of Finance tabled the motion on Friday last during the Sitting of the House of Representatives. As we have been […]
Patrick Faber will be holding an endorsement convention for the Collet in early September. He is also the Deputy Leader of the United Democratic Party and his hope is to lead the party and succeed Dean Barrow. The U.D.P.’s date for its National Leadership Convention is Sunday, February ninth, 2020. It will take place at […]
Mount Carmel Preschool has failed to receive its license from the Ministry of Education. The school reportedly has sixty students on its enrollment list and the management is concerned that if it does not receive its license it will not be able to open its doors to the children in the new school year. The […]
The lifeless body of Michael Hyde was retrieved earlier today from the Caribbean Sea in the vicinity of the Turneffe Islands by coastguard personnel. It is believed that Hyde may have drowned at sea; however, the circumstance surrounding his death is unknown. According to coastguard officials, there was no visible sign of foul play on […]
Police are still looking for twenty-three-year-old Henry Gideon, the man accused of attacking and stabbing his own grandmother on Wednesday night. Gideon allegedly pounced on his grandmother, sixty-five-year-old Fernanda Garcia while she rested in a hammock inside her small home in Trinidad Village, Orange Walk District. The elderly woman, who has been blind for more […]
There have been consistent reports that Scotiabank Belize is pulling out. Regionally the bank is said to be exiting from several branches in the Caribbean. The Central Bank of Belize, however, is saying it has not received notice from the bank of the possibility of a sale. The Jamaica Gleaner is reporting that David Noel, […]
The 2019 CODICADER Games are being held in Tegucigalpa, Honduras where team Belize won a gold medal in male football earlier today. Belize’s victory over Panama by a score of seven goals to six came during a penalty shootout at the end of regulation time when both teams drew at one goal apiece. On Thursday, […]
Works on the Marshelleck Stadium in Benque Viejo del Carmen has slowed and the community is taking notice. Repairs were being done under the Belize Infrastructure Limited but there is an issue with finances and the scope of the project. Minister of Sports, Patrick Faber sits on the board of BIL as Co-Chair and explained […]
The Operation Support Team and other Units of the Police Department made a number of busts in the past two days. The Operations team got a firearm off the streets following an operation at an airline at the Belize Municipal Airstrip on Thursday afternoon. They retrieved a box containing a nine milimetre Glock seventeen pistol […]
A fight between a pair of siblings over property ended violently and tonight, thirty-eight year old Mark Anthony Ferguson is on remand accused of attempting to kill his brother, forty-four-year old Oliver Peters. Ferguson was arraigned on Thursday evening for the attempted murder of Peters. The incident took place on August seventeenth in Belize City. […]
A first conference for tourism stakeholders took place today in Belize City. It was organized by the Belize Tourism Board to encourage those in the industry to become more competitive and maintain the edge on cruise ship tourism. Tourist arrivals have been on the increase but other destinations have been upping their services. The Belize […]
Tonight, representatives of the Department of the Environment are holding a public meeting at Orange Walk Town to address concerns on the deteriorating health of the New River. For several months now, the condition of the river has declined and it has turned into a milky green hue and a foul stench is emanating from […]
At the crack of dawn this morning, there was a shooting in Dangriga. Twenty-one year old Darrel Smith was shot in the upper leg and transported to the Southern Regional Hospital where he is in a stable condition. The mechanic of Rivas Estate was in the vicinity of a bar in the town when he […]
On Thursday morning, a patrol mounted by the Operation Support Team of the Police conducted a search on a Silver Ford Edge S.U.V., at Miles seventeen in Hattieville, Belize District. Twenty-one- year old Patrick Dean Tillett of a George Price Highway address was behind the steering wheel of the vehicle. Inside police found two sacks […]
The Made in Belize Catalogue was launched this morning by the trade and investment arm of the government. The magazine is a comprehensive directory of fifty local businesses and provides insight on a wide range of local goods. The publication is key in exposing businesses preparing to enter their products in the competitive regional and […]
Belize has been spared of hurricanes in the recent past, but the National Emergency Management Organization, NEMO is not letting its guard down. NEMO is strongly advising government line ministries and its emergency committees to convene meetings and identify necessary logistics in their plans as the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea are now showing signs […]
The Ministry of Health hopes to put in place a plan to monitor the use, effectiveness and safety of medications in Belize. This initiative is the first of its kind in the country and the Ministry has engaged the help of the Pan American Health Organization and the Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Authority of […]
