The fate of Reynaldo Verde will be determined on Wednesday. The Deputy Director of the Belize Tax Service remains behind bars in the U.S. on charges of interference with commerce by means of extortion and attempted extortion. There is now a possibility that he might not face jail time. Court documents show that Attorney Karen Rochlin, […]
The murder trial of William “Danny” Mason and four other accused men continued to face a hitch today in the Belmopan Supreme Court. That is because the court has been unable to get a statement from one of the last witnesses for the defense. The witness, Tim Reid, was employed by the U.S. Embassy at […]
Almost a month and a half after he was targeted on Police Street in the Saint Martin De Porres area of Belize City, forty-four-year-old Brindel Munnings Junior passed away at his house. Munnings was only recently released from the K.H.M.H. after being hospitalized for weeks. He was shot multiples times in August in what police […]
The Public Service Union says it won’t be moving though it recognizes the purchase of Hill Top by Simplex Design Company Limited as legal. In November of 2018, the P.S.U. headquarters was sold by the Belmopan City Council to the company and despite their efforts and even a promise by the Prime Minister to get […]
Today, the C.E.O. in the Ministry of Human Development, Judith Alpuche, acknowledged the need for more collaborative work with the police when it comes to detaining minors. Speaking about the video of the hostel escapee who was roughed up while being detained by the police, C.E.O. Alpuche says that her ministry stands ready to work […]
A 2004 squatters’ problem on the Belize/Guatemala border is re-emerging. There is word that Guatemalan families have begun clearing lands in that area. More than ten years ago, about thirty families from El Barrio Judah in Guatemala were relocated to the border and subsequently, these families inched their way into Belizean territory. Pictures posted by […]
The General Debate at the United Nations started on September twenty-fourth and has now concluded. On Saturday, Foreign Minister, Wilfred Elrington addressed the assembly; at the end of his statement, Elrington spoke of the Guatemalan claim to Belize which by way of a referendum in May is now before the International Court of Justice for […]
Between 2016 and 2017 the Senate Special Select Committee met for more than forty sessions over the course of thirteen months to carry out its investigation into the Auditor General’s Special Audit Report of the Immigration and Nationality Department 2011-2013. Over the lengthy inquiry, key witnesses including ministers, C.E.O. and other government officials were drilled, […]
Julius Espat is also the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, PAC. The PAC is tasked at looking at government spending and holding public officers and politicians responsible According to Espat, despite many efforts, the PAC remains non-functional. Espat says that the committee which is made up of a majority of government ministers has no political […]
The Cotton Tree Village Council took the Government of Belize to court almost four years ago. The case revolves around two hundred and fifty-four parcels of lots that had been secured by U.D.P. Minister Anthony Martinez and given to Port Loyola constituents. The Village Council took the matter to court on the bases that the villagers […]
In Belize City, residents in the Port Loyola Constituency will be allowed to have their land woes addressed. U.D.P. Standard Bearer for Port Loyola, Phillip Willoughby has arranged for a land consultation sessions for the seventeenth and eighteenth October at the Y.M.C.A. compound in Belize City. Willoughby says the consultation will allow the constituents to speak with […]
After serving seven years on remand, twenty-eight-year-old Kenyon Dominguez walked free from the Supreme Court on Monday for gunning down Keith Lewis on July eleventh on Miller Street, behind the Complex Building. Justice Colin Williams, in a trial by judge without jury, ruled that Dominguez had no case to answer. The justice upheld a no […]
The K.H.M.H.A. Board and the K.H.M.H. Workers Union have come to an agreement. The parties were at an impasse over several issues including the union’s demand for the removal of Medical Chief of Staff, Doctor Beatriz Thompson. A statement from the K.H.M.H. reads “The K.H.M.H.A. Board and Union met on Friday, September twenty-seventh where pending […]
The production of hemp is under consideration in a number of Caribbean countries due to its economic potentials. It is one of the more interesting topics on the agenda of an ongoing CARICOM meeting which is looking at the exploration of the business of cannabis and hemp production in the region. Now, for years, the […]
The paper presentation will also look at the implications as it relates to food security since countries may embark on converting land traditional used for food production to cultivate cannabis and hemp. Shaun Baugh says that the forum is sharing information on all aspects so that countries can decide collectively if this is the way […]
The National Council on Ageing wants older persons, persons with disabilities, pregnant women and women with young children to have more access to essential services. To do this, the council partnered with BAPDA and the Ministry of Human Development to launch a campaign called “Front ah di line.” The campaign will see work done with […]
As you heard just now, the National Council on Ageing launched a campaign to increase accessibility to basic services for overlooked groups including older persons and persons with disability. As a part of today’s activities, the N.C.A. also held an expo featuring free health services, self-care information, and other essential services available for these vulnerable […]
Villagers in San Antonio in the Toledo District have been without water for two days. Area Representative for Toledo West Oscar Requeña says that the village’s water woes is a well of political interference by members of the ruling United Democratic Party. Requeña says that the village’s water board has not been functioning properly and is […]
Today the Protected Areas Conservation Trust made its singular largest investment in marine protected areas in Belize. As a part of its conservation investment strategy, PACT awarded over one million dollars to the Fisheries Department to be used to strengthen the management of five marine protected areas. Reporter Andrea Polanco has the details on how […]
As you heard, a week of working sessions, including ministerial discussions and stakeholder engagement in respect of agriculture in the region, is taking place in Belize at the Biltmore Plaza. Organized by the CARICOM Secretariat, a total of seven meetings are ongoing on a variety of issues relating to the Regional Agricultural Planners’ Forum, the […]
The National Emergency Management Organization, NEMO is keeping a close watch on a broad area of low pressure that is currently located over the northwester Caribbean Sea. In an advisory issued late today, NEMO says that the area continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms but further development is expected to be slow as it […]
Back to the regional meetings, members of the ministerial Council of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism met today at the Biltmore Plaza. C.R.F.M. is discussing a cadre of issues affecting the multimillion-dollar industry, which Executive Director Milton Haughton says continues to thrive, despite many constraints. Top on the agenda is the unabated and disruptive illegal, […]
But where is the region in terms of accessing markets for its fishery products? Trade in fish and seafood is one of the largest areas of agriculture commodity globally; over one hundred and fifty billion dollars of fish and seafood is traded internationally. The region has been exporting to markets across the world including the […]
There has been persistent loss of life due traffic accidents since the start of the year, but fortunately a crash on the Hummingbird Highway in Belmopan left five persons nursing minor injuries on Saturday night. In a separate incident in the north, a man crashed on motorcycle and plunged into a creek in the north. […]
