Former U.D.P. politician Mark King is in hot water tonight and is under investigation by the police department for allegedly discharging a weapon in public overnight at a Belize City house. King, the owner of Brints Security and one-time area representative for Lake Independence, was departing a residence on Signa Yorke Street in Belama Phase […]
The villages of Blue Creek and San Felipe up north remain on lockdown, cut off from the rest of the country. The two villages were placed under a State of Emergency when health officials discovered a cluster of COVID-19 cases in Blue Creek Village last Friday. San Felipe is part of the S.O.E. due to […]
According to Teigrob, community members were also concerned over the depleting amount of fuel in the village. Teigrob says that after appearing on Open Your Eyes this morning, the matter was addressed. Brendan Teigrob, Manager, Blue Creek Credit Union “Nobody in Blue Creek has the necessary requirements or licenses to transport or unload fuel. […]
Seven members of a Blue Creek family are currently in quarantine at the Multi-Purpose Sporting Complex in Orange Walk Town. This is after they all tested positive for the novel coronavirus, but one of the persons is contesting that she is not sick and she is being politically victimized. Health officials have been having a […]
Thirty-six workers of the Port of Belize Limited are staring down termination. Of the thirty-six employees, twenty-nine of them are members of the Christian Workers Union. The declared redundancies may come within one week from today. While the P.B.L. has made that decision, its staff members are against it. And as we’ve reported, they have […]
On Wednesday, we were in the Senate hearings where the report from the Senate Special Select Committee on the Immigration Department was finally presented for adoption. The hearings concluded back in 2017 and for about a year Belizeans were glued to their television sets as witnesses appeared before the Committee. The debate on Wednesday provoked […]
Aside from the report on the Immigration that was adopted in the Senate, the upper house also dealt with the appointment of the new chair of the Elections and Boundaries. Now the appointment of attorney Estevan Perrera was approved, but there were loud objections because Perrera is well-known to be aligned to the government when […]
There is another appointment to confirm. As we reported last week, Senior Counsel Lisa Shoman has been appointed as a justice of the Supreme Court. Along with co-counsel Westmin James, who has also been elevated to the bench, Shoman was instrumental in the constitutional challenge of Section Fifty-three which saw that portion of the criminal […]
Corporal Eldon Arzu versus the Commissioner of Police – it’s moving forward in the courts. The matter which was adjourned last week was back in the courts today before Justice Sonya Young. Arzu is the former President of the Police Association who was asking the court to grant him leave to bring a judicial review […]
The Belize Police Department has charged one of its own following on a directive from the Director of Public Prosecutions following an allegation of sexual assault on a minor. Nelson Ramos, a police officer attached to the Intermediate Southern Formation in Independence Village, has been charged for the offence of Rape and Sexual Assault of […]
Two men, who were on trial this week for attempted murder, are free men tonight after the Judge upheld a submission by the defense that the accused men had no case to answer. Darwin Prado and Egbert Baldwin of Ladyville walked free today when Justice Colin Williams agreed with a submission made by Defense Attorney, […]
And this news…On Wednesday, the Police Department celebrated outstanding citizens who have supported the work of the department. The awards were presented during ceremonies held at different police stations across the country. The theme of the new programme is “Honouring and celebrating citizens for partnering with us.” Among the awardees is Lord Michael Ashcroft, who […]
In an act of generosity, a Belizean- American businessman made a donation to the family of the COVID-19 patient in Santa Elena, Cayo. The wife of the fifty-year-old patient made an public appeal online on Wednesday asking for help with groceries because when she found out that her husband tested positive for the virus on […]
Eighty-six Belizean students on scholarships in Cuba say they are faced with extreme hardships and don’t know what will be their next step. The students say they are in urgent need of food and hygiene products but the COVID-19 pandemic has made their situation difficult to navigate. The students in Cuba have made a public […]
An additional case of COVID-19 has been detected taking the total number of positive cases for the country to forty. Just minutes ago, a release from the Office of the Director of Health Services confirms that a further set of samples were processed today from contact tracing exercise done in Blue Creek. While those returned […]
The reopening of schools is weeks away on April tenth; it comes just before the re-opening of the Philip Goldson International Airport which can usher in new cases of the COVID-19. So there is trepidation over the risk that children may be facing. But at an event today by the Ministry of Education, general managers […]
A toddler in Orange Walk narrowly escaped serious injuries on Wednesday afternoon. A surveillance camera on Park Street captured when a motorcycle hit the little girl as she ran across the street. As is seen in the video, a taxi pulls up and a man and the young girl exited, as well as a woman […]
At a press conference on Wednesday, the P.U.C. did not mince words about B.E.L. calling the utility unreasonable. The Public Utilities Commission says it is signing an order to force Belize Electricity Limited to sign onto a power purchase agreement with Santander Sugar Energy Limited, following a long-delayed process. B.E.L. and Santander are the only […]
In responding to the P.U.C.’s position, General Manager for Employee and Corporate Services, Dawn Sampson-Nunez, told News today that B.E.L. rightfully deserves a seat at the negotiating table since, should there be any concerns between both parties, the P.U.C., as regulator, will also have to assume the role of arbitrator. Dawn Sampson-Nunez, General Manager, […]
The Security Services Commission has granted promotions to several security personnel, including over a dozen officers of the Belize Police Department. Three senior officers were promoted including Dezerie Philips-Magdaleno who is now Deputy Commissioner of Police; Marlon Allen and Richard Rosado were promoted to acting assistant commissioner of police. Commissioner Chester Williams spoke about the […]
Domestic violence and gender abuse are prevalent and often times go unreported for a number of reasons. On Wednesday, the National Women’s Commission and the United Nations Population Fund, on behalf of the Spotlight Initiative, handed over a cell-phone to be to be used as a gender-based violence hotline. The presentation was done at the […]
P.U.P. Standard Bearer for Albert Division in Belize City was out cleaning up the constituency, at least one particular area that has become an illegal dumpsite. Today, Thompson, with support from the Belize City Council’s Sanitation Department, was at Simmon’s Alley off Albert Street to clear out the garbage that he says has accumulated there […]
These days, life in Belize is as close to normal as it has been since March 2020. We are all still adjusting to face masks, social distancing and increased sanitization practices. Still, most of us are back at work, moving around without restrictions, and school should resume in a month. But we are still living […]
