There were a lot of noises when a drug plane was found at a farm on Independence Day. An investigation into the suspected drug plane in northern Belize is ongoing, though a property owner on whose farm the aircraft landed has been charged and arraigned but not in relation to the drug plane. Noel Codd […]
Though there were no drugs to be found where the drug plane landed, a number of items were confiscated by police from the area. Codd was rearrested after he was charged. Shipyard resident, Isaac Petka, was also detained for alleged facilitation of the landing of a plane in an unregistered aerodrome. But charges are also […]
Police on Tuesday was also exuberant about a bust in southern Belize. But as it turns out an internal investigation conducted by the Customs and Excise Department into the importation of cargo from Guatemala over the weekend has revealed that Richard Garbutt, the officer in charge of the Punta Gorda location, acted in accordance with […]
As you know, on Wednesday, there was a report that Director of Health Services Doctor Marvin Manzanero had resigned. While that was promptly denied by the government via a press release, there have been lingering questions about what really transpired at the meeting of the National Oversight Committee, on Wednesday. Just before news time, we […]
As of Wednesday night, Belize registered one thousand seven hundred and nine cases of COVID-19. Six hundred and sixty five cases remain active but so far one thousand and nineteen persons have recovered. Every day there are new cases and every day persons recover. And in the past few days, the number of recovered persons […]
Also speaking out against the S.I. is attorney Audrey Matura. According to Matura, Statutory Instrument one-thirty-four has to be taken to the National Assembly to be affirmed and since that has not been done, it cannot be enforced. Matura also says that the S.I. is in contravention to the Belize constitutions which makes provisions for […]
At the start of the pandemic, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams told the media that he would attempt to get the names of persons who have tested positive for COVID-19 as away to prevent the spread of the virus. Today, we asked him for his view on the controversial S.I. 134. Williams says he supports […]
The argument of confidentiality and privacy, says ComPol Williams, is valid to a certain extent, but the constitution does have limitations where public health, public interest and national security are concerned. As far as stigma, the Commissioner of Police also stated that more people have come forward with their COVID-19 status than persons infected with […]
With the reopening of P.G.I.A. next week, rapid testing for COVID-19 is now underway which will ease back logs in testing results. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health launched its first COVID-19 rapid test activity. It took place in the village of August Pine Ridge in the Orange Walk. The National Surveillance Officer coordinated the […]
Rodrick Wade was seriously injured in a road traffic accident on Tuesday in Belize City. He was heading to work on motorcycle when he was hit by a van. Since then he has been hospitalized and the prognosis is that he will be bedridden for at six months meaning he will not be able to […]
Mayflower resident Sandra Uter says that Police Commissioner Chester Williams has a vendetta against her family. According to Uter, five of her family members were detained in early June under the State of Emergency regulations. They were first sent to prison for thirty days and their imprisonment was later extended for sixty days. Uter is […]
Corporal Eldon Arzu’s challenge to the Police Association election process continued on Tuesday. It was expected that the first hearing was to be held then but the matter was adjourned to a later date. Arzu is claiming that Commissioner of Police Chester Williams failed to obey the rules of the Police Association election process. According […]
A mega million-dollar road project was opened today; it is the stretch of road that links the airport access road near Gentrac to the George Price Highway. Known as the Airport Link Road and now officially the John Smith Road, it is five miles long and worth thirty-three million dollars. At the opening today, Minister […]
On Tuesday, Foreign Affairs Minister Wilfred Elrignton met with Mexican Ambassador Carlos Quesnel Melendez, presenting him with the Key of Friendship in honour of his professional and personal accomplishments. Outgoing Ambassador Quesnel has been in Belize for five years and has been actively working on successfully achieving objectives and registering tremendous progress in the bilateral relations between […]
Trade is closely linked to diplomacy. According to the affable Ambassador, one of the most noteworthy accomplishments is the exportation of cattle to Mexico. Earlier this month two hundred and forty-one heads of cattle from Blue Creek were officially exported to Mexico. Quesnel hopes that in the years to come, trade between both countries can […]
In the courts today, interdicted police officer Dwayne Sutherland and Anthony Jevon Arnold were charged with robbing Ronald Heiron with a firearm of his motorcycle which is valued at one thousand two hundred dollars. The incident occurred on the Burrell Boom Road. They both pleaded not guilty and remanded in prison until November thirtieth. Sutherland […]
With the stresses associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the key focuses of the symposium will be mental health, which Daly says has been affected the entire family – from students to parents who have lost their jobs and are trying to make ends meet and even those persons who are high risk. […]
Since the start of the pandemic, we have been exposed to a lot of medical advice on how to prevent contracting the novel coronavirus. Things like using masks and social distancing are now clearly outlined in recent laws, and we repeatedly hear health experts remind us to wash our hands. But when moving around in […]
