Commissioner of Police Chester Williams sat down with Rear Admiral Elton Bennett on Tuesday to discuss a way forward for the police department and the coast guard to work together, along with the Belize Defense Force, to intercept drug runners who traffic narcotics through the country. The Belize Coast Guard is presently at the helm […]
Assistant Commissioner of Police Marco Vidal, whose lengthy career in law enforcement includes stints as head of the defunct Gang Suppression Unit and Commander of Operations, is presently on leave. ACP Vidal took a leave of absence following the November fourth fiasco in which four members of his former Commander of Operations Strike Team were […]
What about the unsanctioned vehicles that made up the fleet driven by the Commander of Operations Strike Team? Those vehicles that were confiscated by the police department ought to have gone through a formal requisition process via the Ministry of Finance, but they didn’t. Instead, they found their way into the hands of COST for […]
A San Pedro teacher is tonight in big trouble after she was recorded during a virtual session verbally abusing her students. A video surfaced online overnight and went viral. For about one minute and thirteen seconds, the female teacher from the San Pedro High School could be heard ranting because students were not giving feedback […]
In agricultural news, Cabinet issued a statement today the Prime Ministers and his advisors are concerned that a Commercial Agreement between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association (BSCFA) and Belize Sugar Industry Limited (BSI/ASR) will not be reached in time for the opening of the sugar season. Therefore, Cabinet is of the view that the […]
On Tuesday, cabinet announced that it is lifting the six o’clock cut off time for liquor sales with the hopes that residents would be responsible enough and not become reckless and engage in any social gathering. It comes on the heels of an ease on curfew beginning at ten p.m. from Sunday to Thursday and […]
While with Deputy DHS Doctor Morey, we asked him about his official post with the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The Director of Health Services post which was held by Doctor Marvin Manzanero was made redundant and replaced by three director positions to fill the gap. Doctor Morey maintained that he is the deputy DHS. […]
The Government of Belize has acquired the services of two law firms in Belize – namely: Courtney Coye LLP and Marine Parade Chambers – as it makes an appeal to the Supreme Court decision in which the Maya community of Jalacte, including two villagers, was awarded six point three million dollars. The village’s claim was […]
Meanwhile, on November twenty-third, a compliance hearing at the C.C.J. level involving the free prior and informed consent, better known as FPIC, was held. While the judges recognized the efforts of the government to keep up their end of the bargain with the consent order that was handed down six years ago, Minister Dolores Balderamos-Garcia says […]
While with Minister Balderamos-Garcia, she also expressed the concerns of her ministry with the number of minors that have been killed. As she sympathized with the families that have lost young people to gun and other forms of violence this year, she says that during the sixteen days of activism, there is a focus on the violence […]
National Disability Awareness Week is being celebrated under the theme, “Inclusion, Am I In Your Village? Tonight, we bring you the story of twenty-four year old Jaelen Pacheco of San Ignacio Town. Jaelen and his twin brother Jaren were both diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy at birth. Jaelen is a graphic designer, a video editor and […]
As a part of the calendar of activities to commemorate National Disability Week, the very first National Disability Conference was held on Tuesday. Keynote speaker at the opening ceremony was Dr. Floyd Morris. Now the Director of Disability Studies at the University of the West Indies, Dr. Morris lost his sight in 1989. He has […]
Three years after it had initially launched the HIV Services App, today the National AIDS Commission re-launched the application that is boasting a lot of new features. The goal is to get more people tested and provide a platform for persons to get to testing sites near to them. Today, at the Best Western Biltmore […]
This evening, the government press office issued a special recorded statement from Prime Minster John Briceno and his wife, Special Envoy Rossana Briceno to mark the observation of World HIV/Aids Day. Here is that video. Prime Minister John Briceno “My fellow Belizeans, every year on December first, the world commemorates World AIDS Day. Belize […]
While the COVID pandemic has claimed many lives, left numerous families broken, and debilitated some survivors with lasting health issues, one businesswoman and farmer has used the pandemic as the reason behind her message: it is important to plant what we eat so that diseases like COVID will not cause famine caused by global closures. […]
Belize City pastry chef Einar Marin is the winner of the Belize Tourism Board’s Innovation Challenge. The initiative aims to transform tourism for the future. Submissions were made by those who felt their product or service would create significant returns for Belize’s tourism industry. Marin’s successful entry saw him walking away with ten thousand dollars […]
Over the past few weeks, street gangs in the various communities have been engaged in a clean-up campaign in their respective neighborhoods as part of a collaborative effort by the Ministries of Home Affairs and Human Development. Since then, a chef, Reuben Cano who lived in the Antelope Street Extension area was shot dead. Today, […]
Dawson said the plan is to ensure that the dialogue be maintained between feuding factions in order to keep the violence under control. William Dawson, Chairman, Leadership Intervention Unit “Crime and violence is not something that just goes away. There are many factors and so we’re hoping to address the root cause of some […]
