Today, personnel from the Ministry of Health and Wellness descended upon four drugstores inside the Fort Street Tourism Village that are believed to be connected, including Pharmacy Express Limited. Credible reports to News Five are that health personnel were on hand to carry out a search of the pharmacies after government officials were reliably informed […]
A sixty-six-year old grandmother and her extended family are tonight reeling from the devastating loss of their family home. The property located along the Phillip Goldson Highway was reduced to rubbles in an alleged arson. Sixty-six-year old Marie Lamothe told police that her ex-common law husband started an argument with her last night. She alleges […]
Former deputy mayor Micah Goodin has been awarded a scholarship by the Government of Belize to pursue a law degree at the University of the West Indies and is set to depart the country in the days ahead. But his leave-taking is not without dispute. The councilor has written to City Hall requesting that his […]
According to Mayor Wagner, while Councilor Goodin has been unable to garner the support of four of his colleagues, the idea is that compensation should not be granted to anyone who is not performing his or her duties at City Hall, particularly since those monies are being paid from the public purse. Bernard Wagner, […]
On Monday, Speaker of the House, Valerie Woods, sent off a letter to the Chairperson of the Belize Broadcasting Authority, Evan Tench, to draw its attention to what the Women Parliamentarians Caucus feels was a clear violation of women by Plus TV Morning Show Host, Louis Wade, Jr. The Women Parliamentarians want the B.B.A. to […]
Speaker Woods, who currently serves as Interim Chair of the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus, says the matter is one that has all the women parliamentarians that make up the House of Representatives and the Senate holding the same position. Valerie Woods, House Speaker “That’s one moment of celebration – the members of the Women Parliamentarian […]
Child abuse has become an all too common theme in news headlines across the country. Today, we spoke with Doctor Annel Martinez, a trained psychiatrist, about the risk factors associated with someone becoming an abuser. Martinez shared some of the primary factors which, among others, include a history of negative childhood experiences and poor parent-child […]
Torrential rains across the city earlier today left many streets under water. Pedestrians, cyclists and motorists had to make their way through flooded streets after roughly two inches of rainfall this morning. But what has CitCo been doing since the beginning of the rainy season to prepare the Old Capital for inclement weather? Bernard […]
Today was observed as Pride Day among those in the gay and lesbian community. It is a day when lesbian, gay, bisexual, transvestite and queer persons celebrate their sexuality across the world. We took the opportunity to ask the Executive Director of the United UNIBAM Advocacy Movement, UNIBAM, how the society has matured towards the […]
Orozco says that interestingly, in recent years, while the public attacks against gays and lesbians from adults have waned, now it is children who have started to show aggression towards them. Caleb Orozco, Executive Director, UNIBAM “When I started this work there was hostility, threats on my person, acts of violence and now it […]
He was charged a week ago, along with three Belizeans, for the July thirty-first double murder during the mass shooting in Hopkins Village. But there is little that is known about John Roy Smith, the forty-three-year-old retired Canadian soldier who was apprehended inside his pickup truck that police say was one of two vehicles fleeing […]
The Belize City Council is hosting a night of culture on Saturday at the Belize City Civic Center. The event promises a culinary and musical experience that showcases food and music from various ethnic groups across the country. Mayor Bernard Wagner tells us more. Bernard Wagner, Belize City Mayor “As a city, as a […]
This afternoon at the House of Culture in Belize City, the Belize City Council concluded its Youth Innovation Incubator Summer Program, an initiative that saw participants from various communities coming together to beautify the Old Capital, and engage in other activities, including sports and financial literacy. Here’s more from Mayor Bernard Wagner. Bernard Wagner, […]
