A well-known worship leader from an evangelical church in the Cayo District is tonight facing numerous allegations of sexual abuse. At least four young women have made public statements against this individual on their social media pages. Rebecca Stirm, a familiar fashion designer, is among those coming out against the alleged perpetrator. She shared her […]
On Tuesday, we brought you the story of the shooting death of nineteen-year-old Jael Jimenez in Guinea Grass Village, Orange Walk. Jimenez, a father of one, was embroiled in a domestic dispute with his common-law wife when his father-in-law was reportedly called to the residence. He arrived on the scene brandishing a firearm which he […]
Over the past few weeks, several armed attacks in the Corozal District, including the murder of Kurtis Usher in Libertad Village, were committed with high-powered rifles carrying seven-point-two-six rounds. Just recently the near-fatal shooting of Nimrod Tillett in Corozal Town was believed to have been carried out using one such weapon. On Wednesday afternoon, in […]
Dozens of suspected gang members from Belize City are spending their sixth night behind bars at the Belize Central Prison after being detained under a recent State of Emergency. But what will happen to these individuals while they are locked up for the next twenty-four days? Will the Ministry of Home Affairs undertake any strategic […]
On Wednesday, Kareem Musa, the Minister of Home Affairs and Anthony Sylvester, the newly appointed Attorney General, toured the Belize Central Prison. The tour was organized as a part of the Attorney General’s plans to revamp the Criminal Justice Reform Proposal. When we asked Minister Musa about the tour he told us that there are […]
The Senate’s Special Select Committee that will investigate the government and Portico’s Definitive Agreement will hold its first meeting on August fifteenth. At the last Sitting of the Senate on July tenth, Senator Janelle Chanona from the non-government organizations led the charge in presenting the motion for the appointment of the Special Select Committee to […]
Deputy Mayor Allan Pollard is running for municipal office as the next mayor of Belize City. His bid for the highest seat at City Hall was made official earlier today when he submitted his name as a mayoral candidate in the 2024 municipal elections. Pollard has served for two terms under the leadership of Mayor […]
The Belize Regional Sanitary Landfill, located off the George Price Highway at mile twenty-four, is turning ten. The facility was inaugurated on July thirtieth, 2013 and became fully operational by September of that year. Belize Solid Waste Management Project One, under which the facility was constructed, also saw major dumpsites closed down and replaced by […]
Belize City generates about sixty-nine tons of waste per day; San Ignacio around thirty tons, twenty-five tons from the island town of San Pedro, Caye Caulker about six to seven tons and Burrell Boom approximately ten tons daily. The proper disposal of garbage begins at the individual level. Tyrone Chimilio says that within the Belize […]
Open wounds like bedsores are conditions of the skin and flesh that most of us do not want to talk about because of the unpleasant nature of the topic. And that is usually the reason why people with these flesh wounds are avoided and live to suffer in silence. But out of the woodwork – […]
Belize’s Senior Men’s Volleyball Team will be taking on opponents from across the region in the upcoming Central American Men’s Volleyball Championship. The tournament is being hosted by the Belize Volleyball Association and it all goes down inside the Belize City Civic Center this weekend. This competition comes on the heels of two podium performances […]
For weeks now, we have been getting reports of increased active cases of COVID. Persons were asked not to show up to work, but to stay home and recover, but there was no official confirmation of the increasing positivity rate. Today, the Ministry of Health and Wellness confirmed that there was an increase in active […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been reporting that in some countries, like the U.S., there has been a ten percent increase in active cases, including hospitalizations. In Belize, and in this region, Director of Health Services Doctor Melissa Diaz-Musa says that this is not the case. Dr. Melissa Diaz-Musa, Director […]
Last month, we reported that dengue figures up to mid-July had surpassed the number of cases for the entire year of 2022, with over eight hundred and eighty-one clinical cases detected. The data showed that the highest numbers of cases were concentrated in the Orange Walk and Cayo Districts. Since then, those figures have increased […]
Non-communicable diseases are among the top three causes of death in Belize. Diabetes, hypertension, as well as cancer and now, mental health are among the top NCDs affecting the country. Director of Health Services, Doctor Melissa Diaz-Musa says that the Ministry of Health and Wellness has not lost sight of this and they are continuously […]
The Director of Health Services Doctor Melissa Diaz-Musa shared details of a Healthy Habits, Healthy Schools, Healthy Belize Project that will be piloted in eighteen schools across the Belize District, including San Pedro and Caye Caulker. The initiative is a partnership between the Ministries of Health and Wellness and Education and looks at providing healthier meals […]
Earlier today, a cohort of seventy-four students graduated as the Class of 2023 from the Institute for Technical and Vocational Education and Training. Since its establishment, ITVET offers demand-driven skills training to Belizeans who prefer tuition in job-related courses. Ironically, these skills are often looked at as secondary to academic education. Technical and vocational skills […]
