16 Days of Activism Launched!
Today, Belize launched the sixteen days of activism against gender-based violence under the 2020 global theme: Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect! It’s an annual international campaign used to [...]
Today, Belize launched the sixteen days of activism against gender-based violence under the 2020 global theme: Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect! It’s an annual international campaign used to [...]
To coincide with the launch of the sixteen days of activism, the Youth Enhancement Services launched a domestic violence awareness campaign that features the work of local artists. Karen Cain, [...]
The campaign is only half of the Youth Enhancement Services’ initiative to tackle domestic violence. Cain says that YES will be submitting a position paper to cabinet with proposed changes [...]
A new initiative is being rolled out by an inmate of the Belize Central Prison to reach out to children who have lost their parents to violence. The Joy for [...]
Food Pantry and COVID-19 food assistance programme are on pause and the pantry is getting a rebrand of sorts. Today, when we caught up with Minister Dolores Balderamos Garcia, we [...]
Today is being observed as World Children’s Day across the globe. November twentieth was first established in 1954 as Universal Children’s Day, used to promote awareness and advocate for the [...]
To also mark the occasion, Belizean children sent Children’s Day greetings to other kids across Belize. [Greetings from Belizean Children on World Children’s Day…]
The Mennonite community is one of several religious groups that has been lobbying with government for the full reopening of churches under the existing Quarantine Act. In the wake of [...]
The incident on Sunday when armed police rounded up a group of worshippers and their children in Blue Creek Village caught the attention of the People’s United Party. The P.U.P. [...]
A church service of approximately two hundred congregants ended in several arrests on Sunday afternoon during a testy situation with armed police officers who had been called to Blue Creek [...]
In standing in solidarity with the local church community, Evangelical Pastor John Krahn also says that his church has a capacity of over four hundred persons but since March, due [...]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams has also weighed in on the incident. He says that the officers were simply doing what they were instructed to do which is to uphold [...]
While Blue Creek Mayor Abram Rempel has gone on record to say that the community remains COVID-free, Commissioner Williams contextualizes the incident by acknowledging that as members of the agro-productive [...]
Across the country, political motorcades are still being held, despite serious objections and public health concerns being raised by the Belize Police Department. Over the weekend there were motorcades in [...]
In other COVID-19 regulations related arrests over the weekend, twelve primary school teachers from Dangriga were arrested and charged for attending a restricted social event. According to police, around two-thirty [...]
The spiralling number of COVID-19 cases and the record number of deaths due to the virus have put law enforcement on alert with the weekend activities that are usually associated [...]
The government has announced a curfew on election day saying it is necessary due to the spread of the COVID 19. The curfew starts at eight when votes are traditionally [...]
Orange Walk Town Councilor Haresh Vaswani is finding himself in more political trouble tonight. On Wednesday, the councilor warded off political attacks that put him in a comprising position. He [...]
The second phase of the Unemployment Relief Programme is winding down with less than two weeks away from a change of government. Prime Minister Dean Barrow, at his last press [...]
According to Young, while he made a mistake initially during the filling out of the form, he was assured by the Social Security Board that the matter would have been [...]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that several police officers will be charged for hosting a social event. A video that surfaced online shows cops celebrating a birthday party – [...]
In the Orange Walk District, which is registering the highest number of cases; forty persons were arrested over the weekend for hosting or participating in a restricted social event. Officers [...]
Police clamped down on other social events across the country. Nearly one hundred people were arrested over the weekend, including those in Orange Walk. According to the Belize Police Department, [...]
Following a meeting of the National Oversight Committee earlier today, it has been agreed that new protocols regarding the COVID-19 pandemic will be implemented. This comes amid a spike in [...]
As police arrest and charge civilians for COVID-related violations, what about those cops who may also be breaking the law? Commissioner Chester Williams says that he is taking a hard [...]
