A video making its rounds on social media has forced the Ministry of Health and Wellness to launch an investigation. The video, which was recorded inside the Northern Regional Hospital in Orange Walk Town, shows individuals, including a woman, who were seeking medical attention. The person
Forty-one-year-old Maynor Ancona is out on bail after being arraigned on five criminal charges. Ancona is accused of causing the death of his partner, forty-six-year-old American National Jennifer Griffith, on Ambergris Caye. As we reported on April sixth, Ancona got into an altercation with another
The eighteen-year-old who police believe murdered twenty-six-year-old Charles James has been criminally charged. Investigators say that Jaylon Jones fatally shot James on Wednesday night. At that time, chaos erupted after police arrived at the scene, and a shootout ensued between the suspects and officers. As
On Thursday, U.D.P. Chairman, Michael Peyrefitte was asked about the murder of Coast Guard Officer, Charles James, as a former Minister of National Security. Peyrefitte lamented the death of yet another law enforcement officer by gun violence in the span of three weeks. He says
Two men have been sentenced to life behind bars for a 2016 murder. They are Marlon Padilla and Guillermo Duarte. They murdered Edgar Aldana on April second, 2016. The men will now serve life imprisonment with eligibility for parole after twenty-five years. Aldana was chopped
Belize City resident Richard Bennett is tonight a freeman. He was acquitted of the murders of Cynthia Conorquie and Allen Garcia. They were fatally shot while at Conorquie’s residence on Logwood Street in Belize City in March 2021. Bennett was set free after the judge
In December 2023, the Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Transportation made several amendments to motor vehicle and road traffic regulations, which were implemented in March of this year. These amendments include the mandatory use of seatbelts for drivers and all passengers in motor vehicles and
Over the weekend another man lost his life while at work while undertaking an occupational risk. The incident has prompted the National Trade Union Congress of Belize to ask when the Occupational Safety and Health Bill will become law. President of the NTUCB, Luke Martinez
Martinez told us that the umbrella union has put together a work plan to launch a campaign to legislate the OSH Bill in a more organized manner. He said that a part of that plan is to include regional and international partners in the union’s
Belize is hosting the fiftieth Caribbean Telecommunications Union Executive Council Meeting and the Caribbean ICT Ministers Seminar and Retreat. The Caribbean Telecommunication Union or CTU was established in 1989 to bring CARICOM member states together to develop inter-regional and international communication networks. Since its creation,
