A police officer from Santa Clara Village, Corozal District is serving a two-year sentence at the Belize Central Prison after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a minor. Twenty-seven-year-old Melvin Canul was convicted and sentenced to jail time this morning when he appeared unrepresented in
Forty-seven-year-old Oscar Mayen Rhodas, a Guatemalan truck driver, lost his life in a fatal road traffic accident along the Boom/Hattieville Road eleven months ago during a road traffic accident. A Dodge Dakota driven by a security guard, twenty-six-year-old Marvin Cal, collided into a pickup truck
Convicted attorney Oscar Selgado was back in court today where his legal team is challenging the conditions at the Belize Central Prison. Selgado, who is yet to be sentenced after being found guilty of abetment to commit murder, is a diabetic and says that he
According to attorney Saldivar, two past inmates have succumbed to diabetes related complications within a year of being incarcerated at the Belize Central Prison. He says that too little blood sugar has become a crisis at the prison. [caption id="attachment_12042" align="alignright" width="300"]
Brain drain is when a significant number of persons leave an industry in search of better opportunities or working conditions. Over the past two years, the K.H.M.H. has lost around fifty nurses and doctors and, during COVID, twenty-five staff members stepped away, placing a heavy
Earlier this week, the United Democratic Party raised an issue about carrots purportedly wasting away on farms in San Carlos Village. The Ministry of Agriculture was quick to refute those claims made by Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow and pointed out that no importation permits have
Also speaking on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture was Lennox Nicholson, Controller of Supplies. According to Nicholson, the import quantities requested by B.M.D.C. are often reduced and in some cases not approved, as a means of regulating the importation of vegetables into the country. [caption
Cartel-related violence in southern Mexico has abated considerably, according to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams. In allaying the fears of Belizean travelers who are concerned about crossing the northern border into Chetumal, ComPol Williams told reporters that there is still a strong law enforcement presence
There is no political future in sight for Commissioner of Police Chester Williams. That’s what he told reporters on Wednesday. According to the top cop, who has locked horns with Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow recently, he is focusing on reducing crime in the country. Chester Williams,
The Belize Peace Movement has written to the Governor-General, asking her intervention should the Prime Minister decide to call elections before the High Court rules on a matter that is before it. On Wednesday, the B.P.M, through its attorney, Arthur Saldivar, concluded its arguments before
