A Tale Of An 83-Year-Old Woman Propels Benefits For Senior Citizens
Today the Belize Electricity Limited, BEL, extended its social assistance to the public to 20 of the country’s senior citizens. Overall, some 160 senior residents countrywide benefit from its Golden...
View ArticleUb Graduates 481
A total of 481 graduates received diplomas at the Associate, Bachelor, Certificate and Diploma levels at the University of Belize Eighteenth Commencement Exercises on January 25, at the University’s...
View ArticleCouncilor Eric Chang Out Of The Country Again
When Belize City Councilor Eric Chang returned to the country after being accused of having part in facilitating Kim Wong Hong a visa, Love News attempted to obtain a comment from Chang on numerous...
View ArticleBelize City Mayor Weighs In On Issue Of Airport Funds
Mayor Bradley also weighed in on Belize Rural North Area Representative, Edmund Castro’s latest scandal. Castro is accused of inappropriately using the funds of the Belize Airport Authority for...
View ArticleChief Justice Issues Decision On Pickwoad Land Dispute; Injunction Stands
Since December, a prime parcel of land located on Chetumal Street has been the center of intense legal dispute. In a nutshell, the piece of land in Belama Phase One was leased to Bernadette Pickwoad, a...
View ArticlePenner Stripped Of Government Vehicle, While Marilyn Williams To Chair...
Marilyn WilliamsAlso included in the lengthy Cabinet release is word that disgraced former Minister of State Elvin Penner will be stripped of his government vehicle. He has had it, and enjoyed that and...
View ArticleG.o.b. Takes Action On The Castro Cheques Scandal: The Belize Airport...
Late this evening, Cabinet issued a release in response to an ongoing check scandal involving U.D.P. Minister of State Edmond Castro and the Belize Airports Authority. Castro came under fire after...
View ArticleMatura-Shepherd Says Mayor Bradley Lied
Yesterday we told you about Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley decision to privatize the council security services. Mayor Bradley says that is an effort to reduce staff and cost. The contract to provide...
View ArticleWestern And Northern Health Regions Benefit From Health Project
Medical equipment valued at an estimated three hundred and eleven thousand Belize dollars has been handed over to the northern and the western health regions. The equipment geared at improving the...
View ArticleCompol Says Reynaldo Verde Is Not Home Free
Allen WhylieThe conviction of a Police Officer and his sentencing on Friday for ammunition found in his home has brought new attention to the Reynaldo Verde case. An unlicensed weapon was found in...
View ArticlePeck’S Family Braces For Sentencing Set For Friday
Gino Peck clearly enjoys the solidarity of the police force and this Friday it is known that their presence will be felt when he is brought to court to learn his fate for the ammunition offences. The...
View ArticlePolice Department Put Their Full Support Behind Convicted Cop, Gino Peck
Gino PeckTwenty-three year veteran of the Belize Police Department, Corporal Gino Peck, will stand in court on Friday to have sentence imposed upon him. On Monday, he was found guilty of possession of...
View ArticleLeader Of The Opposition Supports And Respects Teachers
Francis FonsecaAs you heard, the message of the teachers was trumpeted in Dangriga. And if there is strength in numbers, then the teachers showed muscle today. There is also support for their cause...
View ArticleB.n.t.u. National President Says Salary Adjustments And Increment Are...
Luke PalacioAs we told you, Prime Minister Dean Barrow met with the joint union negotiating team in Belmopan today. Since he has already said as much in an unofficial but public capacity, it is...
View ArticleB.n.t.u. Shows Muscle In The Culture Capital
The Belize National Teachers Union showed muscle today in Dangriga. The teachers of the south want their salary adjustment…they want to be respected…they want better working conditions and they want...
View ArticleA Constitutional Motion Addressing Mandatory Imprisonment For Firearm Offences
Simeon SampsonThere was other big news coming out of the Gino Peck sentencing trial today. Much of the fire and fury outside the courtroom, and indeed in past weeks, has been directed at the Firearms...
View ArticleConstitutional Provision Provided Peck The Mercy He Sought
Simeon SampsonAs we told you earlier, things didn’t look bright for Peck this morning, prior to sentencing. Because of the conviction under the Firearms Act, the hands of the Magistrate were basically...
View ArticleGino Peck Fined For Firearm Conviction
Corporal Gino Peck will serve no jail time after he was convicted of possessing prohibited and unlicensed ammunition. Instead, the veteran officer, with twenty-three years of service under his belt,...
View ArticleGino Peck Is Back On The Job; Talks About His Experience In Jail
On Friday Corporal Gino Peck, long-time intelligence cop assigned to Precinct Two, was sentenced to fines totaling six hundred and fifty dollars. Peck was convicted last Monday of possessing prohibited...
View ArticleBelize City Mayor Says There Is No Going Back For The Security Guards Fired...
Mayor Darrell Bradley is back in town and let’s just say he is not ecstatic about insinuations that his Council treated employees of the Security Department unfairly. The posts of thirty-six employees...
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