The Central Medical Laboratory in Belize has officially reopened after undergoing major retrofitting, thanks to a partnership between the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the European Union (EU), and the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW). With an investment of over USD$800,000, the lab
The Protected Areas Conservation Trust (PACT) has announced a BZ$7.75 million investment under its enhanced Conservation Investment Strategy (CIS) 2.0. Spread over three years, the funding will support 15 co-management agencies working across 28 protected areas in Belize. The initiative is part of a broader
Justice Nadine Nabie of the High Court has delivered a powerful decision that could change the way authorities respond to violent crime. It all started back in July 2020, when the government declared a state of emergency and detained sixteen men. Those men pushed back,
Tonight, the Belize Police Department is taking a closer look at two conflicting High Court rulings on the 2020 state of emergency. Justice Nadine Nabie recently ruled on one case, but referenced another decision handed down just two weeks earlier, where a different judge upheld
A powerful voice is weighing in on the recent court ruling surrounding the 2020 state of emergency. Prominent defense attorney Richard ‘Dickie’ Bradley says Justice Nadine Nabie’s decision is a win, not just for the sixteen claimants involved, but for every Belizean who values their
The fallout from a recent court ruling on the 2020 state of emergency continues and now, veteran attorney Richard ‘Dickie’ Bradley is saying the implications could be far-reaching. According to Bradley, the sixteen claimants awarded compensation for unlawful detention may just be the beginning. He
Police have made a breakthrough in the murder case of sixty-one-year-old Carlos Avelar, a mason from Belize City whose shocking death earlier this month left the community in mourning. Avelar was gunned down on the night of May first while walking along Coney Drive. Witnesses
A Belize City man is behind bars tonight, charged in connection with a deadly Labor Day shooting. Twenty-two-year-old Jamal Brackett, a construction worker from Mayflower Street, has been arraigned for the murder of sixty-one-year-old Carlos Enriquez Avelar. Brackett appeared in court this morning, unrepresented, and
A post-mortem has confirmed that thirty-year-old Selvin Sealy, who was arrested last week for trespassing, died from restraint asphyxia—a condition where a person suffocates because their body position during restraint prevents them from breathing properly. Police say Sealy was subdued after resisting arrest. While in
Tonight, there’s heartbreak in the education community as family, friends, and former students mourn the sudden loss of Brian Castillo. The forty-two-year-old Education Officer with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology tragically lost his life this morning in a golf cart accident on San
