Thirty-four-year-old Ellis “Juice” Meighan will stand trial in the High Court for the murder of Roy Lee Burgess and the attempted murder of American national Maia James. The Chief Magistrate committed Meighan to stand trial after a preliminary inquiry in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court.
Jaheed Lopez was simply trying to help. When a fallen tree blocked traffic along the Hummingbird Highway, the twenty-five-year-old stopped to clear branches from the road. But moments after the work ended, a semi-truck plowed into the area, killing the young man whose final act
Tensions on the Sarstoon River are not going away anytime soon. That is the warning from Foreign Affairs Minister Francis Fonseca, who says Belizeans could continue facing confrontations with Guatemalan soldiers and civilians until the International Court of Justice settles the territorial dispute. His comments
A grocery assistance program in Orange Walk South is now at the center of an accountability controversy, and it all comes down to one official stamp. Several grocery vouchers distributed through the constituency office of Area Representative Jose Mai carried the stamp of the Ministry
Cabinet has been given extra time, but the pressure is not going away. The deadline set by the National Trade Union Congress of Belize has expired, leaving the Briceño administration to answer eleven wide-ranging demands on governance, education and other national issues. Union leaders say
More Tomorrow Primary School has survived the immediate threat of closure, but questions about its future are far from settled. After weeks of concern among parents, education officials and the community have agreed on a plan to keep the rural school open. A third teacher
The audit is complete, but parents are still waiting for answers. More than three months after allegations surfaced that thousands of dollars were missing from Louisiana Government School’s accounts, the ministry has not announced whether anyone will face disciplinary action. Education Minister Francis Fonseca says
The Millennium Challenge Corporation is putting up one hundred and twenty-five million US dollars, but how much will the compact ultimately cost Belizean taxpayers? Opposition senators raised that question this week after government increased its counterpart funding commitment in July. Foreign Affairs Minister Francis Fonseca
Imagine spending years building a home, only to learn that someone else holds the title to the land. That is the reality facing several families in Belama Phase Five, where residents say they are now being threatened with eviction. The dispute gained fresh attention this
More than two hundred years after the cannons fell silent, the Battle of St. George’s Caye is still stirring debate. Every September, Belizeans celebrate the historic event, but the same difficult question returns: does the Tenth represent a proud moment of national unity, or does
