law and order
Albert Vaughan, new City Administrator
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 15, 2024
On Monday, April 15, 2024, the Belize City Council...
Belize launches Garifuna Language in Schools Program
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 15, 2024
On April 12, Belize marked the 227th...
NATS Committee announces Farmers of the Year 2024
Photo: (left) Senior Farmer of the Year, Nandy Esban Aldana; (right) Female Farmer of...
To – David
“THE CANDLE MAY GO OUT,BUT THE MEMORY OF ITS LIGHT REMAINS”
by Thérèse Belisle-Nweke
Saturday, April...
Date set for 13th Senator case filed by Opposition
BELIZE CITY, Mon. June 1, 2015--A brief hearing was held in the Supreme Court of Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin this morning on the matter...
Dominica becomes 4th country to join CCJ next month
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Jan. 28, 2015--Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced this week that his country plans to make the Caribbean Court of Justice...
Belize has “signal honor” of hosting CCJ president, Sir Dennis Byron
BELIZE CITY, Fri. Jan. 16, 2015--Sir Dennis Byron, president of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) – the regional court where disputes arising from...
Barrow asserts that GOB will pay Janae’s $2 mil award
BELIZE CITY--Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Dean Barrow confirmed via the media today that the Government of Belize will make good on the...
Barrow will leave the Bar
BELMOPAN--Prime Minister Dean Barrow told journalists outside the National Assembly on Friday that he will leave the Bar after new laws to remove the...
The Crime Control and Firearm Amendments
Two new bills have been introduced to the Belize National Assembly, in response to public outcry over what some have dubbed to be "draconian"...
Lawyers will no longer have to be members of Bar
BELIZE CITY--An amendment is due to be tabled in the National Assembly on Friday to remove the requirement for practicing attorneys in Belize to...
Amendments prepared to “soften” gun law
BELIZE CITY--Government’s legal counsel, Gian Ghandi, SC, told Amandala today that amendments to both the Firearms Act and the Crime Control and Criminal Justice...
Coast Guard officer charged with manslaughter by negligence
BELIZE CITY--An officer of the Belize Coast Guard was today arraigned on a charge of manslaughter by negligence in connection with the death of...
Gun law amendments to the House on Friday
BELIZE CITY--Revisions introduced to Belize’s gun laws dating back to 2008, and which have been called “draconian,” “demonic” and even “asinine,” could be expunged,...
