April 18, 2023

Development Finance Corporation (DFC) receives financing from Taiwan for business support

The agreement, featuring a loan of US$5 million (BZ$10 million) and a grant of US$500,000 (BZ$1 million) was signed on Monday and will be guaranteed by [...]
April 14, 2023

Ministry of Human Development apologizes for “mix-up” in ex-worker Desiree Meggs’ payments

After a 23-year career overseeing the children of the Child Care Center, Meggs, 53, said she entirely lost her sight in the middle of Albert Street, [...]
April 12, 2023

UNICEF arms ‘mandatory reporters’ to fight child abuse, trafficking in persons and family violence

The course is being added to the Ministry of Education’s Teacher Learning Institution (TLI) platform after digital training was introduced for the mandatory reporting program on [...]
April 4, 2023
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Belize City man charged for rape on public street

On Sunday, April 2 a woman reported to police that at about 3:00 a.m., while she was on her way to the hospital to seek medical [...]
March 30, 2023

Father of harassed ex-Canaan SDA student still pursuing justice

In an email to Breaking Belize News the father writes, “I am beyond disappointed. The system is supposed to work, it’s supposed to ensure justice is [...]
March 28, 2023

Police menaced pregnant woman in Caye Caulker

According to reports, the woman was filming a police officer apparently mistreating an individual when the officer allegedly turned on her and started to assault her. [...]
March 28, 2023

62 women officers in Police Department promoted

Commissioner of Police Chester Williams confirmed on Monday that the promotions have been approved by his office for the ranks of Corporal, Sergeant, and Inspector, and [...]
March 14, 2023

Ex-cop convicted of raping a 14-year-old child in Corozal

Cyril Casimiro was charged in 2015 in Corozal after a fourteen-year-old minor reported that while walking home in the Altamira area, Casimiro, known to her, offered [...]