We've spoken a lot on the news about the erosion that is causing southern Silk Caye to disappear. Well, Goff's Caye in the Belize District is going through its own challenges with erosion.
And, now, the Ministries of the Blue Economy and Infrastructure Development have combined their efforts to to begin infrastructure works. These works and other upgrades will improve the experience for both locals and tourists and will contribute to the long-term sustainability of the island.
Project Manager, Jose Rivas, explained that this project entails.
The island will be closed for 6 months while work is underway.
It will reopen when the project is expected to be completed by October. Financial support is being provided under the Climate Reduction Vulnerability Program through a loan from the IDB.
Baby Tevin Knocked Down Two Years Ago; Today Cop Walks
PC Marvin Mckoy is a free man tonight after the court upheld a no case submission made by his attorney, Hurt Hamilton.
Mckoy is the cop who was accused of hitting a 2-year-old child with his police pickup truck back in 2018. It was a story that tugged on the heartstrings of Belizeans, who were hoping that Tevin Cacho would pull through. He did, but his face was disfigured.
Eight months after the incident, PC Mckoy was charged for negligent grievous harm. But today in court, the question that was raised was how the toddler sustained his injury and Head of Prosecution, Alifah Elrington, was unable to prove how and by whom. As such, the no case submission was upheld by Magistrate Albert Hoare, who ruled that there was no evidence to suggest that PC Mckoy or anybody else committed the offence - even though it was caught on camera.
On the night of the incident, Baby Tevin's mother, Shereema Moody, was celebrating her birthday on Iguana Street when she left the toddler in the care of a friend as she crossed the street to buy at a store. Surveillance footage showed the toddler trying to cross the street to reach his mother, and that's when a police truck came down the street, crushing him.
Kids Converge At BPD's Open Day
All through our newscast tonight, you've seen Prime Minister Briceno's comments on different topics of national interest. That press encounter happened at a Police Open Day, which the Police Department's Eastern Division Command organized at the Raccoon Street Police Headquarters. It's part of ACP Howell Gillett's Community Policing Initiative to change the opinions of young people about police. They invited the press, and our news team was there. Daniel Ortiz reports:
