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No Conclusive Answers from K.H.M.H., A Day after Baby Blunder at Morgue

Last night, we reported on the outrageous blunder at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital’s morgue that left two grieving families shattered. Personnel at the morgue mistakenly gave the body of a deceased newborn to the wrong family. When the right family arrived at the morgue they were informed that their child’s body was mistakenly handed […]

Cordel and Julius Scoff at Boots’ Recall Campaign

On Wednesday, former Port Loyola Area Representative Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez launched a petition to garner as many as one thousand, five hundred signatures from registered voters in that constituency.  The effort, on behalf of disgruntled residents, is to trigger a recall mechanism in an attempt to unseat former political opponent, Gilroy Usher Senior.  He told […]

Is Boots’ Preparing for a Political Comeback?

Is Boots Martinez’s effort to oust Gilroy Usher from the House of Representative simply a ploy to stage a political comeback?  According to the former politician who represented residents of Port Loyola for four terms, he is taking all instructions from constituents of his former stomping grounds.   Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez, Former Area Rep, Port […]

Julius Espat Lays in on Portico’s Definitive Agreement

Public discourse on the much-talked-about Definitive Agreement continues, amid new developments regarding the controversial document that has since been thrashed by the Briceño administration.  While a number of cabinet ministers have voice their opinions on the dubious agreement, one often outspoken parliamentarian has remained rather silent on the matter.  That’s until we caught up with […]

Cordel on Use of Seabed, “We’re Not There Yet”

Contained within the original agreement was provision for the use of the seabed to construct an artificial peninsula at the Port of Magical Belize.  Permission from the Ministry of Natural Resources is yet to be granted.  According to Deputy Prime Minister Cordel Hyde, nothing has been presented to his ministry for review and approval.   […]

Cordel Says Port of Magical Belize is Big Money Talks

Despite all the controversy surrounding the Port of Magical Belize, it would seems as though the Briceño administration is still prepared to do business with Portico and its investors.  According to Deputy Prime Minister Cordel Hyde, major players are involved in the proposed development and talk of big money is in the air.   Reporter […]

Changing the Face of Belize’s Currency

Move over Queen Elizabeth the Second, because Cabinet has approved for the Central Bank of Belize to print new currency notes and instructed that those new notes bear the image of Belize’s national heroes George Price and Philip Goldson. For decades, Belizeans have come to accept the design of our currency, but will the change […]

M.I.D.H. Launches Bay Leaf Palm Estates in Armenia Village

Back in February, Blackberry Ridge Estate, a collection of starter homes was launched by the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing in Burrell Boom. Today, a community development project was officially launched in Armenia Village, several miles outside of the capital city of Belmopan. It is an opportunity being afforded to residents of the village, […]

The Belize Red Cross Society Officially Opens New Building

The Belize Red Cross Society boasts a new building for its headquarters. The two-storey concrete structure is located two houses away from its original office building at number one Gabourel Lane in Belize City. While acquiring a much-needed building was a protracted exercise, the organization hopes to rent out parts of its real estate to […]

Mayor Wagner: Vernon Street Traffic Lights Coming Back Soon

For the past few weeks, the traffic lights at the Vernon Street intersection have been out of commission. According to Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner, the situation arose when a dollar van crashed into the base of the lights and damaged the apparatus. On Wednesday, a woman claimed on Facebook that she was almost knocked […]

Mayor on Derelict Vehicles: We’ll Move Them, Owners Pay, or…Sold!

The Belize City Council is also on a campaign to move all derelict vehicles from the street sides across the city. The effort is in conjunction with the police, public health and traffic departments. And, as Mayor Wagner warned, while it may be your mechanic who has your car parked idly on the street, vehicle […]

Coming Soon: Paving of Antelope Street from Boulevard to G.P Highway

One of the alternate arteries in Belize City is Antelope Street, and several others, will be resurfaced before the end of this year, according to Mayor Wagner. The mayor told us today that currently, the Belize City Council is finishing up a few of the shorter streets across the city before it reaches Antelope Street, […]

Belize To Host Central American U-19 Volleyball Championship

The Belize City Civic Center will come alive on Sunday night for the Central American Under-Nineteen Volleyball Championship. The tournament will feature seven teams from across the region, including team Belize. Our girls have been hard at training preparing for the event. They are hoping that Belizeans from across the country will converge on the […]

U-15 National Boys Football Team Prepare for CONCACAF Tournament

Today, the Football Federation of Belize officially presented the members of Belize’s Under-Fifteen National Football Boys Team. The team is scheduled to depart from Belize on Friday to Colombia for a twenty-day training camp. Thereafter, the team will travel to Curacao to compete in the CONCACAF Under-Fifteen Tournament.   Dale Pelayo, Head Coach, U-15 National […]

Boots Martinez Leads Charge to Recall Gilroy Usher Sr. in Port Loyola

Area Representative Gilroy Usher Senior is the subject of a concerted effort led by former area representative Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez to oust him from the House of Representatives.  Martinez says fellow constituents of Port Loyola have turned to him since the People’s United Party politician they supported in November 2020 has failed to deliver on […]

Boots Says No to Redistricting in Port Loyola

The redistricting exercise, as we’ve reported previously, is causing a stir in various corners, including Port Loyola, where some residents believe that their constituency will be done away it and they will be registered in another area.  But not if former area representative Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez can help it.  He says that not only does […]

Boots Prepared for Legal Challenge in Redistricting Port Loyola

According to the retired politician, taking the Port Loyola matter to the High Court would be the best case study, considering the fact that the constituency checks all the boxes where the requirements are concerned.  Going back to his campaign to recall Usher, Martinez says that residents didn’t ask him to turn to the two […]

Concerns Raised Over Rainforest Seafood Ltd Bust

The Belize Federation of Fisheries has fired off a press release, following reports that authorities seized some twenty-two thousand undersized conchs weighing over three thousand pounds from Rainforest Seafood Limited. Reports are that the company was allegedly attempting to export the conch when the haul was seized. In its release, the Federation says that it […]

Major Slipup at the K.H.M.H., Wrong Body, Wrong Family

The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is conducting an investigation into a serious mix-up that occurred at the morgue this morning. A mother visited the morgue to pick up the body of her deceased child for burial only to learn that the child’s body was handed over to the wrong family. That family unknowingly held a […]

Man Shot By Police In Belize City

A police officer allegedly shot a Belize City man with a shotgun while on duty. Romey Herrera, the Aunt of Kenyon Plunkett, told News Five that her nephew is hospitalized after being shot by a police officer on Chetumal Boulevard in Belize City. She says, Plunkett informed her that he was on a motorcycle with […]

Reforming the Government Pension Scheme

All public officers who work up to the age of fifty-five in the government system are entitled, by law, to a pension, or a monthly percentage of roughly two-thirds of their last salary each month until they die. This system was established decades ago and is still being honoured by the government. According to the […]

S.I.B. Press Conference: Inflation at 5.4% So Far for 2023

Today, the Statistical Institute of Belize held its quarterly press conference, looking primarily at the first quarter of 2023. The presentations centred on the April 2023 Labour Force Findings, the gross domestic product estimates of the first quarter of this year as well as the consumer price index and the external trade data from January […]

The Findings of the April 2023 Labour Force Survey

The initial presentation made today was on a labour force survey conducted in April of this year. The data collected from the biannual household survey showed that seventy-five point three percent of the estimated population were of working age, while twenty-four point seven percent were under the age of fourteen. It goes on to reveal […]

A Child Activity Survey to Capture Data on Child Labour in Belize

Across the country, you often times come across primary school aged children selling fruits and other produce and you question whether it is child labour. There are traditional cultural factors that are taken into consideration, but the Government of Belize has been working to end child labour in Belize. Director General of the Statistical Institute […]

Ombudsman’s Office won’t Investigate PM John Briceño

The Office of the Ombudsman has responded to a letter written by Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow on May thirty-first, in which a request was made for an investigation of Prime Minister John Briceño in respect of Portico’s Definitive Agreement.  In the response, Ombudsman Gilbert Swaso stated that, “in his absolute discretion, he has determined that […]