At midnight on Sunday, the pump prices of fuel spiked, thanks largely to G.O.B. increasing import duties on Premium, Regular and Diesel. That import duty increase, tacked on to an increase in acquisition costs, led to Regular fuel going up to a controlled price of eight dollars and fifty-two cents in the city. But even […]
At end of day Tuesday, three persons were missing in the Belize District – a sixteen-year-old female from Los Lagos, a sixteen-year-old female from Ladyville and a twenty-two-year old Guatemalan female from Vista del Mar. In at least one of those cases being handled by Ladyville Police, there is some good news. Guatemalan Mindy Espino […]
Today, the officers of the Eastern Division South conducted their final meet and greet exercise for 2015. We’ve followed the Police through some of the notorious hotspots in the city as they’ve tried to get the community in an interactive frame of mind. This afternoon, we caught up with them on Albert Street and they […]
It isn’t exactly mainstream news or a riveting item, but Chester Williams has been named the man of the year by the Amandala Newspaper. Williams returned from law school earlier this year and was placed in charge of the very volatile Southside of the city, always an iffy prospect with the very active gangs which […]
An overgrown area of Roaring Creek Village, often used by criminals to escape the reach of local authorities, has been cleared by Belmopan police. After a recent shooting incident during which the suspect evaded capture, Superintendent Howell Gillett wasted no time in organizing a task force of inmates from the Belize Central Prison to spearhead […]
International Yoga Teacher Yogi Charu is in Belize to schedule trainings for Belize City youths to become yoga teachers in their communities in 2016. Charu, who’s based out of New York, was born and raised in Belize City before learning the skills and techniques of the Hindu spiritual discipline. He is partnering with Michelle Williams […]
So how will the initiative get the youth to participate? Well that’s where Days of Healing and its Executive Director, Perry “Sticks” Smith comes in. With the organization’s assistance, a total of fifteen youth yoga instructors will be chosen for the course which starts in July of 2016. Perry “Sticks” Smith, Executive Director, Days […]
The vicious attack of ninety-three year old Patrick Grant over the Christmas holiday weekend has sparked outrage. Several organizations including HelpAge Belize along with its sister N.G.O.s under the National Council on Ageing, today condemned the acts of violence against elderly persons. The NCA release says that, “since October of this year there have been […]
According to Bulwer, only a small percentage of the elderly population in Belize currently receives direct support services from organizations such as HelpAge; the others, in most cases, have been left neglected. Bulwer asserts that violence against older persons is underreported and there is need for government to put in place policies to protect this […]
At midnight on Sunday, officially, pump prices for diesel, regular and premium fuel increased – diesel by eighty-one cents a gallon, regular by ninety-seven cents a gallon and premium by seventy-two cents a gallon. The thing is…world oil prices continue to trend downwards, resulting in lower fuel costs worldwide…but not in Belize. So what’s the […]
The release from government states that acquisition costs are expected to decline significantly in the coming weeks, in line with declining world oil prices. Pump prices are, consequently, expected to stabilize – below nine dollars for premium, below eight dollars for regular and below six-fifty for diesel fuel. In a fuel aside, we note that […]
According to G.O.B.’s Financial Secretary, the increase in import duties has become necessary to stabilize government’s fiscal position which suddenly seems distinctly shaky. But why are consumers taking the hit? Just months ago there didn’t seem to be a problem Petrocaribe couldn’t fix. But that seems to be a thing of the past. According to […]
Tonight, we record the death of a notable personality. Former Attorney General, Bernard Quentin Augustus Pitts, popularly known as B.Q. Pitts passed away over the holidays from complications due to cardiac illness. Pitts served as AG during the period 2010 to 2012 following an amendment to the constitution which removed the requirement that the attorney general […]
If you needed another indication that things are distinctly dread…Fin-Sec Joseph Waight confirmed that the much lauded Christmas Cheer program was handled very sparingly. In years past, U.D.P. Area Representatives were given ninety thousand dollars each, P.U.P. Area Reps forty-five thousand and U.D.P. caretakers forty-five thousand. This year, only U.D.P. ministers were given Christmas Cheer, […]
There’s good news tonight for consumers. The Public Utilities Commission has issued a statement in respect of a proposal for a rate increase in electricity. Following the submission from Belize Electricity Limited to increase the Mean Electricity Rate, the PUC says that it will not adjust the existing cost per kilowatt hour from thirty-five cents […]
There will be peace in the twenty-two thousand square miles of the Rural Eastern Division’s jurisdiction this Christmas, at least if the officers in that division have anything to do with it. The R.E.D. has been in the news constantly of late, as it beefs up its crime-fighting resources and also explores very real interaction […]
Every year we get the traditional messages of Christmas happy tidings and goodwill, of peace and all things holy and joyful. And that’s a good thing because Christmas is a time for joy. But it’s also a time when bad things happen, as they do all throughout the year, and that’s where the very real, […]
With the Christmas holiday weekend just a few hours away, downtown Belize City is alive with activity. While it is easy to get caught up in the commercialism of Christmas, the church is using this opportunity to remind the public that Christ is the reason for the season. News Five caught up with Canon Leroy […]
Christmas will be a lot brighter this year for a Belize City resident. Tropigas officially handed over twelve thousand dollars cash to Keisha Torres this morning at its Belize City branch office at downtown plaza on Albert Street. The “Live Free Raffle” is one of the newest initiatives of the company in which it is […]
The PUC has put the brakes on electricity rate increase, but the employees of Belize Electricity Limited are in the spirit of giving. The annual hamper drive where residents from across the country are lucky recipients of groceries and care products took place over the past two days. For the seventeenth consecutive year, the utility […]
On Tuesday night we aired a story about the Rural Eastern Division giving back to the community, in cash. It was an unprecedented operation that has certainly received very positive feedback. So our viewers from the Belize District will be happy to know that there’s more in store in 2016. Rural Eastern Division Commander Edward […]
The Salvation Army is the recipient of a generous donation from Transparent BPO today. The customer service company handed over a check for five thousand dollars to Regional Commander Major Joliker Leandre to be used in assisting the needy this Christmas. The gift is part of the company’s active corporate citizenship. This morning, we spoke […]
Police had reported, based on the findings of a very preliminary investigation right after the aircraft landed, a flight plan had been filed. That plan had the Piper Seneca routed from Aruba to the Phillip Goldson International on Sunday, October twenty-fifth. Instead, it landed at the Municipal Airstrip two days after, on Tuesday. An intensive […]
On Monday, CWU President Audrey Matura-Shepherd came out swinging in the wake of an amendment to the Essential Services Act. The revised legislation now includes stevedoring as part of services which when interrupted would endanger the lives, health or personal safety of the whole or part of the population. Needless to say, Matura-Shepherd took aim […]
Negotiations between the Christian Workers Union and the country management of CIBC FirstCaribbean are once again at a standstill. On Monday, CIBC issued a release stating that it is officially closing its doors on January twenty-ninth, 2016. That announcement however, did not mention the outcome of the ongoing discussions in respect of an exit package […]
