One company which submitted a bid today is Cohune Energy Limited. They plan to use the very abundant cohune to provide energy to the national grid. Today company representative Rudolph Castillo told News Five that his project is about much more than just creating energy. Rudolph Castillo, Cohune Energy Limited “This is not just […]
The discovery of a fetus under a bed is the latest scandal to hit the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. On Friday, a decomposed fetus was discovered only when an Orange Walk patient in the Observation Ward alerted hospital personnel. According to a police release captioned ‘abandoned fetus,’ it was found at around eight p.m. when […]
The Puerto Azul luxury facility has come under sustained fire from environmentalists following the launch of the Puerto Azul Experience Party at a glitzy event held in the French Riviera during the Cannes Film Festival. The high-end state of the art facility which is proposed to include an airstrip, mega hotels, shopping malls, restaurants and […]
The media grilled Mike Singh about the participation of Contreras and Heredia at the Puerto Azul Experience Party at Cannes. So was it premature for the project to be unveiled by the Italian investors? Here’s what the C.E.O. had to say. Michael Singh, C.E.O., Ministry of Trade & Investment “Cabinet is collective; there are […]
Belizean footballers who played for the national team at the Gold Cup one year ago have still not been paid in full, as contracted by the Football Federation of Belize. The team did not make it past the first round, but even before leaving for the United States, players signed a contract with the F.F.B. […]
In April, we brought you the story of Orange Walk resident Jose Novelo. Novelo had been working on fifty-four acres of land in Indian Church for more than four decades, and had even gotten a valid lease to the parcel in 2000. But in April 2014, Novelo found out that the land had been taken […]
On Friday, a few artists and DJs held a protest in Belize City because they say they need more support from government, and specifically from the Ministry of Culture. They also had a couple demands – the removal of Shyne Barrow as Music Ambassador and the removal of Diane Haylock, President of NICH. We didn’t […]
The Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed that the destruction of vegetation in Valley of Peace by Green Tropics back in mid-March was as the result of the use of the herbicide, Roundup. The samples of vegetables including cabbage, tomato and pepper were sent abroad for testing by the ministry. The Valley of Peace Farmers Association […]
On April fourth, a pair of students on a class trip to the Che Chem Ha Cave in Benque Viejo perished in the Macal River, where they were freshening up after a long day of hiking. The tragedy claimed the lives of Anahi Zepeda and Edgar Puck, both fourth form students at Escuela Secundaria Tecnica […]
A two-day workshop began today at the Radisson Fort George in Belize City. It focuses on branding the Belizean products that are exported to various markets around the world. Dubbed the Belize Export and Origin Consortia Workshop, the Caribbean Development Bank in partnership with the Belize Coalition of Service Providers has organized the initiative to […]
In attendance today were various stakeholders from the private and public sectors including BELTRAIDE, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry as well as entrepreneurs and small business owners who have over the years developed products and services that have been sold locally and internationally. The C.E.O.s in the Ministries of Trade and Investment and […]
There have been all sorts of scandalous allegations of wrongdoings made against the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, but tonight there is a troubling report that has been confirmed by the police. The K.H.M.H. is not providing further details, but on Friday night, sometime around eight o’clock, a patient from Orange Walk alerted the nurses on […]
Tour operator Vitalino Reyes Junior is still comatose at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Reyes Junior was assaulted last week Thursday during a confrontation at a bar; he was beaten so badly that he ended up on life support. His competitor in the tourism industry, Yhony Rosado of Cavetubing.com and his employees are at the […]
Last Tuesday, Trevor Vernon, the unsuccessful claimant in a private case brought against Minister of State Edmond Castro, made the flamboyant gesture of paying fifty percent of costs, twenty-five hundred dollars, in shillings…delivered in two pillow cases to Castro’s attorney, Denys Barrow. Vernon took Castro to court for breaching the code of conduct as a […]
Belize Rural North Area Representative Arthur Saldivar has his own financial cross to bear. On May twenty-third, the Supreme Court ruled against him in a defamation suit brought by Prime Minister Dean Barrow. In what has been described as the most significant libel award thus far, Saldivar was ordered to pay sixty-nine thousand dollars to […]
Every year, thousands of Belizeans walk from Ladyville to Belize City to raise awareness and fight cancer. On Saturday morning, bright and early, young and old, men and women as well as children came from all over the country and from other parts to support persons who are affected or families who have lost loved […]
A small protest was held on Saturday morning in Belize City in solidarity with Doctor Brendan Bain, who was recently terminated from the CHART program at the University of the West Indies. The organizers, Belize Action and the Belize Association of Evangelical Churches say that freedom is under attack and that they would not stand […]
On Tuesday, Belize Rural North resident, Trevor Vernon paid half his costs to attorney Denys Barrow, in coins…twenty-five hundred dollars worth on behalf of Minister of State Edmond Castro, who on a technicality won a case brought against him by Vernon for breaching the code of conduct as a government minister. And by Wednesday evening, […]
The 2014 hurricane season is here, and as it does every year, the Met Office is advising Belizeans to be prepared for the worst. Best predictions are that there will be six to eight named storms this year which is average, or slightly above average. Chief Met Office Dennis Gonguez today told News Five that […]
Every year on May thirty-first, the World Health Organization observes World No Tobacco Day. At its offices countrywide, the National Drug Abuse Control Council held activities in celebration of the day. Focusing on public awareness, this year’s activities addressed the negative effects of tobacco consumption—whether it be first, second or third-hand smoking. It also zoned […]
For the past two years the Belize Police Department has embarked on a citizen awards program for secondary school students. The initiative known as the Do The Right Thing rewards teenagers for leading by positive example. While that monthly activity has taken off, the Belmopan formation of the police department has reintroduced a similar program […]
World Milk Day was first celebrated in Belize in 2012 but the event has been growing leaps and bounds. This morning, the Santiago Castillo Group of companies staged a fair featuring the popular brand Dutch Lady. In attendance were students from different schools who learnt the goodness of milk for the body. Duane Moody reports. […]
This just in to our newsroom. San Ignacio Police are currently processing a scene in Los Tambos in the outskirts of Spanish Lookout where the body of a man was found just before news time. According to police, the identity of the person is not known nor is the cause of death.
On Tuesday, Trevor Vernon made a bold statement when he delivered two pillow-cases full of shillings to the law firm of Barrow and Company. The payment, twenty-five hundred dollars, is half of the costs granted to Edmond Castro by Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin. As we said, it was a bold statement and good for some […]
Minister of Tourism, Manuel Heredia, as well as Minister of Economic Development, Erwin Contreras were photographed at the Cannes Film Festival in France last week. They are now back in the country after attending an exclusive party hosted by Italian investors of the Puerto Azul group. Along with the ministers, was Belize’s ambassador to Italy, […]
