A public notice caught our attention in a recent issue of the Star Newspaper based in Cayo. It states that the Investment Committee of the Social Security Board has recommended to the Board of Directors, the approval of fourteen point nine million dollars to a company by the name of Nature Fresh Belize Ltd for […]
The emergent scrap metal industry is also facing government scrutiny. The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment intends to whip the scrap metal business into shape by introducing new regulations. According to a release from the ministry, the collection, storage, transportation and exportation of scraps will be controlled through a licensing system. The Scrap […]
While the hoop dreams of the Under Fifteen National Basketball team has them reaching for the stars, the vision of a local entrepreneur also has him and some local youths in the spotlight. Back from the U.S less than three years ago, Aaron Lauriano was disheartened by the increasing number of crime he sees everyday […]
Arthur Saldivar has the distinction of being the only attorney that has been banned from visiting his clients in prison. The Belize Central Prison in Hattieville implemented the ban after he allegedly facilitated a phone call from his client Mike Menjivar to the media. The prison wrote the Bar Association hoping that they would punish […]
Summer is drawing closer and one yearly environmental staple has returned. Registration for the Belize Audubon Society’s annual summer camps for kids, teens and adults have begun. According to Audubon’s Publicity Coordinator, Dirk ‘the Birdman’ Francisco, participants have a choice of seven camps in which they can learn while exploring nature. Dirk Francisco, Publicity Coordinator, […]
If you enjoy the flamboyant feathers of birds but have no desire to venture into forests, then there is still an event for you. The glitz, colors and sequins of Carnival is truly emerging on the horizon. At the end of May, the fate of this year’s carnival road march was in limbo; several mas […]
After Wednesday’s press conference in which Prime Minister Dean Barrow dropped the bombshell that he might have to consider nationalizing Belize Electricity Limited, the nation has been on edge on both the possibility of blackouts and the effects on investors’ confidence if another company is nationalized. B.E.L. has been unable to meet debt obligations or […]
The Orange Walk community is still coming to terms with the death of Dr. Enrique Guerra who was attacked in the early hours of May twenty-first. Guerra was hospitalized in a coma ever since and passed away early on Wednesday morning at the KHMH. The doctor was walking on Main Street in Orange Walk Town […]
Tourism is on the rebound from the global recession that threatened the industry that provides jobs for one out of every four Belizeans. The Prime Minister said today that the numbers are going up and that Belize has survived the worst of it. Government is investing millions of dollars in different projects including infrastructure and […]
And after clearly dismissing the squatters by calling them fraudsters, the P.M. moved onto the next hot button issue. The transport industry has been going through several changes as the bus associations have been dealt several changes to the routes assigned to them by the Ministry of Transport. When the roads were being blocked and […]
The Belize Trivia Challenge was introduced to the public back in February and was made available online for internet users wishing to test their general knowledge of the Jewel. It has been almost six months and what began as a group of almost a thousand players has now been reduced to three participants. Rhondeen Pitts, […]
Over thirty representatives from the region, the U.S, the U.K, European Union along with government representatives in Belize are discussing personal and economic security. That’s at the center of the deliberations at a United Nations Development Assessment Framework roll-out workshop that is ongoing at the Radisson Hotel. News Five’s Andrea Polanco reports. Andrea Polanco, Reporting […]
It was not one of the biggest protests, but COLA and Belizeans for Justice stepped up pressure on the government today on a wide gamut of issues from the recent eviction of squatters to the expulsion of Marcel Cardona and the troubles in the transportation industry. The protesters did the talk and walked the walk […]
Not far away at the Michael Finnegan Market, things were also heating up. For months, there has been a myriad of problems that have pitted vendors against Belize City Councilor, Phillip Willoughby who has responsibility for the markets. Some have been ironed out, others persist and new issues keep popping up. When we headed out […]
Time is running out for Belize Electricity Limited as its arrangement with the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (C.F.E.) of Mexico, which supplies about seventy percent of the country with power, is maxed out. Massive and rolling blackouts can arise if B.E.L. is unable to make regular payments to keep its eight million dollar debt to […]
In the last week of April 2011, two American citizens took their own lives in the Jewel. Michael Virgin, a firefighter was known to be depressed, and he hung himself inside a hotel room on April twenty-sixth. The other man, Scott Meinke was a fugitive from justice and when the cops in Punta Gorda caught […]
The OAS forty-first General Assembly focused on citizen security in the Americas and the discussions wrapped up today in San Salvador. A declaration for a regional approach to tackle transnational crime was approved by the member states. In the context of Belize, it focuses on Central America, which has felt the brunt of the upsurge […]
While the ideas coming from the general assembly emphasize the need for strengthened law enforcement entities, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington, says that might not be the best route for Belize. According to Elrington, the focus should be on preventing the youths from turning to crime, rather than reacting when the deed is […]
On Monday you heard the Foreign Minister of Guatemala, Haroldo Rhodas, speak about the referendum on the Belize/Guatemala dispute. While in Salvador, we caught up with Belize’s Ambassador to Guatemala, Fred Martinez. We asked him about the development of southern highway to Jalacte and whether it will change relations with Guatemala. Marleni Cuellar “Recently we […]
In Ladyville, the body of a thirty-six year old resident was found under suspicious circumstances but the Police Department is unable to ascertain if the man was murdered. According to the Ladyville Police Formation, the body of Enoc Abel Montero was found after three p.m. on Friday, at his home at the Lake Garden area. […]
When two Belize City residents, a deacon and a small business owner decided to visit a local entertainment center on Saturday night, they hadn’t a clue that it would end up in a shooting incident, as well as a severe beating at a family home; all allegedly at the hands of the Police Department. According […]
The Michael Finnegan Market Vendors are unhappy with the new configurations implemented by the Belize City Council. The street vendors who normally block traffic along the canal side have been moved and the wholesalers have been relegated to sell their produce on a side street. Last week Deputy Mayor Phillip Willoughby said that the new […]
But tonight twenty two year old Tanisha Beaton, a second class clerk at the Treasury Department is the luck winner of the Lotto jackpot. When Beaton collected her winnings of fifty-five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, she said that luck was on her side when she changed a free ticket for a quick pick. […]
Evicted squatters, backed by Belizeans for Justice and COLA, staged a protest, blocking the Belcan Bridge after their houses were destroyed on Wednesday morning. On Thursday Yolanda Schakron, who was on the frontline, got the criminal treatment at the Queen Street Police Station, but after processing no charges were levied. COLA’s Giovanni Bracket also received […]
International basketball star, Alex Carcamo, is in Belize to tie the knot with his fiancé in Placencia and while he’s here, young athletes will get an opportunity to participate in a basketball camp which begins next week Tuesday. The competition promises lots of prizes including autographed jerseys and footwear. It’s his first venture into hosting […]
