The frequency of bomb threats around Belize City has created somewhat a sense of nonchalance among students and employees. Prank calls of explosive devices hidden in classrooms or restrooms at businesses seem to be commonplace of late but school administrators and company managers are taking no chances. Today a total of three bomb threats were […]
Stray dogs; you see them everywhere. It’s a constant problem in the city but what to do to curb their numbers. The Humane society has come up with a plan, which involves a new procedure to contain the stray animal population. News Five’s Delahnie Bain has a report on an initiative that begins this weekend […]
Two weeks ago you heard the Prime Minister warn that this financial year is going to be the hardest for his government. But judging by this week’s issue of the government’s newspaper, GOB will shortly be seven point five million dollars richer. The newspaper reported that the new board of directors of Telemedia would be […]
On Wednesday we heard from Amina Shabazz about the effects that last Sunday afternoon’s shooting of nineteen year old Ahmad Nah of Camalote Village is having on her twelve year old daughter. The young students are good friends and he used to visit her family every day. He lies brain dead in the Karl Heusner […]
Meanwhile, the swelling on Ahmad’s brain has receded enough to allow doctors at the Karl Heusner Memorial to perform a cat scan today. The procedure was set for Friday but the youth’s positive response to medications to reduce the swelling afforded doctors the chance to find out earlier what his chances are. That will be […]
America’s Most Wanted’s Host John Walsh was in Belize in early February. His show trumpeted an international manhunt for a sly child molester who fled the United States. The hunt for convicted sex offender, Robert Snyder, came to an end in Belize. While in the jewel, Snyder started to tutor at four primary schools. While […]
The condition of nineteen year old Ahmad Nah remains much the same; Nah is breathing through life support equipment at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Police are treating the shooting of the Camalote resident, as a sensitive case – partly because no one knows for sure what happened when he was shot, and because the […]
Lotto faithfuls would know by now that since the start of this week there have been no draws and ticket sales have been suspended. That’s because the contract that Tropical Gaming Company has with the government has expired and they are now in the process of re-negotiating. And if you’re wondering how long it will […]
If you would like to feast your eyes, head out to St Mary’s School where members of the Belize Garden Club are displaying their own hand made creations. Aside from their creativity, the members used ingenuous ways to do the floral arrangements without spending a dime on materials. The training was courtesy of Janet Baughman, […]
A nineteen year old resident of Camalote Village is tonight clinging to life after being shot in the head by a minor. The family of Ahmad Nah has reported that he was shot in the head from close proximity with a pellet gun while at a friend’s house over the weekend. He was rushed to […]
A large explosion sounded throughout Belize Sunday night. A few minutes after nine, people from all over the country were calling radio stations claiming it might have been a grenade attack or even comets falling from the sky. In truth it was the space shuttle Endeavor returning into earth’s atmosphere. While traveling at speeds over […]
The Department of Civil Aviation closely followed Endeavour’s re-entry into earth’s atmosphere as it headed for landing at Cape Canaveral. The shuttle moved directly over Belize’s path but by the time the boom was heard, it was already further north over Cozumel. Brian Dominguez, Operations Officer, Department of Civil Aviation “The Sonic boom is the […]
The Garifuna Collective and the Umalali Women Singers are just back in Belize after a two week successful tour of North America. It’s an experience their producer, Ivan Duran of Stonetree Records, sees as a cultural exchange as the group continues to propel Garifuna music to the world. They toured for years with musical icon […]
It’s a lucrative business that is the subject of an investigation and it has to do with the issuance of visas to nationals who require clearance and approval from the Director of Immigration. On a weekly basis, flights land at the Phillip International Airport loaded primarily with Chinese nationals who come to Belize in their […]
Shyne Po, or Moses Michael Leviy, the rapper and son of Prime Minister Dean Barrow has been busy since his return to Belize. Deportation has not kept him back, and reports in the hip-hop community say that the rapper has signed a seven figure deal with Def Jam Recording. His uncle, Housing Minister Michael Finnegan […]
If you take a look around the old capital, there is a lot that needs to be fixed. The grass needs to be cut, the buildings need to be painted, the streets need to be paved and the list goes on. But there is another eyesore that has plagued the city and that is open […]
Every ten years, the population is counted. The census determines a number of issues and provides updated information on population growth and trends, gender, race, employment and other interesting data on the Belizean mosiac. Census Day has been set for May twelfth, when every household will be visited and tallied. Ann Marie Williams has more […]
The offices of the Young Men’s Christian’s Association (YMCA) on Faber’s Road Extension in Belize City is sitting in an area that is a virtual speed zone. Not many drivers slow down when passing the facility which is attended by students for after school as well as feeding programs. The YMCA and the Faber’s Road […]
The unemployment figure stood at twelve point five percent for the third quarter of 2009, that’s according to the Statistical Institute of Belize. The opening of a new business venture may not dent the statistics, but in these hard times, it will provide sixty jobs for residents of Belize City. It won’t come on-stream until […]
In the year 2000 Belize’s population stood at roughly two hundred and forty-nine thousand. Ten years later, it is estimated that the number of people living in Belize is around three hundred and fifty thousand. The Statistical Institute of Belize will conduct a census starting May twelfth and its employees will be gathering relevant information […]
There’s a new boss at the Belize Tourism Board. She is Seleni Matus. Matus has worked as advisor for the Center for Environmental Leadership in Business Mesoamerican Reef Tourism Initiative and has managerial experience in ecotourism and sustainable development. She holds a Masters Degree in Corporate Strategy and Governance from the University of Nottingham in […]
Last week, the host of America’s Most Wanted, John Walsh, was in Belize filming an episode which showcases the capture of convicted child molester Robert Snyder. Snyder failed to register as a sex offender and went into hiding when he was released from prison and then surfaced in Belize. Snyder is described as a cunning […]
Where is it and how much? That’s the questions that keep popping up when the topic of revenues from the oil industry is discussed. Dr. Gilbert Canton, the CEO of Belize Natural Energy today spoke of the “crude facts” about the industry when he took the couch on our morning show. And while the jury […]
Youths from around the country will be converging on Saturday morning in the capital for a conference and concert designed to motivate and inspire them. The event is connected with the work of several stakeholders including the BNE Trust, and the violence research by Doctor Herbert Gale. The organizers have brought in a special guest […]
Black History month is celebrated annually in February. The month was set aside since 1926 and is traced back to Doctor Carter G. Woodson of Kentucky, the son of slaves, who did a study of black history and found that U.S. history books ignored Black Americans. In Belmopan, the U.S. Embassy today opened a poster […]
