There is big news tonight in respect of a million dollar project to upgrade the Dangriga market which is mired in scandal and corruption. An emergency meeting of the Board of the Social Investment Fund was held late this evening in Belmopan following our story last Friday. We can report that the heads of five […]
City buses can no longer run on Albert Street. That’s the law handed down from City Council, and to say that the decision has unleashed a fiery storm of criticism would be an understatement. Commuters to downtown, including students, from all parts of the city now get off on Regent Street West and walk to […]
In Thursday’s newscast, we reported that two investors had apparently been scammed of hundreds of thousands of dollars in a project in the south involving the Social Investment Fund. It involves the reconstruction of a million dollar market in Dangriga that was awarded to the company of a highly placed contractor from the north, Kenard […]
While residents and vendors were outside the compound picketing SIF’s takeover of the Dangriga Municipal Market Project from Kenard Smart’s K and G Construction, more specifically Gush and Emy Ramirez, Daniel Cano and Ernest Raymond were meeting with the distraught couple and attorney Audrey Matura-Shepherd. A formal assumption of control was scheduled for two o’clock […]
The government-owned Belize Telecommunications Limited will hold its annual general meeting this coming September twenty-sixth. Early word is that the company will be reporting a less than stellar performance with another drop in profits of five point five million dollars. Looking at the figures, in 2011, the gross revenue was reported at one hundred and […]
The new British High Commissioner to Belize, Peter Hughes, has arrived in the country to commence a diplomatic tour of duty. Hughes today paid a courtesy call on Minister of National Security, John Saldivar, in his capacity as acting Prime Minister. Hughes started his diplomatic career as Desk Officer in the British Defence Department, and […]
As we mentioned earlier, Minister John Saldivar has been acting as Prime Minister in the absence of the Deputy Prime Minister, Gaspar Vega. The Minister of Natural Resources is on an official visit to the border area of Peten, Guatemala. According to his ministry, while attending the First National Livestock, Vega met with the Guatemalan […]
A protest is planned for Friday in Dangriga where a million dollar renovation of the Dangriga Market has run into trouble. The project had been behind schedule and tonight, construction works on the market have come to a complete halt with word that contracts have been canceled. Two aggrieved investors involved say there is a […]
Belizean artists across all genres of music are tonight up in arms over a promotional video commissioned by the Belize Tourism Board, which premiered on national television on Wednesday evening. While the video does an excellent job of showcasing Belize’s cultural diversity, it’s accompanying soundtrack, a Garifuna ballad performed by acclaimed parandero, Aurelio Martinez, has […]
There two major events that will take place at the same time this weekend. The Carnival Road March takes place on Saturday, as does the Chamber of Commerce’s Expo Belize Marketplace which will continue on Sunday. Some eighteen thousand persons visited the expo last year, and the Chamber says it is seeing an increase in […]
The Belize Tourism Board has released a new video entitled ‘Discover How To Be,’ which you will see later in this newscast. The catchy three minute sales pitch of everything Belizean is a mix of breathtaking footage, vibrant images and pulsating rhythm courtesy of Garifuna singing sensation Aurelio Martinez. According to B.T.B.’s Director of Marketing […]
The Belize Red Cross and City Emergency Management Organization are embarking on a signage project to assist residents of the city during times of natural disasters. The signs were unveiled today during a press conference at the City Hall. The project, which got off the ground today will last four months, will see billboards and […]
As we told you, a number of streets in the City were flooded due to the rains over the past two days. The downpour sent commuters scurrying for public transportation to be able to get to their destination. This morning, commuters found that the established bus stop in the downtown area had been relocated much […]
Construction of a world class facility to be called the Marion Jones Sporting Complex commenced in 2004. Two political terms and several re-incarnations later, the complex is still underway. The media has, with good reason, grown very skeptical and cynical whenever this facility is mentioned. There was a proclamation last week that it would be, […]
When the Marion Jones Sporting Complex does open, whether in 2013 or 2014, there will be new rules put in place. One of those new rules is that the facility will only be used for tertiary level sports. All secondary level sports will have to be played elsewhere. And if you want to be a […]
And there’s another issue which probably won’t sit easy with Belizeans who’ve gotten used to taking that early morning or evening workout at the National Stadium. You’ll still be able to do it, but only if you join a club. And it’s not going to be free. Herman Longsworth, Minister of Sports “That I […]
On Sunday, Wil Maheia and the Belize Territorial Volunteers headed south from Punta Gorda to the border with Guatemala. With September underway, Maheia says the group wanted to show its patriotism and highlight its sense of pride in Belize. The site chosen this time was Sarstoon Island, which lies at the mouth of the Sarstoon […]
We told you earlier in the newscast that Daniel Aguirre was killed sometime after midnight on Friday after he had left La Cabana Restaurant and Bar. Aguirre’s charred remains were found in his taxi miles away from where he lived. Aguirre captured national attention when he competed and won the title of KTV Latino in […]
A young woman accused of killing three of her children will appear in court on September seventeenth to stand trial on three counts of murder. On April twenty-seventh twenty-two year old Felicia Chen allegedly walked her four children into the sea at Belizean Beach and held three of them underwater until they were dead. The […]
On Wednesday, the Clerk of the National Assembly sent out a schedule and agenda of hearings of the Public Accounts Committee. That committee, mandated to scrutinize and report on government spending, is now run by four members of the Cabinet. Minister of National Security John Saldivar was appointed pro-tem Chairman of the Committee after opposition […]
A report earlier this week in Caribbean Insight suggests modifications in respect of the Petrocaribe oil debt by governments of the region to Venezuela’s state owned oil company known as PDVSA. Under the program, Venezuela sells petroleum to a number of countries at concessionary prices at annual interest rates of between one and two percent. […]
The ALBA Bank is owned by Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua. News Five also questioned Ambassador Perez Marcano if any changes were contemplated in the medium to long term period in respect of the interest rates which stand at between one and two percent to beneficiary countries, as has been speculated in international media. […]
The Landings Project, a powerful body of work in visual and literary art, was launched in Belize City today. The repertoire, a product of curator Joan Duran, dates back to 2004 when it was first introduced as the cultural definition of fifteen participating countries. The latest publication is a volume of essays, quotations, writings and […]
Today the Belize Police Department proudly launched a historic documentary chronicling the success story of one of its greatest initiative. The Gang Resistance Education and Training program was first born in the US and reborn in Belize in 2008. It is a collaboration effort between the US Embassy, the Ministry of Education and the Belize […]
The National Bank of Belize Limited was established in April 2013, and today its doors were opened to the general public in Belmopan. The state-owned bank will primarily provide concessionary credit to public officers, teachers and lower-middle income Belizeans. Suitable to the occasion, the launch was a red-carpet type affair of government leaders, public officers, […]
