We told you on Thursday night that the report has been completed on the controversial issue of cruise ship tourism for southern Belize, specifically the Placencia Peninsula. In a nutshell, the consultants recommend that Belize should not approve a new port of call due to the environmental impact and because southern communities are not ready […]
Twenty-three Mahogany Street vendors, who operate under Belize Electricity Limited’s main transmission line, are no closer to finding a solution to their impending relocation. B.E.L. charges that the vendors are in danger because they are immediately under the path of the transmission line, which runs above the City’s Reserve. The reserve is controlled by the […]
The Women’s Department is encouraging Belize City women to sign up for its Supporting Single Mother’s Project. Successful applicants will learn a trade and after the course, the department will help them with job placements. It’s an opportunity for the women to empower themselves and gain financial independence, which also benefits their children. Arlette Abraham, […]
Representatives from Maya communities converged at the Battlefield Park in downtown Belize today for day one of an appeal by the Government on a Supreme Court ruling handed down last year. That ruling affirmed ancestral Maya land rights for thirty-eight villages in southern Belize. The case was a major win for the Maya Leaders’ Alliance […]
The men implicated in one of the biggest drug seizures ever in the country were taken to court this morning. Four police officers and a Customs boatman were hauled to the Chambers of Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie under the protection of heavily armed escorts. Sergeants Jacinto Roches and Lawrence Humes along with Corporals Renel […]
The report on cruise ship tourism in the south is in. Last October the Belize Tourism Board held public consultations with residents of Placencia, Dangriga and Punta Gorda to discuss the introduction of cruise tourism to Southern Belize. From the get go, the opposition was strong, in particular among the Placencia based businesses and environmental […]
The headline on Wednesday was that twenty-three vendors and their families may soon have to close down their businesses on Mahogany Street if they can’t find a suitable relocation area. Belize Electricity Limited contends that there is danger to vendors who operate immediately below the transmission line that brings power to Belize City. B.E.L. claims […]
It’s common for prisoners to be transferred from the districts to Belize City or the Central Prison, but when it happens in the dead of night, well that’s a different story. And that was the case with former Mexican Soldier, Jose Luis Robles Beltran, who was in the custody of the Corozal Police until a […]
A fourteen year old high school student left her home on Rivero Street early Monday morning to start the school week, but she hasn’t returned home since. Her family now fears that she may have fallen victim to the crime and violence that plague Belize City Streets. But they are holding on to hope and […]
Access to potable water is often taken for granted in urban areas. But in many rural communities the provision of adequate water systems remains a challenge. We traveled west today and found a preschool set in the middle of a roadside village on the Western Highway without a water supply. News Five’s Marion Ali has […]
Throughout this month activities are taking place to celebrate women and their achievements. The sixth Women’s Summit was held today, but it was not only about women and women’s rights, it also dealt with gender equality. The organizers of the summit also heard the views and ideas of participants on how to empower the female […]
A Belize City man has deep pockets tonight after he won Saturday night’s Lotto Jackpot. Forty-nine year old Stephen Canto collected his cheque at the Tropical Gaming Office this afternoon and News Five was on time to learn from him that he will invest his winnings in real estate. According to Canto, his luck finally […]
Twenty-three vendors along Mahogany Street have come under pressure to move from their current locations. Belize Electricity Limited has written to the vendors justifying the directive on the basis that it is concerned about the safety of the vendors who are positioned dangerously close to the city’s main transmission line. The electricity company has given […]
The vendors on Mahogany Street aren’t the only people being affected by the one hundred and fifteen kilovolt power lines. There are other parts of the country where lines are in dangerous proximity to buildings. B.E.L. is looking at a similar instance of vendors operating under power lines in San Pedro. But in the old […]
For weeks, it has been reported that Allen Saum, is on the police’s wanted list. Saum is the man who is being accused of tampering with legal documents filed at the Company’s registry in Belmopan, naming him as one of the super majority shareholders in Paradise Energy Limited. The others are Oren Miles first and […]
A group of over fifty persons, including students and contractors from the Monterrey Bay Academy Seven Day Adventist High School, arrived in Belize today. The purpose of their visit was to construct a new Seven Day Adventist School in Progresso Village, replacing the current one which is congested and not up to scratch. But the […]
Last Friday night, Miguel Rivera, a fruit vendor, was killed as he sat in the vicinity of the Michael Finnegan Market. The homicide spurred security concerns among fruit and vegetable vendors, which was one of the issues discussed today in a meeting at the market. The council is planning to move the vendors from the […]
Founded in 1956 by Lady Winnie Ward, the local Young Women’s Christian Association is celebrating its fifty-fifth anniversary this month. It coincides handily with Women’s Month and its programs are geared to providing young women with opportunities to lead purposeful lives. News Five’s Marion Ali has a full report on the Y’s role in meeting […]
Government announced it is providing over two million dollars for a food program that will be rolled out from the Southside to the north side of the city, but with more than forty percent of the population living in poverty, every little bit counts. Earlier today we found the police partnering with Restore Belize on […]
Progresso Village in the north is known for its pristine beaches and tranquility, but on Monday hell broke loose in the village over the perennial trouble of land. And unlike the use of gunfire in the urban warfare gripping the old capital, the weapons of choice were machetes, shovels and anything that a group of […]
The Public Utilities Commission won a suit brought on by Belize Electricity Limited. It was a big win for the P.U.C. that has been in an out of court in a number of cases with the electricity company. Earlier today the Supreme Court dismissed B.E.L.’s appeal was based on thirteen grounds against the P.U.C.’s final […]
A mother of four is turning to someone, anyone for sympathy since she is about to lose her house at the Mile eight community on the Western Highway. Linda Esquiliano says she admits that her delinquency in not meeting her mortgage payments with the Social Security Board led to her current situation, but now she […]
The contract for Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie is reportedly about to expire. The Prime Minister Dean Barrow expressed in February that the contract would be renewed for an additional three months, which should extend her time on the bench to the end of June. Since last week, there has been a lot of speculation […]
Shyne, the rapper baptized as Jamal Barrow, has gone through several name changes including Moses Levi, since his release from a U.S. prison. In addition to his yarmulke or Kippah, the rapper dons several proverbial hats including that of Music Ambassador of Belize. Well Shyne, who now goes by the name Moshe Levi Ben David, […]
The 2011-2012 budget presentation was on Friday in the capital and details of how it will impact Belizeans are just beginning to take shape. Prime Minister Dean Barrow did reveal that while revenue and grants are projected at eight hundred and forty-three point six million dollars, expenditure is at eight hundred and ninety million. That […]
