Home » Economy People & Places Social Issues
You are currently browsing entries filed in: Economy People & Places Social Issues
Wayne Matura is the second shooting victim in Sunday’s deadly attack in Belize City and, as we’ve reported, he remains hospitalized at this time. Matura is scheduled to undergo surgery for the injury he received to his leg. The Belize Blood Bank has donated eight pints of blood, but there is still a need for […]
Written on July 5, 2023 | Posted in
Economy,
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on Blood Drive, Turkey Dinner Sale for Wayne Matura’s Recovery
The mother of slain teenager, Jahfeth Stamp is also in need of financial assistance to bury her son. According to Angela Lopez, she has been informed by police that the morgue at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is presently full and as such an autopsy cannot be conducted on the body of sixteen-year-old Jahfeth. Without […]
Written on July 5, 2023 | Posted in
Economy,
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on Mother Needs Financial Assistance to Bury Her Son
“Activists and NGOs Rally for Stricter Measures to Curb Illegal Waste Burning, Urging Environmental and Climate Justice in Trinidad and Tobago” In Trinidad and Tobago, there are four landfills: Beetham, Forres Park, Guanapo, and Tobago. The first three landfills are in Trinidad and are managed by the Trinidad and Tobago Solid Waste Management Company […]
Written on June 29, 2023 | Posted in
Environment,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on Illegal Burning of Waste At Landfill Sites In Trinidad and Tobago Heightens Air Pollution Risks
When a trio of food vendors arrived at their respective stalls on Coney Drive earlier today, they were surprised to have been met with summonses to appear before the High Court. That’s because a property owner in the immediate vicinity has lodged a claim demanding their removal from that location. The women are up in […]
Written on June 28, 2023 | Posted in
Economy,
Law,
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on Coney Drive Vendors are Summoned to Appear in Court
Canon Leroy Flowers, who has led Saint Mary’s Parish for more than four decades, has passed away. The well-known religious leader had been battling a form of bone cancer for over a year, but over the past month, developed an infection that he never recovered from. Late this evening the Ministry of Religious Affairs issued […]
Written on June 26, 2023 | Posted in
Economy,
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on Canon Leroy Flowers Dies at Age 74
Canon Flowers served on several boards and made numerous contributions over the four decades that he has led Saint Mary’s Church. Edgar Flowers informed that Bishop Phillip Wright will decide who will replace Canon Flowers in leading Saint Mary’s Parish. Over the last few weeks that he has been very ill, Reverend Linda Moguel has […]
Written on June 26, 2023 | Posted in
Economy,
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on Who will Replace Canon Flowers at St. Mary’s Church?
Earlier this week, B.E.L. issued a notice to customers that its supplier of electricity in Mexico had been experiencing generation shortages as a result of the high demand for power in the Yucatan Peninsula. Subsequently, C.F.E. reduced the available amount of electricity provided to Belize to between zero and ten megawatts. The company attributes the […]
Written on June 23, 2023 | Posted in
Economy,
Featured,
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on B.E.L. Explains Likelihood of Power Shortage
Marshalleck also told reporters that B.E.L. is procuring portable generators to address the issue in the immediate short term, but that the company is looking to build several generation facilities in the coming months. B.E.L. is also pushing for the construction of a pair of solar farms. Andrew Marshalleck, Chairman, Belize Electricity Ltd. “BEL […]
Written on June 23, 2023 | Posted in
Economy,
Featured,
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on B.E.L. has to Expand Capacity to Meet Energy Demands
He was not at the sitting of the House of Representatives last Friday, but Fort George Area Rep Kareem Musa’s name did come up at the start of the meeting. Leader of the Opposition Shyne Barrow in a fiery exchange with Pickstock Area Representative Anthony Mahler alluded to Musa having been assaulted by his cabinet […]
Written on June 22, 2023 | Posted in
Economy,
Featured,
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on Minister Musa Says Shyne is Wrong; Nobody Punched Him
The family of a man who was a witness in a murder trial is worried that he might have become the victim of foul play after he testified in court over a week ago. Thirty-year-old Iran “Basco” Jones had just relocated to Hattieville, after he had shown up to court to testify in a trial […]
Written on June 22, 2023 | Posted in
Crime,
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on What Happened to Court Witness, Iran “Basco” Jones?
Several months ago, businesswoman and ostrich wrangler, Nancy Marin introduced the first egg that was laid at her ranch after she was allowed to keep the birds that she had purchased. Her ostriches laid a number of eggs since then and two months ago, the new hatchlings arrived. Today, Marin told the media that in […]
Written on June 20, 2023 | Posted in
Economy,
Environment,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on Four Ostriches Hatch in Belize; Sixteen Didn’t Survive
An inspector of police has been criminally charged for wounding a man who was detained at police station outside of his jurisdiction. Inspector Christopher Martinez, the Head of Special Patrol Unit in Belize City, was charged after twenty-nine-year-old, Aaron Flowers alleged that Martinez beat him in the head with a pair of handcuffs. Flowers, who […]
Written on June 19, 2023 | Posted in
Crime,
Featured,
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on Police Inspector Charged with Wounding a Detainee
Early Sunday morning, there was a suspected arson on Rivero Street in Belize City that gutted two wooden houses adjacent to each other. And while three families have been left without a roof over their heads, they are battling yet another issue. Today, News Five headed back to the area where the fire victims claim […]
Written on June 16, 2023 | Posted in
Law,
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on Despite Being Fire Victims, Families Claim Police Harassment
Dulce Sanchez and Joan Ramsey say that police targeting the yard is bringing unnecessary negative attention to the families. So how do they get the harassment to stop? Joan Ramsey, Claims Police Harassment “This chaos di traumatize me darling, it di traumatize me. Watch this chaos. Only God knows how my house noh get […]
Written on June 16, 2023 | Posted in
Law,
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on Families Want Help to Stop Police Harassment
Like many other Belizeans, you have probably been complaining about the intense temperatures being experienced across the country over the last few weeks. The National Meteorological Service has concluded an analysis of the severe heat. According to that study, the hottest days for 2023, so far, were recorded in May. Interestingly, however, the study reveals […]
Written on June 13, 2023 | Posted in
Environment,
People & Places,
Social Issues,
Weather |
Comments Off on Hottest Days for 2023 Recorded in May
The analysis also took an in-depth look at heat wave events in 2023. A heat wave event is a period when temperatures that fall within the top ten percent of the historical record last for at least two consecutive days. Tower Hill, for example, recorded the longest heat wave event for 2023, lasting twenty six […]
Written on June 13, 2023 | Posted in
Environment,
Social Issues,
Weather |
Comments Off on Thirty More Heat Wave Events Forecasted for 2023
Life can be hard on the average person who is struggling to make ends meet or to find the job they’d like in a fiercely competitive world. But one man who was violently struck down during a jealous rage says you can do whatever you put your mind to if you have the drive to […]
Written on June 13, 2023 | Posted in
Economy,
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on Paralyzed Man Makes His Living Playing Your Music
Forty-three-year-old Kera Leslie is recovering well in a hospital at Clinica Merida, a privately-run medical institution in Merida, Mexico. The grandmother has been there since May receiving advanced-level care for a rare auto-immune condition. A week ago, doctors at the hospital removed her thyroid and had to attach a tube for her to breathe through […]
Written on June 9, 2023 | Posted in
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on Kera Leslie Still Needs Your Help
Over the past week, there have been several power outages and as recent as Monday night, there was a low power surge in parts of the city, before electricity was lost for residents. Today, however, Belize Electricity Limited hosted a virtual press conference to discuss matters concerning the utility company’s contingency plans to provide unimpeded […]
Written on June 8, 2023 | Posted in
Economy,
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on B.E.L. Explains the Vulnerable State of Electricity Services
It’s not the kind of news any parent expects to hear, that their child was involved in a brawl at school that ended up with them being sent home. It’s worse when the fight involved a sharp-edged tool, such as a machete. This was the case at Ladyville Technical High School on Wednesday when a […]
Written on June 1, 2023 | Posted in
Economy,
Education,
Featured,
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on School Fight between Machete-wielding Man and Students under Investigation
Narco traffickers continue to use Central America, including Belize, as a drug transhipment point. It’s a thirty-two billion-dollar industry that is affecting communities globally. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the global drug trafficking market is constantly evolving, undermining economic and social development and contributing to crime, instability and insecurity. In […]
Written on June 1, 2023 | Posted in
Economy,
Featured,
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on The Illegal Drug Trade: Intervention to Curb this Transnational Crime
Today, in a remote area of Toledo District, a clandestine airstrip used in a recent drug plane landing was destroyed by the Belize Defense Force. At first light, this morning, troops made their way to the area where explosives were planted along the cleared path that was approximately two kilometers long. News Five spoke with […]
Written on May 31, 2023 | Posted in
Economy,
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on B.D.F. Destroys Illegal Airstrips in Southern Belize
There is a death investigation taking place in Orange Walk after a man was found dead on his farm in the Camp One area of Shipyard. Thirty-seven-year-old Hipolito Humes Junior went to his farm located on the other side of the New River, but did not return that day. On Sunday, the father and a […]
Written on May 29, 2023 | Posted in
Economy,
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on Guinea Grass Resident Found Dead on Farm
The Ministry of Human Development and the National Women’s Commission wrote to the General Manager of Tropical Vision Limited (Channel 7) last week expressing its discontent with the reporting of a sexual assault case from southern Belize that is under investigation. In the report, explicit details of the offense allegedly perpetrated against the female victim […]
Written on May 25, 2023 | Posted in
Economy,
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on Minister Dolores not Happy with 7 News over “Irresponsible” Reporting
Minister Dolores Balderamos-Garcia goes on to say that there were inaccuracies in the report as it relates to the response from authorities on the matter. She describes it as a twisting of facts. Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, Minister of Human Development “There was no inaction on the part of authorities. Not everything I do to help […]
Written on May 25, 2023 | Posted in
Economy,
People & Places,
Social Issues |
Comments Off on Was there Twisting of Facts in the Report?
