While her husband was in Belmopan with Belize’s Prime Minister and Cabinet, Madame Siew had some official duties of her own this afternoon. Accompanied by First Lady Joan Musa, the wife of Taiwan’s Ambassador to Belize Mrs. Shen and spouses from the Taiwanese delegation, the women first stopped at St. John’s Anglican Cathedral. Mrs. Siew […]
While Belize’s Prime Minister was at the airport greeting his Taiwanese counterpart this morning, Deputy Prime Minister John Briceño was hosting the Secretary General of the Organization of American States Cesar Gaviria, who was also on an official visit. During a press conference, the Deputy Prime Minister pledged his government’s support to the numerous OAS […]
The Secretary General says his visit this week is intended to give the new government an opportunity to become better acquainted with the OAS and make recommendations about areas in which Belize could use OAS assistance. Gaviria says the OAS is quite satisfied with the performance of its Belize office which was established in 1995. […]
As sporting events go, it was not exactly the World Cup, Superbowl or NBA championship… but for Belize, the U.S. television premiere of favorite son Milton Palacio was an occasion that will not soon be forgotten. Palacio, MVP of last year’s CARICOM Championships, led his Colorado State University team to a convincing 73 – 62 […]
Tonight in his Last Word, G. Michael Reid looks at the issue of racism making the comparison between Belize and the United States. “A few months ago, I remember reading in our local newspapers, a dialectic overview of racism in Belize. Was it alive, was it dead, did it ever exist? In my opinion, I […]
Around nine thirty this morning, two young men walked down Iguana Street and approached the New Faw Chinese shop at seventeen Iguana Street. Shortly after, neighbors say shots rang out but by the time everyone reached the store, the men were gone and they saw shopkeeper, twenty year old Cao Sai lying on the ground […]
An accident on the Western Highway this afternoon has claimed the life of a Novelo’s Bus Company employee and involved two of the company’s buses. Reports are that shortly after one p.m. a Novelo’s bus was traveling west but stopped between miles 7 and 8 so that ticket collector Samuel Hennis could get off and […]
The Ministry of National Security has announced some changes to the police high command today. After serving for five years as Assistant Commissioner, Hughington Williams has been promoted to Acting Deputy Commissioner. He has been a member of the department since 1967 and was most recently the commander of Eastern Division. Senior Superintendent Raymond Thimbrel […]
While the Ministry of National Security looks at the overall policing of the country and the composition of the high command, police in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye are giving new meaning to the words “community policing”. Today local police and the community came together to work out the details of a program everyone hopes will […]
The police have released their primary suspect in the investigation of the theft of over sixty-two thousand dollars in cash, checks and tele-cards from B.T.L.’s Church Street office over the weekend. C.I.B. tells News Five they had to let the cashier they had detained go since the time had exceeded seventy-two hours, but that they […]
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States Dr. Cesar Gavaria arrived this morning for a two day visit. Gavaria, who is the former president of Colombia, paid courtesy calls on Prime Minister Said Musa and the Governor General Sir Colville Young. Included in his schedule is a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister […]
The Prime Minister Said Musa was in Dangriga today for a meeting with the executive of the National Garifuna Council. Representatives from each of the district branches presented the Prime Minister with the Garifuna Agenda which focuses on land issues, language teaching and development in Dangriga. The meeting was held at the Pablo Lambey Garifuna […]
Yesterday, the staff and students of Edward P. Yorke High School on Princess Margaret Drive celebrated the school’s thirtieth anniversary. According to principal Allan Genitty they decided to celebrate the day by having students remain in the classroom working hard at their studies, after all it was through a lot of hard work and dedication […]
Eighteen year old Dalton Reneau was sent to prison for theft today after he was apprehended by a Justice of the Peace. On Monday evening J.P. Thomas Greenwood was in the Yarborough area when he saw a little boy weeping. He asked the boy what was wrong and he told him he had been riding […]
In other police news, yesterday afternoon around two-thirty an argument erupted with two men at the corner of Dean and George Streets allegedly over money. As a result Duran Requeña was shot in his upper left arm. Requeña was treated and released from the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Police say they are now looking for […]
Three days after the discovery that a large amount of money had been stolen from B.T.L.’s office on Church Street, police say they are close to making an arrest. Authorities tell News Five since there are no signs of a break-in they believe the theft of over fifty-seven thousand dollars in cash and checks and […]
The Ministry of National Security and Immigration will be cracking down on employers who assist illegal immigrants. Yesterday Cabinet endorsed an amendment to the Immigration Act penalizing those who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. The ministry says taxpayers are burdened with the cost of detaining, feeding and deporting these people. Among the other decisions made at […]
The widow of Mayan leader Julian Cho says she expects to receive a copy of the police pathologist’s autopsy report on her husband’s death. Maggie Cho issued a statement today saying the Minister of National Security Jorge Espat has directed the police to provide her with the copy which she will forward to an independent […]
The Political Reform Committee met for the first time this afternoon. The Commission, which was appointed in December by Prime Minister Said Musa, will review Belize’s system of governance and make recommendations for its improvement. The Prime Minister, who addressed the members this afternoon at the WASA conference room, told the committee they have a […]
Chairman of the Political Reform Committee Dylan Vernon says although this is the committee’s first working meeting and they have yet to identify areas of priority, he believes there are several issues which will definitely be addressed. Dylan Vernon, Chairman, Political Reform Committee “We have a broad mandate: to look at the entire system. But […]
Her name briefly surfaced during last year’s general election campaign in Belize and now a similar controversy is dogging Jennifer Laszlo across the Caribbean. Laszlo, a U.S. based political consultant with close ties to President Bill Clinton, caused a stir last year when it was discovered that she was negotiating with the United Democratic Party […]
Today sports fans saw the retirement of superstar Michael Jordan, but don’t despair, Belizean basketball fans can watch the rise of another star, our own Milton Palacio who is making waves in U.S. College basketball. And you don’t have to go to Colorado in the U.S. to watch his game this week — you can […]
For a company that handles millions of dollars every year, the disappearance of a few thousand dollars may seem insignificant. But Belize Telecommunications Limited is taking very seriously the theft of thousands of dollars from their downtown office over the weekend. The concern is all the greater because, despite tight security, certain staff members have […]
Police are cracking down on people carrying large amounts of suspicious cash by pulling out their latest weapon in the fight against crime: the Income Tax Department. Police say last Wednesday they searched a vehicle belonging to Errol Usher of Wilson Street and found over eleven thousand dollars. The Income Tax Department was called in […]
On Friday the Prime Minister of the Republic of China, Taiwan Vincent C. Siew and a delegation of government ministers, business people and journalists will arrive for a brief visit as part of a regional tour. Today the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the government press office released the itinerary of the visit which includes […]
