The descendants of a man buried in a portion of the Yabra Cemetery which is part of the Yabra Redevelopment Project have reacted to statements made last week by Acting Archaeological Commissioner Allan Moore. In an interview with News Five on January seventh Moore was asked what he would say to people who don’t want […]
National Resource Management, Development and the Environment, Population Growth and Local Perspectives on Environmental Issues are among the topics at the third annual Symposium on the State of the Belize Environment later this week. The two-day event on Thursday and Friday will include presentations by experts from government departments and non-governmental organizations as well as […]
The Cuban doctors working in Belize will soon be joined by professionals from Nigeria. Today the Ministry of Health announced that a team of fourteen professionals will arrive this week to work in medicine, pharmacy image diagnostics and nursing as part of a bilateral agreement. They will be assigned to various parts of the country. […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley, welcome to this fresh dish of Sports Monday. The battle for supremacy in week sixteen of the Belize Football League’s Regent Cup Tournament took center stage at the Michael Ashcroft Stadium Saturday night where the two league leaders, tied at thirty points apiece, went toe to toe for ninety minutes […]
While some Belizeans have taken exception to the Yabra Development Project in the Albert Division saying it will result in the desecration of an ancestral burial site, the Department of Archaeology said today that construction projects in the area are nothing new. They say that since 1905 various projects have meant graves in this portion […]
It was billed as Belize’s largest cocaine bust ever: three point three million US dollars worth of drugs and four Colombians were taken into custody in March of 1997. One of the men was subsequently released and left the country after paying a fine but three others, Antonio Contreras Guerrero, Ramon Vasquez and Javier Martinez […]
In case you were still awaiting the final outcome of the August 1998 general election, your wait is now over. Chief Justice Troadio Gonzales this morning turned down the application of defeated Cayo West P.U.P. candidate Amin Hegar to have the results in that constituency overturned. Hegar had alleged that his U.D.P. opponent, Erwin Contreras, […]
Just after two this morning, residents of Nurse Seay Street in Belize City got a whiff of smoke that sent them into the streets. Once there, they saw house number eight engulfed in flames. The Fire Department doused the blaze before the flames could spread to other homes. The department says their investigation into the […]
Two weeks ago the environmental umbrella group BACONGO issued a press release condemning government’s plans to establish a sanitary landfill at mile twenty-seven on the Western Highway. The release warned of environmental dangers for surrounding communities and focussed heavily on dire consequences predicted for the Belize Zoo — which happens to be a member of […]
If you’ve been wondering about all the activity on the Barracks, starting tonight, you can come in and take a look for yourself. It’s the opening of the casino at the newly renovated Princess Hotel. Legislation passed last year has paved the way for full fledged casino gambling in Belize and News Five’s Janelle Chanona […]
Earlier in the newscast we saw how sometimes the dead are moved to make way for facilities for the living. But on the other end of the southside, on Faber’s Road, we met some people who don’t think it’s necessary to move the tombstones, or even the graves. They don’t have any problem living with […]
On December twentieth, George “Junie Balls” McKenzie and Eugene “Jackie” Neal appeared in Magistrate’s Court after the two young men were charged with the possession of a prohibited firearm and unlicensed ammunition. The case is a high profile one as it’s the first time that government has hired a private attorney, well known human rights […]
In other crime news, this time from New York, up and coming rap star Jamal Barrow, son of Opposition Leader Dean Barrow, was today indicted by a grand jury for attempted murder. The charges arose out of an incident at a Manhattan night spot on December twenty-seventh when Barrow, in the company of music mogul […]
Twenty-four year old Kevin Coye was laid to rest this afternoon following services at St. Joseph’s Church. The son of Health Minister Jose Coye and wife Yvonne, the young man died from head injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident on New Year’s Eve. On January first the unconscious Coye was flown to Bella Aurora Hospital […]
It may be like closing the barn door after the horse has already escaped, but the Belize City Council has issued a press release reminding the public that motorcyclists and their passengers by law must wear helmets. Furthermore these helmets must be of a prescribed strength and design and if they do not have a […]
If you tried unsuccessfully to make an international call or fax on Wednesday afternoon don’t feel bad: you weren’t alone. From around midday the Belize Telecommunications Limited’s international direct dial service went down and didn’t come back until twelve hours later. Today I spoke to Karen Bevans, the company’s marketing and sales manager, who apologized […]
When the Yabra Development Project was launched on May twenty-sixth of last year, there were only a few residents who opposed the plans. But since the project broke ground, its opponents have become more vocal, openly protesting, through various mediums, what they see as desecration of sacred ground. In the forefront of the controversy is […]
The Ministry of Housing might be slowly working its way up to the promise of ten thousand homes but that’s not stopping construction on other housing projects in and around Belize City. On Saturday January eighth, it’ll be open day at the Development Finance Corporation’s “Los Lagos” housing project on the Northern Highway. The house […]
On Monday, January third, fifty-eight year old Eldrid Nuñez died in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he suffered a traumatic blow to the head on New Year’s Eve. On December thirty-first around three forty-five in the evening, Dangriga police had discovered Nuñez in an abandoned building he resided in on Sisters of Holy Family […]
While banter on local radio talk shows are often times just that, sometimes, call in shows do bring about changes in the community. On January third, Love FM reported to police that several Dangriga listeners had complained that officers fired their service revolvers into the air, for no apparent reason, on the night of December […]
In news from Cabinet, that body’s first meeting of the year has made a number of decisions. Among them is the establishment of a board of governors to assist the superintendent in the management of the prison system. Outside advice will also be sought on how best to make the environment behind the walls more […]
It may not be as valuable as the bale of cocaine found floating by some surprised sport fishermen last year, but twenty-two and a half pounds of marijuana is still not a bad haul. That’s what a police marine patrol found near the southern end of Caye Caulker on Tuesday morning. Since weed is exported […]
If you thought the “ruction” at the Yabra cemetery was all over with, think again. This morning, a Belize City resident, Sydney Fuller told us he had erected a cross in the cemetery to mark a family member’s grave, that he claims is otherwise slated for destruction by an ongoing community project. But this afternoon, […]
It has been the buzz all week in sporting circles and today the disciplinary committee of the Belize Football League handed down its decision on the riotous behavior both on and off the field at Sunday’s game in Dangriga. Felipe Sanchez of Grigamandala was banned from league play for the rest of this season and […]
In October of 1999, the staff of the Belize Insurance Centre Limited visited high schools to talk about the concept of insurance to students. Following the series of discussions, the young people were invited to participate in an essay competition. The students had to write in no less than five hundred words, about the importance […]
