Meanwhile, a Belize City resident was also found guilty today of attacking a woman and trying to steal her purse. In February, Rebecca Emmanuel told police that while walking on Dolphin Street, she was pushed to the ground by a man and her purse forcibly taken from her hands. But Emmanuel wasn’t about to admit […]
It seems like common sense but when it comes to large international organisations that quality is not always so common. Today the various United Nations bodies working in Belize signed onto a new working relationship with the government of Belize. It’s called the United Nations Development Assistance Framework, UNDAF for short, and what it hopes […]
Signing for G.O.B. this afternoon was Prime Minister Said Musa. He took the opportunity to respond to harsh criticisms by the United States of America of Belize’s record on human trafficking. Said Musa, Prime Minister ?That Belize is now lumped and almost put in a box so to speak with, Belize, Venezuela and Cuba; I […]
The vast majority of Belizeans can trace at least part of their ancestry to the ancient Mayan or African civilizations. But it was not until two years ago that the teaching of Maya and African history was formally intoduced into primary schools. How has the programme been going? Today its authors gave an interim assessment. […]
The field of KTV semi-finalists is now complete. On Tuesday night the tenth and last contestant was selected at the Palm Court. Here’s how it went. William Neal, Host of KTV ?Ladies and gentlemen the winner for the final show, the regular show for KTV 2006, show number ten is none other than contestant numberrrr […]
And in an item relating to our own industry, we note with regret the decision of Broadcasting Authority chairperson Silvana Woods to resign from her post. The veteran media worker’s departure comes on the heels of Cabinet’s decision to defer action on a new broadcasting policy that Woods and her board have been working on […]
Belize is in bad books with the United States tonight following the State Department’s annual investigation into worldwide human trafficking. According to a press release posted on the State Department’s website, Belize, Iran, Syria, Zimbabwe, Uzbekistan and Laos are “not meeting minimum standards to fight trafficking in persons, a criminal practice”. As a result, all […]
And while the U.S. State Department has its problems with Belize’s efforts to curb human trafficking, tonight we are happy to report that Diana Baños, the four year old child whom police suspect was smuggled into the country one month ago, has been returned to her family in El Salvador. On April twenty-eighth local authorities […]
He has been on the run for three weeks but the long arm of the law has finally caught up with seventeen year old Rolando Lisbey. Lisbey, who is wanted in San Ignacio for the brutal beating of eighty year old Celestino Salas, was apprehended by immigration officers as he tried to cross the border […]
A man accused of breaking into a Belize City home and stealing almost nine thousand dollars worth of jewellery has been remanded to Hattieville prison. On May twenty-eighth, Arlet Gomez reported to police that her house had been burglarized. Police soon detained forty-four year old Sidney Collins when he attempted to pawn the jewellery at […]
In September of last year, four minors on remand for murder, escaped from Hattieville prison. They survived on the lam for two days before they were captured by police. In the course of their breakout they beat up and critically injured prison guard Maxwell Torres. Today, those convicts: Robert Gillett, Alfonso Juarez, Carlos Coronado–all seventeen […]
It has taken a while, but on Monday government and the Social Security Board rolled out the National Health Insurance programme in the Stann Creek and Toledo Districts. Speaking in separate ceremonies in Punta Gorda and Dangriga, Prime Minister Said Musa says the initiative will benefit those who need it most. Prime Minister Said Musa […]
In an era when money for conservation is typically hard to come by, there is one organisation in Belize that seems immune to liquidity problems. Today that unique institution celebrated a milestone. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Ten years after its creation, the Protected Areas Conservation Trust today celebrated its anniversary under the theme, ?Contributing to the […]
International financial organisations are not shy when it comes to publicising their accomplishments, but today one of those institutions had no problem admitting that it has, in fact, made some mistakes … some very expensive mistakes. At a press briefing this afternoon, the Inter-American Development Bank launched its newest initiative entitled “Building Opportunity for the […]
Last week the results of this year’s Primary School Examination were released … and like the rest of the media we dutifully honoured the country’s top scorers. But beyond the students’ well deserved accolades, the rest of the scores have a more significant meaning to the nation’s educational system. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra […]
We’re not sure if it’s the thrill of competition, the sumptuous food or the exotic drink, but the annual party known as Taste of Belize always seems to be a sell-out. News Five’s Alyssa Noble was among the thousand or so guests at the Biltmore Saturday night and managed to recover in time to file […]
It appears to have no connection with a series of recent crimes against tourists in the Cayo District. But that’s about the only good thing that can be said about a gut-wrenching triple murder that was discovered on Saturday in the otherwise peaceful village of Ontario. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin is just back from the […]
Seventy-two year old Fabian Rivero and forty-nine year old Michael Gordon are lucky to be alive after the vehicle they were travelling in was extensively damaged after it crashed into a truck carrying twenty head of cattle. The men were travelling towards Belize City when upon reaching mile twenty-eight on the Western Highway they lost […]
B.E.L. has issued warning after warning but some folks just don’t seem to get the message. And that communication failure has resulted in two more deaths by accidental electrocution. The latest to lose their lives are thirty year old Raul Copo and twenty-three year old Filiberto Rash, both of Chan Chen Village in the Corozal […]
Police in Benque Viejo have arrested and charged a resident of that western town following a fatal traffic accident on Friday. According to the cops, around seven that evening thirty-eight year old George Anibal Orellano knocked down one year old Andy Itza while on Pedro Guerra Street. Orellano told investigators that the little boy ran […]
There is a romantic notion in some quarters of the developed world that citizens of small countries are somehow capable of rising up as one to confront their most serious problems. As we in Belize know too well, that is unfortunately seldom the case. Similarly those of us in the old capital often look longingly […]
In related news the Ministry of Natural Resources has issued the first production sharing agreement under the new oil exploration strategy approved by Cabinet. That contract, concluded with Spartan Petroleum Corporation of Texas, provides for a twelve point five percent royalty on oil, seven point five percent on natural gas and a minimum of eleven […]
He claims it’s not a third party, but instead a prime party. Semantics aside, Belizeans will soon be officially informed of the formation of a new political entity. According to organiser Cornelius Dueck of Spanish Lookout, the National Reform Party will run candidates in all thirty-one constituencies. Dueck, who says he will identify some of […]
This morning young leaders gathered in Belize City to participate in a two day seminar entitled “Working with young men and women in the promotion of gender equity and health”. According to the workshop’s co-facilitator, Eva Burgos of the National 4H- Youth Development Centre, the idea is to examine how we treat each other. Eva […]
The last few weeks have been disastrous for Cayo tourism and while the P.R. machinery is working overtime to bolster Belize’s image as a fun and safe place to visit, law enforcement–with a bit of welcome help–is focussing on how to solve the problem on the ground. Alyssa Noble reports. Caesar Sherrard, Cayo Tour Operator […]
