With at least five fires in the last month, the National Fire Service has been on high alert. As a means of preventing future blazes, the department has created a pamphlet of safety tips for residents. They recommend not using decorations made of cloth or paper; checking indoor and outdoor lights for frayed wire, loose […]
Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize? Our last installment for 2008, can you believe it? The Dangriga Rotaract club will be having their Miss tropical beauty pageant tonight. The six young contestants are all between the ages of ten and twelve. The price to enter is only ten dollars for adults and […]
There was enough activity in downtown Belize City this morning to raise the hopes of city residents that they would not only breathe easier, but ride smoother come Christmas Day. After months of works, the much anticipated hot mix paving of the main arteries of the city was supposed to begin… we say supposed to […]
Though the delay in the paving of Albert and Regent Streets was disappointing, the Ministry of Works was able to begin works on a portion of the Northern Highway which was washed away during the floods. Cadet Henderson, C.E.O. in the ministry, says that the damaged section of the road will be completed before this […]
The Government Press Office has announced that the price of butane has once again plunged… this time by as much as six dollars. In Belize City and Corozal, the price dropped from ninety-six to ninety dollars, while in Orange Walk the price is ninety-one. Residents in Belmopan and San Ignacio will now pay ninety-two dollars […]
The guest on this morning’s Open Your Eyes was Lord Michael Ashcroft. The businessman was pointed in his replies to a vast array of questions from his early childhood and his connections to Belize to his recent troubles with the government. First on the troubles list was the Venezuela millions. Michael Ashcroft, Businessman “The bank […]
Plastic explosives are as dangerous as grenades, and on June twenty third three Belize City residents were found with PE4, British plastic explosives. And today in the court of Magistrate Robert Ordonez, another blow to the justice system and the police department occurred as another police officer failed to show up for trial. The police […]
An accident in Chetumal has left one Mexican national dead, another hospitalized and a Belizean behind bars. Samuel August, a Belizean, was driving a mini bus at around one Wednesday morning on the Escarcega Road in Chetumal. Also on the road at the time was Mexican national thirty-five year old Mario Aguilar Chan, who was […]
On the other side of the border, today a Guatemalan police officer pled guilty to his charges in connection with a traffic accident. The collision occurred just after four on Wednesday afternoon at the intersection of Western Highway and Western Avenue in Belize City. Court reports are that Mario Orellano was driving a bus on […]
A second man has been found guilty of the carnal knowledge of a fifteen year old girl. In the Supreme Court today, a jury of six women and three men deliberated for around three hours to reach the verdict against Rupert Flowers aka “Sand and Gravel.” The sixty-five year old former driver and mechanic from […]
And in the Magistrate Court, Cecil Castillo, a twenty-three year old labourer of Iguana Street Extension, was charged with two counts of robbery. Castillo pleaded not guilty to the charges and was remanded into custody until February fourth. The incident occurred around seven-ten p.m. on Tuesday. George Meggs, a forty-one year old boat captain and […]
As the outgoing administration of Uncle Sam rounds its final lap, it is making good on its commitments to the projects that were deemed eligible for grant funding. Today, four bodies received donations from U.S. Ambassador Robert Dieter for what is called the Ambassador’s HIV/AIDS Prevention Programme. The focus is placed squarely on education and […]
Today the Rotary Club of Belize held its annual Senior Citizen’s Christmas Luncheon. The Christmas meal has been served to seenagers for the past twelve years and in collaboration with the Mercy Care Centre and Helpage, this morning over two hundred and fifty persons received a meal and gifts. The lunch was held at the […]
While Rotary was providing a Christmas meal, the Belize Red Cross was throwing a party for deserving primary school students. The kids were thrilled and their faces lit up with joy as they received their gifts and partied with Santa Claus at the sixteenth annual Red Cross bash. Adela Parra, Coordinator, Belize Red Cross “It’s […]
Exercise and a balanced diet are key factors for a healthy life. And as you’ll find out tonight in Part II of our series on cholesterol, with the Christmas festivities upon us, now is a good time to embark on a healthy lifestyle. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting One of the greatest risks of high cholesterol is […]
The Carnival Cruise Terminal project was heralded as a mega project in the tourism industry that would have spurred economic activity in the south side of the city with a modern facility for the cruise industry. But from its early days the project ran into plenty problems. The latest issue involves and order to stop […]
Arson and robbery are believed to be the motive for a fire this morning in Belize City which left a tenant without his home and all his belongings. A thief broke into room twelve of an Apartment Complex on Campus Drive in the West Landivar Area and stole numerous electrical appliances before setting the apartment […]
A startling discovery was made this morning in the area of Newtown Barracks that connects with Marine Parade. Two kids playing in the area where local fishermen sell their catch saw a shimmering black plastic garbage bag trapped amongst the rocks. Being curious, they crossed the sea wall to fetch the bag and when they […]
Last night we reported that Deputy Officer in Charge of Eastern Division, Senior Superintendent Robert Mariano is on suspension after he was fingered for a case of contraband Jamaican Appleton rum last month. According to Commissioner of Police, Gerald Westby, Mariano’s suspension came after an internal investigation. Gerald Westby, Commissioner of Police “The investigation was […]
And in an update to the missing guns from the Customs storeroom, so far police have questioned a third person in connection with the six missing weapons. The last to be interviewed is an attendant stationed at the Queen’s Bond building where the guns were stored. Last Thursday it was discovered that the weapons were […]
Incursions in Belizean territory by Guatemalan nationals happen from time to time. There is the well know case of Guatemalan settlers that were eventually removed from Santa Rosa within Belizean territory and continuous reports of Guatemalan Xateros that cross into Belize to illegally harvest the prized xate. There is a report now about a bodega […]
Mexican authorities are investigating a traffic fatality that occurred in Chetumal Quintana Roo on Tuesday reportedly involving a Belizean and a Mexican. Very sketchy details indicate to News Five that the Belizean, one Samuel August, was driving a passenger bus and crashed into a motorcyclist who died on the spot. The Mexican embassy was unable […]
And in news from the courts, a housewife who was found guilty of Abetment to Commit Dangerous Harm last Monday was fined five thousand dollars today by Justice Herbert Lord despite a plea by Minister of Housing, Michael Finnegan. The fine against twenty-eight year old Delita Chavez was in connection with an incident around nine […]
Home invasions and robberies are on the increase, in particular at this time of the year in the old capital. And now it appears that women have joined the ranks of the opposite gender in committing these crimes. Sherian Tracy, a twenty year old babysitter of Hibiscus Lane who ripped a chain off a woman’s […]
Gender equality in the workplace and home is something that women have been struggling for since the dawn of time. Over the years some strides have been made but there is yet plenty more to accomplish by the National Women’s Commission which is geared at ending all forms of discrimination against women. The N.W.C. hopes […]
