The health system has come under the microscope recently over allegations of negligence and scandalous purchases, but when it comes to information systems, there is some improvement in the works. The Ministry of Heath, along with PAHO, the Health Metrics Network and the National Health Information Systems Committee are spending two days at the Biltmore […]
There are a growing number of movies that have been shot in Belize. But The Enemy God is one you haven’t heard of. It was shot on a budget of one point seven million dollars in the southern portion of the country mostly with untrained Mayan actors. Earlier today News Five Jose Sanchez spoke to […]
It’s that time a year for a female contest like no other. It’s the fourth annual Miss Big and Beautiful Contest, which will be held seven pm this Friday night at the Birds Isle. The contest raises funds for the Jump Street Posse Carnival Band and for kids in the Port Loyola Area. News Five […]
Set deep in the south, the Toledo District, is still pretty much an undiscovered paradise. It is one of the least visited but interestingly, it is one that offers a diverse range of natural attractions. And if you want a swim in the sparkling waters of the Caribbean, or an adventurous trek in the tropical […]
It is five days since it was revealed that hundreds of thousands of dollars were missing from the Treasury department. The elaborate scheme began back in 2007 and while the initial amount missing was in the range of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, it is now said this figure could be much higher, as […]
As in the case of the Treasury Department and the Belize City Council, Benque police are still investigating the thousands of dollars missing at the Western Border’s Management Agency and no arrests have been made. While police have their eyes keenly on the Agency’s former supervisor, Julio Santos, they are also watching another employee of […]
The origins of a fire on Sunday morning in the St Martin’s area of Belize City, appears suspicious and the motive is under investigation. The wooden structure was totally destroyed by the blaze and fire fighters were able to contain the fire from spreading to nearby buildings. The owner of the bungalow says he lost […]
While no one was injured in the fire, a mother of two is dead after she reportedly fell out of a moving bus this morning. The incident occurred in the vicinity of the Best Western Belize Biltmore Plaza at mile three on the Northern Highway. The Venus bus left the Belize City terminal at nine […]
The Krooman Lagoon is located just outside Belize City. And as we reported last Wednesday, the lagoon provides drainage for the City easing the flow of water into the sea to prevent flooding. At least nine acres at the western tip of the lagoon has been sold off, it was not an ordinary sale, nor […]
And the Krooman Lagoon Reserve is not the only one that is under attack by developers. The inscription of Belize’s Barrier Reef on the list of World Heritage’s in Danger has done nothing to reduce the adverse impact of development in reserves. Last week, the Ya’axché Conservation Trust (YCT) came across a campsite with almost […]
And turning to the courts, Chief Justice, Abdulai Conteh, has reserved judgment in the preliminary hearing of the Attorney General versus former government Ministers, Florencio Marin and Jose Coye. The preliminary hearing is to determine whether the Attorney General’s claim against Marin as the first defendant and Coye as the second, should go to trial. […]
Magistrate Dorothy Flowers also dealt with the case of a security guard accused of beating his common-law-wife. Forty-one year old Michael Dyer faces charges of Harm for the assault and Damage to Property for breaking his common-law-wife’s cellular phone. The woman reported to police that she arrived home in a taxi at about three-thirty on […]
A man who has been convicted of sexually abusing a teen was fined rather than given a prison sentence. Twenty-six year old David “Bunja” Lambey has to pay three thousand four hundred and fifteen dollars after he was found guilty of Aggravated Assault of an Indecent Nature and Burglary upon a nineteen year old Belize […]
Friday’s mediation process between the Belize Medical and Dental Union and the administration of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital came to a satisfactory conclusion for both groups. There was worry that the groups would have to be taken to arbitration since there were outright accusations of impropriety on both sides. It got tense with a […]
To practice in the region, registered nurses in all CARICOM states have to sit an examination to acquire the appropriate license to practice their profession. It is a four-paper examination that is prepared by the Regional General Nursing Councils. Today, representatives from thirteen CARICOM states are meeting at the Radisson at the seventeenth annual meeting […]
It is the time of the year for the annual media tour by the BTB. This time, the venue was the Toledo District, not an area known for spectacular beaches, but a district with hidden beauties and natural wonders in ecotourism. And if you are a chocolate lover this is the place you want to […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re logged on to Sports Monday. Game two of the B.P.F.L. 2009 championship series was staged inside the Ricalde Stadium yesterday where Hankook Verdes of Cayo came in with a one goal lead from game one against host team Nizhee Corozal. It could have been a dream start for […]
As we said earlier there is an agreement between the Belize Medical and Dental Union and the board of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The parties were locked down today with the labour commissioner, Ivan Williams since nine-thirty this morning. They sweated it out along with a newcomer to the mix, Senator Godwin Hulse. Hulse […]
There is a big development in the case of the hundreds of thousands of dollars missing from the pension fund at the Treasury Department. Since Thursday there have been reports that police had questioned government employee, Monica Escarpeta, pending charges in the case. The monies were reportedly deposited in an Atlantic Bank account sporadically since […]
And still on the case of the missing thirteen thousand dollars, this time from the Border Management Agency in the west, a second person is now under investigation along with Julio Santos, who was sent home on July third. The second suspect is said to be the person from whom Santos received the money for […]
The Ministry of Health is not calling it an outbreak just yet, but there are seven new confirmed cases of Influenza A H1N1 in Belize. This brings the total number of infected persons to twenty-two. At least three of the latest cases are from Cayo, while the others are in the northern districts. The first […]
In the case of the former minister, Jose Coye, attorney for the government, Lois Young, today continued her submissions in the preliminary hearing preceding the civil suit. Coye is being sued before Chief Justice, Abdulai Conteh over land transactions the company, CHEOP Enterprises, conducted while Coye was Minister of Health and Area Representative for the […]
In the Supreme Court meanwhile, one man found out that he will spend the rest of his life behind bars. The accused, twenty -four year old Brian Herrera, also known as Bedo was found guilty of taking the life of forty-nine Eugene Encalada. The trial has been on hold for over a month because Herrera […]
Also in court, twenty-two year old Allen Martinez was today freed of a charge of Attempted Arson after Justice Adolph Lucas directed the jury to acquit him because there was not sufficient evidence to prove the charge. The incident goes back to 2007, when the then twenty-year old was accused of attempting to set a […]
A man who was accused of three counts of Attempted Murder walked off a free man today after the victim and two main eyewitnesses could not identify him as the shooter. A relieved thirty-three year old Shane Budran exited the Supreme Court after the charges were dropped against him by Justice Adolph Lucas. The incident […]
