Last year the government introduced the Belize Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Bill and held consultations nationwide. The Bill came under fire from the public which has caused the government to abandon one of the proposed changes, the election of persons to government with dual citizenship. In the House today, the Bill went through its third reading […]
Musicians, unionists, educators and students are mourning the passing of popular jazz musician and educator, Frankie Rhys. Rhys battled diabetes for twenty five years and his health condition turned for the worse in late 2008. He lost that battle early this morning at his home. It happened on the same day that Association for Belizean […]
Forty-seven single mothers who took advantage of the Support Single Mothers in Belize City project will tonight be recognized at a commencement ceremony. They are the second set of women to complete the initiative, which is coordinated by the Women’s Department. The women trained for four months in four areas to better their chances of […]
At the Image Factory tonight, the Kinich Ahau Art Festival is launching a unique art exhibition, special brochure and video documentary on the local wood carving industry. The brochure features the carving industry in the Rock Stone Pond and the Maskall areas while the video shows the process of the art from the planting of […]
Just in case you don’t have plans to travel outside of Belize City, well you can still attend City based events throughout the weekend that will keep you entertained and relaxed. Safiyyah has the highlights. Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s happening Belize? Tonight there will be a concert called “An evening with the […]
Three employees of a gas station on the Northern Highway were terrorized today by a thief that made away with thousands of dollars in cash and valuables. It is the second time that the business has been jacked and today’s heist took place before noon. The thieves used duct tape to tie the three employees […]
In other crime news, police still have not made any inroads on Wednesday afternoon’s murder of Peter Myvett. The twenty-two year old was gunned down shortly after midday as he washed a bus on Kutt Avenue. Cops say they are following a strong lead that a masked man who emerged from the direction of Tigris […]
And in relation to a shooting that took place on Wednesday night, police have no suspects. The incident happened on Antelope Street Extension in the Collet area around ten o’clock and left thirty-three year old Michael Usher of Faber’s Road Extension with two bullet wounds to his back. News Five visited the scene today and […]
Primary school students will be staying at home this Friday. Most of the week they ‘talked the talk’ and tomorrow teachers will ‘walk the walk’ on Independence Hill. The latest face-off between teachers and the government is over the passage of the Education and Training Bill. The Belize National Teachers Union (B.N.T.U.) has asked GOB […]
While the B.N.T.U. says that it can’t close the schools, it warns that teachers will be away from the classrooms. Parents are advised to make a make an alternative plan for their kids because primary schools are expected to be understaffed on Friday. Jaime Panti, B.N.T.U. National President “What we are telling the public is […]
Panti’s response to the possibility of the B.N.T.U. proposing an alternative to corporal punishment was direct to the school management, who he believes should take up the challenge. Jaime Panti, B.N.T.U. National President “We know that we need to move away from corporal punishment but to the table there has not come and this is […]
There is one more case to add to the mounting litigation against the government and it is coming from the environmentalists. This afternoon the Chief Justice, Dr. Abdulai Conteh, granted Ya’axchѐ Conservation Trust permission to bring judicial review proceedings against the Government of Belize. Ya’axchѐ believes that the Hydroelectric Development Company was given a license […]
In the other case of judicial review, Speednet, the owner of Smart, went head to head in court with the Public Utilities Commission this past Wednesday. It started when Telemedia, as the dominant provider in the industry, set out to increase the fees it charges Smart, which would seriously jeopardize its share in the telecom […]
It’s a lucrative business that is the subject of an investigation and it has to do with the issuance of visas to nationals who require clearance and approval from the Director of Immigration. On a weekly basis, flights land at the Phillip International Airport loaded primarily with Chinese nationals who come to Belize in their […]
It’s been months of back and forth between the Citrus Growers Association and its subsidiary, the C.P.B.L. And if you thought you had heard enough, well there was one more briefing today in the citrus saga that reached acidic levels this week. On Wednesday two officials from Banks Holdings Limited, Sir Allen Fields and Richard […]
While the jury is still out on where the dispute in the citrus belt will end up, an attempted murder case ended today in the Supreme Court. The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions’ turned to the public to locate two witnesses with the hopes of salvaging the case against twenty-two year old Brandon […]
A Pickstock Street resident also found himself in court today facing five traffic offenses after he took a joyride on his motorcycle while he had been drinking and did not have a driver’s license. The fun didn’t last very long because, in his alleged intoxication, forty-one year old Charles Roger hit Dennis Wagner. This morning […]
A Belize City couple is out of a laptop computer after being scammed by a technician. Glenn Gordon and his common-law-wife Monica Usher of M&J’s Pawn Shop reported to police on February seventeenth that they requested the assistance of Erneldo Cruz, known to them as “Virgil”, to install a program on a Compaq brand laptop. […]
The perennial rivalry between two Belize City-based bus companies came to a head this morning at the roundabout near the Northern Highway leaving more than a few disgruntled passengers stuck in the middle of traffic. Shortly after ten o’clock two inbound shuttles belonging to Lopez Bus Company and Northern Transport collided into each other when […]
Shyne Po, or Moses Michael Leviy, the rapper and son of Prime Minister Dean Barrow has been busy since his return to Belize. Deportation has not kept him back, and reports in the hip-hop community say that the rapper has signed a seven figure deal with Def Jam Recording. His uncle, Housing Minister Michael Finnegan […]
It is inflammation of the lining of the intestines caused by a virus, bacteria or parasites. It can affect anyone especially children. Gastroenteritis is not an acute health problem, but can lead to dehydration. The best way to prevent it, is to keep your hands clean. Healthy Living has a look at belly aches. Marleni […]
A Belize City youth was gunned down at ten minutes past twelve this afternoon. He is believed to be the main prosecution witness in the case of the grenade that exploded on Kraal Road in December of 2009. Fourteen year old Rudolph Flowers was instantly killed when it detonated and in January Lusby Martinez was […]
The Citrus Growers Association organized a massive protest against its subsidiary, Citrus Products of Belize Limited, on Tuesday. Whether or not the protestors were bona fide growers or employees is still unclear, but the demonstration further fuelled the bad blood between the two. Among a long list of issues, the C.G.A. wants desperately to replace […]
A jury of nine was selected and an Attempted Murder case against Brandon Taylor is set to begin in the Supreme Court. But today the two main witnesses were nowhere to be found and the prosecution is hoping that the public can help to avoid yet another nolle prosequi. Senior Crown Counsel Cecil Ramirez, who […]
The incident happened way back in 2007, but the trial against Francis Ogaldez started today in the Supreme Court. Ogaldez, a former corporal of police, is accused in a web of deceit and was charged for extorting money from a Ladyville resident. Windell White and Sonia Guerra reported to police that on August twenty-fifth 2007, […]
