As we reported on Friday, twelve year old Rowan Garel completed his grueling two-day campaign to the summit of Victoria Peak in an effort to raise funds for the annual summer program organized by the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired. The task was undertaken when Rowan learned that the summer camp had lost some […]
A lot of hype went into Saturday night’s concert billed as a pre-release album show for Shyne’s post-prison compilations. The advertisements said that there would be two Def Jam platinum recording artists that would share the stage with Shyne, who is now known as Moshe Levi Ben David since his conversion to Judaism. In the […]
But Shyne’s father, the prime minister, was in the House of Representatives on Thursday and Friday for the 2011-2012 budget debate. Much of what was debated was not the expenses and projects for the upcoming financial year. Instead, the super majority on the government side spoke at length about ten years of the past P.U.P. […]
The prosecution in the murder re-trial of Francis Robateau and Leslie Pipersburgh closed its case today after calling twenty-one witnesses. The jurors, judge, the accused as well as their attorneys and court orderlies were present at the locus this morning at the Bowen and Bowen compound on Slaughterhouse Road for clarification of evidence given during […]
Earlier we reported on two murders and a shooting over the past weekend in the city. There was more violence, including the shooting of a mechanic of Vernon Street. Fifty-one year old Linsford Ferguson was shot to the left side of his neck, his nose and the right side of his back, at around eight-thirty […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. We immediately head north to the People’s Stadium where Orange Walk United hosted Cayo South United yesterday week 5 of the Belize Bank Super League Tournament. At kick off time the host team wants to get back into the win column while the boys from […]
The debate on the 2011-2012 budget began on Thursday with a rousing presentation by the Leader of the Opposition; in fact it was inarguably one of his finest moments in the House of Representatives. But as they say, that was yesterday’s news. Today the U.D.P. area representative from Orange Walk East, Marcel Cardona, stole the […]
Marcel’s meltdown during the 2011-2012 budget debate is surely one that political pundits will ponder for a while. Cardona, it seems will be a one hit wonder in the United Democratic Party. He called the Prime Minister a puppet master and the deputy prime minister greedy and many are forecasting that his days in the […]
On the government’s side, most of the two day debate was spent arguing over ten years of past P.U.P. budgets. There was also a protest, ejection of party supporters from the gallery, and a no show by two P.U.P. representatives. And then of course there was Cardona, who ended his speech like the Visa advertisement […]
The Leader of the Opposition John Briceño along with Florencio Marin and Francis Fonseca left the chamber after the Marcel meltdown. After giving his speech, the Orange Walk East Representative rushed outside got into his vehicle and drove off denying media interviews. Briceño was also ready to leave when he was asked whether or not […]
The prices of fuel keep going up and there’s no stopping. The government has removed the GST but has added an additional dollar on import duties that is not refundable to the business sector and is sure to affect the cost of living. We asked our viewers if government is doing enough to bring relief […]
MegaBingo took Belize by storm earlier this year and raised the fever among gamers. It became so popular that the competition, Lotto, had to bounce back with new advertisements to “stay in the game”. But there is trouble in paradise and now there are suits and possible countersuits. Earlier today, a former host of the […]
Rachel’s mother, Lizette Armstrong, told us that Marinan has also disrespected her. Yolanda Schakron, whose ex-husband owns majority shares in Mega Bingo, also says she has a major problem with the issue of sexual harassment on the job. Yolanda Schakron, President, Belizeans for Justice “We need to stop being quiet and complacent and having men, […]
While Marcel Cardona clearly stole the show at the House Meeting today, there were others who spoke either for or against the budget or some who didn’t speak about the budget at all. Education Minister Patrick Faber used his time to speak about the former education Minister Cordel Hyde and his father, the publisher of […]
Captain Arturo Edrei Garcia and crew members, Nelson Perez Ardao and Alexis Gonzalez Cune of the cargo ship, Helga, have been missing for a week. It doesn’t look good for the families of the missing Cubans since on Thursday night, the Belize Coast Guard called off its search for the three men. But it’s asking […]
We’ve been following amazing twelve year old Rowan Garel. He’s the visually impaired student who took on the grueling climb to the summit of Victoria Peak. The trek started on Wednesday and this afternoon, Rowan successfully completed his personal challenge of reaching the summit. Rowan took on the task of climbing the second highest point […]
The buzz in town is that Moshe Levi Ben will be staging a concert at the MCC grounds this Saturday night. Since his release from prison and deportation from the US, Ben David, who uses the stage name Shyne, lived briefly in Belize but long enough to be named Ambassador of Music. On Thursday, the […]
The various cultures that make up the Belizean society were in full display at the Holy Redeemer Primary School today. Whether you love rice and beans, chow mein or if you can’t resist punta, you could find a taste of the uniqueness of the Jewel. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, Reporting Cultural integration […]
Numerous activities specially tailored for the ladies have been held in the past few weeks in observation of Women’s month. Today the Embassy of Mexico joined in and is collaborating with the University of Quintana Roo to conduct a workshop, teaching women to be successful entrepreneurs. Over a hundred persons applied and it has been […]
It’s the start of another eventful weekend which promises something for everyone in your household. Sure there’s the much advertised Shyne concert for fans of hip hop and dancehall music but there are also fun activities for art lovers and karaoke singers. Entertainment host Arielle has the complete line-up of the weekend’s many events. Welcome […]
The debate on the budget 2011-2012 got underway today in Belmopan. The leader of the Opposition, John Briceño, was first to deliver his presentation; it was a punchy speech with good sound bytes that drew holes in the Prime Minister’s budget of eight hundred and forty-three million dollars in revenue and grants and eight hundred […]
Back inside the National Assembly, the Leader of the Opposition tackled the government and its supporters in English and Creole. But when it came to the portion of his speech that was in Spanish, it was unwelcomed by the other side. The Speaker of the House allowed Briceño to continue his oral Spanish excerpt, but […]
The cost of fuel, which is directly linked to the spiraling world market prices, was also discussed by the Opposition Party. John Briceño reminded the Prime Minister about his no new taxes promise, but pointed out that there is a large increase in the price of fuel at the pump, particularly Premium gas which has […]
While the P.U.P. protest continued below the stairs of the parliament in the sweltering heat, the leader of the opposition continued his assault on the administration’s budget. With over twenty murders since the beginning of the year and countless shootings, the Opposition believes that government hasn’t provided a viable solution to crime. John Briceño, Leader […]
When the United Democratic Party won in 2008, the twenty-one pledges in the party’s manifesto played an important role in the landslide victory. Briceño punched many holes in that manifesto since he sees most of the pledges as nothing but empty promises three years later. John Briceño, Leader of the Opposition “Sadly this budget will […]
