If you have a creative mind and have a passion for writing and imagining the stories come to life, then there is a workshop that is suited just for you. As a part of the Belize Film Festival, the organizers have invited a Trinidadian Filmmaker to Belize. The two day workshop will take you through […]
While a majority of primary school students are out enjoying their summer vacation, several kids from Ladyville are already occupying their time with preparations for the school year ahead. A group of sixty students is enrolled in a weeklong program organized by Rise Up Belize, an organization founded by JoCarol Garcia. The purpose of the […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week six of the Belize Bank Super League playoffs brought with it a bang that would be heard all over the country. In fact, the peninsula of Placencia was the place where the defending champion R.G. City Boys made its final bid for a return […]
A sensational murder trial ended today in the Supreme Court. A woman was tried for setting her common law husband on fire. She is fifty-four year old Veola Pook and she was found guilty of his murder. At midday a jury of eight men and four women retired to the deliberation room and emerged almost […]
The Football Federation of Belize’s national selection is preparing to head to San Pedro Sula, Honduras for the return game against Montserrat but before it leaves, the National Sports Council will determine the status of the F.F.B. On Thursday, the F.F.B. got the news from FIFA headquarters in Switzerland that the body temporarily lifted a […]
Government, for the most part, has been stuck with shares in Telemedia since the company was first acquired in August 2009. There was an initial investment of fifty million dollars from Social Security and another four million dollars worth bought by ordinary Belizeans. The Central Bank has reportedly also acquired twenty million dollars worth. But […]
On Thursday night we told you about an advisory to consumers on the levels of mercury found in the Macal River Bay Snook. The release from the Ministry of Health stated that the levels of mercury have tripled and continue to increase. The samples were taken in April. While the release states that Bay Snook […]
The Belize Sugar Industry has processed more sugar than it expected the local market to consume. But there are some consumers who insist that there is a sugar shortage and that stores are rationing the amount they sell. News Five spoke this afternoon to the marketing manager of BSI, Damian Gough, who says that BSI […]
Former Prime Minister and government advisor Manuel Esquivel and a delegation from Belize Electricity Limited have returned from Mexico after concluding a first round of discussions with the Comision Federal de Electricidad. Esquivel was accompanied by C.E.O. Jeffery Locke and board members. Having nationalized B.E.L., the government is hoping that CFE, which supplies up to […]
The City Council and municipal elections are months away. The conventional wisdom is that the results will be a barometer of the 2013 general elections. Both parties are already gearing for the local elections. It is known that for the U.D.P., attorney Darrel Bradley will be unopposed in his bid for mayor since Councilor Philip […]
It has been a little over five weeks since a number of streets in the former capital were renamed in honor of thirty-four distinguished citizens including several educators who spent most of their lives at the front of classrooms. The Collet Division, in particular, has seen a handful of signs being erected. Among them are […]
Belize Defense Force volunteers assist the B.D.F on a daily basis with routine work and also provide an invaluable service alongside commissioned soldiers. The volunteers are called out to serve their country in hurricanes and times of conflict. So their preparedness to respond is critical, which is why every year the volunteers gather at Camp […]
Mexico’s new Ambassador to Belize has received congressional approval. He is career diplomat Mario Velázquez Suárez, who previously served as the deputy chief of mission in Finland. Velázquez was confirmed on Thursday and is expected to assume his new spot in Belmopan in the next two months. The jewel will be Velazquez’ first posting as […]
In an age where the murder rate is spiraling out of control and violent crime occurs unabated, safe public events are hard to come by. But a dancehall singer and man of God, is planning a concert that will have popular music topped with spiritual and relevant messages this weekend. According to Reality Youth who […]
A woman who was working for a few days in the home of Wendy Castillo, the wife of well known P.U.P. supporter, Linsford Castillo, was tried in court today after her employer became a victim of a crime that left her one thousand four hundred and fifty dollars short of jewelry and a cell phone. […]
In this week’s segment of What’s Happening Belize Safiyyah makes some incredible finds. It’s summertime and there are great deals to look forward to. Safiyyah found that you don’t have to go too far for new gadgets.
Team Belize will be playing a return match against Montserrat. That’s the word that came out earlier today from FIFA. The team will be heading to San Pedro Sula in Honduras early next week for practice before the July seventeenth game, the second in a series of World Cup 2014 pre-qualifiers. Belize was given the […]
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry met in emergency meeting on Wednesday night. The Chamber and its president have already been flogged on the airwaves and in the House, by government for its views on the re-acquisition of Telemedia and the nationalization of Belize Electricity Limited. Notwithstanding, the membership of the influential private sector […]
Four persons were injured in a shooting spree on Wednesday night within minutes of each other; at least one of the victims is in critical condition. We start at Glenn Street where a party was interrupted by gunshots coming from a man who rode up to the area on bicycle. Two victims were rushed to […]
The other shooting took place minutes earlier. Two Belize City men ended up at the KHMH following the shooting incident in the Port Loyola area. At around seven p.m. two well known street figures; nineteen year old Keon Francis and Kareem “Robbery” Lopez, were seated inside a parked Geo Prism on Nurse Findley Crescent when […]
A fire broke out in a congested area of San Ignacio this afternoon. Traffic came to a halt when a plume of smoke towered above the downtown area. The Fire Department was immediately called to the scene of the blaze which destroyed a large building. The fire threatened to engulf other structures, but neighbors in […]
There’s other news from the west, if you fish in the Macal River and particularly, if you consume Bay-snook, you are advised that a recent testing confirmed increased levels of mercury in fish from the Macal River. The Ministry of Health along with the Department of Environment and BECOL conducted the testing in April of […]
Remember Jose Luis Robles Beltran? He is the Mexican National who claimed to be a soldier when he was busted at the Commercial Free Zone with a firearm, ammunition and US cash. Robles was taken to court, but his sentencing caused a controversy because he was sentenced to only two years in prison after he […]
Also in court, two persons were charged in connection with two recent murders. Twenty-nine year old tour guide, Guillian Hernandez was arraigned late Wednesday evening for the murder of Orlando Rodriguez, who met a horrific death on Sunday in Franks Eddy Village. Hernandez, who is from St. Matthews Village, appeared before Belmopan Magistrate, Adolph Lucas. […]
The discussion on the nationalization of B.E.L. and B.T.L. will not subside anytime soon. But the man, who approved the accommodation agreement that allegedly sparked the current prime minister into seizing Telemedia two times, has added his opinion to the national debate. Former Prime Minister Said Musa, at Wednesday’s P.U.P. press conference, defended the infamous […]
