This evening, major US agencies reported that Belize and El Salvador have been added to the United States blacklist of “major” drug producing and transit countries. One report in the US media says that the State Department officials have indicated that cartels which ship drugs to the US via Mexico are now using Belize and […]
Another report of national importance concerns the health of George Price, the former Prime Minister and Leader Emeritus of the People’s United Party. He is recuperating slowly at the Belize Healthcare Partners in Belize City. Doctors continue to monitor his delicate condition following a round of surgery he underwent on Wednesday. The ninety-two year old […]
The region is not only monitoring the health of Price but also the rise of a CARICOM brother in Belize’s judiciary. In July Guyanese national Kenneth A. Benjamin was selected to be Chief Justice of Belize and the news spread quickly when he arrived in the country on September eighth. Well, today it was finally […]
While the new CJ is at the start of his tenure, the to and fro between the PM, the Attorney General and the Bar has been ongoing for some time. It took a strange turn when on the August twenty-sixth, the AG Bernard “B. Q.” Pitts called on the Bar Executive to withdraw a press […]
In Belize City at the Bliss, three Prime Ministers, past and present shared their perspective of nationhood on Wednesday night. While that forum was taking place another event was being staged in the southernmost district of Toledo. Punta Gorda residents as well as hundreds of villagers were transported to the multipurpose centre for the Ninth […]
It seems that the Sri Lankan movie in Belize will not be made after all. It has been well documented by News Five that Belize has been a springboard for human trafficking of African, Chinese and Sri Lankan Nationals. And recently a group of eleven Sri Lankans was detained for questioning upon their arrival in […]
On Wednesday night we told you about the cold-blooded murder on a citrus farm in Hope Creek Village. Thirty-nine year old Guatemalan, Anival Lopez, was hacked to death with a machete allegedly by another employee. The accused, a Honduran national, has disappeared since the incident. Dangriga police have been combing the area for forty-three year […]
Employees of the Social Security Board, who are members of the Christian Workers Union, are tonight up in arms after failure to secure a new collective bargaining agreement with its management. On Wednesday the CWU issued a release stating that proposals had been presented for S.S.B. employees to receive benefits along with salary increases, which […]
One of the country’s favorite animals for the fryer is under threat by a deadly disease. Chickens suspected of having Fowl Typhoid are being destroyed to stop the spread of the bird disease, which also affects turkeys. The Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA) has received confirmation from the United States Department of Agriculture that poultry […]
For a very long time now, the Belama Phase Four community has been complaining about the poor conditions of their streets. And after the heavy rains earlier this week, the residents are forced to trek through filthy waters that have flooded most of the streets. While some parents have chosen to keep their children at […]
And while the chicken is far from endangered, the fate of Belize’s most vulnerable group is still undetermined. Another teenager is behind bars tonight. On Wednesday at his home, nineteen year old Chris Anthony Reyes, a resident of King Street, was allegedly found in possession of a point twenty-two caliber Lorcin Brand pistol, seven small […]
More Tomorrow’s Village Council is fighting for land titles. The council held its monthly meeting this past Sunday and two major issues dominated the discussions and have prompted the council to seek an audience with the Prime Minister. According to a release issued today, land speculators have constantly been laying claim to the lands of […]
The second concern is over the aerial spraying of pesticides in More Tomorrow, which Robinson says had been banned in the past because of health and environmental problems. But the harmful pesticides are again being used and the village councilor claims it is causing illness amongst the children. Jimmy Robinson, More Tomorrow Village Councilor “This […]
The Prime Ministers Forum was billed as thirty years of Independence with reflections from all four prime ministers of Belize. It was broadcast to the nation from the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday night. Former Prime Minister George Price’s views on growing up in the colony and a free Belize were delivered […]
The Get Up and Program has been running for three months, and today the health conscious group received two hundred and fifty tennis shoes and expect another shipment of the same amount. The participants who have accumulated two hundred sixty points in the program are being gifted a pair of sneakers on behalf of One […]
We all receive vaccinations as part of the immunization program of the National Health Service to ward off debilitating diseases. With the rapid development in the drug therapy, new vaccinations have become available commercially; not only for children but for adults as well. They are considered a good investment to keep you healthy and safe. […]
