In a present society that is rife with moral decay the old proverb “honesty is the best policy” has all but lost its meaning. So, when two members of the Belize National A Selection blew the whistle on a potential match fixer in Portland, prior to the Jaguars taking on the United States in round […]
F.F.B. President Ruperto Vicente has also commended the boys for their honesty. An invitation for the pair to fly to Chicago on Friday was the result of an email correspondence between Vicente and the competition’s organizers. He also spoke with News Five earlier today and reiterated the need for honesty and sportsmanship in football. […]
An under-sixteen football team from the west was on a friendly tournament in Merida last week and their performance caught the attention of organizers since they lost only one of the five days of games. As a result, the team has been invited to compete in another tournament in Merida. Twelve teams from five different […]
It is a bitter sweet moment for the national team. As it celebrates Woodrow West and Ian Gaynair, it is mourning the death of team member Luis Mendez. Mendez played defense in UNCAF games against Costa Rica that sealed a spot in the Gold Cup for the Jaguars. Mendez died tragically in Guatemala on Tuesday […]
Michelle Perdomo taught for about four decades at Saint John’s high school and junior college. She taught or influenced much of the artists that have produced memorable work in Belize. Perdomo came to Belize after falling in love with a teacher named Carlos, who eventually became the Minister of National Security and is the current […]
A dispute over land has left one man critically injured in the K.H.M.H. and another behind bars while Police hunt for his brother. Sand Hill residents Eric and Prince Lockwood are accused of injuring a relative, Nelson Lockwood with an iron bar and rocks. Today Eric appeared before Magistrate Leslie Hamilton and was charged for […]
A firearm found on Gill Street by the Gang Suppression Unit back in May was used in the January murder of Marvin Forman, according to ballistic tests. The firearm is a Taurus nine millimeter pistol which had also gone missing from the police and is one of two used in the Foreman murder for which […]
The Report on the Drug Problem in the Americas, a recent document published by the Organization of American States, presented during its forty-third annual General Assembly in June, is being revisited by several Caribbean countries in examining their role in the transshipment of narcotics to North America and Europe. Trinidad & Tobago notes that, like […]
The Institute of Creative Arts is hosting tonight a one-of-a-kind show at the Bliss Institute. It is a summer bram featuring well-known violinist, William Harvey from Cultures in Harmony. Harvey has conducted over twenty projects in over a dozen countries to promote cultural understanding through music and tonight he will be fusing music from his […]
Group A rocked the audience and the judges at the Bliss on Tuesday night as another round of competition in Be the Next Superstar took place. The show progressed with awesome performances by the aspiring superstars who did their best to win over the judges and importantly the voting public. Some put their imprint on […]
One of the largest environmental groups is taking government to court. The Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management known as SATIIM and four Mayan communities in the Temash National Park buffer zone are taking on the oil company, U.S. Capital Energy, for exploration works being conducted within the park. SATIIM is responsible for the management […]
While that action is before the court, there is another matter with SATIIM and the Government of Belize which will need to be resolved sooner rather than later. The co-management agreement for the park has not been renewed because the parties cannot agree on terms, but SATIIM maintains that they have rights over their communal […]
Football Federation of Belize Vice President Rawell Pelayo never made it to the Gold Cup 2013 games that the Jaguars played earlier in the month. On July eighth, Pelayo and other members of the F.F.B. including a football player had taken a flight to Houston, Texas. Pelayo was arrested by Drug Enforcement Agency agents and […]
The Norwegian Cruise Line proposed development of a mega port at Crawl Caye was rejected by the ministerial committee headed by Godwin Hulse. The island was part of the Belize Barrier Reef, a protected World Heritage Site. Norwegian then placed its hopes in Harvest Caye. The cruise line’s investment company, Belize Island Holdings Limited, has […]
In December of last year, Special Envoy for Women and Children Kim Simplis-Barrow announced the undertaking of a project to construct a new pediatric intensive care unit at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The initiative, manifested in the form of a contract, was a collaborative effort between her office, the Lifeline Foundation, Challenge Gobie Foundation, […]
The Inspiration Center, also the brainchild of Kim Simplis-Barrow, founder of the Lifeline Foundation, is scheduled to open its doors to children with disabilities in January 2014. Construction, according to the Special Envoy for Women & Children, should be completed by November. The second annual Inspiration Telethon was held in Belize City a few weeks […]
The United Belize Advocacy Movement (UNIBAM), the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender advocacy organization has taken its case to the court to have section fifty-three to be amended to legalize consensual sex between two adults of the same sex. UNIBAM and the gender policy, which supports other genders outside the male and female equation, have […]
Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin is yet to rule on the UNIBAM challenge to amend the Criminal Code, but there is another case that the government will answer to. A gay Jamaican activist, Maurice Tomlinson, is challenging Belize’s Immigration Act. Section Five of the Act states that prohibited immigrants include, (Quote) “Any prostitute or homosexual who […]
Since the release of a comprehensive study conducted in Belize by the Education Division of the Inter-American Development Bank over a five-year period, findings in the report have been presented in the media. Overall, the results of the survey indicate that the current state of Belize’s education system is very critical, with government spending more […]
According to Leacock, parents should be equally concerned about and involved in the quality of education their children are receiving by holding the schools responsible for their output. David Leacock, CEO, Ministry of Education “This is everybody’s business, you have to get engaged. So, if you were not concerned about your child’s education before […]
Tonight there is not much new to report on the disappearance of siblings Fanny and Jairo Romero from the village of Cowpen in southern Belize. Last week Wednesday they were abducted from the village by a woman who allegedly handed them over to their maternal grandfather, Juan Jovel. At least, that’s what a preliminary investigation […]
From August first through to the fourth, La Isla Bonita will be ram jam packed for the biggest International Festival. Aside from big names in entertainment, the La Reina de la Costa Maya Pageant featuring delegates from Belize, Mexico and Central America, is one of the main features of the festival. The delegates vying for […]
Stay tuned tonight to this station because group A of Be the Next Superstar returns to the stage for another round of elimination. Eight hopefuls in dance, singing and drama will take to the stage to delight the audience and influence the judges’ decisions. Two will be eliminated and six will move on. Up for […]
A second pair of siblings is missing from the south. The Rash children went missing in August 2010 and they were never found. Tonight Independence Police are on the lookout for two children who have been reported missing by their parents. Jairo and Fanny Romero disappeared from the small village of Cowpen in the Stann […]
And even as they launch a manhunt for the missing siblings, Police are also investigating the murder of a Guatemalan national yesterday evening. Isaac Gutierrez, an employee of Mayan King in Southern Belize, was viciously chopped across the neck, allegedly by another employee, in his home on the Mayan King workers’ compound. Police believe that […]
