Mas Camps leading up to the spectacular Carnival Road March on September fourteenth, are now underway. The first stop on Wednesday night by our News Five team was at Dean Street where energy was flowing among the members of Black Pearl. Before the night was over, we caught up with Pickstock Carnival, Jump Street Posse […]
He is only twelve years old, but Anthony Gill is thrilling audiences with his powerful messages as a motivational speaker. The young man, who is born of Belizean parents, began his career at the tender age of four and has appeared at major events in the United States. Gill arrived at the Philip Goldson International […]
Accompanying Gill is teen R and B Pop Singer and songwriter and a former American Idol Contestant, Keonna Evans. The inspirational duo begins their tour with an appearance at Maud Williams High School. Keonna Evans, Artist “I’m definitely like culture shocked and I am so excited because I’ve never been out of the country. […]
Sepsis is a most common, but least recognized disease. Worldwide, every few seconds someone dies from sepsis. September thirteenth, will be celebrated as world sepsis day and Belize is the first in the region to sign onto the Global Sepsis Alliance. The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Critical Care Association as well as the Belize Medical […]
Years after it was conceived, the Stake Bank Project has been dusted off and resurrected; it was officially launched today at the Belize Biltmore Plaza as the Ocean View Grand and Stake Bank. It is a mega-million dollar development which according to businessman Mike Feinstein, of the Feinstein Group of Companies, requires an investment of […]
Today, the Public Accounts Committee held its first meeting since the call for its restructuring of its composition. Fireworks were expected as both sides declared that they would stand firm. Their positions are simple – the opposition members refuse to scrutinize Auditor General Reports dating back to 2003. They say their mandate is to look […]
While pro-tem PAC Chairman John Saldivar has said that all meetings of the PAC from now on will be open to the public, this one wasn’t. The media wasn’t even allowed into the offices of the National Assembly, much less anywhere the committee room. Prime Minister Dean Barrow had said that meetings would be public, […]
Tonight, there is some news coming from Minister of Sports Herman Longsworth on the much anticipated Marion Jones Sporting Complex. We say some news, instead of good news, because the project has been underway for years now, and it seems that every few months we get promises that it is nearing completion. We got that […]
According to Longsworth, he hopes that by the end of the year, Belizeans will be able to make use of the Marion Jones Sporting Complex, to some extent at least. As we do whenever we get a hold of Minister Longsworth, we asked about Berger Field. The complete renovation and restoration of that field started […]
At the beginning of the week, City Hall, through the Traffic Department, brought into immediate effect the removal of a number of commuter buses that did not meet specific requirements put in place to alleviate traffic in the city streets. The measure, which was initially proposed by the Belize City Council in 2009, under Mayor […]
Three of four Belizeans who are presently fighting their extradition to the United States were before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith today. They are Gary Seawell, Fakhnul Salim and Deon Bruce. The cases of Salim and Bruce were adjourned for a later date, but arguments were submitted in respect of Seawell. Attorneys Illiana Swift and […]
A raid by police during Tuesday’s lunch hour yielded more than three pounds of marijuana. Up north, the Corozal police executed a search at the house of Marcial Villegas Geron in Ranchito village. Villegas, a Mexican mechanic who resides in the village, was present as was his son Devan and Sheree Williams. Behind a washing […]
Mas camps, the preliminary to this year’s Carnival, opened on Tuesday night in Belize City. Both junior and senior bands were judged and as anticipated, the energy and the hype of the spirit of carnival prevailed. The colorful costumes set the tone for the themes of the different bands which are depicting national issues such […]
Today at the House of Culture in Belize City, a publication of historical landmarks was launched. The book, “A Walk through Old Belize, is published by the Belize Tourism Board in collaboration with the Institute for Social and Cultural Research to present data on significant markers in the Old Capital. Some thirty-seven sites are featured […]
The month of September is normally brimming with a sense of patriotism. For three artists, that feeling of pride and nationhood landed them the top prizes at a first Patriotic Video Competition. There were many entries to the event, but the judges found that a submission from a duo from the west, best captured originality, […]
Government has confirmed that it will be entering into a binding agreement with Norwegian Cruise Lines for a fifty million dollar tourism development at Harvest Caye. But there’s another tourism project which is likely to stir controversy because it involves the construction of a causeway which is believed will affect the Swallow Caye Reserve, which […]
The Stake Bank Project is on the environmental table for dissection and analysis. But while the NCL project proposed for Harvest Caye in the south is very much in the headlines, it hasn’t even officially reached that point yet. And when it does, it seems that the process will be expedited, since an Environmental Impact […]
As we reported on Monday, a team of journalists and videographers from various media houses was given an exclusive tour of the Sarstoon-Temash National Park over the weekend. The purpose of the visit was to experience firsthand ongoing exploratory work conducted by U.S. Capital Energy in the vicinity of the protected area. The two-day trip […]
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Police are investigating the death of a Sand Hill resident that occurred sometime after eight p.m. on Monday. While there appears to be telltale signs of a suicide, Ladyville Police are waiting for the result of a post mortem on the body on twenty-nine year old Emir Bailey to determine whether or not he was […]
Since suffering a crushing defeat at the hands of Cuba during the Jaguars’ do or die match in the recent CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament, nothing has been heard from head coach Ian Mork. In the days following Belize’s debut in the annual competition, speculations were that Mork would not be returning to coach the national […]
But there is good news in volleyball and basketball. In Guatemala City today, the Under-twenty female national volleyball team beat El Salvador in three sets to one…that places Belize six points ahead and keeps the team in the running and within reach of a medal. In today’s came Kevanna Sebastian led team Belize with twenty-points […]
A Belize City construction worker is on remand tonight for the offense of Burglary. Forty-one year old Daun Anthony Myers is accused of burglarizing the house of Cannon Leroy Flowers located on North Front Street. Allegations are that Myers entered Cannon Flowers house and stole jewellery amounting to a value of one thousand seven hundred […]
Thirty-five year old Jose Ricardo Hernandez, a driver and resident of Muhammadali Street in Belize City was also remanded to the Belize Central Prison this evening after he was slapped with a single charge of Aggravated Assault upon Aris Serrano, a bus driver. Hernandez appeared before Magistrate Leslie Hamilton and was read a single […]
Police are also looking for the owners of a large quantity of drugs which were found on Monday. Acting on information received, San Ignacio cops visited an open lot on Back Street. There they found one plastic bag and two crocus sacks containing suspected cannabis. The drugs weighed in at a little over eighty pounds […]
