This morning, if you passed by the Los Lagos junction, you probably saw a B.D.F. Jeep lying on its side just off the road. That vehicle was in a collision at around six-thirty, and it flipped twice, seriously injuring the female B.D.F. private who was in the passenger seat. Preliminary investigations indicate that a factor […]
Tonight, police are still unable to say whose badly decomposed body floated up into the mangroves near Mile five on the Phillip Goldson Highway. But there is more information emerging as they ask the public to assist in the identification. The discovery was made when a caretaker of a property just past the Haulover Bridge […]
The month of April has been a record month for 2015 when it comes to fires. Across the country, there have been several fires since the start of April, gutting a spiritual temple in Baranco and many other homes of numerous families. While most are still reeling from the disaster, on Thursday in Belize City, […]
Twenty-nine-year-old Kendoll Ottley, a construction worker of Belize City, has been found guilty of burglarizing the home of his ex-girlfriend after their relationship turned sour. He was accused of forcefully entering the residence of Nadine Gordon and in a fit of rage allegedly took a standing fan and threw it at her newborn grandson. That […]
A fisherman of Sarteneja Village is tonight serving a four-year sentence at the Belize Central Prison after old fisheries fines dating back to 2003 caught up with him. Earlier today, forty-eight-year-old Sanasermo Torres pleaded guilty to possession of ninety-five undersized conch but that charge was dismissed by Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith. Torres appeared before […]
Almost exactly three months ago, two containers of military-grade ammunition were stolen off the secure, guarded B.D.F. Echelon Base in Lord’s Bank. The ammunition, about two thousand, seven hundred rounds used in M-sixteen and M-four rifles, was stored there by the American military for use in their training exercises. At the time, the then B.D.F. […]
The United Nations Country Team resident members UNICEF, U.N.D.P., U.N.F.P.A., and PAHO held a press conference this morning to talk with the media about some of the social issues in Belize and where they fit in the bigger picture. The mandates of the resident agencies include equality, human rights, vulnerable groups and H.I.V./AIDS issues that […]
Earlier this week, Financial Secretary Joseph Waight commented briefly on the ongoing derisking exercise that a number of large American and European banks have undertaken. The process has seen the financial institutions severing ties with select banks in small developing countries. On Thursday, the Central Bank of Belize issued a release explaining the foreign correspondent […]
HelpAge Belize has a new Patroness. Appointed by the Board, Maria Elena Sylvestre is now the lead advocate for the N.G.O. that champions the rights of the elderly. Sylvestre has been involved with HelpAge since 1988 and served as a board member, president and past president over those years. As the front line advocate for […]
Frank Castro…it’s the name that sparked terror in the nineteen nineties and early two thousand. The notorious street figure was a known ring leader in serious felonies, including the murder and kidnapping of taxi driver Peter Novelo in the late nineteen nineties, as well as a string of robberies and other offenses. He spent over […]
News Five has been able to confirm reports that a badly decomposed body was discovered at around four this afternoon between miles five and six on the Phillip Goldson Highway, just past the Haulover Bridge. The body, which is unidentified at this time, was found in the sea behind a building, allegedly by a resident […]
A dubious land transaction involving the sale of a beachfront parcel on Caye Caulker has left a retired English couple short of tens of thousands of dollars. Sydney and Anna Higgins fell in love with the island a few years ago and decided to own a property north of the village. The Londoners purchased an […]
The Higgins have sought legal advice and despite the efforts of their attorneys, have been given the runaround by the Lands Department. The uncertainty of how the matter will be resolved has forced the couple to suspend any development on the parcel. Sidney Higgins, Land Owner “The lawyers here have been looking at it […]
A fiery blaze on Partridge Street Extension at around one-thirty this afternoon completely destroyed an upstairs wooden home belonging to Edith Valentine. Nobody was there at the time, and Valentine, who works as a cook at Price Barracks got the call at her job. By the time Fire Department personnel extinguished the flames, all had […]
Former administrator of the Southern Regional Hospital, Nasley Somerville, has been dismissed from the public service after a year of administrative leave. Somerville was suspended from her post in October 2013 when it was discovered that over three hundred and sixty thousand dollars had been siphoned from the hospital’s account during a three-year period. Her […]
On Wednesday, while all attention was on the outcome of the Maya Land Rights case, the Caribbean Court of Justice also handed down a decision in the case of Juanita Lucas and Celia Carillo versus the Chief Education Officer and the Minister of Education. The judgment of Justices Nelson, Hayton, Anderson, Saunders and Wit was […]
Government operatives charged with selling the Petrocaribe Bill 2015 have sought to convince the media that the outcry is much ado about nothing. But tonight the Petrocaribe fire continues to burn bright. Business sector Senator Mark Lizarraga has gotten hold of the loan agreement between G.O.B. and Alba Petrocaribe which he says proves that G.O.B. […]
Just in the event that you’re one of the very few who hasn’t been following the Petrocaribe hue and cry, the relevance is this. The government has stated time and again that it is forced to borrow and spend before seeking approval in the House because the exact amount of money to be borrowed cannot […]
Five Belmopan High schools were the first in the Caribbean to initiate a network of school based environmental clubs with a strong climate change focus. The launch of the network is set to see hundreds of young people across the region more involved in raising awareness of climate change and implementing changes to encourage a […]
The multi-million dollar Norwegian Cruise Lines tourism port on Harvest Caye is expected to be completed by the end of the year and opened in early 2016. It’s a huge project which received significant opposition across the political spectrum – primarily those sectors which are proponents of pocket tourism in the South as opposed to […]
Apart from the social concerns the NCL project raised, there are also some environmental concerns. One, raised just a week ago, is that developers have dumped rocks on top of coral heads which abound just off Harvest Caye. Another concern is that there is a proposal in the EIA to construct a thousand foot pier […]
It is common knowledge that the Belize Barrier Reef is the second longest barrier reef in the world; three of the Caribbean’s four atolls are found in Belizean waters and Belize is also home to the Blue Hole, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. But this internationally recognized marine system is under threat by […]
But the natural resource has massive economic benefits, which are at risk of being threatened: tourism, the fisheries industry and shoreline. The documents released on January nineteenth, 2015 by the ministry, says Chanona, can have adverse effects on a multimillion dollar industry. Janelle Chanona, Vice President, OCEANA Belize “While the overall economic value of […]
Recently, the Department of Environment, in partnership with three international organizations, hosted an Oil Spill Contingency Workshop that addressed issues such as oil pollution, preparedness, and response and cooperation sensitization workshop. But according to the consultants, Belize is not prepared as there are too many risks involved. According to environmentalists, there appears to be lack […]
Fourteen new tablets were handed over to the Hattieville Government School by the People’s United Party today. But while the gesture was welcomed, it is the information on that portable storage device that will be used to enhance the educational experience. The teachers at the institution will use the vast amount of electronic information to […]
