The Prime Minister of Taiwan will visit Belize next week as part of a three nation tour. Prime Minister Vincent C. Siew will head a delegation of officials, journalists and entrepreneurs who will arrive on the fifteenth. First Secretary of the Taiwanese Embassy Benjamin Ho tells News Five the one day visit which is reciprocal […]
A ten year old student was reportedly raped after being offered a ride home by a friend. According to Dangriga police, around twelve, Saturday morning, the young student of Dangriga Town was walking in front of the market, when she was approached by Jason Flores who offered to drop her home. But after the young […]
A Dangriga policeman who wanted to make fast and easy money has found himself in a heap of trouble. According to the police, on New Year’s Eve, an American resident of Dangriga Town reported to them that while his car was parked on Commerce Street, he was given a traffic violation ticket. The following day, […]
It appears as if the case of the missing Belizean flag has been solved. According to police it was a little girl who observed the theft and alerted her father, who happens to be a police officer. According to Assistant Superintendent of Police, David Henderson, he and his young daughter, Fiona were coming from a […]
Belize Electricity Limited announced this week that it has reorganized its management structure. Lynn Young, who has been with B.E.L. for the past fourteen years, is the new Chief Executive Officer, replacing Luis Lue who retired at the end of December. According to Young, a study of the company’s needs recommended separating the financial and […]
After almost two years of negotiations, a non-profit organization which focuses on health education, Omni Med is in Belize conducting a workshop with Belizean doctors at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Omni Med is working in partnership with Rotary International’s Medical Equipment Donation Program. The organization’s specific goal is to help to bridge the gap […]
If children are to get a good education they have to be well-fed and able to concentrate on their studies. The Belize School Canteen Association has been at the forefront of the school feeding effort. Today they got a financial boost from a member of the private sector. Albert Moore, General Manager, Roses Paper Products […]
There is an old adage that says “all good things must come to an end.” Well, tonight we have the disappointing obligation to report on the end of one good thing for Belize that was gone before we ever got to enjoy it. That thing was a car and passenger ferry that in November began […]
The United Democratic Party held a press conference this morning hosted by Michael Finnegan to outline three areas they say are cause for concern. Finnegan claimed that he has received information that the Social Security Board is engaged in secret negotiations with Vernon Harrison Courtenay and W.H. Courtenay and Company for the payment of a […]
