The new Attorney General Godfrey Smith may only have issued his plan of action last week, but he has lost no time in taking the first steps towards revamping the administration of Belizean justice. The most visible change, announced today, is the removal of Solicitor General Gian Ghandi. Ghandi has been a fixture in Belmopan […]
Two weeks ago the Belize Energy Workers Union, publicly protested the Belize Electricity Limited’s refusal to acknowledge their claim that the company owed them money for their years of service. They said that since the government was selling its majority shares they wanted to be fired, compensated for their service and then rehired, the way […]
An Orange Walk man has reported being held up by the man who was supposed to sell him a car. Carlos Reyes told police he was on Fifth Avenue in Corozal Town on Monday morning when a man he knew only as “Mark” stopped in a black LTD car with tinted windows and asked him […]
Did you know that there are two different minimum wages, one for manual workers and the other for domestic workers and shop assistants? The Women’s Issues Network of Belize wants to change this and give Belize’s working women a chance to earn more. The issue came up in April at a training workshop and has […]
In regional news, Hurricane Jose might have bypassed Barbados but citizens in the rest of the northeastern Caribbean are not taking any chances. Government and disaster officials from eleven countries are organizing disaster response services to meet the strengthening storm head on. Officials say past experiences with hurricanes have increased public awareness among the islanders, […]
If you collect stamps or enjoy sending them to friends and relatives abroad, you’ll be glad to hear four new stamps are being released. To celebrate the one hundred and twenty fifth anniversary of the Universal Postal Union, the Belize Postal Service has decided to show the “transportation used in Belize to haul and deliver […]
The Bellevue Hotel is famous for its nighttime entertainment but now the management is hoping the public will stop in during the day as well to enjoy an art exhibit featuring the work of a Cuban artist. News Five got a preview of the show which opens tomorrow. It is the first time that Joimen […]
Everyone’s heard of the Belize Zoo, the Baboon Sanctuary in Bermudian Landing, or the Jaguar Reserve in the Cockscomb, but you probably never heard of the Green Hills Butterfly Ranch. After this next story, however, you may want to take a trip to this corner of the Cayo District that’s doing big things with little […]
