A five-year-old boy is still undergoing surgery at this hour at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after being knocked down on Jane Usher Boulevard by a dump truck this afternoon. According to witnesses just after noon, Andyvan Andrews ran from his house on Flamingo Street onto Jane Usher Boulevard. Halfway across the street, he saw […]
Another child also ran into traffic and was hit, this time by a tractor on Regent Street. Witnesses say two-year-old Sean Anderson ran away from his mother near the Commercial Centre and right into the path of a City Council tractor. The tractor knocked him down and rolled over his leg. The driver has been […]
Because they believe that a number of graves at the historic Yarborough Cemetery will be affected by the construction of a new basketball court, some people from the Albert Division today picked up their markers and Bristol boards and staged a protest. They say they were never properly informed about the project. Area Representative Mark […]
This morning the Area Representative for Port Loyola launched an initiative she believes will improve the constituency’s health, beginning with the children. The project, the first of its kind for Port Loyola promises to promote healthy lifestyle, a healthy environment and provide health services to the residents of Port Loyola. Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, Area Rep., Port […]
But it seems Mark Espat was not the only area representative to be the subject of a picket this morning. While she was unveiling the Port Loyola Health and Development Project, members of the division’s Poor Housing Committee staged protest nearby. The group, lead by the United Democratic Party’s Anthony “Boots” Martinez, who lost to […]
On Thursday Mario Rodriguez, Principal of Excelsior High School told News Five that he believes the Ministry of Education effectiveness study on the school was improperly conducted. Rodriguez said while he was told the evaluation would be carried out by a committee, education officer Vandley Jenkins was the only person who came to the school […]
The public sector has been the object of numerous complaints for lack of professionalism and backlog of work but we hardly get to hear their side of the story. For the past two days, personnel from the Ministry of Labour have been looking at modernizing during a seminar at the Belize Biltmore Plaza. But while […]
The Belize Arts Council will give their fifth Lifetime Achievement Award to Robert Reneau this Saturday night. Reneau, a musician, singer, playwright and producer, artist and composer as well as choreographer is being honored at a dinner theater featuring the Belize National Dance Company and Mr. Peter’s Boom and Chime Band. Former member of “Mr. […]
