A fire in Maya Mopan last week left over fifty people homeless, most of them children. Today the Prime Minister Said Musa toured the area and found that seven of the twelve thatched houses were already being rebuilt. The Mennonite Community in Spanish Lookout has donated building supplies and this time the homes will have […]
Dangriga police are looking for two men after they robbed a hardware storeowner and one of his employees around eleven-thirty this morning. Employees tell News Five that Orlando Habet had already gotten into his Blazer in front of Habet’s Hardware on St. Vincent Street, when a man rode up on a bike and put a […]
Belize City police have detained a taxi driver for questioning after a young woman reported he raped her early Saturday morning. The twenty-six year old told police she left the Miami Nites club on Central American Boulevard around four a.m. in a taxi. The driver was a relative of one of her friends, but instead […]
For one community organization’s, persistence in achieving its goal has paid off. Today, members of the Toledo Institute for Development and the Environment (TIDE), watched as the Port Honduras area was officially declared a national reserve. TIDE has consistently maintained that the area is being used as a manatee slaughtering ground by Guatemalan poachers. Additional […]
Citizens out west are also promoting the conservation of their natural resources. This weekend the Mayors of Melchor De Mencos in Guatemala, San Ignacio and Benque Viejo del Carmen in Western Belize signed an agreement to protect the Mopan Watershed. The three towns agree that the Mopan River is their most important natural resource and […]
Last year teacher Brian Plummer of Excelsior High was handed a termination letter and told that as of January 10th, his services were no longer required. The letter offered no reason for his termination but Plummer felt it was because around that time, he had been a vocal supporter of a controversial report, which had […]
In an effort to keep Belize’s children safe, BTL has started a phone program in the schools. The company says “Learn ‘n Phone” is in response to a request from the National Committee for Families and Children who noticed that a lot of children have to leave campus to call home for emergencies or to […]
When Yasser Musa opened the Image Factory, one of his goals was to document visual art in Belize. On Friday night, that goal transformed itself into the largest collection of artworks to be displayed so far. The show is called “Art for People.” Musa says one main aim of the display will be to inspire […]
?Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into another serving of Sports Monday. The Santino’s Jamis Cycling Team was invited to participate in yesterday’s one hundred-mile road race inside Merida, Yucatan across the Mexican Border so we tagged along. At the starting line we find Andrew Smiling and Ray Cattouse suited up in Santino’s […]
