A seventeen year old has been charged with unlawful carnal knowledge and rape. According to a police press release, a twelve-year-old female accompanied by a human development officer, visited the Orange Walk police station on Friday and reported that she has been having sexual relations with Wilbert Cuellar. Cuellar, a labourer of San Jose Village, […]
A twenty-seven year old man lies seriously injured in the Southern Regional Hospital after being shot. According to Mark Bermudez, a laborer of one and a half mile Melinda Road, around eleven o’clock Friday night he was standing in front of Courts Belize Limited in Dangriga when a man approached him, took out a pistol […]
During a surprise inspection on Tuesday, police confiscated over one hundred and forty pounds of illegal game meat at Joseph Wong Store. Officials from the Forest Department, accompanied by a police officer, found one hundred and seven pounds of gibnut and armadillo, twenty-nine and a half pounds of deer, and five and a half pounds […]
Over the years the Government of Belize has spent a substantial amount of money to settle accident claims due to its policy of not insuring government vehicles. On Tuesday, however, Cabinet decided the time has come to change that strategy, and will for the first time insure the government motor fleet. They are currently urging […]
Last week we reported on the Southern Pine Beetle ravaging the Mountain Pine Ridge. One of the primary reasons given for the beetle’s attack on over sixty thousand acres of the pine trees, is government’s cutback on a thinning program, in which trees are planted widely apart to prevent fire hazards and from competing for […]
The Ministry of Agriculture is the proud recipient of three Toyota vehicles. The gift is a donation from USAID and United States Department of Agriculture. The vehicles will be used to assist the Belize Agriculture Health Authority in its medfly eradication programme. Minister Dolores Balderamos Garcia received the donation on behalf of Minister of Agriculture, […]
In related agricultural news, BAHA is on the alert for any reports of Classical Swine Fever in Belize. Symptoms of the virus include vomiting, diarrhoea, fever, skin discoloration, in-coordination and coughing. The pigs also tend to huddle together and die within five to fifteen days of illness. The disease has been reported in Libertad, a […]
If you’re a Belizean citizen interested in pursuing post graduate studies for the 2001 academic year, here’s your opportunity. The Interamerican Development Bank has joined forces with the Japan-IDB scholarship programme to offer the award. IDB’s public relations manager William Neal, says the award is open to any qualified Belizean. Williams Neal, Public Relations Manager, […]
There are many families who are living in deplorable conditions throughout Belize. Most of them cannot afford proper housing. However, one organization has been coming to the assistance of many of these families, by providing them with homes. News Five caught up with one of the new homeowners. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The last time we […]
