Day two of the latest round of talks between Guatemala and Belize continued today at OAS headquarters in Washington. News 5 spoke to negotiators this afternoon who declined to discuss details until the meeting adjourned later tonight. Earlier news reports quoted chief negotiator Ambassador Assad Shoman as having little hope that a settlement of the […]
While the bulk of Belize’s diplomatic corps presents our case in Washington, Prime Minister Said Musa is engaging in a bit of diplomacy of his own in Haiti. The Prime Minister is in Port au Prince representing the CARICOM heads of government at the inauguration of President Jean Bertrand Aristide. Haiti is about to become […]
In crime news investigators continue to search for clues and suspects in the theft of high-powered weapons from the police and BDF arsenals. No arrests, however, are reported. In Belize City no charges have been filed against Oscar Orellano, the driver of the bus that killed bicyclist Steven Bent on Monday morning. Testimony obtained thus […]
If you think that it’s tough these days for prosecutors to put everyday criminals like robbers, rapists, drug dealers and murderers in jail, it’s even more difficult to punish people who violate the country’s environmental laws. Things may be changing, however, as News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams discovered this morning. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Law enforcement officers […]
One of the more controversial issues dominating the nation’s environmental debate is the recommendation for a comprehensive programme to manage Belize’s solid waste–better known as garbage. Environmental officer Martin Alegria commented on a proposal to site a central sanitary landfill at mile twenty-seven on the Western Highway. Martin Alegria “Based on the technical input that […]
The latest daylight attack by criminal elements did not happen on Albert Street, in Yabra or St. Martin de Porres. Instead the information superhighway also known as the World Wide Web was the victim. Over the weekend, some mischievous computer users hacked into a portion of Belize Telecommunication Limited’s Internet system, just to prove they […]
It will never rank with the massive export industries of sugar, citrus and bananas in terms of foreign exchange… but dollar for dollar, the economic impact of organic cacao on farmers in southern Belize gives new meaning to the term “cash crop.” Jose Sanchez reports from Punta Gorda. Jose Sanchez “There are many Mayan communities […]
