If you are watching this newscast live at six-thirty, then consider yourself lucky, as almost half your fellow Belizeans cannot. The reason is a massive series of rolling power outages that were initiated this morning by Belize Electricity Limited. Worsening generation problems in Mexico have left Belize holding a bag full of empty promises and […]
An arrest has been made in connection with a shooting incident that left one Belize City woman in the hospital. Friday night, Sharlette Augustus was injured during a drive by shooting while she was standing at the corner of King Street and West Canal. Twenty-one year old Alger Gordon has been identified by an eyewitness […]
Last night police stopped a van they thought looked suspicious and hit the jackpot. Not only was the vehicle stolen, but its occupants also had it full of loot from a burglary. Reggie Patnet, a seventeen year old laborer of Ladyville, sixteen year old Ernie Miranda and twenty-one year old Richard Ferguson of Belize City […]
What appears to be a seasonal epidemic of drowning continued on Monday, with a Cayo man as the latest victim. Paul Kaufman, a preacher from the Homestead Acres area on the Western Highway, had gone swimming in the river around three thirty, Monday afternoon. Around seven that night his wife became distraught when he did […]
Information Technology is one of the fastest growing industries in the world and Belize has only in recent years begun to see it’s potential. The Belize Information Technology Professionals Association was recently formed by computer experts who had worked together in 1999 on the Y2K task force. BITPA has organized a forum for tonight to […]
Though B.E.L. is having some difficulty keeping the power on, they are making some advances in consumer relations. In addition to having a customer care representative available until nine p.m., individual billing information will soon be available on the world wide web. Sean Fuller, Information Systems Manager, B.E.L. “Customers will be able to log on […]
Six lucky Belizeans won themselves two thousand dollars each this morning as part of Courts Belize’s first Catch the Cash draw. They are Rosa Bent of Independence Village, Chiah Lin from San Ignacio, Alfonso Cierra, Orange Walk, Rosa Dardon of Roaring Creek, Valerio Pott, Corozal, and from Belize City Josephine Flores. And if you think […]
We’ve all heard of government’s promise to see ten thousand houses built during its five-year term of office. What has been less publicized is how that effort impacts on the life of an individual. Today Ann-Marie visited one Belize City woman who hosted her on a tour. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting It’s always a homeowner’s pride […]
