With the public perception that violent crime is out of control it was only a matter of time until government officially reacted. At its Tuesday session of Cabinet the nation’s leadership approved a set of strict measures that they hope will arrest and reverse the climate of fear felt in many quarters of the country. […]
Another aspect of the criminal justice system is the right of every defendant to a lawyer. In this case lawyer Barrow has taken up the cause of high profile drug suspects Robert and Hadrian Hertular. And today he succeeded in springing them from Hattieville. Dean Barrow, Leader of the Opposition “I applied for bail yesterday […]
While the latest session of Cabinet focussed on the crime problem, that body also took some other decisions that will have major impact on the nation’s future. It was confirmed that the Belize City port, long rumoured to be the next candidate for privatisation, will in fact be put on the block. Government will retain […]
There will also be some changes made in the government owned lottery. In the face of a six percent annual decline in revenues over the past seven years and stiff competition from the privately operated Lotto and Bel-3 draws, Cabinet has agreed to two recommendations: one that the daily boledo and weekly lottery be developed […]
It was an event that lit up switchboards at police stations and media houses all over the country. Sometime after 9:00 Tuesday night, Belizeans witnessed a rapidly moving object streaking across the sky followed by a plume of white smoke and accompanied by what sounded like a massive thunder clap. Explanations for the UFO ranged […]
In a move that has put Belize at the forefront of the region’s legal systems, all nine volumes of Belize’s substantive laws are now available on CD ROM. At this morning’s media launch, Attorney General Godfrey Smith told reporters that the new electronic copy contains all the laws of Belize updated through December thirty-first, 2000. […]
It’s that time of year again, when the island of Ambergris Caye comes alive with the sights and sounds of our neighbours on the American mainland. The tenth annual Costa Maya Festival kicks off on August sixteenth and runs through the nineteenth. One highlight of the event is the Reina de la Costa Maya Pageant […]
They are the descendants of what was at its peak one of the most advanced civilisations on the planet. And today some of Belize’s Maya inhabitants are using the latest technology to tell their story to a world which has grown accustomed to accessing information at the click of a mouse. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods […]
