Three separate investigations are being conducted into the sinking of a dive boat during Hurricane Iris and the subsequent loss of twenty lives. Deputy Harbour Master Major Andrew Lewis told News 5 that the Port Authority has been investigating the incident in which the “Wave Dancer”, carrying twenty guests and a crew of eight, capsized […]
Another suspected criminal has been shot to death by police. The incident occurred around 5:00 this morning when police in Dangriga closed in on a house in the Lakeland area where three men, believed to be involved in two armed robberies in the Stann Creek Valley, were hiding out. According to a press release from […]
Police are looking for two brothers in connection with a fatal stabbing in the Orange Walk District. Reports are that Martin Adolphus was walking on the main street in Guinea Grass Village around 8:30 Sunday night when he was stabbed in his abdomen, left leg and head. Adolphus died before reaching Orange Walk Hospital.
This morning a twelve-inch diameter water pump was installed at the end of Jane Usher Boulevard to pump out sewerage contaminated water that has been trapped in the area due to the new dredging project. Since the pump was activated, the water has receded tremendously, much to the relief of those residents who have been […]
Belize Electricity Limited is moving rapidly to restore power to areas devastated by Hurricane Iris. According to a B.E.L. release, twenty-six percent of affected customers have had power restored and that percentage should climb to fifty by the end of the week. Full service, according to B.E.L.’s Michael Polonio, should be returned to all customers […]
There’s more good news of sorts for the south, in that according to a government assessment, the farmed shrimp industry has suffered less damage than originally feared. Only three of the ten farms south of Dangriga suffered damage and this, totalling a little over two point three million dollars, was primarily to ancillary infrastructure. Ponds […]
The Belize City Council is the recipient of some heavy computing power, courtesy of the Bank of Nova Scotia. The five year old piece of equipment, an IBM AS400 Server which the bank no longer needed, was handed over this morning to Belize City Mayor David Fonseca. David Fonseca, Mayor “It’s going to increase our […]
There are few prouder moments for a politician than the opportunity to open a new school building in his or her constituency. Today officials were all smiles as students in Belize City’s Albert Division prepared to move into their expanded facility. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The new two-storey school building took only five months to construct. […]
The United Democratic Party won a victory last week when Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh ruled that land situated at the south end of the BelChina Bridge and home to UDP headquarters is in fact the property of the Opposition. Today in a defeat of sorts, CJ Conteh ruled that the UDP counterclaim for exemplary damages […]
