After Chief Justice Conteh yesterday issued an order restraining Public Utilities Minister Ralph Fonseca from taking any other action on B.T.L. rates until the court has heard B.T.L.’s judicial review, CAPU is not pleased. In a telephone interview with Senator Margaret Ventura, she said that even though the court decided to put a stay on […]
A swearing in ceremony for the president of the Senate and eleven Senators took place today at the National Assembly Room in Belmopan. The ceremony marked the official opening of the sitting of the first session of the ninth Senate. Sworn in at the opening session are: President Sylvia Flores, Vice President Clara Zetina, along […]
Police have arrested a man for the murder of well-known Belizean cyclist and proprietor of Electrical Zone Rebuilders, Dwayne Arnold. He is twenty-nine year old Erlin White. White was picked up last night in Orange Walk and was today charged with Arnold’s murder after he was positively identified in an ID parade. It is alleged […]
On Tuesday afternoon, two men were clearing trees on Indian Creek Road in the Orange Walk District when tragedy struck. Thirty-two year old William Braun and twenty-three year old John Peters, two Mennonite men from Indian Creek Village, were on a tractor towing a tree when it accidentally hit an apparently rotten tree. The tree […]
Four months after the passage of Hurricane Iris, the rebuilding work continues in Southern Belize. During Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting, it was reported that over five hundred houses have been built in the Toledo District, while another three hundred and ninety-two shelter homes have been constructed in both the Toledo and Stann Creek districts. These homes, […]
“There is no doubt that the situation with respect to crime and violence is today the worst it has ever been in our society.” Those were words delivered by Opposition Leader, Dean Barrow at a press conference this afternoon hosted by the United Democratic Party. Barrow, who first read from a prepared statement called on […]
Barrow also announced that the party has replaced two of the standard bearers, citing personal commitment as the reasons why they will not be able to contest the upcoming general elections. Mario Galvez of Lake I, has been replaced by Louis Leslie, who ran an unsuccessful convention in the Port Loyola Division, and Colin Gillett […]
How many of you really know about the first people who settled in our country, or that two board bridges were in place before the manually operated swing bridge? Those are just some of the historical questions primary school students are asked in their social studies class. And while the new Museum of Belize is […]
They come from far away and work like machines for three months. When they are finished, both Belize and the visitors themselves are better for the experience. We’re talking about the volunteers from Trekforce…Yesterday, News 5’s Jacqueline Woods got a chance to spend some time with them in the high bush near Gallon Jug. Jacqueline […]
