If you had trouble watching last night’s newscast, don’t feel bad, we had just as much trouble producing it. The problem was electricity–or more accurately, the lack of it. When the lights came on this morning, News 5’s Janelle Chanona tried to find out what went wrong. Janelle Chanona, Reporting At approximately 5:30 Monday evening […]
It may have been a coincidence, but on the morning after the year’s biggest blackout, environmental activists were in court trying one more time to throw a legal spanner in the turbines of the proposed Chalillo Dam. Four applicants: BACONGO, The Belize Eco-Tourism Association, Sharon Matola and Eligorio Sho, are applying to the Supreme Court […]
Court watchers won’t have to wait until Thursday for courtroom drama, as on Wednesday morning Justice Christopher Blackman will issue his long awaited decision in the constitutional application of former Supreme Court judge George Meerabux. Meerabux, removed from office on the advice of the Belize Advisory Council for corrupt behaviour, maintains that the council acted […]
For the next two weeks, representatives of the International Monetary Fund will be in Belize conducting an assessment of the state of Belize’s economy. According to a government spokesman, the special visit follows a presentation made to the I.M.F. by Belize on the impact of two hurricanes and the implications of September eleventh on the […]
A look at the recent plague of fatal shootings in Belize City suggests that the value of life in the old capital has suffered a major devaluation. But while some families are forced to bury their young, one is about to celebrate a life fully lived. Ann-Marie reports. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting You may know her […]
You’ve heard of the Punta Rebels and may have danced to the sounds of the Griga Boyz. So you are forgiven if the subject of this next story seems familiar. Make way for the Punta Boys. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Since they were children, these young men have been beating Garifuna drums and entertaining tourists in […]
