If the wave of violent crime that has washed over Belize during the last decade has one mitigating quality, it is that much of the violence takes place between people who know each other: that is rival gangs or warring families. On Thursday, however, that pattern was broken as a horde of hardened criminals went […]
In additional crime news, yet another Belize City security guard has had his gun stolen. At 4:00 this morning, thirty-year-old Artilles Orellano, a guard at the Northern Fishermen’s Co-op on North Front Street, was surprised by three men who beat him with a stick and relieved him of his thirty-eight-calibre revolver. This is the sixth […]
The Chalillo dam came one step closer to reality today as an action in the Supreme Court brought by environmentalists was dismissed. BACONGO, the Belize Alliance of Conservation NGOs, sought judicial review of several decisions made by the Public Utilities Commission. These were the approval in January of a revised power purchase agreement between Belize […]
Last Week a cane farmer died in San Lazaro Village in the Orange Walk District after he was attacked in a field by a swarm of Africanised bees. This afternoon in Belize City, three hundred and sixty-four students of St. Mary’s Primary School remained behind closed doors as another swarm of killer bees flew into […]
The explosion in Belizean arts continues tonight with the opening of an unusual show at the Image Factory. Janelle Chanona stopped by for a preview. Janelle Chanona, Reporting These ceramic pieces vary drastically from one to other but all of them represent a year of hard work by thirty students at the Belize Centre for […]
Since it opened in February, over seven thousand visitors–six thousand of them Belizeans–have visited the Museum of Belize in Belize City. But quantity does not necessarily equal quality and it was always the intent of the museum’s creators that it would fail in its mission if it did not attract young people from every corner […]
Ever since we can remember, the holiday has taken a back seat to its more celebrated counterpart for females…but in case you’ve forgotten, this Sunday is Father’s Day. And while real Dads in Belize often seem like an endangered species, News 5’s Jacqueline Woods discovered that when it comes to parenting…all you need is love. […]
