Much of the country is holding its collective breath as overcast skies and intermittent showers threaten to bring renewed flooding to parts of the Toledo, Stann Creek, Cayo and Belize Districts. While rain forecast for tonight should be nowhere near the quantity which fell last week, with the ground already saturated it will not take […]
It was pushed out the headlines by last week’s floods, but just as the rains were beginning to drench the south and west, a team led by the Organisation of American States was completing a four day exercise to see just who is living in the one kilometre wide adjacency zone east of the Belize […]
The United Democratic Party today won a victory of sorts when the Court of Appeal granted a complete stay of execution of its judgement in the Bel-China land case. The same court had previously reversed a decision of the Supreme Court, ruling that the UDP acquired the land from government illegally. But after Attorney and […]
His removal from the bench became official in February, but former justice George Meerabux was back in court today, this time as an appellant. Attorneys Wilfred and Hubert Elrington appeared in the Court of Appeal this afternoon to contest their client’s dismissal. They argued on three grounds. Firstly, that the chairman of the tribunal appointed […]
In crime news, charges have been filed against a man who savagely attacked his victim with a bat. Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Forty-three year old Lyle Price lies in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital suffering from a fractured skull. Price was attacked by one Marlon Garnett just outside of his Dolphin […]
Police are still looking for the criminal or criminals who broke into a pair of downtown Belize City businesses. According to the victim, the thieves were talented, but not particularly lucky. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This morning, employees of Eduardo Martinez and Sons Limited and the Caribbean Holidays Travel Agency, located at number 81 Albert Street, […]
He has written so many cheques during his term of office that his wrist must be sore, but that hasn’t stopped Ambassador Charles Tsai from signing one more. On Monday the Taiwanese diplomat presented a cheque for two hundred and twenty-eight thousand U.S. dollars to Prime Minister Said Musa. This represents the sixth tranche of […]
While journalistic rumour has it that the U.S. government is vex with Belize for turning down its request to use the Voice of America station in Punta Gorda to beam propaganda into Cuba, you’d never know it by the news from Gabourel Lane. A press release from the embassy today indicates that work is nearly […]
It was announced last month amid great fanfare and today the starting date for service by U.S. Airways was officially made public. The airline has received U.S. government approval to fly four days each week between Belize City and U.S. Air’s hub in Charlotte, North Carolina. Those flights will run on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and […]
In basketball news, official word from the Belize Basketball Association indicates that contrary to earlier reports, the Raiders will be able to field a full squad against the San Cas U.B. team this Wednesday. Following Friday’s fistfight between Raider Thomas Gillespie and B.T.L.’s Claude “Too Tall” Jones, the league has suspended both players for two […]
National elections may be more than a year away, but the Elections and Boundaries Department is making sure from now that Belizeans understand what voting is all about. News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams reports. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Part three of the Elections and Boundaries Commission’s public education campaign continued today. Designed for political and religious leaders, […]
