Today was the day that C.E.O. in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Alan Usher, was supposed to present to the Prime Minister his report on the illegal sale of Belizean passports. We don’t know if that deadline was met, since Usher did not answer our inquiries. But in any case, Prime Minister Said Musa left […]
With his problems mounting at home, Prime Minister Musa sought respite from the controversy in a most unlikely place: Guatemala. Two events mark his agenda. The first, occurring this morning, was to act as a witness of honour at the signing of a sister city agreement between the mayors of Belmopan and Guatemala City. The […]
In crime news we are both happy and amazed to report that for the first weekend in recent memory not a single violent fatality occurred in the entire nation of Belize. Yes, there were the usual assortment of shootings, stabbings, jackings, burglaries, drug busts and traffic accidents… but none resulted in death. That such a […]
Today ceremonies were held in the Mountain Pine Ridge for the signing of a long-term agreement for sustainable logging of that forest reserve. The forty-year license for the Pine Lumber Company applies to those areas which have not been affected by the southern pine bark beetle. The thousands of acres that have been devastated by […]
It has been viewed as a quick scorecard that some nations use to claim bragging rights and others prefer to ignore. But the latest UNDP publication–as Ann-Marie discovered–is more than just a measure of who’s ahead. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The United Nations Development Programme has released its 2002 Human Development report premised on “Deepening Democracy […]
The appearance of a flood of bogus tens and twenties has had both merchants and consumers under stress for the better part of a month. Today, the company that sells Belize its dollars arrived to assure Belizeans that their money supply is still safe. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Tim Jones, the regional manager of De La […]
Today is the day that we handle sports on News 5… But it isn’t quite time for James Adderley. Late Friday afternoon Ann-Marie was sent out on the sports beat and while it wasn’t the NBA finals, the competition was no less real. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting It used to be a favourite pastime for many […]
James Adderley Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re right on time for this Belizean dish of Sports Monday. Orange Walk Music Centre came to the City Centre Friday night needing a win to force a decisive game three against five time champion Raiders. At centre court Wendell Robinson of Orange Walk faces Thomas Gillespie […]
