At first we thought it was a misprint on the police press release. Three hundred thousand dollars is the amount allegedly embezzled over a six week period from the Western Union office belonging to Belize Transportation Agencies on Mapp Street in Belize City. According to the police report, a supervisor noticed something wrong in the […]
We’re not sure if a crime has been committed, or if so who did it, but German businessman Steve Saemmler remains missing tonight…and it appears that his organisation is downsizing in his absence. When News 5 went to the offices of Saemmler’s headquarters, Butterfield Reimer and Associates in Buttonwood Bay, we were confronted by the […]
Word out of the Supreme Court is that the Chalillo Hydroelectric project now has a green light to proceed. A release from BECOL, the company that proposes to build the plant, says that Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh today ruled that the National Environmental Appraisal Committee and Department of the Environment did follow proper procedures in […]
It’s not often that you hear about charitable organisations having excess funds…but that’s exactly what happened to Belize’s Rotaract clubs. And today those funds, totalling six thousand dollars, were put to good use by NOPCAN, the National Organisation for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. Laura Esquivel, Country Representative, Rotaract “We chose a charity […]
Christmas was also in the air on Bishop Street as three other charitable organisations received cheques today. Tropical Gaming, the company which operates the lotto, BEL-3, and Scratch draws, gave out the donations to the Salvation Army, the Lions Club, and the Hospital Auxiliary. Manager of Tropical Gaming, Carol Young-Card, says the company chose the […]
Today the initiative called Youth for the Future got down to business–quite literally, as it was time to pass the cash. Money, as News 5’s Marion Ali explains, that will have to be paid back. Marion Ali, Reporting Youth for the Future’s Executive Director, Nuri Muhammad, handed out the cheques to finance the business ambitions […]
In the United States, it’s Sundance…in France, Cannes and soon, maybe Belize will be known for its international film festival. That’s what organizers hope anyway. Beginning on January thirtieth through to the third of February, the Belize Arts Council will feature films from Austria to Venezuela, and will also include workshops by some of the […]
Christmas was also in the air on Bishop Street as three other charitable organisations received cheques today. Tropical Gaming, the company which operates the lotto, BEL-3, and Scratch draws, gave out the donations to the Salvation Army, the Lions Club, and the Hospital Auxiliary. Manager of Tropical Gaming, Carol Young-Card, says the company chose the […]
It’s that time of year when your beat up old wall calendar is about to be replaced. And for many Belizeans–especially men–the calendar of choice is the one published by Belikin Beer. So get ready guys; take your last look at Maria Jeffrey, because Kimberly Haughton is coming in January. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The young […]
