He faces a current legislative deficit of twenty-six to three, commands a slate of many first time candidates and is staring into the face of what looks like an early election. But why is Leader of the Opposition, Dean Barrow, smiling? This afternoon he got the chance to explain. Dean Barrow, Leader of the Opposition […]
While we’re on the subject of early elections, the Office of the Prime Minister has reacted to yesterday’s news story on the suspicious timing of next week’s budget speech. In a press release today, sent with the stated intention of assisting the media with their research, we are given the dates of the last fourteen […]
Over the last several newscasts we’ve heard from numerous politicians on the subject of an early election. Both parties say they are ready, and not surprisingly, each is certain of victory. But what do the voters think of going to the polls in February or March instead of August? Today News 5’s Marion Ali hit […]
A woman involved in a traffic accident on New Year’s Day has succumbed to her injuries. Fifty-six year old Ging Mei Lin Chan died of severe head injuries at Universal Health Services on Wednesday. Police reports are that Chan was a passenger in a Toyota Hilux pick-up heading towards Belize City when a head-on collision […]
Meanwhile, another collision, this time between a tractor and a Nissan pick-up has left the driver of the pick-up hospitalised at Belize Medical Associates in Belize City. Forty-two year old Carlos Reyes was reportedly driving towards home in Corozal Town around seven-thirty on Wednesday night when the incident occurred between miles sixty-four and sixty-five on […]
Belize City police are looking for one suspect whom they believe will lead them to four others following a robbery early Wednesday morning. Rachel Hawar of 7486 Faber’s Road told police she woke up when she heard a noise in her house around three o’clock on Wednesday morning. Hawar said when she went to the […]
You haven’t seen him on Channel 5 for almost a year…but tonight Minister of Housing and veteran talkshow host, Dickie Bradley, makes his return to the screen. This time the show is called “Dickie Live” and its producer is the People’s United Party. While the hour long programme will have its share of partisan chitchat, […]
It is the focal point of the most formidable marketing machine in Belize–not to mention dozens of other countries around the world. Every year Courts, the nation’s leading furniture and electronics retailer, runs a promotion that climaxes with one of its customers taking home a prize with a value on par with a medium size […]
