Their campaign may have been overshadowed by the general election held on the same day…but today the newly chosen members of the Belize City Council finally moved to centre stage. I joined them this morning at City Hall. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning, David Fonseca and his slate of ten were officially sworn in to […]
In police news, a suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with Wednesday’s seizure of illegal weapons in Belize City. Forty-eight year old Leeford Karl Reneau of an East Canal address has been charged with one count of possession of an unlicensed firearm, two counts of prohibited ammunition, three counts of unlicensed ammunition and […]
The case of a watchman missing from an island in the Turneffe atoll has grown more complicated. Police have supplied a picture of Gerald Foreman, who they now say left Belize City, not on March fourth, but January fourth. According to authorities, Foreman made it out to the caye but later disappeared from his post, […]
If we weren’t sure before, we now have official confirmation that all is back to normal on the Belizean media scene. That’s because for the first time in several months we can report the donation of money by the Government of Taiwan to the Government of Belize. This afternoon a cheque for four hundred and […]
In other news from Belmopan, today the Leader of the Opposition, Dean Barrow, was sworn in by Governor General Sir Colville Young. Following the ceremony at Belize House, Barrow paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister. According to a government release, the discussions were cordial and constructive and both leaders commended voters for participating […]
No one can determine with certainty the precise factors that caused a majority of Belizeans to vote for the People’s United Party on March fifth, but it is widely believed that a highly creative media campaign based on music, dance and culture played a major role in the victory. Today we are informed that the […]
Belize’s literacy rate has always been the subject of public discussion, initially due to its traditional high level, above ninety percent, and more recently due to its gradual decline to somewhere in the low 70’s. Today I sat in on one effort that seeks to measure–and improve–the literacy skills of Belizean students. Janelle Chanona, Reporting […]
You’d think that a military machine now in its final countdown to war wouldn’t have the time or interest to engage in a minor public relations exercise half a world away from the front…but somehow it does. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods found out this morning that not all U.S. military personnel will be marching on […]
