It came in as a last minute bulletin on last night’s newscast, but it was not until today that the full impact of the tragic road accident was felt by the nation. Tonight, three people are dead and a fourth is barely hanging on in the hospital. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the details. Jacqueline […]
When we last left the Social Security controversy on Monday evening, union leaders were meeting in Belmopan with the Prime Minister following a morning of mass protest marches in several municipalities. There has been no official communiqué from the participants, but according to the President of the Belize National Teacher’s Union, Anthony Fuentes, that meeting […]
In another political controversy–the Chalillo Hydroelectric project–government seems to be having better luck. Today the Belize Court of Appeal dismissed the application of the Belize Alliance of Conservation N.G.O.s, BACONGO, seeking to overturn last year’s Supreme Court ruling in favour of the Public Utilities Commission and its third master agreement with Belize Electricity Limited. This […]
If you’ve been to the cayes, Cayo, Placencia or any other of Belize’s tourism hotspots you’d know that, considering the time of year, business has been pretty good. And now we have the numbers to prove it. According to a release from the Belize Tourism Board, tourist arrivals at the Philip Goldson International Airport for […]
Amidst the burgeoning bevy of Belizean beauty contests, it is the crown jewel…Miss Belize, the pageant of distinction. And this year after months of serious recruiting, organisers promise that all eight contestants vying for the title personify the essence of what Miss Belize represents. The young ladies will spend the week touring the country in […]
TV sets all over the country will be working overtime tonight as the final four contestants in Channel 5’s annual karaoke competition battle for over five thousand dollars in cash and prizes. And while dedicated KTV fans are quite familiar with the exploits of their favourite singers on the stage, they may have forgotten that […]
