The delegation was larger than any put together for talks with Guatemala…but then again the stakes are perhaps just as high. The subject was trade and the venue was Geneva, where an eleven-member group travelled to plead the nation’s case for a fair deal to the World Trade Organization. According to a government release, Minister […]
A Belize City man is recovering from gunshot wounds after a shooting incident on Vernon Street last night. According to police reports, twenty-seven year old Michael Welch was playing pool with his friends at the Red House Bar, at the corner of Vernon Street and East Collect Canal just after seven, but unbeknownst to the […]
Another Belize registered ship has been busted for drugs on the high seas. On Wednesday, Spanish police boarded the vessel “Africa 1” one hundred and forty kilometres off that country’s port of Cadiz and seized four point five tons of cocaine. Four Greeks and an Italian were arrested. The seventy-foot fishing trawler, which has been […]
Sunday was observed as World Population Day and number of activities are taking place this week to commemorate the occasion. This morning, Belize City Mayor David Fonseca was presented with a poster that signifies the progress that Belize and other countries have made in population issues. Present at the short ceremony were Jewel Quallo Rosberg, […]
The Public Utilities Commission today announced a new initiative, which it says, is designed to make the use of electricity safer in Belize. According to the P.U.C., the approved practice for connection of electricity supply to all buildings will now require a certificate from a licensed wireman, technician or engineer before Belize Electricity Limited can […]
Sexual abuse and exploitation: On a list of Belize?s social problems, it would rank at or near the top. But before a problem can be solved, it must first be exposed. And that’s what was happening today in Lord’s Bank. New’s 5’s Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting The over one hundred girls and young […]
