It?s never quite clear where the rumours originate—with B.T.L., Intelco or the Belize Government–but the tortilla telegraph, not to mention the internet, is working overtime promoting a detailed version of a deal under which Jeffrey Prosser?s Belize Telecommunications Limited will buy out its down and out rival, Intelco. The main points of the alleged transaction […]
Calls to the Attorney General?s Ministry this afternoon revealed that Solicitor General Elson Kaseke wasn?t in office today, and in fact, won?t be back until Monday morning. As for additional information on the in-flight incident over Washington, D.C. that landed the SolGen in jail, government sources tell News 5 that Kaseke will write a comprehensive […]
Orange Walk police are tonight investigating a robbery report made late last night that has left officers highly suspicious of the alleged victim. According to nineteen-year-old Hilberto Guerra, a trucker working in the north, he was on his way to his home in Indian Creek village around midnight on Wednesday but stopped in Guinea Grass […]
The case of Amir Frutos, the Cayo businessman arrested and charged for production, possession and distribution of illicit material is set to go before the Magistrate?s Court on September thirteenth. And the result of the trial could either prove an embarrassment for the police or a precedent setting judgment, as this could well represent the […]
Budding Belizean photographers got their shot to be in front of the camera this morning as official ceremonies were held at the House of Culture for an amateur competition. Organized by the National Institute of Culture and History, the shutterbugs focussed on images of Belize?s land, sea and people. Ten photographers participated in the event […]
It seems as if there are never enough wheel chairs to go around in Belize. This evening, Care Belize received yet another large donation, this time a gift from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Leonel Allen, Church Administrator, L.D.S. The church has a partnership with the foundation called the Wheelchair Foundation […]
The scientists said it would be an active hurricane season, but here we are on the edge of August and not a named storm yet. Don?t worry, our recent history is still fresh enough to prevent complacency, and today one group of Belizeans was learning to prepare for the worst. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, […]
There are summer camps…and then there are summer camps. He’s probably reported on dozens during his career, but the one Patrick Jones visited this morning particularly caught his eye. Patrick Jones, Reporting It?s a simple slogan, but the ?Can Do? motto of the annual summer camp for the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired is […]
