It had been strongly rumoured for several weeks and tonight it’s official. According to a release from the Prime Minister’s office, Financial Secretary Hugh MacSweany has been removed from his post and replaced by Dr. Carla Barnett. Barnett had been serving as CEO in the Ministry of National Development. MacSweany will now become a special […]
As crimes go it was neither the most violent nor costly…but the deliberate assault on a female senior citizen still hurts like a punch to society’s gut. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Seventy-year-old Idorine Hyde was home watching television around three on Monday evening when she was called outside by […]
A hunting expedition in the Cayo district ended tragically for a teenager on Monday night when he died of gunshot wounds. According to police reports, twenty-five year old Abner Nejira and his now deceased sixteen-year-old brother-in-law Waldemar Hernandez, were hunting in an area behind Frank’s Eddy Village when the incident occurred. Nejira, who originally told […]
Employees of the Belize Waterfront Association represented by the Christian Workers Union were back on the picket lines again today. And while the number of placard bearing disgruntled employees continues to grow, the dispute between the Port of Belize Limited and C.W.U. remains unresolved. But there might be some light at the end of the […]
Throughout their campaign of critical concern aimed at the cruise ship industry, the Belize Tourism Industry Association has maintained that they do in fact support this booming segment of Belize’s tourism product. And now, they’re putting money where their mouths are…by launching their own cruise ship initiative. Working with the Multi-lateral Investment Fund, a subsidiary […]
This month more than a hundred and fifty student volunteers are on a door-to-door campaign to raise awareness on the issues of Family Violence and Gender Inequality. Coordinated through the Women’s department, young men and women from secondary and tertiary schools from throughout Belize will be handing out pamphlets with user-friendly legal documents, inspirational material […]
The announcement last week that the Government of Belize is ending all contracts with radio stations effective November first has had a sobering effect on some of the media houses that have come to rely on this lucrative arrangement. In the case of one station, the process of adjustment has started with the reduction of […]
In years past we’ve seen how the occasion is observed in Mexico as well as by residents of Benque Viejo del Carmen. This week the House of Culture in Belize City is doing its own exhibition to honour the dearly departed. Jacqueline Woods Reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The celebration, known as Hanal Pixan or food […]
With all the recent political happenings in Belize one can be excused for not getting involved in anyone else’s politics…but if you watch TV, listen to radio or pick up a newspaper it’s an event pretty hard to avoid. I’m talking about the U.S. election and the fact—perhaps I should say hope–that by this time […]
