Our style of democracy, modelled after the British, has many positive features and by and large continues to serve us well. But at its most basic the Westminister system is essentially a dictatorship of the ruling party. And while that enables Government to act quickly and decisively, it also means that when Government governs badly, […]
A pedestrian is dead after being hit by a pickup truck on the Western Highway. According to police reports, sixty-year-old George Francis was struck around six thirty Thursday night between miles two and three, near the Belize Waste Control dump site. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The driver […]
A fire Thursday night in downtown Belize City has caused damage to two business establishments. At around eleven thirty, fire-fighters responded to reports of heavy smoke pouring from a building at number fourteen Orange Street. The owners opened the metal shutters and the blaze was extinguished, but the contents of both stores were largely destroyed […]
This evening the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, released its annual publication on the state of the world’s children. The seventeen-page report, which was launched in Punta Gorda, focuses on how poverty, armed conflict and AIDS threaten a child’s ability to grow and develop to his or her full potential. According to UNICEF?s Representative in […]
It clawed its way across the Caribbean in August and by the time it hit Florida, Hurricane Ivan was one of the most devastating storms in history. This week two Belizean organisations expressed their thanks to those who donated money, goods and services to help those people adversely affected. The Caribbean Hurricane Ivan Appeal of […]
It has been a source of confusion for decades: two beautiful natural formations, each called the Blue Hole. It wouldn’t be so bad if they were in close proximity, but as most school children know, one sits just off the Hummingbird Highway. While the other lies fifty miles off the coast within the coral ring […]
The Salvation Army today received a generous measure of help in its campaign to bring a smile to needy children at Christmas. Presenting a cheque for one thousand dollars to News 5’s Stewart Krohn, who accepted on behalf of the Salvation Army, was Speednet’s Chairman, Jaime Briceño. Jaime Briceno, Chairman, Speedent Communications ?On behalf of […]
They are often criticized, sometimes unfairly, for just doing their jobs. But there is a gentler side to public officers and this evening, that humanitarian spirit was aptly demonstrated by the staff of the Income Tax Department who hosted over seventy children at their annual Christmas party. Tax Officer Annisa Perdomo says the joy on […]
His talent was exposed to thousands over television and now viewers will be able to have him–or at least his voice–at home. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The last time twenty-two year old Sheridath Williams appeared on Channel 5 was as one of the finalists in the 2003 Karaoke Show. This year he?s back hoping to garner […]
