Their meeting started at ten this morning in the cabinet room in Belmopan but it was not until three this afternoon that union representatives and the Prime Minister parted ways, their meeting ending in deadlock. Throughout the day, the word out of Belmopan was not good. Government sources indicate that the Prime Minister “had nothing […]
Belizean students are planning to state their position on the Musa administration’s budget on Wednesday by holding a rally and march through the streets of Belize City. According to representatives of the student bodies of the University of Belize and Saint John’s Junior College, the voices of the country’s youngest citizens must be heard amid […]
While government and union negotiators met in the nation’s capital, the National Assembly reverberated with the debate of the thirteen-member senate. While the outcome was never really in doubt, the level of discourse was, as usual, several notches above the more democratically constituted House of Representatives. Noteworthy in the debate was an impassioned address by […]
Belize City police have arrested three men from Belize City in connection with a robbery over the weekend at Universal Health Services. Police investigations now reveal that they believe it was an inside job and one of the men charged, twenty-year-old Kelvin Meighan, was working at UHS as a messenger. Authorities suspect that Meighan gave […]
In an update to a story we ran on last night’s newscast, San Ignacio police have now confirmed to News 5 that there are two bullet holes on the back of a car that was being driven by Taxi man Jose Tejeda on Sunday night when he was wounded. The forty seven year old resident […]
The Social Investment Fund today received over a million dollars for use in community projects in different parts of the country. During brief ceremonies at the Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute training room, CEO in the Ministry of National Development, Hugh O’Brien, handed over the cheque to SIF’s Executive Director Oscar Alonzo. Alonzo told […]
She migrated to the United States many years ago, but Kim Neal has not forgotten her Belizean roots. Last week she came back home for a visit, not just to check up on friends and family, but also to promote her new book of crossword puzzles, all about Belize. Neal says the book entitled: “Kruffy […]
Despite a number of deaths and injuries from the increasing number of boats operating along the coast, Belize’s manatee population continues to thrive. And the survival of those fascinating creatures has been given some added assistance by the creation of a sanctuary in the waters between Belize City and the barrier reef. On Monday News […]
