It’s a big weekend for the ruling Peoples United Party with its national convention on Sunday in Santa Elena, Cayo, and perhaps a more important meeting of the National Party Council on Saturday in Belize City. At stake are the two co-equal posts of deputy leader and–by extention–the future top spot in the party hierarchy. […]
In addition to the competition for the two deputy party leader positions, nominations have also been received for deputy national Campaign Manager and Chairman of the PR Committee. Francis Fonseca, the PUP Party Chairman, told news five today that while the National Council is expected to make the selections for these posts on Saturday, if […]
The Virgin Islands Daily News is reporting today that Innovative Communications Corporation, ICC is taking the Belizean Government to court. A U.S. District Court in Miami has granted ICC’s subsidiary Belize Telecom Limited a hearing on the Belize government’s seizure of the telephone company last week following ICC’s refusal to pay the government fifty-seven million […]
For a lot of older people, the fear of falling and breaking a hip, or losing use of a knee due to arthritis or injury is a real concern, especially when they know that surgery that could restore their mobility is generally not available in Belize. But that could be changing thanks to the efforts […]
It used to be enough to go to the photo shop to get your picture taken for your new passport. But these days heightened security measures around the world mean immigration officers need a little bit more proof the man or woman using your name is really you. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting The […]
The Belize Red Cross reports that to date it has contributed almost fifty thousand dollars to the Asian Tsunami Relief Appeal and that the donations are still coming in. The Red Cross says the Belizean public has “displayed remarkable generosity” in coming forward to assist those affected by the disaster which has claimed two hundred […]
We all know there is a lot of crime in Belize, but do we really understand the causes? Or why our young people join gangs, or engage in other criminal activity? Recently UNICEF and the Human Development Department’s Community Rehabilitation Department surveyed children and teens from all over Belize. What they found may, or may […]
