There is crime news, including a murder and armed robbery… political developments in the form of a Cabinet shuffle, and new management at D.F.C…. but we’ll lead tonight’s broadcast with the story that is likely to make this weekend a time of stress for most Belizeans: Hurricane Emily. With that storm now at category three […]
Belize City police still do not have a motive for the city’s latest murder but sources tell News Five that it appears to have been a combination of drugs and robbery that caused the shooting death of twenty six year old Trevor Smith. It is reported that around ten on Wednesday night Smith went to […]
Anyone who has watched the news over the last fifteen years knows by now that there is no such thing as a criminal with a heart. But yesterday afternoon, that lack of compassion hit a new low when two Belize City women with a combined age of one hundred and eighty years were subjected to […]
A Cabinet shuffle has been widely anticipated for a number of weeks, and while today’s new alignment–announced first in the Belize Times–was not as radical as expected, there are a few interesting changes. Let’s begin with the losers. Servulo Baeza has been stripped of the little he had–housing–but remains in Cabinet as a minister without […]
If you’ve had a love affair with the automobile every since you were a kid, or just want to show your own kids the latest wheels, then take a ride to Old Belize this Sunday. Antique and specialty cars from all over the country will be on display to help raise funds for the Rotary […]
You’d think Belizean teachers would run and hide during the summer holidays, but this week dedicated educators from all over the country participated in a creative dance workshop designed to help students gain more confidence to take on life’s challenges. Visiting facilitator Hilary Murray is a clinical social worker specializing in psychotherapy. Using her formal […]
This weekend eight courageous women are expected to hit the hills and valleys of the Stann Creek and Cayo districts in the Belize Cycling Association’s annual Queen of the Hills competition. The country’s top female riders such as Fiona Humes Gonzalez, Marinette Flowers, Gina and Gabriel Lovell, and this year’s Cross Country Champion Anthea Sutherland, […]
The Development Finance Corporation: it’s an institution that is at the centre of all that is allegedly wrong with government’s management of the nation’s money. A half decade of over-borrowing, loose lending, and poor oversight have turned the once proud D.F.C. into an economic basket case… with more than one international expert recommending that it […]
