It was one of those marriages that looked doomed from the start… and after four years of acrimony, the Belize government and Belize Water Services Limited have finally called it quits. That’s right, according to a G.O.B. press release, the government will be repurchasing the utility–for the same price at which it was sold. Under […]
They’ve sued the Government of Belize for millions, invoked arbitration clauses in search of millions more, and threatened to use their pull in the U.S. Congress and White House to punish the Musa administration even further. You’d think that by this time U.S. wheeler-dealer and hard pay artist Jeffrey Prosser would take a rest while […]
Belmopan police are asking the public’s help in identifying the victim of a fatal hit and run that occurred last night. Around nine-thirty police were called to a spot on the Ring Road where they observed the lifeless body of a Hispanic man with apparent head and body injuries. Reports indicated that the man had […]
A four-year-old child tonight lies in critical condition at the K.H.M.H. after he was hit by a pickup truck on the Northern Highway. Around three Thursday afternoon Leeton Galvez apparently wandered onto the road in Sandhill Village between miles eighteen and nineteen. Twenty-four year old Edilberto Guerra of Belize City told police that he was […]
There have been intermittent reports of counterfeit greenbacks in circulation, but this week police in Orange Walk hit the jackpot. Hidden in an open lot on Cocoplum Street they found one hundred and sixty-two thousand dollars in fake U.S. hundred dollar bills. They also detained four people in connection with their ongoing investigation. Authorities caution […]
The Ministry of Agriculture reports an outbreak of rabies in the Cayo District. According to a press release, five cases, all in cattle, have been confirmed in two separate locations, while additional cases at a third location are now being investigated. Authorities believe that vampire bats are responsible for the outbreak and a series of […]
It’s no secret that being a lawyer in Belize these days is a busy job. But having a knowledge and understanding of our legal system is not just the province of attorneys… as News Five’s Jacqueline Woods found out at the U.W.I. Luz Longsworth, Resident Tutor, U.W.I. Belize ?You know we are becoming so alert […]
This morning during brief ceremonies at the Princess Hotel, the fourth annual Made in the U.S.A. Expo was launched by officials of the United States Embassy in Belize. According to President of the American Chamber of Commerce of Belize, Maria Elena Sylvestre, the event provides an opportunity for local importers to showcase the American goods […]
There may be controversy about the circumstances of his death, but there is no doubt that twenty-two year old Eder Alamilla died with a future of artistic achievement ahead of him. A month-long exhibition of Alamilla’s work is about to open in Belize City and this morning Jacqueline Woods got a preview. Lisel Alamilla, Sister […]
It was once customary that teachers–like students–used the occasion of summer holidays to catch up on some rest and relaxation. But the world is becoming a more competitive place and the field of education is no exception… as I learned this afternoon. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Approximately one hundred and eighty teachers from the Belize District […]
