They failed to reach their budgetary targets and have imposed stiff new taxes on free zone and real estate transactions without any warning or consultation… but one of government’s financial point men says that G.O.B. is getting a handle on the situation. According to Works Minister and finance committee member Jose Coye, reforms undertaken over […]
And while Central Government wrestles with the disparity between revenue and expenditure, the Belize Social Security Board is trying to recover some delinquent loans and a good deal of lost prestige. Today at a ceremony at which the S.S.B. donated funds to some worthy causes, Board Chairman Yasin Shoman told News Five that despite recent […]
In some late news from Belmopan, the National Security Council, chaired by the Prime Minister, has decided to offer material assistance to those residents of Louisiana digging out from Hurricane Katrina. The government is offering to send a contingent of B.D.F. soldiers to assist in relief and recovery operations. It will be recalled that Belize […]
The Ministry of Health says that it has identified a probable case of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in the Cayo District. The diagnosis of the case, which is described as mild, was made following examination of blood samples sent to a lab in Mexico. A press release says that the patient had travelled outside the country […]
After a weekend of bullets and bloodshed, police have made at least one arrest, in connection with the Friday night murder of Jason Hill. Eighteen-year-old Leroy Henry has been picked up by police on Mayflower Street in an area known as “Ghost Town”. Tonight Henry remains in police custody pending a charge of murder. Law […]
Police have arrested and charged a resident of Hopkins Village following a fatal traffic accident on the Hummingbird Highway over the weekend. Twenty-four year old Morrison Foster has been charged with manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct and driving without due care and attention. Foster was driving a Suzuki S.U.V. on Saturday just […]
In crime news from the west, an eighteen-year old man from San Ignacio has been detained pending a charge of attempted murder in connection with an attack on his teenaged girlfriend. According to police and media reports, around seven on Saturday night, the sixteen year old girl was in the Hillview area of the town […]
While the cruise ship industry has all but washed away the impressive awe of large vessels steaming into Belizean waters, on Thursday a British warship on the horizon should still be an imposing sight. The HMS Cumberland will arrive on the eighth of September for a two-day visit in Belize, anchoring near English Caye. While […]
It may not have anything to do with his rosy financial projections, but Social Security Chairman Yasin Shoman was handing out more cheques today, this time to some very deserving organisations. As part of its continuing programme of assisting worthy causes, the S.S.B. awarded a total of eighty thousand dollars in grants. These included ten […]
It was a good night for Channel Five in the Caribbean Broadcasting Awards. In a programme televised throughout the region last night, News Five took top honours in five categories, more than any other television station in the Caribbean. The winning stories included a piece on Toledo farmers done by myself and George Tillett and […]
Their acts of patriotism have earned them the title of national heroes and a permanent place in the history books. But one local artist has embarked on an ambitious crusade to create bigger than life reminders of the contributions of Belizeans who have altered the course of Belize’s destiny: George Price, Philip Goldson, Antonio Soberanis, […]
