We have only just received the judgement via email, but even a quick perusal indicates that today in Miami, Federal Judge Ursula Ungaro-Benages has finally closed the book on what had been one of the Belize Government’s most embarrassing moments: the finding that G.O.B. was in contempt of court in the B.T.L. case for failing […]
It may just be coincidence but following last week’s unprecedented budget briefing by the Financial Secretary and today’s petroleum presentation by the Ministry of Natural Resources, one gets the impression that a dangerous outbreak of transparency may have infected Belmopan. This morning for example, not only did the technicians at the Geology and Petroleum Department […]
A bus driver made a leap for safety but ended up dead after he landed on his head. The bizarre tragedy occurred around five on Monday evening on the Canada Hill Road nine miles outside of Dangriga. According to police, Luis Sanchez was on his way to pick up a group of students from the […]
In the Supreme Court, Justice Adolph Lucas today issued warrants for five defendants. The five persons whom Lucas is seeking to arrest are Manolo Romero accused of arson, Leonardo Zacaria for attempted murder; Gerson Barrera, charged with carnal knowledge; Norman Cal for aggravated burglary, and Sergio Casteneda accused of manslaughter by negligence. According to court […]
A Belize City man has been sentenced to seven years in Hattieville Prison. Today twenty-seven year old Omar Nicholas appeared before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord, where he was found guilty of aggravated burglary and given his jail time. The charge arose from an incident on December fifth, 2005. According to Nicholas’s ex common-law wife, Vaceli […]
On last night’s newscast we reported on a young Cayo woman who was gravely injured in a traffic accident. Tonight we regret to announce that Marleni Montero has died. She passed away around five thirty this morning at the K.H.M.H. Montero was a passenger in a car driven by police officer Sherward Lawrence that ran […]
Youth at Risk: that’s the theme of a three-day Student Assistance Conference that began this morning at the House of Culture. National Kriol Council President and conference coordinator, Myrna Manzanares, says the annual seminar was actually the brainchild of the now defunct Pride Belize, but after talking to some of her colleagues in the field, […]
With all the talk about the power of television, computers, and the internet you’d think that the printed word would be a thing of the past. Yet more Belizeans than ever are publishing books. While recent fare has run the gamut from poetry to self help, the latest effort is a serious look at the […]
If you’ve seen the movie or t.v. spinoff called Barbershop, you know that a lot more goes on in that environment than just haircuts. And that’s exactly what leaders of the Y.W.C.A. are hoping as they work to make young people aware of the danger of AIDS. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting […]
If you follow U.S. news you’re aware of the big controversy over who runs things at a number of major U.S. ports. The question revolves around security in an insecure age. Well, those same considerations hold for Belize… and today I went on patrol to see for myself. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The Port State Control […]
