Tonight Orange Walk police continue to investigate what appears to be a crime of extreme passion, that has left a local businessman dead and his female companion clinging to life. According to the police, around ten thirty last night, an anonymous tip led them to a popular rendezvous for lovers known as Catt’s Place. There […]
You’d be hard pressed to find a routine crack bust on this newscast but the one that took place Tuesday night in Belize City was anything but routine. According to police, around ten-thirty they noticed a man running from the approach of their squad car. The suspect, identified as thirty-five year old Russell Hemsley, was […]
It’s an issue that has been simmering in the south for several months: the awarding of a government permit to a U.S. company to conduct seismic testing as part of oil exploration in the Sarstoon Temash National Park. The normally routine move has provoked the ire of a number of local leaders, including those of […]
The concerns of SATIIM have highlighted similar feelings in Spanish Lookout following assertions by members of the Mennonite community that their patience is wearing thin with the negative aspects of oil exploration in their neighbourhood. Those impacts allegedly include sickness, the inconvenience of moving house and an increase in unwelcomed traffic of equipment and people. […]
Expanding on Briceño?s remarks, a press release from Cabinet added that government will be setting up a Petroleum Fund that will finance the expansion of National Health Insurance nationwide as well as subsidize the cost of school fees and textbooks. The money for those initiatives will presumably be increased by new taxes to be levied […]
With the nation gearing up to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Independence, it is worth noting that a large majority of Belizeans were not present to witness the nation’s official birth. To overcome that demographic reality the Museum of Belize today opened an exhibit designed to remind Belizeans that the path to independence was charted […]
He may have been only ten years old when the Belize flag was first unfurled at midnight, but since that time Albert Division Representative and Minister of National Development Mark Espat has been nothing if not a man on a mission. We’re not exactly sure what that mission is but if his May fourth address […]
It’s Disabilities Awareness Week and today an open house was held at the Belize City Lions Clinic. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting The open day was the combined effort of CARE-Belize, B.C.V.I., and the Special Education Unit. And while the main idea was to increase awareness of the services these and other […]
Today a cross section of Belizean society gathered at the Radisson in Belize City to discuss best management practices of the country’s natural resources. The deliberations covered traditional industries like citrus as well as new areas such as cruise tourism and the harvesting of xate. The meeting is part of official activities of Natural Resources […]
We knew that last night’s KTV competition would be close … but we never suspected just how close. In fact it ended in a tie, which was broken only after a lengthy conference by the judges. Here’s how substitute host Neil Hall called it at the Bliss Palm Court. Neil Hall, Host for KTV ?Our […]
