It appears to have no connection with a series of recent crimes against tourists in the Cayo District. But that’s about the only good thing that can be said about a gut-wrenching triple murder that was discovered on Saturday in the otherwise peaceful village of Ontario. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin is just back from the […]
Seventy-two year old Fabian Rivero and forty-nine year old Michael Gordon are lucky to be alive after the vehicle they were travelling in was extensively damaged after it crashed into a truck carrying twenty head of cattle. The men were travelling towards Belize City when upon reaching mile twenty-eight on the Western Highway they lost […]
B.E.L. has issued warning after warning but some folks just don’t seem to get the message. And that communication failure has resulted in two more deaths by accidental electrocution. The latest to lose their lives are thirty year old Raul Copo and twenty-three year old Filiberto Rash, both of Chan Chen Village in the Corozal […]
Police in Benque Viejo have arrested and charged a resident of that western town following a fatal traffic accident on Friday. According to the cops, around seven that evening thirty-eight year old George Anibal Orellano knocked down one year old Andy Itza while on Pedro Guerra Street. Orellano told investigators that the little boy ran […]
There is a romantic notion in some quarters of the developed world that citizens of small countries are somehow capable of rising up as one to confront their most serious problems. As we in Belize know too well, that is unfortunately seldom the case. Similarly those of us in the old capital often look longingly […]
In related news the Ministry of Natural Resources has issued the first production sharing agreement under the new oil exploration strategy approved by Cabinet. That contract, concluded with Spartan Petroleum Corporation of Texas, provides for a twelve point five percent royalty on oil, seven point five percent on natural gas and a minimum of eleven […]
He claims it’s not a third party, but instead a prime party. Semantics aside, Belizeans will soon be officially informed of the formation of a new political entity. According to organiser Cornelius Dueck of Spanish Lookout, the National Reform Party will run candidates in all thirty-one constituencies. Dueck, who says he will identify some of […]
This morning young leaders gathered in Belize City to participate in a two day seminar entitled “Working with young men and women in the promotion of gender equity and health”. According to the workshop’s co-facilitator, Eva Burgos of the National 4H- Youth Development Centre, the idea is to examine how we treat each other. Eva […]
The last few weeks have been disastrous for Cayo tourism and while the P.R. machinery is working overtime to bolster Belize’s image as a fun and safe place to visit, law enforcement–with a bit of welcome help–is focussing on how to solve the problem on the ground. Alyssa Noble reports. Caesar Sherrard, Cayo Tour Operator […]
Good evening. I?m James Adderley and you?re absolutely welcome to this version of what we call Sports Monday. And we were certainly felt privileged to be inside the Carl Ramos Stadium in Dangriga yesterday where New Site Erei played host to Hankook Verdes of Cayo, in game one of the R.F.G. Trophy Tournament two game […]
And in case you missed E.S.P.N. this weekend, we are happy to note that our favourite Belizean sprinter, Marion Jones, is back in form. Jones, running in just her third race in the last eleven months–and first in the U.S.A.–placed first in a strong field in Saturday’s Reebok Grand Prix held in New York City. […]
