After two days of presentations in the Supreme Court, this afternoon Justice Samuel Awich handed down a decision in favour of the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management in its case against the Government of Belize. Awich placed an injunction on oil exploration activities by U.S. Capital Energy in the Sarstoon Temash National Park and […]
Just when you thought that recent incidents of sexual assault on minors had reached the lowest depths of depravity, along comes a case that can only make us weep with shame. Today in Magistrate’s Court thirty-three year old Wilfred Gillett was charged with six counts of rape and six counts of carnal knowledge, while his […]
School break-ins are not a particularly unusual crime … but the one that occurred last night in Cayo came with a special twist. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Around three this morning, police were informed that someone had broken into the snack shop at the Santa Elena Primary School. When the officers arrived on the scene, the […]
Also in court today was a young man who is alleged to have put a merciless beating on an elderly resident of the twin towns. Sgt. Gilroy Nicholas, O.C., San Ignacio Police Station ?The way how this guy attacked this poor old man, who was working so hard for his living, so we made an […]
Tonight we regret to announce the passing of Joyce Barrow, the mother of Leader of the Opposition Dean Barrow. Mrs. Barrow, who died on Wednesday, was seventy-eight years old. She is survived by her husband Arthur Barrow and children Denys Barrow and Denyce Barrow-Anderson. Brothers Dean Lindo, James Lindo and Gilbert Lindo. A funeral service […]
It hasn’t generated quite the same buzz as the introduction of V.A.T. in 1996, but the impending implementation of the G.S.T. is finally sinking in. To see how the business community was gearing up, this morning I visited ground zero: Albert Street. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Across the country this month, Belizean businesses are offering big […]
The competition was stiff, but the Belize National Basketball Team triumphed as they defeated El Salvador last night in San Salvador. The score was ninety to eighty-one. The victory was the second in a two game series in which Belize took game one at home. This means that Belize has now secured a spot in […]
The recent press briefing by the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital has highlighted the problem of affordability of health care for lower income Belizeans. Today that institution was the venue for a clinic that, while not solving the problem, at least helps a significant number of patients. News Five’s Alyssa Noble reports. Alyssa Noble, Reporting Heart […]
