As the tremors of the Senate report continue to reverberate through Belmopan, today the Commission of Inquiry into the operations of the Development Finance Corporation announced its plans for public hearings. According to a schedule provided by the Commission, starting on August first there will be two forums held every week–on Tuesdays and Thursdays–at the […]
A second suspect has been arrested in the series of tourist focussed robberies in the Cayo District. He is Henry Gonzalez, a Guatemalan residing in the Belmopan neighbourhood of Salvapan. Police say that on February seventeenth it was Gonzalez who drove a gang of armed men to the Banana Bank Road, after which they went […]
Police are crediting the media with the arrest of a shooting suspect in Dangriga. On last night’s newscast we published the photo of Darren Chiu, wanted by authorities for the shooting of businessman Orlando Habet last Thursday night. This morning Chiu, accompanied by lawyer Dickie Bradley, turned himself in to the Dangriga Police. He was […]
Seven months ago, the brutal murder of a Belize City businessman in front of his young son rocked the old capital, but tonight, one of the two men charged with the crime is walking the streets. Four days after the shooting death of fifty-one year old Michael Burns, seventeen year old Kareem Gladden and eighteen […]
The report of the Senate Select Committee investigating Social Security has finally been made public. A release from the clerk of the National Assembly indicates that the one hundred twenty-five page report has been mailed to a long list of organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors. It is also accessible online at […]
It appears that some progress is being made to redress the inequities that have arisen in the application of G.S.T. to electricity bills. The problem arises from B.E.L.’s decision to apply the ten percent tax on all bills issued after July first, even though the bulk of the electricity was delivered prior to that date, […]
Today three members of the Heavenlies Gospel Band left the country en route to the Bahamas to attend the Caribbean Gospel Marlin Awards. The group is nominated in the Soca-Calypso category for the song “Hands in the Air” from their 2004 CD, Next Level. But according to band leader Burton Brooks, the song almost didn’t […]
The Consortium for Belizean Development was formed twenty years ago with a mission to assist Belize and Belizeans throughout the world. And for the last week, members of the U.S. based NGO and the Elegant Flair Cultural Dance Group, have been touring the country. But the visitors are doing more than just sightseeing as on […]
And those programmes of the “Y” are proving extremely popular. News Five’s Alyssa Noble stopped by the St. Thomas Street headquarters this morning for a progress report. Alyssa Noble, Reporting The first round of Y.W.C.A.?s summer program came to a close today with some moving performances. Sonia Lenares, General Secretary, Y.W.C.A. ?I think this year […]
Viewers with sharp memories may recall the days when the only way to reach the picturesque village of Crooked Tree was by boat. Well, those days may be back, as when I visited Crooked Tree today the waters had over-run the causeway and were about to once again turn the village into a caye. Donald […]
