Two weeks ago News Five dropped a bombshell when we followed the health inspector into a well known Belize City bakery and found an assortment of code violations that destroyed even the heartiest of appetites. Today, Janelle Chanona returned to the scene of the crime … and is happy to report that some positive changes […]
She was already charged with perjury for the alleged flip flops in her testimony at the Gabby Affif passport trial. Now Ursula Hill has been hit with six counts each of Forgery of Official Documents, Possession of False Documents and Uttering a False Document. The charges relate to six applications for nationality that she allegedly […]
A man charged with Murder today pled guilty to a reduced charge of Manslaughter. Twenty year old Andre Swazo shot Merton Castillo on April thirtieth of last year following an argument that centered on Castillo’s alleged disrespecting of his girlfriend, who is Swazo’s sister. Prosecutor Kamar Henry justified the plea bargain to Justice Troadio Gonzales […]
It has been a long time since the Police Department has made any crime statistics public but at a presentation last week to a tourism industry seminar Assistant Commissioner Edwardo Wade ran down the numbers … and they make for interesting reading. In a snapshot, the figures from 2002 to the present for the major […]
While there is no doubt that computers and the internet have revolutionised the way we live and work, in many cases the hype often outpaces the reality. Today government unveiled a new initiative that it hopes will put Belize one step closer to its digital destiny. Myrtle Palacio, Director, Office of Governance ?The mantra of […]
Following this morning’s ceremony, we took the opportunity to ask the Prime Minister how negotiations are proceeding with Belize’s international creditors. According to the P.M. efforts to “re-profile” government’s billion U.S. dollar debt are going “reasonably well”. Prime Minister Said Musa ?The creditors need to be assured that they will get paid yes, but also […]
It’s that time of year again when Belize’s official automobile dealerships suspend their competitive impulses to unite in a single exhibition of their shiny new chariots. And while most of us will only drool, the evidence on the streets indicates that those new vehicles are becoming increasingly popular. Alan Auil, Managing Director, J.M.A. Motors Limited […]
