We won’t say that the unthinkable happened Wednesday evening because when it comes to unvarnished violence in Belize, these days nothing can come as a surprise. But the fatal massacre of an unarmed innocent teenager on the streets of Belize City is about as bad as it gets. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin has the tragic […]
Cabinet has approved an arrangement to take over a two-thirds stake in Universal Health Services. The financially troubled private hospital, heavily indebted to the Belize Bank and Development Finance Corporation, was built largely in anticipation of the expected business to be generated from Government’s National Health Insurance programme. When that overly ambitious initiative was drastically […]
The government of Belize has made public its latest offer to its international creditors. The proposal involves the creation of “new bonds” that will be exchanged for existing commercial debt. Essentially the idea is to stretch out the payment schedule–to twenty-two years–and lower the interest rate–in this case four point two-five percent for the first […]
If high on your list of burning questions is whether Minister of Home Affairs Ralph Fonseca will seek re-election in Belize Rural Central, then you may be in luck. According to his colleague, Minister of Tourism and First Deputy Leader of the Peoples United Party Godfrey Smith, it is time for him to bow out […]
Any mathematician can tell you that while luck may run in streaks, in the end there is no fighting the laws of probability. This week those laws were applied with a vengeance as no less than three Lotto draws have produced winners. News Five’s Kendra Griffith caught up with one of them. Kendra Griffith, Reporting […]
Winning the Lotto jackpot may be nice but it’s not recommended as a viable career option. For those viewers who believe that working for a living is the best bet, today one group of young entrepreneurs showed off the possibilities. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Today the S.J.C. Gymnasium was buzzing with activity as the junior college […]
On November eighteenth, 2005 pilot Rene Tam and his two U.S. passengers boarded the twin engine Islander “Sophia” en route to Blancaneaux Lodge in the Cayo District. They never arrived as the plane crashed in the Mountain Pine Ridge, killing all aboard. Today at the entrance of the municipal airstrip, ceremonies were held to dedicate […]
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