After weeks of saying that even if the Belize City Council needed more money, it shouldn’t come from the head tax on cruise tourists, government suddenly reversed itself as Cabinet approved a plan to provide the council with exactly what it asked for. Today the Mayor ran a victory lap and News Five’s Janelle Chanona […]
The Belize Police Department, apparently on a roll following some high profile arrests, continued their P.R. campaign today, this time highlighting the seizure of weapons and the community’s help in their discovery. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting It may be only a drop in the bucket compared to how many guns are actually on the streets, but […]
Two brothers visiting Belize on a cruise ship will have an interesting story to tell when they reach home. According to police, twenty-three year old Andrew Shumate and his twenty-six year old brother Joshua were observed acting suspiciously by security personnel Tuesday afternoon at the Fort Street Tourism Village. When detained by police in the […]
In news from the Stann Creek Valley, the showdown in the citrus industry is now focussing on a single day next month. A release from the Citrus Growers Association indicates that its annual general meeting will now be moved from February tenth to the third. That means the A.G.M. and the special general meeting called […]
The rapid plunge in world oil prices is finally being felt in Belize. A release from government indicates that the new retail price of premium gasoline is nine thirty-nine, down thirty-five cents from the old rate of nine seventy-five. Regular is down twenty-three cents to nine thirty-three, while the price of diesel and kerosene remain […]
Since Monday children with varying bone defects have been attending special clinics through an ongoing project that has assisted a total of two hundred and seventy young patients. The children are being assessed to see whether or not they may be in need of surgical treatment to improve their quality of life. The patients are […]
It may be part of Tourism Awareness Week, but the questions asked at today’s school competition at the Bliss are ones that should be answered by all Belizeans, not just those in the hospitality industry. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Students from all over the country packed into the Bliss today to […]
