First the good news: It wasn’t a big commercial jetliner and no one was seriously hurt. But the bad news is that a serious plane crash occurred at the P.G.I.A. just before ten this morning. The Air Traffic Control Tower had just given clearance for the twin engine Beechcraft to land at the Philip Goldson […]
As News Five was covering the plane crash, an ambulance arrived at the airport carrying sixty year old Patricia Tate. Tate is the tourist whose pelvis was fractured in two places on January thirty-first after one of the tourism village’s heavy steel gates fell on the cruise ship visitor. Tate was rushed to Universal Health […]
Around one this afternoon police officers raided the home of Mark Seawell in the Belama area of Belize City. Seawell was taken from the house in handcuffs, along with a number of items including what appeared to be a military style backpack. Police press officer G. Michael Reid confirmed that Seawell has been detained in […]
The Novelo brothers, Tony and David, have a beef with the D.F.C. Commission of Inquiry … and while that certainly isn’t news, what is news is that today they filed a suit in the Supreme Court to shut down the entire proceeding. According to papers lodged today, they are alleging that under statutory instrument one […]
As we reported earlier this week, the task force mandated to review the operations of the Universal Health Services Group has recommended that Government appoint an interim board to assess the viability of the institution. Taking that advice, Belmopan has named Henry Anderson as chairman; Dr. Peter Allen as Chief Executive Officer; and Evelyn Deeks, […]
Today K.H.M.H. Chief of Staff Alvaro Rosado responded to reports that the hospital was out of important medical supplies. Dr. Alvaro Rosado, Chief Executive Officer, K.H.M.H. “I’ve been here for six years and there’s never been a day when this hospital has not been short of one thing or the other. Nothing is different now. […]
A Belizean moneychanger working at the Santa Elena border in Corozal is lucky to be alive tonight following an armed robbery on Wednesday night. According to police reports, twenty-eight year old Wilbert Linares was working at the border around seven last night when a man carrying a handgun walked up to him and demanded his […]
A release from Cabinet indicates that government has now finalised its draft budget for the 2007/2008 fiscal year, which begins on April first. That budget will be presented to the House of Representatives on March second with the debate set for March fifteenth and sixteenth. According to the release, details will be discussed next week […]
In the country this week are tourism representatives from across Central America. The purpose of their visit is to discuss and approve the Tourism Semester Plan, which Belize will be spearheading as part of our responsibilities as Pro Tem President of SICA, the Central American Integration System. This afternoon Minister of Tourism Godfrey Smith officially […]
Seven months after an ad hoc group was formed in reaction to the imposition of G.S.T. on land transactions, today the Association of Real Estate Brokers of Belize held its first annual general meeting. Having successfully formulated a common sense approach on the tax issue, the members are now working together to assist Belmopan in […]
It has often been said that the most important quality needed to compete in the global economy is an entrepreneurial spirit. And while Belizeans are no strangers to hustling for a living, most of us are not necessarily born with all the tools to create and sustain successful business ventures. That’s why one private sector […]
He’s been following the race since last weekend and here’s James Adderley’s latest daily take on the M and M Tour of Belize. James Adderley, Reporting Orson Butler works the early morning on the trainer wheels and in fact the only true Belizean team in the 2007 M and M Engineering Tour on day six […]
