Both sides in the battle over the Universal Health Services bailout continue to jockey for position at Friday’s pivotal meeting of the House of Representatives. Outside the National Assembly the U.D.P. will be leading the mass demonstrations, but the partisan aspect is expected to be soft peddled as a wide cross-section of civic groups and […]
Fire in motor vehicles are not particularly unusual … except when the vehicles in question are empty, parked, and not running. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Belize City police are investigating to determine if two buses that burst into flames sometime after ten this morning were the result of arson. Senior Superintendent Allen Whylie, O.C. Eastern Division […]
Police have identified the drowning victim whose body was found yesterday in the Mopan River near Santa Familia. He is fourteen year old Victor Maheia. According to witnesses, Maheia was swimming with friends when he went under and did not come up. A search led to the discovery of the body nearby. Police do not […]
A seventeen year old and his eighteen year old brother were today charged with rape and abetment respectively. According to court reports, a sixteen year old girl reported to police that she was walking on Euphrates Avenue on May eighth when she was dragged into an alley and held down by Rojan Staine while Stephen […]
There were some major changes in command at the Police Department announced today. Four senior women listed among those promoted include Senior Superintendent Yolanda Murray, Superintendent Louise Willis, Assistant Superintendent Desiree Philips and Inspector Corrine Jacobs. Meanwhile Assistant Commissioner of Police Crispin Jeffries has been transferred to Belmopan as the Commander of Operations. Jeffries replaces […]
Meanwhile Police Commissioner Gerald Westby says his officers will be doing all they can to ensure that peace is maintained on Friday in Belmopan. Westby says the two major political parties and at least one of the independent parties have already requested permits to assemble in protest. Gerald Westby, Police Commissioner “Certainly the security forces […]
Today the police also put on display five brand new vehicles that were donated by the South Korean government through the efforts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to Police Commissioner Gerald Westby, the new wheels include a Hyundai thirty seater bus and three Ssang Yong pickup trucks. Westby says the vehicles complement those […]
The lengthy process of approving new rates for Belize Electricity Limited continues. Today the Public Utilities Commission announced that it has received two objections to its initial decision in B.E.L.’s Annual Review Proceeding. Those objections, one from Government and the other from B.E.L., mean that under P.U.C. bylaws the body must now appoint an independent […]
Traditionally, Belize’s stamps have featured pretty wildlife or events and personalities from the distant past. The latest issue, however is different. Yasser Musa, President, NICH “Art is about life. It is what life brings to you and how you interpret it and so I am very honoured to be associated with our stamp advisory committee.” […]
Today marked the official wrap-up of Tradewinds 2007, the training exercise in which Belize hosted a thousand soldiers from fourteen Caribbean countries plus the U.S.A. and U.K. At closing ceremonies this evening at Price Barracks, Defence Minister Cordel Hyde noted that the mission of the region’s military has changed in recent years and the training […]
If viewers are a bit confused about all the international military activity going on in Belize, don’t worry, sometimes so are we. While Tradewinds 2007 winds down, another type of exercise, this one a humanitarian effort involving the B.D.F. and U.S. military, is also putting on some finishing touches. News Five’s Kendra Griffith has the […]
