Yesterday their names were announced; today they were sworn in. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports from Belmopan as the transition to a new government continues. Janelle Chanona, Reporting There was standing room only in the main hall of Belize House as the new United Democratic Party administration was officially sworn in by Governor General Sir […]
And in yet another correction to the supposedly final figures from the Elections and Boundaries Department, we reported last night that the politician who amassed the largest majority in his constituency was Prime Minister Dean Barrow with seventy-six point one percent of the vote. In fact the honour belongs to Mesopotamia representative Michael Finnegan who […]
His picture was distributed by police in connection with the third shooting that occurred early Saturday morning in Belize City and by this afternoon Leroy Ramsey had been arrested and charged. Police say they responded to a tip that the twenty-two year old was at a house on Neal’s Pen Road and, when they arrived […]
Eighteen year old Kenroy Parham, one of two masked men who allegedly stole fifty dollars from Allison Hemsley, a security guard of Mahogany Heights, was charged with Robbery and Harm when he appeared today in Magistrates’ Court. Magistrate Dorothy Flowers could not offer Parham bail because the robbery was committed with a firearm and she […]
Central American Boulevard near its approach to the Belcan Bridge was the scene of a traffic accident this afternoon that has left a little girl with serious injuries to her head and both legs. News Five met the man who picked her up and took her to the hospital in the same vehicle that knocked […]
Depending on where you live and what time you got up, this morning’s coffee may have had an extra kick, as an earthquake in Chiapas, Mexico shook up many parts of Belize, over four hundred miles away. According to Acting Chief Meteorologist Ramon Frutos, the aftershocks were most prominent over the western and northern sectors […]
While tremors in Belize are a rare occurrence, the onset of the dry season is an annual affair with important implications for agriculture and tourism. According to meteorologist Frutos, the 2008 version will not bring anything too radical. Ramon Frutos, Acting Chief Meteorologist “The predictive model, the outlook for February, March, April and May, rainfall, […]
In an election campaign dominated by sweeping generalisations, misleading suggestions and more than a few outright lies, there was not much room for verifiable statistics. But the voting is over and coincidentally the Statistical Institute of Belize has just released a new set of stats. The institute’s Arreini Palacio Morgan told us more. Arreini Palacio […]
The race kicks off tomorrow and while it’s not as famous as the Holy Saturday Cross Country, News Five’s James Adderley reports that the M&M Tour of Belize is drawing a crowd. James Adderley, Reporting It was an attentive audience at the San Cas Plaza this evening when Mayor Zenaida Moya proclaimed let the M&M […]
