The financial secretary is still waiting for a letter from the Venezuelan government to clear up what thus far amounts to a ten million dollar mystery. Despite a press release issued today which chides the new government for “playing political games”, leaders of the defeated P.U.P. administration have yet to offer an explanation as to […]
The P.U.P. however, has been more forthcoming on the issue of the selection of a new leader. According to the party secretariat, they have not only agreed to circulate the delegate list in advance of the convention, but will do so on March fourteenth, over two weeks before the gathering. That convention will begin at […]
And in news of more government appointments, media reports indicate that the new C.E.O. of the Social Security Board is none other than Merlene Bailey Martinez. Bailey Martinez was in the spotlight for many months last year as a member, then co-chair of the Commission of Inquiry into the Development Finance Corporation. Her legal advisor […]
Thirty-one year old Cruz Seren, a Belizean clothes vendor, charged with Manslaughter by Negligence, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of Causing Death by Careless Conduct today in the court of Justice Herbert Lord. Instead of giving her a custodial sentence, Lord fined her two thousand, five hundred dollars. He ordered Seren to pay half […]
San Pedro police are questioning the common-law wife of a man who was stabbed to death last Friday night or early Saturday morning inside his yard. Twenty-six year old Rafael Canti was found dead around five Saturday morning by the same woman who told police that she found his body when she opened her door […]
He’s one of Belize’s best known businessmen and a regular contributor to people and causes in need. But these are not good times for Archie Lee and today he’s lashing out. News Five’s Janelle Chanona has the story. Alice Lee, Daughter, Archie Lee “Waste of time. This is waste of time.” Dickie Bradley, Attorney “This […]
It has been celebrated since the 1970s and on Saturday the Women’s Department will once again launch its annual Women’s Week. According to acting department director, Icilda Humes, 2008’s theme of “Women: Equal Partners in Belize’s Development” focuses on the significant impacts the gender has had on all aspects of society. Icilda Humes, Acting Director, […]
With the primary and high school drop-out rate clearly in need of improvement, two non-profit groups from Belize and the U.S. have joined forces to do their part to make a difference in the lives of school-aged children. The newly formed local group, Rhythm of Change or R.O.C., is made up of staff primarily from […]
Someone out there has a piece of paper that’s worth ninety five thousand dollars and may not know it. He or she hit all five numbers in last Wednesday night’s Lotto draw but has yet to claim the prize. Those numbers drawn were: 09,12,18,19, and 33. Holding on to a winning ticket for a few […]
The Mennonites of Belize are often lumped together in the public mind as a monolithic group of pink skinned men and women who wear bib overalls and long dresses and drive around in horse drawn buggies. And while a number of traditional communities in Shipyard, Little Belize and Barton Creek fit that description, the majority […]
