Having pursued a month long campaign to replace retiring P.U.P. leader Said Musa, tonight Johnny Briceño is calling it quits. Citing what he called the unfair practices of the party hierarchy as demonstrated at yesterday’s meeting at the National Party Council, Briceño told News Five’s Stewart Krohn that he cannot participate in a contest that […]
The Peoples’ United Party is not the only Belizean institution suffering from internal divisions. As we reported on last night’s newscast, certain members of the Police Department are at each other’s throats. But the bad blood between Superintendent Edward Broaster and Senior Superintendent Chester Williams involves more than just personalities, as Williams claims he and […]
The report of the Commonwealth Expert Team that observed our recent general election is out. By and large they gave the process a clean bill of health, albeit with some helpful recommendations for the future. What follows is the verbatim summary of the team’s conclusions. “Having observed the 2008 General Election, the Team has observed […]
It took the nine person jury only three hours to return a unanimous not guilty verdict in the manslaughter trial of Julio Che. The forty-eight year old Che was charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of thirty-five year old Jaime Serrano in October of 2006 in Ladyville. Witnesses testified that death followed an argument […]
Tourism: it’s big business in Belize with a constituency widely spread both geographically and financially. With a new administration taking over in Belmopan, the industry was all ears yesterday as the minister made his first major address to stakeholders. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Despite a slow start, tourism in Belize has […]
If you took a poll of Belizeans you’d probably find that of all the subjects they studied in school math is the one they’d most like to forget. And that’s a shame, because aside from its practical applications in the world of business, a knowledge of mathematics sharpens the mind and possesses a powerful beauty […]
