In some ways it’s an example of the classic battle between the environment and development. But as News Five’s Janelle Chanona discovered, the war of words now heating up between Area Rep. Edmond Castro and the Belize Audubon Society may be more about the rule of law and why some people believe they’re above it. […]
While a minister of state was questioning the rule of law in Crooked Tree, in Belmopan Cabinet was meeting to approve a number of constitutional amendments. Among the measures to be proposed at next Friday’s meeting of the House are a three term limit for the Prime Minister, recall mechanism for elected representatives, enhanced referendum […]
Disputes between employers and employees over wages and working conditions are nothing new but a situation taking place in the Fort Street Tourism Village has one important sector of the labour force crying foul. And not without reason. At a time of rapidly rising prices these workers are being told to take a major cut […]
An off-duty police officer was in the right place at the right time to stop a crime in the making, but he was not so lucky as to avoid taking a bullet in the process. Police Constable Shannon Garbutt was walking on Euphrates Avenue in the direction from Orange Street to King Street just after […]
On Monday morning students of Christ the King Primary in Dangriga were set to begin long awaited computer classes, their new curriculum facilitated by a generous donation of computers from the Rotaract Club of Spokane, Washington in the U.S.A. Unfortunately, the children never got to boot up their machines as over the weekend thieves broke […]
It never made it to the weekend police blotter but a Belize City teenager has died due to injuries he sustained when he fell out the back of a pick-up truck. According to court reports, around nine on Sunday morning seventeen year old student Marcel Harris was travelling in the pan of a Ford Ranger […]
They patrol with police to protect our streets but on Saturday night an off duty Belize Defence Force solider was beaten and robbed by two assailants. According to Refino Pop, he left Price Barracks around one on Saturday morning on foot in the direction of a local bar but as he neared the gas station […]
And in the Cayo District a young man has apparently drowned in the Mopan River on Tuesday afternoon. The body of twenty year old U.B. student Armin Medina was found about a hundred yards from the Bullet Tree Bridge. He had not been seen since he left his home in Bullet Tree Village around seven […]
A vacancy exists for a reporter to join the staff of one of the region’s most highly honoured television news organisations. Applicants should possess the following qualifications: – Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree (Broadcasting experience is an asset) – Strong writing skills – Strong command of the English language – A commitment to excellence – Willingness […]
