The scandals that have swirled around officials of the former P.U.P. government have centered largely around the millions of dollars in public funds spent on the private debt of Universal Health Services. At various times it was strongly rumored that former prime minister Said Musa and Home Affairs Minister Ralph Fonseca were about to be […]
If you’re sick and tired of hearing about the back and forth over some walls at the Tourism Village, don’t worry, you’re not alone. But between the fight on Fort Street and the deadly violence around the country, I’d at least prefer to start with the war of words instead of bullets. As we hinted […]
Two men are dead but for a change the homicides were not committed on the streets of Belize City. The latest incident occurred shortly after midnight on Wednesday morning in Santa Elena, Cayo where a brawl had broken out among four men at the Cinco Banderas Bar. The owner of the bar, forty-six year old […]
It may not have been a case of murder, but a Belize City youth came close last night when he was shot three times on Victoria Street. Twenty year old Leon Bainton was reportedly standing alone on the sidewalk around six-thirty at number nine Victoria Street when two men came from the direction of North […]
A student was viciously attacked at his home around three on Wednesday afternoon by a group of six thugs looking for a gun which one of them either lost or discarded while running away from police the day before. Police say the lead suspect in the assault, Steven Lemoine, accompanied by five accomplices, including two […]
It is Belize’s largest publicly owned financial institution and last night’s annual general meeting of the Holy Redeemer Credit Union did not disappoint its forty thousand members. The institution reported assets of over two hundred and ninety million dollars, an increase of ten point four percent from last year and net profits of twenty point […]
It’s been five years running and for four of those years, outstanding Belizeans have won the title of the region’s Unsung Hero in a programme sponsored by FirstCaribbean International Bank. It’s that time again when the bank relies on you to submit nominations for the annual recognition and today they went over the ground rules. […]
Violence is increasingly coming to dominate our society and while everyone has a different idea how we can solve the problem, it is also clear that only a unified approach will succeed. With that in mind, this weekend artists and musicians will team up with government officials and Youth for the Future to promote peace. […]
The music may not be dancehall, reggae, or soca but people will still be rocking this weekend in Orange Walk. News five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting From north to east to west, the evening air has been filled with a cacophony of sounds … drums beat [Band playing] …trumpets blare [Band playing] … […]
