Jumps in the cost of fuel are becoming so regular, consumers have gone from saying “Again!” to “how much now?” But the prices in effect as of today are startlingly reflective of a disturbing new reality. Premium gasoline will sell for eleven dollars and seventeen cents, up thirty-five cents. Regular jumped twenty-six cents to ten […]
It’s no secret that the Government of Prime Minister Dean Barrow is planning to use the revenues gleaned from the petroleum industry to buffer the dramatic rise in the cost of living and plug the financial holes in the 2008/2009 budget caused by the country’s significant public debt. In April the P.M. announced that one […]
Belize Electricity Limited has been taking a lot of heat from consumers ever since it requested an increase in rates. But tonight the company is taking flack from its own employees. A press release issued today by the Belize Energy Workers Union lambasted B.E.L., calling the application for price hikes (quote) “not only greedy, but […]
Disputes over land are often complex and filled with emotion and a new case file laid before the Chief Justice of Belize today is no different. But as News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports, this claim has the power to force the Government of Belize to finally make its legal position clear on the indigenous rights […]
A three car collision on the Southern Highway has resulted in the death of a mechanic. According to police, around nine on Thursday night, thirty-two year old Regio Lopez of Hopkins was heading towards Silk Grass in his car when it collided into a truck being driven by Carlos Lopez. As the two vehicles lay […]
On June first he graduated from Saint John’s high school with honours but tonight family and friends of seventeen year old Clive Rivers are mourning his death following a tragic ending to an outing on Thursday afternoon. Rivers sat the last of eleven CXC exams yesterday morning but then left the city with friends to […]
Tonight a woman accused of stealing a bicycle is behind bars following court proceedings in Magistrates’ Court. This morning twenty-three year old Ebony Flowers was formally arraigned for the Theft of construction worker Jose Hernandez’s beach cruiser. According to the victim, around seven-thirty on Wednesday night, he was riding the bike on Lakeview Street when […]
Police need the public’s help in identifying the body of a man that was found this afternoon near a creek in Lord’s Bank Village. According to Officer Commanding the Ladyville Police Station Corporal Luis Cawich, it does not appear that foul play was involved but cops continue to investigate how the person died. Cpl. Luis […]
This weekend classical ballet will take centre stage at the Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts as the Ballet Art School presents its 2008 show, “Forever Dancing”. According to Director Mamie Martinez, the event will highlight the strict intricacies of classical ballet. Mamie Martinez, Director, Ballet Arts School “We have students ranging from the age […]
They won’t take centre stage at the Bliss but today participants in a unique art course were recognised for their accomplishments over the last ten months. In September, fourteen inmates of the Hattieville Prison enrolled in an outreach class offered by Saint John’s College. Today the men officially graduated from the class and according to […]
