Marion Ali is back in our news room from Lucky Strike, a rural community twenty-nine miles away from Belize City on the old Northern Highway. It is known for farming and logging, but today the village comes to national prominence for a case that ended in the murder and suicide of two love sick men […]
And the sexual abuse of Belize’s children continues unabated and tonight there are two more incidents to report. On Tuesday, a seventeen year old from Punta Gorda reported to Dangriga police that her father has been having sex with her for three years. According to the teen, the latest incident occurred on June twenty-ninth at […]
A family in Corozal Town is traumatized after their home was invaded on Tuesday night. Forty-six year old Femoli Correa reported to police that around nine o’clock she was at her Third Street South home with her mother and three children when two men entered the premises. According to Correa, the men were armed with […]
Government faces another threat of a sizeable damages award against it; this time in a U.S. District court in Miami, Florida where proceedings are currently taking place. Jeffery Prosser, who temporarily owned B.T.L., is suing the Government for substantial damages on the grounds that he was wrongfully deprived of two directorships in B.T.L., an issue […]
When Hurricane Dean hit northern Belize in August of last year, one of the industries that suffered a big hit was papaya. Tonight the storm’s after effects are having some serious financial implications for an Orange Walk company and hundreds of workers. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Since Monday an eerie silence […]
There is new development in the ongoing turf war between the water taxi associations as just when it seemed that the matter had been resolved, a new snag has re-ignited the flames of this raging battle that just won’t go away. Jose Sanchez has the story from the Swing Bridge. Jose Sanchez, Reporting It appeared […]
Various agreements were reached today between Belize and Cuba that will further assist Belizeans to access opportunities in health, education, sports and agriculture. A new area, in which both countries agreed to cooperate, deals with issues that affect municipalities. The two countries wrapped up today the eleventh Mixed Commission which is the mechanism that reviews […]
The Belize Tourism Industry Association kicked off its biennial Tourism Expo with a pre-event meeting that attracted both local and international stakeholders. This morning’s event was held at the Belize Biltmore Plaza, where the participants discussed what will make this year’s trade show a hit and how it will provide a more exciting and adventurous […]
Little has been heard of this organization, and today Belize became the newest member of the Caribbean M.O.U. Port State Control Committee, which deals with issues pertaining to inspections of vessels entering Belizean waters. The Committee has been meeting over the past twelve years and this week they are in Belize. And what exactly does […]
