The Supreme Court is crammed jam with the volume of cases, but today there is a new case that is challenging a piece of legislation that has just become law. It is the Supreme Court of Judicature Amendment Act, which became law just a few days ago by virtue of its publication in the Gazette […]
Two minors have reported being sexually assaulted and threatened. The first is a sixteen year old from the Cayo District who visited police in the company of her mother. According to the teen, in May of this year she was at home when her step father had sex with her against her will. She says […]
Four tourists who came to enjoy a week of vacations in Belize, got a rude awakening this morning when a thief entered the cabin they were occupying. One of the tourists, who requested anonymity, told News Five this evening that the incident occurred at Ignacio Cabins near the airstrip at Caye Caulker. She said that […]
Police are pressing ahead with investigations into the missing truckload of medicines that was destined for Guatemala last Wednesday and according to Police Press Officer, Clement Palacio, they are now processing the empty truck which was discovered near Camp Oakley in Burrel Boom on Friday. Clement Palacio, Police Press Officer “The owner has identified the […]
The murder trial of a twenty year old Guatemalan woman was adjourned today in the Supreme Court. The trial has grabbed attention for various interesting aspects. Firstly, because the woman has been in prison for more than a reasonable time awaiting trial for lack of defense, and secondly, she was a juvenile when the crime […]
You will never know from prices at the local gas pumps, but oil prices on the international market have tumbled, registering the lowest drop in the last seven weeks. Today’s drop on the New York Mercantile Exchange was as much as four dollars a barrel, down to one hundred and twenty-two dollars and eighty-four cents […]
It has not yet been made public, but Allan Slusher, has been named as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Belize for the next six months. In early July, Slusher was also named to the Basic Commodities Commission which is mandated to deal with the spiraling cost of […]
The business community on Albert Street experienced a scheduled power outage today. According to B.E.L., the outage is the first phase of B.E.L.’s upgrade of its power lines in the area to facilitate the paving of Albert and Regent Streets, which is being carried out by the Belize City Council. A second phase of power […]
Earlier this year, Belize’s health sector celebrated a significant milestone when no maternal or infant death was recorded in the first half of 2008. But according to the organisers of a two-day technical meeting being held in Belize City, there is an urgent need to bridge the gap in services for children and adolescents, especially […]
The need to close the gap in services was bolstered by the findings of a situational analysis of the Belize and Stann Creek districts that are the most affected by the disease. The study was commissioned by Hand in Hand Ministries and UNICEF and undertaken by Adele Catzim-Sanchez. And while Hand in Hand is one […]
It’s a story that has stirred the spirit of nationalism following its broadcast last night and tonight we bring you portions of yesterday’s interview with Margaret Johnson and her attempts to explain why this year’s Miss Belize pageant was a private affair attended only by a handful of family members and officials. And we spoke […]
