There is trouble brewing for the Ministry of Education just in time for the opening of the academic year. And the Belize National Teacher’s Union has come out in full blast on the issue. According to the B.N.T.U., politics is behind the transfer of numerous primary school teachers around the country. Classes began on Monday […]
There is not a dull moment at City Hall and that means more trouble for Mayor Zenaida Moya. Upon assuming office in March 2006, the then united City Council was challenged by the Belize Waste Control over millions of dollars awarded in contracts to the garbage collection company. It was claimed after much negotiations that […]
Three Taiwanese businessmen who were being sought by police handed themselves to Corozal police after they saw their pictures on the television in the newscast last evening. Kan Shi Kun, a manager of North America Company in the Corozal Free Zone, along with the cashier, Li Ting and another employee, Liang Jun, were wanted in […]
The number of murder victims continues to grow. And police today confirm foul play in the death of a man from San Ignacio but have no leads to this latest murder. The body of the victim, twenty-five year old Willie Aguirre, was discovered face down about a hundred yards from the streets in some bushes […]
San Ignacio police have more than just a murder to solve. That’s because a gas station in that municipality was also targeted by thieves. According to the manager of C.P. Gas Station on Carillo Puerto Avenue in Santa Elena, thirty-six year old Nolberto Rancharan, he locked up the station around ten-thirty on Sunday night and […]
We are smack in the middle of the Atlantic Hurricane Season and so it’s no surprise that tonight the Met Office is telling Belizeans to keep an eye out for Gustav, a storm churning its way in the Caribbean Sea. The category one hurricane made landfall on the southwest peninsula of Haiti this afternoon and […]
Several businesses and private sector institutions converged at the Belize Biltmore Plaza today to participate in a Needs Assessment seminar hosted by the Caribbean Technological Consultancy Services (C.T.C.S.). The C.T.C.S. Network is a programme of the Caribbean Development Bank Private Sector Development Division designed to provide technical hands-on assistance to micro and small sector entities. […]
It is usual that you find students on the receiving end of the classroom. But today, it was quite the contrary for primary school teachers countrywide who convened at the Wesley School headquarters on Albert Street in Belize City for a four day seminar that is geared at preparing teachers for an easy transition to […]
The Port Loyola Library in Belize City has been singled out to benefit from a literacy campaign by Rotary Club Belize Sunrise, an arm of the Rotary Club, which hopes to raise a total of two hundred thousand dollars. The monies will be used to construct fencing and an upper flat and to purchase computers. […]
“Positive Prevention”: it’s a welcomed term in the midst of the heinous murders and crimes reported daily on this newscast. It is also one of the main missions of the Lion’s Quest Program. And throughout this week teachers from across the country will be attending a training workshop in Belize City to equip themselves with […]
There is one country in this hemisphere that has been generous with Belize and firm in its support for our development. With a population of over eleven million, and a different system of the economy, Cuba has maintained strong and vibrant relations with Belize. Hundreds of Belizeans are receiving training in the island in the […]
