There is a mixed bag of some good and bad news in the country’s economic performance in the first two quarters of 2008. But first the positive indicators. Statistics released today by the Statistical Institute of Belize show that the private sector held its own and that gross domestic product rebounded after a slow start […]
In other news to add to the economic woes, this time from the citrus industry, the Citrus Products of Belize Limited has announced the final prices for oranges and grapefruit. According to a release, payments will be made on September fifteenth, but before growers start to celebrate, there is a notable and significant drop in […]
Belize has surfaced in an investigation of millions of dollars involving former President of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian. According to news reports coming out of that country, the former president, his wife, son, brother-in-law and daughter-in-law are being investigated to determine the whereabouts of thirty-one million U.S. dollars they are accused of depositing in offshore accounts […]
There is no shortage of news from the opposition People’s United Party which today issued a release expressing its concern to the governments of Cuba and Haiti over the loss they experienced as a result of Hurricane Gustav, Hanna and Ike. In Cuba, four lives were lost while over three hundred and twenty thousand homes […]
While Cuba is recovering from a string of hurricanes, Belize today accredited its new ambassador to the island. Said “Badi” Guerra presented his Letters of Credentials to Julio Almeira, Vice President of Cuba and delivered a personal message from Prime Minister Dean Barrow to Almeira, reiterating Belize’s solidarity with the government and people of Cuba […]
Police have another murder to solve, this time in the village of Cotton Tree where a Salvadoran national was shot to death and robbery may not be the only motive. Just before his death, the man was seen drinking with friends at his home and earlier in the day his girlfriend walked out on him […]
Disaster in the form of a fire struck early this morning for a family of four. When Donna and Terrence Pott and their three children left their Giles Street home and headed to school and work, they had no idea that within an hour they would have lost most of their material possessions. Kendra Griffith […]
And in news from the courts, forty-six year old labourer of Burrell Boom, Stanton Gillett, was today sentenced for Burglary. Gillett claimed in court the offence was in fact about weed he did not deliver. Gillett will spend five years behind bars after he was found guilty of burglarizing his neighbour’s house. The incident occurred […]
A second accused wanted in the jacking of Orange Walk businessman, Celso Leal, appeared in Court today and was charged with Robbery. He is security Guard, forty-six year old Mark James, who appeared in Magistrates’ Court and pleaded not guilty to the charge. James, along with accomplice Richard ‘Richie’ Russell who was charged yesterday for […]
They have been victims of robberies countless times and remain a target for jackers. And tonight there is a report that a Bowen and Bowen delivery truck was been held up. Thirty-six year old salesman, Michael Rowland, reported to police that around three-thirty yesterday afternoon he was making a delivery to an address on Sarstoon […]
And in an update to the death of Bertie Lee Murphy, the seventy-two year old Peace Corp who was found dead in her home on Tuesday September ninth, the cause is still yet to be determined. As we had previously reported, there were two theories to her death, the first that she died of natural […]
Three prison inmates who escaped from the Hattieville Correctional Facility on Sunday night remain at large and two are believed to have crossed the borders back to their native Guatemala. The two are Rene Morente, who was serving time for Aggravated Burglary and on remand for murder; and Rene Ramos, who was behind bars for […]
And we turn now to changes in the official programme for National Day activities. As reported in our newscast yesterday, the recent grenade threat has caused safety concerns so parade organizers were prompted to bow to demands by schools to change the route and date of the Uniform Parade to this coming Monday. In a […]
There is plenty to do this weekend as the national day fever sweeps across the country in this festive month. Saffiyah has details. Hi, I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize September Edition part two. The September celebrations are in full swing and as the annual tradition goes, this weekend is the Expo Belize […]
