The garbage issue in Belize City continues unresolved and has been fraught with problems between the City Council and its contracted partners Belize Maintenance Limited and Belize Waste Control. And now CITCO is threatening to not renew its contract with the B.W.C. as it claims it has revenue collection problems, which makes payments to providers […]
He disappeared along with over ninety thousand dollars in December and even a bounty of a thousand dollars for his apprehension, yielded no clues as to his whereabouts. But it turns out that all the while twenty-one year old Hong Jian has been an unwanted guest of the Mexican government in Quintana Roo. Soon after […]
He has been in custody since Saturday and today Marlon Forman appeared in Court, charged with the murder of Barney Cunningham Jr. The incident occurred on January second at Curl Thompson Street. Cunningham was one of eight persons who were helping forty-two year old Edmund Castillo move his family from Barracat Street when police say […]
A high school student is in big trouble tonight, accused of trying to jack a fellow teen. Today eighteen year old Aaron Smith appeared in Magistrates’ Court charged with Attempted Robbery. He pleaded not guilty and was offered bail of fifteen hundred dollars. The charges are a result of a report filed by nineteen year […]
Almost everyday on this newscast we report some man being charged with unlawful carnal knowledge. And the statistics released by the police department on Wednesday, reveal that the number of reported cases of the crime rose from sixty-six in 2007 to ninety-eight in 2008. That’s a staggering increase of forty-eight point five percent. Are there […]
It was expected that like in Belize, Guatemalans would also be vocal and passionate about the territorial claim. Several articles have appeared in the local media in that country and one of those persons expressing his opinion is none other than former Foreign Minister of Guatemala, Gabriel Orellana, a known hardliner on the topic and […]
Ever been in a life threatening situation or know some who has? Then you will know that the response by medical personnel can be a matter of life and death. That is why the nation’s largest public hospital, the K.H.M.H. in collaboration with the Society for Critical Care Management from the U.S. is hosting a […]
Two toddlers did not live to see their third birthday … and it appears that malnutrition was at the root of both their deaths. In the case of Dalissia Chable, the cause of death is bilateral pneumonia, chronic acute dernatis, and malnutrition syndrome. The other child, Charlin Galvez Diaz, died from asphyxia as a result […]
In October the Transport Department introduced new bus schedules for the Western and Southern routes that were supposedly designed to iron out glitches in the system, but tonight a mountain of problems remain. The new system has produced overcrowding, non-compliance to schedules, late arrivals and departures from terminals, while traffic officers who are supposed to […]
The Department of the Environment is encouraging students to think green with two competitions for primary and high schoolers. Primary schools are being invited to submit proposals on an environmentally-friendly project they want to implement in their school. Interested institutions are required to submit a proposal detailing what the project is about, how they came […]
In these haad times, when many people find themselves suffering from post-Christmas cash woes, a mother of four from Orange Walk Town is happy to have found a way out of the financial slump. She did it by hitting all five numbers in Wednesday night’s lotto draw; a hefty sum of ninety-five thousand dollars! Amalia […]
You may have heard the slogan “breast is best’’… and it has been proven that babies fed with breast milk have the best start in life. This initiative which began close to two decades ago is back on the front burner and tonight Healthy Living’s Marleni Cuellar looks at why breast milk is the best […]
