The Orange Walk Town Council is under the spotlight tonight and it has to do with financial irregularities under the watch of Mayor Ravei Gonzalez. As it turns out, the Council is not only borrowing from pawn shops at excessive interest rates, but it is covering up its debts through a local organization. Copies of […]
It comes as no surprise, but recently released figures from the Statistical Institute of Belize reveals that in 2008 prices shot up where it hurts the most: food and medical care. According to S.I.B., last year consumers paid fifty percent more for flour, thirty-five percent more for rice, and about sixteen percent more for chicken. […]
And while statistics were dismal in 2008 in prices of food and medical care, there is some news that will delight consumers since the price of cooking gas, has gone down again. According to a release late this evening, the Belize Press Office, G.O.B. has approved a decrease in the maximum retail price of a […]
There has been no break in Monday’s robbery of National Transport Services Limited and the stolen monies have still not been recovered by police when we checked today. Shortly after eight, three robbers hit the offices located at miles two and three-quarters on the Western Highway and within seconds got away with the loot of […]
And in news from the courts, the long arms of the law have finally caught up with fifty-three year old Anthony Myvett, an unemployed man of West Street who allegedly had sex with an eight year old child. Myvette was charged with Unlawful Carnal Knowledge and Dangerous Harm when he appeared today in Magistrates’ Court. […]
And the remarks at the ceremonial opening of the new session of the Supreme Court on Monday were not of the same note between Attorney General Wilfred Elrington and Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh. Both had opposing views, the CJ spoke of the lack of finances and referred to Oliver Twist who said “Can we please […]
At yesterday’s opening of the Supreme Court the C.J. spoke of the staggering number of cases—a total of eighty-three—in which the D.P.P.’s office entered a nolle prosequi and the cases were struck out. The C.J. counseled the D.P.P. not to press on with an indictment when there was not enough material. But there are two […]
Last Thursday News Five broke the story of a portion of the Caribbean Sea six miles northwest of San Pedro Town that had been surveyed on August eighth, 2008. During that time, the Ministry of Natural Resources was presumably closed for public transactions and was busy investigating alleged wrong doings. Well, interestingly enough, the nine […]
The next time you throw a fishing line into the sea you may want to think twice because it may cost you money even if you don’t catch anything. Well, The Coastal Zone Management Agency has been mandated to issue Sport Fishing licenses and collect Sport Fishing license fees. The good news is that it […]
Nature lovers will be happy to know that they can once again return to one of the Belize District’s premiere destinations for conservationism. The Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary has been closed since torrential rains swelled across the Belize River Valley last year. And that reopening has come just in time because this year, the agency […]
Assistance to flood victims continues to trickle in and last Friday, the Anglican Diocese made a presentation of over four thousand dollars to the farmers of Lemonal Village to assist with recovery efforts from the devastating floods which occurred in October 2008 in the Belize River Valley. Diocesan Secretary, Cecile Reyes, presented several thousand hybrid […]
It has been on the drawing board for over a year and today, the Belize National Coast Guard began a workshop on International Maritime Conventions and Codes. It is not a subject you hear of often, but the three day workshop will consist of a series of discussions on the different maritime conventions that Belize […]
The game offers the audience a chance to win thousands of dollars in cash!… And that was exactly what the sixth contestant to play Channel Five’s first ever game show, Tek It or Leave It did last week. The mother of four and customer service representative of Ready Call Centre played a fierce game at […]
It is a historic event and it will have bearing on Belize. Estimates are that almost two million people braved temperatures in the twenties in Washington, D.C. this morning to attend the historic inaugural ceremony of the first black U.S. President… But many more millions around the world were glued to their T.V. screens as […]
