The story of a default in Social Security contributions by City Council has been in the news since Monday. News Five broke the story that over three hundred thousand dollars in employees’ contributions had not been paid up by City Hall and since then there has been a back and forth on who knew of […]
And the mayor also dealt with the never-ending story about the infamous cheques that were disclosed last year by Councillor Mark King. The cheques were made out to Moya’s sister-in-law, Sharon Wade, for work done by the mayor’s brother’s company, SM Construction for the council including garbage collection. Today Moya revisited that issue. Zenaida Moya […]
If you live in Belize City, you will know of the famous Li Chee Restaurant located on Freetown Road. At around eleven this morning, a malfunction in one of the ventilation systems at the restaurant ignited starting a blaze in the kitchen area. The employees fled the restaurant and fire fighters were quick to contain […]
The budget for 2009-2010 for the Government of Belize is scheduled to be presented to the House of Representatives on March sixth and a big chunk is usually allocated to education. But for the Student Government of the University of Belize’s City Campus, their allocation does not look promising. So they are petitioning G.O.B. to […]
An eighteen year old and four minors were arraigned on robbery charges this afternoon in Magistrate’s Court. A seventeen year old, two sixteen year olds, a thirteen year old and eighteen year old Godfrey Ramsey all pleaded not guilty and were offered bail of five thousand dollars each on the condition that they do not […]
There has been no shortage of burglaries and robberies lately, and with each passing day the criminals are becoming more inventive and daring. The critical Harold Crooks report made it clear that the police department was lacking in many areas including investigations. Well, the department has been working on improving its investigative techniques by adapting […]
Just before midday this past Tuesday two men robbed Prosser Fertilizer located on North Front Street of cash and items valued at over two thousand dollars. Manager, Henario Bolon, says that the robbery occurred in the blink of an eye. Around eleven-thirty, he and two other employees were held up at gunpoint by two dark […]
An agent of Courts Belize Limited in San Pedro has unwittingly deprived the furniture and electronics store of over sixteen thousand dollars. Thirty-nine year old Jose Paz, of Milo’s Center located on Pescador Drive reported to police that his accountant Jerome Shal made the discovery of the missing monies. After making checks at the bank, […]
On Tuesday in an unfortunate workplace accident an eight inch steel object pierced the chest of Shipyard resident David Enns and killed him. The result of the post-mortem revealed that the cause of his death was failure of the lungs and carbon monoxide intoxication due to blunt force trauma to the chest. There’s another unfortunate […]
Belize and Mexico cooperate in many areas and there is an active programme between the two. Today an official delegation from Mexico met with its counterparts at the House of Culture for a meeting of experts on technical and scientific cooperation between Mexico and Belize. The Mexican Delegation consists of seventeen officials from the government […]
Last night we reported that the vessel the Cubans used to travel to Belize was still lodged on the reef. And today, the Coastguard’s Admiral Cedric Borland says that is so because they were not called to respond to the situation out at the reef. The fourteen survivors were found walking on Maya King Farm […]
It probably looks like a piece of office equipment, but the food dehydrator is really what its name reflects. The equipment was donated to the students at Canaan Seventh Day Adventist High School on Coney Drive which will compliment the school’s food and nutrition programme. The gift came from businessman, Roger Espejo who is also […]
This morning over twenty seenagers from all across the country were recognised for their contributions to society in the ceremony called the Golden Heroes Award. The event was hosted by the National Council on Ageing, which had been encouraging people in various communities, families, and friends to nominate deserving individuals. Today, eleven of those nominees […]
