The Belize Barrier Reef System has been placed on the UNESCO Danger List. This follows an evaluation by UNESCO which found that the government appeared to be managing mangrove islands as unprotected national public lands and not as a part of the world heritage property. On June nineteenth, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of […]
When the reef was accepted as a world heritage site in 1996 there were sporadic commercial developments on cayes within the site. But thirteen years later the expansion and dredging continued and that is what UNESCO representatives found during their recent visit to Belize. The ground work and report was made by Marc Patry who […]
The City Engineer for the Belize City Council was unceremoniously fired today. Robert Allen received his marching orders that simply stated that in accordance with section two-nine-seven of the Labor Act, he was out of a job. Allen say he believes that the firing is personal and has nothing to do with the performance of […]
The standoff between Belize Medical and Dental Union and the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Board ran into another snag today. That is because a meeting scheduled for this afternoon did not get off the ground. This time it was the board that did not show up. A Union Executive informed News Five that they waited […]
But in another boardroom, BCB Holdings Limited has announced a new director to its board. Effective today, sixty-eight year old Wendell Mottley from Trinidad and Tobago, joins the Board as Non-Executive Director. Mottley, is well known in the Caribbean region and has held numerous high profile appointments in financing and in environmental agencies. He is […]
The swine flu scare recently had many Belizeans inattentive to illnesses that are literally brewing in our back yards. But there are several reports in different parts of Belize City that Break-bone fever or Dengue has been affecting some residents. News Five’s Jose Sanchez visited the Central Health Lab today which confirmed the disease is […]
And he is a former Ambassador who had no diplomatic immunities. Today, the Youth for the Future Ambassador was taken to the Magistrate Court where he pleaded guilty to charges of Theft. Twenty year old Kenroy Young was additionally charged with Handling Stolen Goods after an incident which took place at Maya Island Air this […]
Also in the courts, a former employee of Capital Auto Rental was charged with the theft of two vehicles that were subsequently recovered in Mexico where they had been sold. Twenty-eight year old Terrique Glastonbury allegedly stole a Dodge Ram pick-up truck valued at sixty-eight thousand dollars, and a jeep wrangler valued at one hundred […]
A man was sentenced in court today after pleading guilty to stealing from his own brother. Twenty-six year old Ronny Pollard was charged with Burglary and two counts of Handling Stolen Goods in Magistrates’ Court. His brother, Justin Pollard, reported that upon returning to their home from work on Monday, his Gateway laptop, Dell monitor […]
We reported on Tuesday night that the Belize City Council is relocating vendors from the Queen’s Square market and moving them to the Pound Yard Bridge area. The Pound Yard compound is not far away but it is a congested area. The move is to facilitate renovations on the present market facility on West Collet […]
When we last heard from the Liberty Foundation, their financial situation was not looking too healthy. Well, there is some positive development for the children’s home as their plea for help has been answered. Following our story, Liberty received a re-imbursement from the Ministry of Human Development and today the Radisson Fort George stepped up […]
Galen University opened its doors in 2003 with fourteen students and since then, its student body has grown to three hundred and ten students. Prospective as well as current students of the tertiary level institution at mile sixty-two on the Western Highway now have opportunities for scholarships. National Transport has decided to award ten scholarships, […]
And in Honduras, the tension escalates with demonstrations for and against the ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya. Zelaya was to return to Tegucigalpa today but that changed late Tuesday night when a emergency meeting of the members of the Organization of American States adopted a five point resolution giving the interim government of Roberto Michelletti […]
