It is not election time, but politics is heating up inside the political parties. The U.D.P. has had a very public fallout between the first female mayor and the prime minister. And now between the old and new P.U.P., war is breaking out. On Tuesday the Leader of the People’s United Party, John Briceño, received […]
A new fuel hike was sneaked on consumers at midnight on Wednesday. Starting with the good news; the government approved price for Regular gasoline is now eight dollars and seventy four cents. However, there is competition for consumer dollars and some of the gas stations are selling below the eight seventy-four. If motorists shop around, […]
Politics is a nasty business where few women venture in an arena traditionally dominated by men. As it stands there are no female members in Cabinet and the first female mayor is being hit by a tsunami of allegations. So how do you encourage women to the electoral process? Through Girl Power… that’s the message […]
Turning to the thorny issue of the proposed teacher’s commission, the Belize National Teacher’s Union has written to the Minister of Education imploring that Patrick Faber back off and delay his Cabinet presentation about the Teaching Services Commission and the Teaching Service Appeals Tribunal. The letter, which was also copied to the Prime Minister, states […]
The swine flu scare has dissipated, but that does not mean that the cases have reduced. In the private sector, the numbers were up in September. News Five’s Jose Sanchez has a report. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The Influenza A H1N1 continues to spread across the globe and all indications are that it will continue to […]
The other illness that is creating havoc is dengue. If it weren’t for the H1N1, it would make the news more often. While many have fallen sick from H1N1, no deaths are related to it. But there have been deaths this year so far attributed to dengue. Doctor Fernando Cuellar, an Intensivist and Internist, says […]
In the court blotter, on Wednesday two men were acquitted of the murder of Faron Felix and today, his older brother was committed to stand trial in the Supreme Court for another homicide. Twenty-two year old Roy Felix Bennett is accused in the shooting death of seventeen year old Michelle Cattouse, which occurred on February […]
There was an early morning bust conducted by police on the Southside of Belize City that led to the discovery of ammunition and the five persons present at home were arrested and charged by police for unlicensed ammunition. In the raid, police found the ammunition hidden in a blue bag hidden in the fence of […]
A regular staple these days in our weekly newscast is Charles and Hirian Good. Last week, Charles said that he would take things to the next level if there wasn’t any progress on the court case. To backtrack a bit, Hirian was fired from her job as a school warden because of her political preferences. […]
On Wednesday night we reported on the disappearance of a Belize City Minor. Twelve year old Jamal Samuels, a student of Unity Presbyterian Primary School was last seen on Friday morning. His mother, Helen Samuels, came to our studios with heavy heart pleading for information on his whereabouts. She indicated that he had spent time […]
This afternoon at the Bliss Auditorium, the Ministry of Education held its national Preschool Storytelling competition. It’s the second of its kind and this time, eight participants from different zones countrywide, excluding Stann Creek, competed. The north and the city shared the top three stories and the presenters took home the prizes. The competition is […]
She was first seen as a contestant on the sixty-fourth Queen of the Bay Pageant on September fifth of this year. And although she did not place, eighteen year old Daniella Woolley went on to compete in the 2009 Miss World Pageant held in Corozal Town and then moved on to the bigger pageant Miss […]
Have you ever felt that your bathroom urges are hindering your freedom to move around? If so, listen up because Healthy living this week looks at a condition that may be the culprit behind those uncontrollable and embarrassing urges. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting Ever have the feeling that you just have “to go” or maybe you’re […]
