The BELCOGEN project at the Belize Sugar Industries has been running into a series of snags. And now mechanical failures that have been affecting processing operations have landed one employee in the hospital. Edward Robinson was scalded over ninety percent of his body late Tuesday evening and is being treated for the extensive burns. Attempts […]
On Monday night a sporting match between Ladyville Technical and Nazarene High schools ended fatally for a spectator. Twenty-seven year old Salvador Martinez intervened to stop a fight when he was stabbed on the chest. There are many lingering questions on his death, particularly the issue of poor security at sport facilities. According to school […]
After four days in police custody and two nights remanded at the Hattieville Prison, thirty three -year-old American national, William Russell Jewett will be spending more time behind bars. Jewett’s arrest came as a result of a search of his vessel on Friday, January fifteenth. The police in collaboration with the Financial Intelligence Unit personnel […]
News that another well was spewing oil in commercial quantities caused a firestorm recently. That’s because the find was reported in the foreign press in a less than complimentary article in an Irish newspaper on January twelfth and government had not yet made any pronouncements nor had it acknowledged the find. It also sparked outrage […]
The Opposition appeared, at least for the cameras on Tuesday, to be one happy family. And when Espat took the couch this morning, we also inquired about the state of affairs in the PUP and the viability of a third party. He explained that he supports third parties, and answered the question on whether he […]
On the night of February seventh 2008, at the UDP’s election celebration, victorious UDP candidates swore to jail corrupt PUP ministers. Former Minister of Health Jose Coye was among the first to be criminally charged. Coye was charged with theft of over two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars being the property of one Alfred Shakron, […]
Calvin Young, the son of James Young Sr., a businessman of Belama Phase 1 was stabbed twenty five times to the body after an altercation inside Apartment on Juliet Soberanis Street. That was in November of 2007. In April 2009, a prison inmate Floyd Wade told the DPP’s office that Arthur Young and Errol ‘Butchy’ […]
The political divide between the two main political parties is being fought on many fronts and while the House of Representatives is the usual battle ground for issues about the country’s failing infrastructure and the economy, during the past few weeks it has jumped to the cable television. The battle over who shows HBO and […]
It seems that the Minister of Works, Anthony “Boots” Martinez is never away from the firing line. After all, he is the minister responsible for the Poverty Alleviation Project and housing is a huge problem for City residents. Today another Belize City resident is publicly charging that “Boots” Martinez has given her a shoddy house […]
Saint Catherine Academy currently has an enrollment of five hundred and fifty students. That’s a far cry from when it was established more than a century ago. The all girl high school is in fact celebrating one hundred and twenty-seven years and it can rightfully take credit for excellence in sports and academics. To mark […]
The Kiwanis Club is also celebrating its anniversary. Known for its charity work with kids and communities, the Club is organizing a panel discussion at the Radisson Fort George Hotel to celebrate its ninety-fifth anniversary. According to President of the club, Paul Lecky, the talk will take on an important health issue this Thursday. Paul […]
The Rock the Runway fundraiser held by Continental Airlines employees was a huge hit last year. That was not only because of the celebrities, including America’s Top Model Bianca Golden, that were flown in for the event, but also because the proceeds were used to host a Christmas party for underprivileged children. News Five’s Delahnie […]
Exactly eight days after an earthquake shattered port Au Prince, the capital of Haiti, an aftershock hit the ravaged city around six this morning. The five point nine aftershock sent Haitians scurrying for cover. The death toll continues to rise and relief efforts are being impeded by what reports say is the lack of coordination. […]
If you were cruising along various basketball courts and football fields on south side Belize City, you would note that some refurbishments are taking place. The National Sports Council is in charge of the upgrade to sporting facilities in the old capital and the money, not a whole lot, forty thousand dollars, was approved by […]
