Another nolle pros in court and two brothers charged with murder were freed for lack of evidence. Just after one o’clock today, the trial came to a sudden halt and Gilbert and Nelson Martinez were released when the prosecution indicated it could not continue with the case. The reason? Both police and the prosecutor were […]
Turning to the economy, it’s no secret that “haad” times are hitting home and that little under fifty percent of the population is now considered poor according to a Poverty Assessment report. With the economic and social picture already dismal, Prime Minister Dean Barrow, warned on Wednesday at his first press conference for the year, […]
It made big news earlier this week when three of its employees were detained pending investigations into more missing monies. The news plunged City Hall deeper into scandal after the recent charges against Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers and three members of her finance team last October. But the forty-eight hours that the cops were entitled […]
The Foreign Minister’s artificial border comment made to an OAS reporter in December will not be forgotten soon in particular since the borders remain porous. Still, a handful of B.D.F. soldiers are no match for the Guatemalan armed forces while they patrol the southern border. During his press conference on Wednesday, the Prime Minister reflected […]
There are fresh accusations coming from the Galvez family tonight and it’s against the police. Today Yolanda Schakron, the aunt of murder victim, Chris Galvez, told News Five that last night two of her twelve year old nephews were approached and intimidated by officers on motorcycles on Amara Avenue. One of the officers, according to […]
The Chris Galvez murder remains unresolved and the family has maintained there’s been a cover up. Aside from the alleged harassment of the minors on Wednesday night, there were other incidents that have allegedly taken place against friends of Galvez: the latest on Tuesday night was against an eighteen year old. The friend, who did […]
Ground will soon be broken for a medical facility that will cater primarily to children. It’s a momentous endeavor and will bring relief to parents who are forced to take their children out of the country for life saving surgeries. Sanford World Clinics and Belize Healthcare Partners have teamed up to build the Sanford Children’s […]
The Belize National Teachers’ Union says it has been trying since 2008 to sit around the table to re-negotiate its Collective Bargaining Agreement with government. But the B.N.T.U. has publicly revealed that it has had no luck getting an audience with the Ministry of Education and the Prime Minister and last week gave a one […]
Twenty-nine year old Tin Yu Tan of Mango Creek lost his life in a traffic accident between miles twenty on the Western Highway in August of 2009. Tan was the passenger in a Toyota Tacoma driven by his friend Wei Chao Huang when the accident occurred. On the way to Belize City, Huang lost control […]
Two city residents, who allegedly attempted to rob a house in the St. Martin’s area, are behind bars tonight. Shane Edwards and Leon Yorke were taken before the courts today and charged with attempted burglary and damage to the property of Michael Belisle. They both pleaded not guilty but the court prosecutor Sergeant Egbert Castillo […]
Two years ago the Belize City Council and the Salvation Army embarked on a programme to provide a roof and meals for the homeless in Belize City. After countless meetings it was expected the initiative would have kicked off, and the problem would have been dealt with right? Wrong! As Marion Ali found out, it […]
Many issues were raised by the Prime Minister at his press conference on Wednesday, including the admission that things will get worst in the next fiscal year. That was bad news but another issue that stuck out like a sore thumb, was his unapologetic defense of his ex- wife, Lois Young, as the government’s lawyer […]
Planning for the Belize Rural Finance Program has been in the works for the past two years. And finally today in Belmopan, the Belize Credit Union League and the government announced that they are ready to implement micro financing to at least fifteen thousand households in rural areas to the tune of six million dollars. […]
The unemployment figure stood at twelve point five percent for the third quarter of 2009, that’s according to the Statistical Institute of Belize. The opening of a new business venture may not dent the statistics, but in these hard times, it will provide sixty jobs for residents of Belize City. It won’t come on-stream until […]
Many women develop them during pregnancy and both genders discover that they can be caused by weight gain. And the only thing we find uglier than stretch marks is the fact that they are here to stay, as this week’s edition of Healthy Living found out. So if you’ve tried everything on the shelf and […]
