They say that progress brings problems and tonight a new project in San Pedro Town is in the eye of the storm. There are numerous environmental woes which the residents and environmentalists are outraged about in the new underwater project in the Mexico Rocks area. It is proposed by developer, David Gegg, and is known […]
But the developer of the proposed project, David Gegg, says the concerns are based on unrealistic impressions and false information. The project was originally planned for the Tuffy area, south of the current site. But San Pedro Town Mayor, Elsa Paz recommended that the location be changed to the Mexico Rocks area. She was not […]
What happened to the Prime Minister’s promise that things would ‘get betta no matta what’? That’s the question that comes to mind when you buy just about everything, including fuel. At midnight on Wednesday, the prices soared well above the ten dollar mark. And in the case of premium, it went up a whopping twenty […]
Belize City Mayor, Zenaida Flowers this past week, launched an initiative aimed at preventing crime. Billed as a summit, the event attracted known personalities but does the City Council have the capacity to tackle crime? This is the question we posed to our viewers. The majority of persons who polled on our e-poll, thought that […]
The international news has been replete with the horrors of the massive oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico. Eighty-five thousand barrels have spilled so far since the well exploded on April twentieth. Oil exploration is a relatively new industry for Belize and while the operations on land have so far experienced no major accidental […]
The all too familiar problem of land has reached the remote village of Sarteneja in the Corozal District. Unlike other villages that are growing exponentially, the availability of land is not the problem in Sarteneja. There is enough of it, but over a hundred villagers have had titles to their land cancelled. News Five’s Isani […]
Many are still glued to television sets as the drama continues to unfold in Britain, where general elections have resulted in a hung parliament following Thursday’s poll. Labor’s Gordon Brown remains as Prime Minister until a government is formed. After long years in obscurity, the Conservatives won the majority of seats, but did not attain […]
While the British High Commissioner speculates on the outcome of the election, another peer discussed the elections last night on the British Broadcast Corporation (BBC). Lord Michael Ashcroft is the Deputy Chairman of the Conservative or Tory Party that has won the biggest number of seats in the elections, three hundred and seven. As part […]
Throughout our history, Belize has not had a woman run for Prime Minister. But the region is fast catching on to the power wielded by strong women. Both Panama and Nicaragua have had women at the helm of government. In Trinidad, the United National Congress hopes to make Kamla Persad-Bissessar their first female Prime Minister. […]
There are reports just into our newsroom that Minister of State, Juan Coy was involved in a traffic mishap this evening in Indian Creek in the Toledo District. We understand that the incident happened around fife-thirty this evening and that his vehicle flipped several times. Coy, we’re told, suffered minor injuries. We have not been […]
In January, Johnson and Johnson, one of the most trusted manufacturers of over the counter medications recalled a long list of products that may have been tainted. And today that company has announced yet another recall, this time for infant and children’s medications under the popular brands Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl. A total of […]
When you think of sharks, many people think of ‘Jaws’, the unstoppable man eating fish. Sharks have gotten a bad reputation in most movies spawned from Hollywood. And the truth about the amphibian is far from the fiction. Whale Sharks are known to span up to forty one feet and weigh over twenty one tones. […]
Around the globe and in our own corner, celebrations are being held to honor mothers. Safiyyah has suggestions of where you can wine and dine that special person this weekend. And who won the Burrito challenge at Old Belize? That’s all coming up with Safiyyah. Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is what’s happening Belize. This […]
