Two Belize City residents were shot last night during a hail of gunfire on Orange Street. It happened before the end of last night’s newscast. Both men were quickly rushed to the hospital but only one survived. By all accounts, the victim who passed away was an innocent bystander. News Five’s Jose Sanchez was on […]
Funeral services for fourteen year old Hellen Yu were held today in Belize City. Yu, a second form student of Edward P Yorke, was shot dead last Thursday inside her family’s grocery shop in the Collet Division. The network of Asian owned and managed businesses play an integral part in the supply of goods and […]
The Central American Regional Security Initiative formerly known as the Merida Initiative, a joint effort between countries in North and Central America to combat the flow of illegal drugs and other related transnational crimes, is seeing the Government of Belize working closely with representatives from the U.S. Government in responding to the region’s many threats. […]
Since the release of the 2008-2009 Audit Report earlier this month there has been public disquiet regarding government expenditures. The report—tabled during the last sitting of the House of Representatives—recognizes several areas of concern including dubious transactions that have grown exponentially over a four-year period. In 2005 that figure stood at one hundred and forty-two […]
Chief Justice Dr. Abdulai Conteh is less than a month and a half away from relinquishing his post as the highest judge in Belize’s Supreme Court. His departure in September comes amidst contention between the Government of Belize and the Bar Association following a commitment made in March which would allow the association to have […]
The Belize Tourism Board on Wednesday afternoon called a special meeting with stakeholders in the cruise tourism industry to discuss the current state of affairs. In light of public disagreement by FECTAB over the contract awarded to Chukka/Bakabush Tours, BTB has stepped in to mediate the situation. As CEO Mike Singh stated prior to the […]
The exclusive contract between Carnival Cruise Lines and Chukka/Backabush Tours has left the Federation of Cruise Associations of Belize (FECTAB) crying foul. FECTAB says that Chukka/Backabush should not be allowed to hold such a contract in Belize because it is largely owned by foreign interests and the playing field is not friendly to smaller Belizean […]
Twenty-six Belizean students have been awarded full scholarships to pursue higher education in the Republic of China on Taiwan. Twenty of the recipients are successful applicants of the International Cooperation and Development Fund (IDCF) Taiwan Scholarship Program for master’s and bachelor’s degree courses. The remaining six will study for graduate and undergraduate degrees through the […]
Rasheed Woods Two men were charged with Murder after eighteen year old Stephen Grant was killed in a drive-by shooting in 2009. But on Wednesday, one of the accused men was acquitted of the charge. Rasheed Woods and Shain Lauriano appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie and the prosecutor presented a memo from the […]
A dispute between two tenants renting rooms in the same yard led to one man being charged for allegedly attacking his neighbor. This morning, Gabriel Tzac, of Alexander Street was arraigned for one count of Harm upon Magdaleno Castellanos. Tzac, who was unrepresented, pleaded not guilty and was released on three thousand five hundred dollars […]
Today Marlon Contreras is celebrating his twenty-first birthday but when he appeared in the Supreme Court, his gift was a guilty verdict for Manslaughter. Contreras was charged along with Abraham Guerra for the stabbing death of forty year old taxi driver, Jose Howe which occurred on September twenty-eighth, 2007 in Benque Viejo Town. Both men […]
Kidney patient and activist, Jose Cruz, has been in the public eye since he took a stand to get better treatment for his fellow renal failure patients. We have seen him on bad days when he lost a leg and needed to raise funds to travel to Guatemala for treatment to save the rest of […]
The Rotary Club of Belize completed its final Gift of Life Clinic for 2010 on Wednesday and tonight they’re giving the gift of laughter with their annual fundraising play. This year the actors are taking a trip down memory lane—all the way back to the “Class of 1973”. According to Director and lead actor, Joey […]
OCEANA has hired the vessel, Latitude, for a three month period to take scientists along the areas of the gulf coast affected by the Deep Horizon oil spill. So far hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent in clean-up efforts, and reports from British Petroleum say that most of the oil has dissolved. The […]
Belize’s music ambassador may be Moses Michael Leviy, but there is one musician who has been quite a diplomat for the country at reggae festivals in Europe, Canada and the U.S. Ras Indio, son of Bredda David, a senior local artist, is working on a new music video which will soon be released. But before […]
The Belama Phase four area is a fast-growing community in Belize City. Made up of a combination of locals and immigrants from neighbouring countries, Belama Phase four has been without electricity for all the years that it has existed. But since last week the Ministry of Works and the Belize Electricity Limited(BEL) have been addressing […]
Body odor, often abbreviated and called B.O., is not an easy topic of discussion even among close friends and relatives especially when it is bad. What causes B.O? Tonight on Healthy Living, we take a closer look at sweat and body odor…the possible causes and cures. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting With the hot humid days in […]
