Kamela Palma, Belize’s High Commissioner to Saint James Court, was fired on Monday of this week with immediate effect. In diplomatic circles and otherwise, that’s sensational news. We broke that story on Wednesday after reviewing an exchange of correspondence between Palma and her principals, Minister Wilfred Sedi Elrington and C.E.O. Alexis Rosado. The background is […]
But what about the allegations of financial improprieties made about Tanya Hulse, the junior officer in the eye of the storm? According to Prime Minister Barrow, there is no currency without evidence. Dean Barrow “Melvin Hulse’s daughter is another matter and there are all sorts of things that are said which I don’t know if […]
During the course of the week, we have shown that the Minister of Defence and Immigration issued directives to the Director of Immigration to grant visas to Chinese Nationals coming through Cuba. As most people are well aware, for years that is the preferred route for human smuggling of Chinese Nationals who are trying to […]
Family members of the murdered Spanish flight attendant, thirty-seven year old Maria Antonia Plaza Gomez, will be transporting her body back home. But the police are still conducting an intense investigation to capture her murderer and bring that person to justice. Plaza, a mother of one, mysteriously went missing sometime after eleven on Sunday morning […]
The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions will determine whether or not there is a case to answer in the death of four year old Hidalia Maldonado. The child was rushed to the Western Regional Hospital last Friday and declared dead. A post mortem later concluded that physical abuse caused her death. The mother, […]
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The Human Development Report is released on a yearly basis; it is a report by the United Nations on the state of the world’s development. The 2010 report was launched today and it warns that the unsustainable patterns of consumption and production are the greatest threats to the anti-poverty drive. The report acknowledges, however, there […]
The President of the Inter American Development Bank, Luis Alberto Moreno, is on a two day visit to Belize. He is meeting with Prime Minister Dean Barrow, other government officials and representatives of the private sector to discuss the IDB’s continued financing of development projects in Belize and other possible areas of funding. Other senior […]
Back in September, events at the City Center were relocated because it was declared unsafe for large crowds. The recent hurricane caused further damage, but when we visited today, we found out that the sporting facility was still being used for high school events. So are the students at risk? That’s what News Five’s Isani […]
Seven men set out to sea exactly three years ago. Six were never seen again and the body of the other washed up on the reef days later. Magistrate Richard Swift died from a punctured liver. Their vessel was also found near Gallows Point. It is not known what transpired on that fishing trip and […]
It’s a sizeable quantity of drugs and a huge bust for the Punta Gorda police. Three Dangriga residents are in police custody in Punta Gorda after being busted with marijuana. The trio was traveling along the Southern Highway in the direction of Dangriga Town when they were collared at a checkpoint in the Toledo District. […]
A thousand families were affected by Hurricane Richard. Some of the adults may be able to cope with the emotional toll, but for children, the impact may be lasting and that requires special attention. Healthy living this week has sound advice on how to treat post disaster depression. Joyce McFadzen, Hurricane Victim (File: October 27th, […]
