Just before six this evening the government announced a breakthrough in the sugar dilemma and that is that the Belize Sugar Industries has received waivers from both the ING and FirstCaribbean International Banks. It means that the ten million dollar bailout loan approved by the House on November twenty-fourth for BSI can now be drawn […]
As CTV News in Canada reported, the fifty-eight year old sailor was shot four times and his daughter was robbed. Myda was rescued by an oil tanker traveling from Honduras and she was brought to Belize. She was interviewed by local authorities on Saturday and left from the PGIA on Sunday for Canada. News Five’s […]
While BSI will be receiving the ten million dollar bailout, the situation in the Commercial Free Zone remains grave for businesses that have been unable to make deposits in US dollars. An emergency meeting was held last Friday evening between government, Central Bank and Free Zone officials but the situation persists tonight, and if it […]
Conventional wisdom has it that the incumbent is hard to beat. And so it was on Sunday when Carlos Perdomo, the Minister that was challenged by a relatively new comer in the UDP’s Caribbean Shores convention, won hands down for a second term in a relatively short campaign. Perdomo, who was moved as minister of […]
Remember that huge bust at Pinks Alley on November twenty-fourth when police discovered a cache of computers and electronics that were believed to be stolen? Well, the cops’ suspicions were confirmed late last week when a report was made that the now defunct CLICO Bahamas Office on North Park Street was burglarized in November. The […]
Still on the topic of stolen items, police have recovered two flat screen TVs and other electronics believed to be the loot from a burglary on Friday afternoon. The two suspects made their getaway in a Toyota car, but ended up in an accident on the Hattieville/Boom road. The car lost control as it sped […]
Two deadly firearms and a Guatemalan national were taken into police custody on Saturday. The first weapon was found during a search at a property on Jane Usher Boulevard at around nine a.m. Cops found a point three-fifty-seven revolver, but no one was in the area so the gun was taken in and labeled as […]
Two women were arraigned today for Theft. A sanitation worker, Shirley Arnold, was also charged with aggravated assault upon Walter Campos, the proprietor of Nutri Natura. Campos reported to the police that last Saturday, two women entered his business, one took a yellow blouse and a blue jacket from a hanger, put it in her […]
Gimme Five is this station’s signature anniversary show. All of last week, our lucky viewers were walking away with fabulous prizes to mark our nineteenth anniversary. As the anticipation built up for the final night, the prizes and cash increased. This year, there were three grand prizes for the persons who answered Gimme Five when […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to Sports Monday. The new cycling calendar as presented by the Belize Cycling Association got off with a bang yesterday as the 50 mile Alpheus Williams HIV Classic reigned supreme on the Western Highway with all the big guns out to make the point that they’ll be ready […]
