There’s a crisis looming for small boat operators in cruise tourism. We can confirm tonight that an exclusive contract to a foreign owned company can wipe out local tenders who ferry visitors to and from Norwegian, Carnival and Royal Caribbean cruise ships. That’s because, as we told you on Monday night, the three cruise lines […]
The National Transport debacle is now in its sixth week. The bus company went into receivership late last year and its assets were repossessed the owners, Tony and David, were way behind in bank payments, as much as two years. Just before the Christmas break, the Labour Department could only account for eighty-three employees out […]
The government embargo against Channel Five has been lifted. That was the only item in an official statement coming from Cabinet which met in a regular session today. According to the release from the Office of the Prime Minister, “Cabinet has agreed to lift the ban and reinstate normal relations with Great Belize Productions/Channel Five […]
After a hiatus during the holidays, we start the year with an issue affecting the daily lives of Belizeans from all walks of life; the exorbitant prices of fuel that have spiked well past the ten dollar mark. Back in March 2009, when a dollar tax was introduced the Prime Minister promised he would remove […]
Earlier we told you about the uncertainty facing the employees of the National Transport, but that’s not the only trouble in the bus industry. In the City, the well known Lopez shuttle, owned and operated by Carlos Lopez, is suffering its own woes. Lopez claims he is being boxed out of a bus route he […]
In the south, a police officer in Independence Village stands accused of terrorizing the family of Richard Logan on New Year’s night. The cop, Logan claims, was intoxicated and was looking for his nephew with whom he had a confrontation several months ago. The rampage started at the home of his niece, whose house was […]
Just hours before 2010 expired, a Belize City resident was cornered by three men and robbed. So far police have only nabbed one of the suspects and he was charged with Robbery of Paul Arzu. Today in the courtroom of Magistrate Emerson Banner, twenty-four year old Robert Tracey was charged with the crime. He pleaded […]
Who owns the weed? That was what Magistrate Aretha Ford had to determine in a case that concluded today. Police believe that ten pounds of marijuana found in a house on Raccoon Street belonged to Leila Marie Adolphus Williams, but she says not so. The forty-nine year old was charged with Drug Trafficking and Possession […]
On Monday night we heard the concerns that two attorneys raised over the new amendments to the Crime Control and Criminal Justice Act. Attorneys Dickie Bradley and Anthony Sylvestre say that the stringent law not only infringes on the rights of the accused, but also places a heavy burden on their family because meeting bail […]
The health sector received a substantial boost from Japan. The Ministry of Health was awarded a grant of six million dollars from the Japanese Social Development Fund. The funds are earmarked for a project on malnutrition in children under five years old. It is also expected to encourage healthy lifestyles for children five years and […]
Two appointments were announced today. The Ministry of Police and Public Safety has hired well known stage and radio personality, Raphael Martinez, as Public Relations Officer beginning January first. He will be responsible for all Public Relations duties of the Police Department, the National Forensic Science Service, the Belize Central Prisons and the Headquarters of […]
In culture capital Dangriga, the first ever Habinahan Wanaragua otherwise known as the Dance Jankunu Festival and Competition was held over the weekend. Seven of the top Jankunu groups in the south competed in the dance festival, giving the five judges a tough task to determine the best. At the close of the fest, Ligemeri […]
