A house fire broke out at G.S. Street off Jane Usher Boulevard; normally the story is about a family that needs a place to stay since beds and furniture are often lost. But sadly this fire ended tragically for an elderly woman. Eighty-one year old Olivia Supal lived alone in a small green wooden two […]
Cooler heads prevailed today and a scheduled shutdown of butane depots did not take place after all. Instead four major importers, Grupo Tomza, Z Gas, Western Gas Company and Belize Gas Company met with the Belize Natural Energy and government representatives. This follows a meeting in Cabinet on Tuesday where it was agreed that the […]
Mark King, the former Belize City Councilor who got into trouble with his own party, may be in the U.D.P.’s bad books once again. King was out of the spotlight and could not participate in the last Belize City Council elections because he was sanctioned for talking boldly about the problems of mismanagement and corruption […]
The debate on the retail of butane gas is raging. So does the public prefer to purchase butane directly from B.N.E. or the importers? The difference is over the price which can be had from B.N.E. for at least thirty percent cheaper. On our poll, by a wide margin most consumers prefer to get their […]
Arguments in two appeal cases on the nationalization of Telemedia continued today. British Caribbean Bank and former BTL Chairman Dean Boyce filed suit against the Attorney General and the Minister of Public Utilities. The BC Bank and Boyce are challenging a July 2010 ruling by Justice Oswell Legall that government’s compulsory acquisition of BTL was […]
Oceana has scored a major victory in its battle to preserve the Barrier Reef. There have been about seventeen companies which have been granted concessions to explore for oil on land as well as deep in our terrestrial waters. But today the N.G.O. announced that the second largest holder of a concession has backed off […]
Orlando Wade, a thirty-two year old Sandhill resident, was convicted of murder last Monday and reappeared in court today for sentencing. And it wasn’t good news for Wade because Justice Adolph Lucas decided on a sentence of life imprisonment. Attorney Kevin Arthurs had asked for mercy on Wade’s behalf, requesting a sentence less than twenty […]
A Honduran babysitter has been fined ten thousand dollars for three marijuana plants. On September third last year, the eighteen year old baby sitter, Absternia Alvarez, was accused of cultivating marijuana after police found three weed plants at her Antelope Street home. Police say that when they went to her house to execute a search […]
A twelve year old and four other occupants of a house on Castle Street were arraigned in court today. The minor, a standard six student was emotional throughout the proceedings. Early this morning, police searched the home of Belize City nurse Judith Rocke. The search yielded a nine millimeter pistol and thirteen live rounds of […]
The Belize Council for the Visually Impaired recently lost its Gabourel Lane Office in a fire that is suspected to have been arson and now they’ve suffered another hit. “Stealing from blind children” is how the B.C.V.I. is describing a break-in at their office on the lower flat of the Red Cross Building. Equipment and […]
Doctor Wyckoff claims Mar also facilitated land purchases on his behalf, but when he checked with the Lands Department, all the properties were bought in Mar’s name. He told News Five today he feels embarrassed for letting himself be fooled for almost ten years. Dr. Robert Wyckoff “Mr. Hector is claiming that he built a […]
Jose Cruz, the kidney patient and activist, had a dream for all who bore the same illness. He did not live to see that dream turn into a reality. Cruz wanted better facilities and treatment for kidney patients suffering from renal failure. The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is now the portal through which his dream […]
KTV Latino opened with a bang on Tuesday night at the Bliss Centre. The crowd began gathering from as early as seven o’clock for the opening of Season two of the most spectacular show for lovers of Latin music and it didn’t disappoint. Others that did not make it to the Bliss, viewed it in […]
