We start the news tonight with the story that a US tourist died during a snorkeling trip today offshore Belize City. The cruise tourist, fifty-nine year old Dianna Lynn Meschling, was reportedly part of a group that went to Goff’s Caye for on a tour. Police are at this hour taking statements from the others […]
A major decision has been made by Cabinet in respect of oil exploration. In our newscast on Tuesday we reported that members of COLA, FECTAB, BGYEA and environmentalists had camped out in front of the Prime Minister’s Belmopan office. They remained there during the night calling on the government to refrain from approving further licenses […]
Earlier we told you about the government’s decision to save one point four million acres of the sea from further oil exploration licenses. While COLA raised awareness on the issue of oil drilling in the reef, its advocacy partner OCEANA has been prepping for upcoming events in the United States. OCEANA Vice President for Belize, […]
An ambulance was called to the Antelope Street area this afternoon. Neighbors responded to the frantic call of a mother whose young daughter was being attacked by a family dog. The young child, Carla Cardinez, was bitten on the neck and head and had to be rushed to the hospital. It is not known why […]
The Beechcraft 65 airplane with registration XBLRP that took off from the Philip Goldson International Airport on Saturday morning left a trail of smoke and doubt about how it left Belize’s airspace without clearance. Who were the pilots? Were their identities known to the people who handed over the craft? There are more questions than […]
Government has agreed not to re-issue any oil concession in the area that has been given up by OPIC, the Taiwanese state owned company. It is some progress but there are larger environmental threats ahead both offshore and onshore since seventeen licenses have been issued. On Tuesday we asked our viewers if they supported the […]
On January twenty-fifth, Justice Denys Barrow announced his sudden resignation from the Court of Appeal. The reason he advanced was that he was going back to private practice because his pension had not been forthcoming. He also disclosed that he was suing the government of St Lucia for refusing to pay the pension benefits that […]
The planned demonstration by handicraft vendors outside the craft market in the tourism zone did not proceed today because a meeting between their union President and the Belize Tourism Board on Tuesday evening looks promising. Last December when the F.S.T.V. was zoned, they were relocated by the Belize Tourism Board inside the market, formerly the […]
The boss of Las Vegas Casino in Corozal and three of his security guards were detained in Chetumal and sentenced to ten years in Mexican prison following a brawl that started at the casino and ended up across the border back in July 2008. George Hardie Junior and one of his guards, David Gomez were […]
Just over a year ago, Special Constable John Myvett, was on duty at the Belize City Magistrates Court when Keon Williams, also known as Gambis, was denied bail on a charge of Committing an Unnatural Crime against a fourteen year old boy. But Williams never made the trip to Hattieville and later alleged that he […]
It has been a little over three and a half months since Hurricane Richard ravaged parts of central Belize leaving in its wake a number of displaced families and millions of dollars in losses. While the National Emergency Management Organization in tandem with the Belize Red Cross have managed to address the immediate needs of […]
Despite some apprehension when the donation was first offered last year, there is now the opportunity for specialized treatment at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital for patients with heart conditions. The hospital today officially received a cardiac catheterization lab as part of a Central American project by the Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute. The equipment […]
KTV Latino lived up to its reputation as the most caliente show in town. In the first round of competition in Season Two, seven hopefuls belted out a wide repertoire of mostly new Latin releases from all time favorite Shakira to Los Tericolas. The opening number for the evening was reserved for reigning champion Ismael […]
