There is growing criticism and unease to the proposed Ninth Amendment to the constitution which the Bar Association says it will likely challenge in the courts. There are ninety days in which public consultations are required before the proposal goes back to the House for approval, but the topic is already getting a great deal […]
A Belama resident succumbed to head injuries early Monday morning after being bashed on the head with a blunt object that is yet to be identified. It would follow that it is a case of murder. But the prime suspect has been charged with Manslaughter. He is twenty-eight year old Marlon Woods, who faces the […]
In the Supreme Court, the last murder trial with jury concluded today since trials without juries are now in effect. The Parham cousins, who were accused of the murder of Orlando Montero aka “Vega,” are free men tonight. Vega died after a July tenth altercation that occurred as he stepped off a bus destined for […]
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There is significant progress to report on tonight in football. A delegation from FIFA concluded a second round of meetings with representatives from the Ministry of Sports and the Football Federation of Belize earlier this evening. The big news to come out of that meeting is that the embattled president of the F.F.B., Dr. Bertie […]
Discussions on football are ongoing, but basketball continues to bounce its way to the future. The Under Seventeen national team has been selected and on Monday the youths left for Puerto Rico to participate in the Centro Basket U17 Championship Tournament. According to President of the Belize Basketball Association, Paul Thompson, eight countries are participating […]
The Under Seventeen basketball team returns to Belize next week Monday. The boys aren’t the only athletes who are making an impression on their Central American counterparts. The Central American Female under Eighteen Volleyball Championship gets underway in Costa Rica this Wednesday, August third to the tenth. The girls range in ages from twelve to […]
Now back to the proposed ninth amendment. On Open your Eyes this morning, Hubert Elrington questioned the wisdom of his younger brother, Sedi, the current Foreign Minister whose defense of the proposed ninth amendment is that supremacy is in the hands of the people. Precisely, that the parliament has unlimited power to change the laws […]
Hubert Elrington also says that the idea that government can protect utilities is illusionary since in an economic meltdown, the financial institutions would require their immediate privatization. Hubert Elrington, Attorney “Let’s say this country gets into a depression and we need help from the World Bank, we need help from the IMF; the first thing […]
The National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) has issued two advisories today for residents of the south. Torrential rains have affected several low-lying communities in the Toledo District including the villages of Golden Stream, Aguacate, Blue Creek Jordan and Bladen, which are tonight a few feet under water. Approximately fifteen homes in Golden Stream have been […]
It is the end of an era for one of the most popular radio stations in the Jewel. So, for the thousands who have kept their dial on 99.1 FM, there is nostalgia in the air. The British Forces Broadcasting Station will cease broadcast at the end of the week. BATSUB is downsizing and the […]
On Thursday the Institute of Mexico will open an exhibition titled ‘Cinco Mas Uno’. The exhibition, which will feature the work of six distinguished Mexican artists, will showcase contemporary and abstract pieces painted in the past year. Press Officer for the Mexican Embassy, Marcelino Miranda, says that the pieces depict the colorful histories of the […]
Over the last two weeks over fifteen Belize City youths attended a workshop on documentary storytelling. International filmmakers, The Fantauzzi Brothers, who are here on their annual pilgrimage, trained the youths in various aspects of filmmaking, from narrative development and cinematography to editing. Today, the aspiring filmmakers screened their individual projects. News Five caught up […]
It’s another sold out show as the contestants on KTV Duets are bringing out fans and supporters from all corners of the country to enjoy the live performances of original or karaoke songs. Tonight the Group B duos will take center stage as they compete to stay in the race for the most popular television […]
