A third confrontation between Belize Defense Force Soldiers and Guatemalan loggers in the past fourteen days took place on Thursday making the unwelcome intrusions into the vast expanse of the Chiquibul National Park, commonplace. The frequency with which border patrols have been threatened by the illegal tree cutters in the area, is also sounding alarm […]
There’s more opposition to the proposed ninth amendment to the constitution and its coming from the People’s United Party. The P.U.P. is the most recent organization to come out against the amendment. While the P.U.P. acknowledges the government’s power to entrench control of utilities in the constitution, it says that the remainder of the bill […]
In defense of the ninth amendment, the government this week released a series of ads attempting to change public opinion. But still, public concern grows. On Wednesday the business community also asked the government to withdraw the amendment. Today the President of the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kay Menzies, explained why the business […]
Still on the ninth amendment, we asked our viewers earlier this week: Do you agree that your rights are being eroded if constitutional amendments are unchallenged in the courts? The rejection of the proposed bill is evident in the results of our online poll. Seventy-four percent of the persons who voted said yes; that’s a […]
In June of this year the Investment Committee of the Social Security Board approved a fourteen point nine million dollar loan request by Nature Fresh Belize Limited. Nature Fresh is a company owned by the Mena Group which also owned Fresh catch, a tilapia farm that was taken over by its creditors last year. The […]
The office of the Prime Minister announced this afternoon that he will be traveling to Los Angeles, California on personal time. PM Dean Barrow leaves this Saturday and will be away for a week during which the DPM Gaspar Vega will be acting as prime minister. Barrow returns on the thirteenth.
Scouting has been around for decades; it is one of the oldest movements that started back in 1907 in the United Kingdom. In Belize, it is celebrating a century of existence this year. To mark the milestone, the local Scout Association is spending a week at Camp Oakley, its national training and camping ground. The […]
The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital this afternoon issued a release on its policies in respect of the morgue. Earlier this week, the family of Sydney Richards and Roy Enriquez complained that they had not been allowed to witness the autopsies conducted on the bodies of both men. Richards was shot and killed on the corner […]
On Thursday night we told you about the city’s latest murder and shooting. Soon after the newscast, another city resident was shot in the face and is still hospitalized tonight. Sometime after nine o’clock, twenty-three year old stevedore Troy Bowen, was socializing with a female on Black Orchid Street in the St Martin’s De Porres […]
Belize City patrol police stopped a robbery in progress on Thursday night and apprehended the assailants, one is sixteen years old and the other is seventeen. Around eight-thirty on Thursday night, twenty-six year old Yilan Guan, owner of ‘MK Fast Food’ was inside her business when two men entered and demanded money. Guan told police […]
Elsewhere in the City, the Gang Suppression Unit removed a twelve gauge shotgun loaded with ammo. The weapon was wrapped in a cloth in the lower flat of an abandoned building at Simon’s Alley. The GSU also found an additional round of twelve gauge cartridge in a plastic bag and a ski mask which the […]
Summer is winding down making way for the new academic year. The back to school prep work is not limited to parents and students; the educators also have their hands full getting ready to return to the classroom. Managers and teachers from IT-VET campuses across the country participated in a weeklong workshop in Belize City […]
The Lions Quest was piloted in Belize some six years ago and to date the program has been introduced to over sixty primary and high schools country-wide. Over fifteen teachers took part in the second of seven workshops that will be held in Belize City. The two day event focused on life skills training provided […]
It was announced two weeks ago that fifteen Belizeans were granted scholarships to pursue degrees at Mexico’s School for Technical Professional Studies (CONALEP). In return, twenty-five Mexican nationals have been awarded scholarships to study English at the University of Belize’s Regional Language Center in Belmopan. The students arrived on Wednesday and will be studying in […]
San Pedro has been overflowing with visitors for the past week since activities for the Costa Maya Festival began last weekend. But the most anticipated event is coming up within minutes and it will draw an even bigger crowd to La Isla Bonita. It’s the festival is the Reina De La Costa Maya Pageant. Eight […]
