In the wake of Tropical Depression Two, there have been reports of flooding in various parts of the country, particularly the low-lying areas within the Stann Creek and Toledo districts. While flood waters are receding in other parts, the village of Jordan, a relatively small community of fifty families in Toledo, is currently inundated. Access […]
Belize Electricity Limited held its annual general meeting on Thursday night at the Biltmore Plaza. About two-thirds of shareholders attended the event. B.E.L.’s Board of Directors declared a dividend of five cent per share for the 2012 financial year. In January 2013, the PUC approved a sixteen point eight per cent increase in electricity rates, […]
What is of interest to most customers is that B.E.L. hopes to reduce cost of power from CFE by ten percent by the end of July. The electricity company is seeking to get more reliable and reasonably cost power. B.E.L. is working along with the Public Utilities Commission to issue an R.F.P. over the next few […]
Summer break for schools is almost upon us, but one unfortunate primary school student may be out of school for quite some time. A near-fatal hit and run accident in Belize City sometime after two o’clock today has landed a child inside the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, where he is receiving medical attention for severe […]
Preliminary results of the April 2013 Labor Force Survey conducted by the Statistical Institute of Belize show that the national unemployment rate has decreased. Compared to 2012, the rate has gone from fourteen point four percent to twelve point one percent. This represents a fall in the number of persons without a job from about […]
Public consultation on the proposed Stake Bank and North Drowned Caye development projects, multi-million dollar tourism endeavors to be undertaken by the Feinstein Group, was held on Wednesday in Belize City. Since the meeting a number of private citizens and environmental organizations have raised concerns about the physical impact such an initiative would have on […]
Earlier in the week, we told you about Puerto Azul, a project proposed by an Italian group that would cost hundreds of millions of dollars. It would be more massive in comparison to the Norwegian Cruise Line Project or the Stake Bank Project that are both currently being dismissed by environmentalists and tourism industry stakeholders […]
Environmentalists are not only battling developments on land, they are also combating projects on the sea. Oceana and its partners COLA and the Belize Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage lost a significant battle today when Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin granted government’s application for a stay of execution on an injunction by Justice Legall. Chief […]
While Matura-Shepherd remains outwardly optimistic, she admits that the judgment of Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin is disappointing. And while both sides remained cordial as they filed out of court today, comments Matura-Shepherd and Barrow gave to the media made it clear that it is going to be an all out war. Audrey Matura-Shepherd, Vice […]
While they pour over the paperwork, a group of enterprising Belizeans are happy to take home the paper that deemed them to be qualified. Belizean tour guides Deland Gongora and Leticia Magana, both employed by Calypso Train Tours, are the first to be internationally recognized for the knowledge, experience and standard of professionalism they displayed […]
Just hours after thirty-seven year old Jerome Lamb was released from the Belize Central Prison where he had served three months following a domestic dispute, he was back in Police custody and facing charges for willful trespassing. The new charge arose from an incident where Lamb allegedly trespassed in the home of his common-law wife […]
A mother and daughter who got into an altercation with another woman might think twice before getting in another fight. Twenty-year old Tiffara Meggs appeared before Magistrate Adolph Lucas where she was charged with one count of common assault allegedly committed on Doris Guzman. She pleaded not guilty and was given bail in the sum […]
Earlier in the news we told you about the flood waters in Jordan Village. Tropical Depression Two made landfall in southern Belize near Monkey River on Monday evening and with it came a torrent that threatened to wash away crops and livestock in the area. For residents who sought refuge at the designated shelters, life […]
Dangriga Town, as well as Hope Creek and Sarawee, experienced some effects of TD2. The waters have receded, allowing the Emergency Operations Center to conduct an evaluation of the damage caused. Today News Five spoke to retired Major Gilbert Swaso, Mayor of Dangriga Town and Chairman of NEMO Dangriga. He told us that a preliminary […]
North of the border, the meeting of Foreign Ministers from Central America, Colombia, Domincan Republic and Mexico was held today in city of San Cristobal de las Casas in the Mexican state of Chiapas. The meeting is being held under the theme, “Mexico and Central America, a renewed relationship.” Mexican Foreign Minister, Jose Antonio Meade […]
Political parties may divide but sports always unite a country. Today extraordinary and talented youths took part in the opening of the national primary school volleyball championships. Duane Moody joined the youths as they spiked their points over the nets at Birds Isle and Belize Elementary School. Duane Moody, Reporting Boys and girls from […]
