Norwegian Cruise Line’s fifty million U.S. dollar investment is facing one more objection, but it’s not because of the location of the project or the possible effects on overnight cruise tourism. One of the attraction’s of the projects as it turns out is objectionable to one of the cultures expected to be highlighted on the […]
An amicable solution to an ongoing crisis within the Christian Workers Union has been met, following a lengthy discussion this afternoon with representatives of the nine entities that comprise the association. The union, led by President Antonio Gonzalez, sat down with its membership, in the presence of Labor Commissioner Ivan Williams, to iron out a […]
Chief Shop Steward Basil Brannon, who represents employees of the Central Bank of Belize, also agrees that it is time for the Christian Workers Union to revamp its administration. While he remains optimistic that change will come, Brannon admits that a forensic audit of the union’s expenditure over the past ten years may not be […]
All institutions registered with the Christian Workers Union were present at the meeting at the Labour Department this evening. The most vocal participant is union firebrand Dion Pitter, who has arguably been the driving force which led to today’s intervention. Pitter today told the media that despite arriving at an agreeable outcome, it is time […]
There is a disturbing report tonight that a three month old baby has died under suspicious circumstances following his death. While it was not reported in the police blotter, News Five understands that police visited the home of Warren Roches Senior on Cleghorn Street in Belize City where they saw the lifeless body of his […]
Sometime around four-fifteen, a crew of construction workers was on the rooftop of Sunset Suite located at the end of Barrier Reef Drive in downtown San Pedro. Apparently a zinc hit one of the high tension wires of B.E.L. Residents in the area say that after being violently shocked, a construction worker fell from the […]
There are some major political rumblings that have already began to play out on the National House of Assembly floor. During last week’s meeting of parliament, Minister Michael Finnegan attempted to chastise former Prime Minister Said Musa for considering a possible return of Cordel Hyde to the People’s United Party. It was Finnegan who once […]
The murder rate may be down but instances senseless violence continues in some communities. A well known senior citizen of Orange Walk Town was viciously attacked by two persons, including a minor. Duane Moody headed to Sugar City to unravel the circumstances that led to the multiple injuries of a man over seventy years old. […]
There is also news of a political nature, rising in the capital. It doesn’t involve the politics of the two main parties, but instead body politics. If you’ve been following the anti-Gender Policy marches and rallies held across the country, then you’ve probably seen community activist Patrick Menzies on the front lines. The very vocal […]
Belize Can marches on the National Assembly at eight-thirty Tuesday morning and at eleven, heads over to the University of Belize to send a similar message to the leaders of that institution. According to Menzies, insider information is that UB now features a gender department, and that’s the reason for taking the protest. So what […]
A domestic dispute in the village of Camalote in the Cayo District almost turned deadly on Saturday. At about six thirty that evening Police were called out to Sirenita’s Bar after reports of a shooting. When they arrived at the scene they observed a man later identified as Roberto Castellanos walking away carrying what appeared […]
Police reports are sketchy, but tonight there is information that an unidentified resident of San Ignacio Town was robbed over the weekend. The robbery allegedly occurred on Friday at around three twenty-five in the morning, when the man told Police he was awakened by a noise coming from a trailer office in his yard. The […]
The owner of a bar in Belize City is out on bail after he was charged for assaulting a special constable. Twenty-nine year old Lennox Stevens appeared before Magistrate Leslie Hamilton today and was read two charges – one for assaulting a police officer and another for using threatening words. It is alleged that on […]
The court was also the setting of an emotional farewell. A Belize City woman today made the public outcry after she was remanded on firearm charges. Thirty-nine year old Carolee Jean Rhaburn appeared today before Magistrate Leslie Hamilton and was charged for one count of drug trafficking, one count of keeping an unlicensed firearm and […]
They have been recognized internationally by CONCACAF and FIFA for integrity during the recent Gold Cup…and this past weekend Team Belize’s Ian Gaynair and Woodrow West also received the Eagle Award for integrity and sportsmanship. The recognition was bestowed by Galen University during its graduation ceremonies, and acknowledges the character of both men for refusing […]
It was a big weekend for Galen, as on the heels of graduation the university also welcomed back its triumphant heroes, the Galen Eagles. The well regarded basketball team just returned from a tournament in Bacalar in which it trashed its competition and emerged victorious. And if that isn’t enough good news for Galen, the […]
While the Belize Jaguars’ inaugural trip to CONCACAF’s annual Gold Cup Competition in July was somewhat disappointing, the under-fifteen delegation currently competing in a regional championship tournament in the Cayman Islands has fared off much better. Despite falling to Guatemala one-nil on Sunday, the baby Jaguars have been holding their own defeating Jamaica by an […]
The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre has launched a four year multi-million dollar regional energy efficiency project. The U.S. twelve point four million dollars Energy for Sustainable Development in Caribbean Buildings Project, which is jointly funded by a grant from the Global Environment Facility, the CCCCC and five CARICOM countries, seeks to reduce greenhouse gas […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. There’s a new spirit prevailing inside the Cycling Community as the Belize Cycling Association heads into the 1st General Election for the National Body on Saturday, August 25th at 2 p.m. inside the University of the West Indies Open Campus here in Belize City. We […]
