Government has confirmed that it will be entering into a binding agreement with Norwegian Cruise Lines for a fifty million dollar tourism development at Harvest Caye. But there’s another tourism project which is likely to stir controversy because it involves the construction of a causeway which is believed will affect the Swallow Caye Reserve, which […]
The Stake Bank Project is on the environmental table for dissection and analysis. But while the NCL project proposed for Harvest Caye in the south is very much in the headlines, it hasn’t even officially reached that point yet. And when it does, it seems that the process will be expedited, since an Environmental Impact […]
As we reported on Monday, a team of journalists and videographers from various media houses was given an exclusive tour of the Sarstoon-Temash National Park over the weekend. The purpose of the visit was to experience firsthand ongoing exploratory work conducted by U.S. Capital Energy in the vicinity of the protected area. The two-day trip […]
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Police are investigating the death of a Sand Hill resident that occurred sometime after eight p.m. on Monday. While there appears to be telltale signs of a suicide, Ladyville Police are waiting for the result of a post mortem on the body on twenty-nine year old Emir Bailey to determine whether or not he was […]
Since suffering a crushing defeat at the hands of Cuba during the Jaguars’ do or die match in the recent CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament, nothing has been heard from head coach Ian Mork. In the days following Belize’s debut in the annual competition, speculations were that Mork would not be returning to coach the national […]
But there is good news in volleyball and basketball. In Guatemala City today, the Under-twenty female national volleyball team beat El Salvador in three sets to one…that places Belize six points ahead and keeps the team in the running and within reach of a medal. In today’s came Kevanna Sebastian led team Belize with twenty-points […]
A Belize City construction worker is on remand tonight for the offense of Burglary. Forty-one year old Daun Anthony Myers is accused of burglarizing the house of Cannon Leroy Flowers located on North Front Street. Allegations are that Myers entered Cannon Flowers house and stole jewellery amounting to a value of one thousand seven hundred […]
Thirty-five year old Jose Ricardo Hernandez, a driver and resident of Muhammadali Street in Belize City was also remanded to the Belize Central Prison this evening after he was slapped with a single charge of Aggravated Assault upon Aris Serrano, a bus driver. Hernandez appeared before Magistrate Leslie Hamilton and was read a single […]
Police are also looking for the owners of a large quantity of drugs which were found on Monday. Acting on information received, San Ignacio cops visited an open lot on Back Street. There they found one plastic bag and two crocus sacks containing suspected cannabis. The drugs weighed in at a little over eighty pounds […]
San Ignacio Police are looking for the rightful owner of several ink cartridges, an HP mini-printer, a play station remote control and a digital power capacitor. The items were recovered during a recent operation and Police believe that they might have been stolen from residents in the area. The owner is asked to report to […]
On September eighth Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley and his team will reach the halfway point in their three year term. For residents of the Old Capital that eighteen months has been characterized by unprecedented infrastructural development. And that development has been matched only by unprecedented traffic congestion, inconvenience and frustration. Still, there has been […]
Believe it or not, eighty-six streets have been cemented or paved since the Belize City Infrastructure Project got under way. The Mayor promised one hundred, and that is a goal he plans to reach. To do so he has to put a great deal of faith in the contractors doing the work…and like everything else…that […]
Salud Mesoamerica 2015, a regional health initiative being carried out by the Inter-American Development Bank with funding from a number of charitable organizations, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, met with Ministry of Health officials in Belize recently. The purpose of the program is to improve access, usage and quality of maternal, infant, child […]
The carnival this year clashes with the Expo Market place organized by the Belize Chamber of Commerce and industry. Both events attract huge crowds and are popular events in the September celebrations calendar. But tonight, Mas Camp 2013 gets underway. It is a prelude to the Carnival Road March which takes place on September fourteenth […]
The Guyanese famed El Dorado rum is making its debut in the Belize market. The rum is being imported into Belize by Grace Kennedy which today organized a training for bartenders at Club Calypso in Belize City. That session will be followed by others in San Pedro and Cayo. Duane Moody caught up with the […]
The September calendar is traditionally packed with a host of activities that range from concerts to carnival to official ceremonies. Just about everyone will find some activity to attend. Over the weekend, the official re-opening of Memorial Park was followed by the Village Arts and Craft Expo at what is now called the Fort Point […]
