The area of the Raccoon Street Extension is quickly becoming a hotspot in the south side of Belize City. Four shootings, three of which ended in murder, have occurred in that area in the past two weeks. It started with the shooting of PIV leader, Edwin “Drive” Flowers, on Neal Penn Road extension. While he […]
A daring mid-morning robbery during which a Bowen & Bowen delivery truck was held up in the Lake Independence Area, but instead of money, the robbers went after the service weapon of the security escort. Shortly before eleven o’clock, a routine delivery came under assault when a gunman emerged on the scene and jacked the […]
Twenty-three-year-old Jamal Ariola, an inmate of the Belize Central Prison, was the victim of a stabbing incident on Wednesday morning when a fellow prisoner stabbed him multiple times with a shiv. At around ten a.m., while conversing with twenty-year-old Giovanni Ramirez in the prison yard, Ariola says he felt a sharp pain on the left […]
The Ariel Rosado Memorial Education Foundation prided itself on Wednesday when it granted thirty scholarships to deserving students. But an internal problem at the Foundation has gone public and the situation is likely to get nastier. Doctor Alvaro Rosado, President of the Foundation named after his deceased son Ariel, told the media that a co-founder […]
Sanchez Senior also provided copies of two cheques that were deposited into Alvaro Rosado’s personal account and showed some receipts to substantiate payments made without his knowledge. While the Sanchez’s have been invited to view an audit report on the foundation’s finances, Sanchez Senior says that he is not interested. The matter is before the […]
Today, the Belize Biltmore Plaza was the site of a very high-profile, high-powered economic forum, under the theme – Strengthening Partnership for Growth. It’s the third of its kind, an initiative to strengthen the collaboration between the public and private sectors in Belize. Industry stakeholders, big business operators, bankers, financial experts, entrepreneurs and government officials […]
The latest statistics on unemployment in Belize, released a few weeks ago by the Statistical Institute, shows an increase in joblessness in the districts. The only increase in employment was in Belize City, a result of the ongoing city infrastructure projects. The dialogue between the public and private sectors is focused on driving the economy […]
In January 2014 the Occupational Safety and Health Bill was tabled in the House of Representatives. For the unions who pushed the bill, the road was a long one, and success was hard fought. But the fight isn’t over yet. The bill is focused on the safety and protection of workers, and the reality is […]
The Belize Sugar Industries Ltd. and the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association remain at odds over the proceeds of bagasse which is being used by BELCOGEN to generate the energy being sold to Belize Electricity Limited. An interim agreement, which was met by both parties on January thirteenth, expired a week ago. The objective of […]
A meeting of the B.S.C.F.A. will be convened on Sunday, when the membership will decide on the proposal offered by B.S.I. Meanwhile, Carballo told News Five today that once B.S.C.F.A. agrees to the terms laid down before them, B.S.I. is prepared make an initial payment for the 2013-2014 crop season which came to a close […]
There’s good news coming out of the tourism industry tonight. According to the latest figures from the B.T.B., overnight and cruise arrivals have gone up in every month this year compared to 2013. Overnight arrivals from January to June 2014 went up from one hundred and sixty-six thousand, three hundred and five to one hundred […]
Assistant Commissioner of Police Dezerie Phillips is the second woman to take the helm of the Eastern Division. Her new posting was announced last week, and she joined fellow officers who received promotions at Wednesday’s ceremony. It’s a difficult job, but nothing new to Phillips who has been second in command at the Eastern Division […]
Wednesday’s acquittal of Renan Briceño Junior for the murder of Dale Tillett was followed today by the acquittal of forty year old Andres Bol. Bol was set free by Justice Denis Hanomansingh in the Dangriga session of the Supreme Court. He was accused of chopping up Luis Maas in June 2011 in Cow Pen Village. […]
The Adventures of Herbert, the Hickatee is the newest publication to be released by a local author. Gianni Martinez is a teacher in Belize City. Her story centers on the many obstacles a turtle has to endure before getting to a comfortable place. Martinez started the project in 2012 and was on hand today when […]
The Belize Solid Waste Management Project is in full swing at the moment. It addresses various processes, including the creation of waste, collection, transfer and disposal, as well as the reprocessing and treatment of waste. Since its implementation mid-2013, the western corridor of the country has been retrofitted with transfer stations and also a state-of-the-art […]
Roxana Alcoser is well-known for her melodious voice; she sings with the popular family band Super Furia from Orange Walk Town. The band has released hit songs on patriotism during the National September Celebrations. But this year, Roxy has an early release of a music video on an issue that many people will at some […]
There aren’t statistics available in Belize about how often women develop gestational diabetes. In the US, though, it is estimated that as many as one in ten women will develop this condition. The main population affected is women of African and Hispanic descent. This would mean that based on our ethnicities, Belizean women are at […]
