Just before four-thirty this evening, fire destroyed a home at number one forty four Allenby Street in Belize City. There were three structures in the corner lot, including the two-storey wooden and cement building, which housed Wingan Shop. News Five understands that the blaze started somewhere in the upper flat of the building. Residents of […]
A historic vote took place at the Organization of American States in Washington. Belize’s Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, Ambassador Nestor Mendez, who is also accredited to the US State Department is the new Assistant Secretary-General to the O.A.S., following elections held this afternoon. Mendez contested against Permanent Representative of Guyana to […]
Following a massive loss in municipal elections, the executive and key players in the P.U.P. have been circling the wagons around embattled leader Francis Fonseca. And today, in culmination of that defensive manoeuvre, the executive, standard bearers and the Parliamentary Caucus of the Party met to endorse Fonseca’s leadership, unanimously. The announcement was made after […]
Executive members, parliamentarians and standard bearers today, but former Party Leader John Briceño was conspicuously absent. Briceño, last Friday, very publicly, supported the call for a national convention of the P.U.P., though he has not gone so far as to say he would throw his hat in the ring. Since there won’t be any contested […]
There has been some criticism of the party for its refusal to let go of certain persons considered the old guard. But if you expected any mass jettisoning or serious shakeup, it didn’t happen – because, says the Campaign Manager, the P.U.P. is a party of inclusion. Godfrey Smith, Campaign Manager, P.U.P. “If you […]
The driver of vehicle involved in a traffic accident that occurred last year was taken to court on Tuesday. Raul Magana Junior was behind the wheel of his SUV that overturned on the George Price Highway. His common-law wife and son both died, but tonight there is more to the story. In a most unusual […]
Belize has a healthy jaguar population in the region with an estimated five hundred jaguars; however, they are considered to be threatened and are on the decline internationally. But in rural Belize, Jaguars have been wreaking havoc. In Crooked Tree, Belize District, the protected animals have been killing livestock on which the livelihood of farmers […]
Eleven year old Austin Olivera Junior remains comatose at the K.H.M.H. after he was knocked down by a tour van around eight a.m. on Tuesday morning at mile eight and a half on the Phillip Goldson Highway. Olivera Junior was in front of Sky City Supermarket in Ladyville when the incident occurred. The student of […]
Tonight, as we promised, we take another look at the 2015/2016 budget, scheduled to be debated on the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh. In the preface to his presentation, Prime Minister Barrow made it clear that he would be coming back to the House to seek more money, since in preparing the estimates they could not possibly […]
Lizarraga also lashed out at what he says is irresponsible and short-sighted spending, rather than any attempt at prudent fiscal management. He says that it’s not sustainable, and in the end, it is the taxpayers who will bear the brunt of that exorbitant spending. Mark Lizarraga, Senator, Business Sector “This budget speaks to spending […]
In the budget, there is much focus on infrastructure, and it goes hand in hand with an unprecedented infrastructure spurt in all municipalities, with the promise of more to come. That all looks good on the ground, but Lizarraga says none of it is sustainable – certainly not the five thousand new short term jobs […]
Attorneys concluded arguments today at the Caribbean Court of Justice on behalf of the governments of Belize and Trinidad and Tobago. Jamaican gay rights activist, Maurice Tomlinson, is challenging the immigration laws of both countries on the grounds that the laws prohibit the entry of homosexuals. Tomlinson is claiming that by denying him entry, his […]
In the local courts, an alleged domestic dispute between a woman and her ex-boyfriend has resulted in charges against the woman. It comes on the heels of the arraignment of Shannon Smith for stabbing her alleged lover at Mahogany Heights. Today, twenty year old Shanice Waller, a resident of Custard Apple Street, Belize City, was […]
If you heard about the Santander Group before, the parent company of Green Tropics, it may have had to do with dredging within the Labouring Creek Jaguar Corridor Wildlife Sanctuary or the alleged spraying of crops in the Valley of Peace area. Today, it is a very different story because Santander invited the media to […]
And this piece of regional news….The Summit of the Americas will be held this year in Panama on the eleventh and twelfth of April. It is deemed a historic meeting because for the first time, the Cuba will be allowed to participate following a proposed lift to the embargo between that country and the United […]
Tonight, we bring you the plight of Carlton Nicholas, who is in dire need of financial assistance to defray the cost of his medical treatment. He is afflicted with skin cancer and has to seek specialist attention in Merida. Earlier today we spoke with Nicholas’ common-law wife, Elizabeth Smith, who is appealing to the public […]
