It has been relative free of violent crimes in Corozal Town since the start of the year. But on Tuesday night, all that was shattered when a horrible murder took place, all the more shocking because a fifteen year old minor has handed himself in to the police. The minor, whose name is being withheld, […]
In the city, two persons were injured in separate, but related shootings this morning on Jane Usher Boulevard. Shamar Moore and Raheem Arnold were rushed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after gunmen opened fire on them. Moore and Arnold were reportedly in an altercation with their attackers earlier in the morning. Moments later, Arnold […]
Belize Telemedia Limited, a government-owned company, is under fire tonight, for a series of offensive ads that have been posted on social media. If you’re a subscriber of Facebook or Instagram and have followed Digicell’s page, then chances are you’ve probably seen a pair of posts that are very much open to discussion. The first […]
This time last year, the staff of Belize Maintenance Limited (BML) was protesting in front of City Hall; garbage was strewn across the street and the protestors were arrested by police. The workers were complaining that the City Council would not pay BML for its work and they were losing their jobs. The two sides […]
According to Bradley the Council has paid off what was outstanding to BML in terms of compensation for terminating the contract. He is not considering implementing a proposed ten dollars residential garbage fee floated as a partial response to the issue. There are enough revenues available, he said, to get the amount paid off. […]
Mayor Bradley also discussed the issue of trade licenses. Some Belize City businesses are reportedly thinking of moving outside of the Old Capital’s boundaries to Ladyville and Hattieville which are exempted from paying trade license fees. The city charges twenty-five percent of rental value by square foot annually which results in disproportionate payments and complaints. […]
In recent days, not much has been heard about the John McAfee, the eccentric millionaire who remains a person of interest in the murder his neighbour, Gregory Saul in San Pedro back in 2011. But on Sunday night, according to U.S. newspaper accounts, McAfee was arrested in Tennessee, where he has taken up residence. He […]
This afternoon, a sixteen year old minor was arraigned for Unlawful Sexual Intercourse at the Family Court. The minor was allegedly stabbed on Monday when the father caught him sexually assaulting his thirteen year old daughter. After receiving treatment, the underage boy was escorted to court for arraignment. No plea was taken from him, but he […]
The sugar crop got off to a rocky start but it is surely ending on a sweet note. This season, sugar production peaked to over one hundred and forty tones. The other good news is that there is also a record second payment which will have farmers fetch over twenty-one cents per ton of sugar […]
While cane farmers are enjoying the fruits of their labor for a bumper crop this season, come 2016 things will get a lot tougher, as sugar exported to the international market won’t be sold at preferential prices. It is a significant change that the Belize Sugar Cane Farmer Association is bracing for and projections for […]
It is budget season for the nine municipalities across the country, who feed in their requests to the Ministry of Local Government to be forwarded to the Ministry of Finance for inclusion in the annual National Budget due in March. The Ministry is teaming up with the Belize Mayors’ Association to offer a series of […]
Also participating were the local staff of the CARILED project which has been assisting various municipalities. Even with the largest revenue base of all the municipalities, Belize City still has its revenue stream problems. But according to Mayor Darrell Bradley, the coffers are healthy, if not swimming, and they are teaching their expertise to their […]
Two weeks ago, the staff of the national referral hospital went on a brief go-slow, canceling all referral services from the districts. That was called off after a meeting with the Board of Governors, a government negotiating team and staff representatives. Well today, the K.H.M.H. issued a statement saying that it suspending elective admissions to […]
As we told you earlier, the second murder for the Corozal district happened on Tuesday night in the Venezuelan Site area of the town. It is also the first murder to take place since the installation of a new commander at the precinct. Superintendent Dennis Arnold was transferred to the jurisdiction from Orange Walk effective […]
Today, the Diabetes Association was gifted with a donation valued at a little over three thousand dollars. Tropigas has partnered with the association before, so when the association went calling for help Tropigas answered in a big and meaningful way. News Five was at the handing over ceremony today. Andrea Polanco, Reporting The Belize […]
