Three Belize City residents are lucky to be alive tonight after a gunman opened fire at their vehicle on Maskall Street. And, if that street sounds familiar, the last time we visited the area was to cover the Christmas Eve murder of Darnell Puerto and the shooting of his friend Jehvon Ramclam. Last night’s attempted […]
A teenager is left hospitalized after being stabbed last night in Ladyville. According to police reports, around three thirty pm, a sixteen-year-old male and his friends were on their way home from school when they encountered a seventeen-year-old male on Marage Road. The youths allegedly got into an argument that quickly escalated and turned violent […]
Thirty-year-old Ignatius Williams has been sentenced to eight years and three months at the Belize Central Prison after being convicted of the rape of a woman back in August 2019. On Wednesday evening, Justice Candace Nanton delivered a sentence after Williams pleaded guilty to rape and sparing the victim from having to testify against him […]
Kenneth “Big Tom” Flowers has been convicted for possession of a pipe used for smoking crack cocaine. The well-known street figure appeared unrepresented in the Magistrate’s Court earlier today where he was read single charge of possession of a pipe. Flowers wasted no time and pleaded guilty to the offense. A non-custodial sentence in the […]
Santander wants in on the domestic sugar market, following the recent scarcity of plantation white sugar due to rampant contrabanding of this commodity into neighboring Mexico and Guatemala. In a press release issued by the company earlier today, it acknowledged that, “the decreased availability of sugar in our local market is a problem that Santander […]
According to Burke, Santander writes to the Government of Belize annually, requesting permission to enter the domestic market. The PR Manager went on to say that Belize, as the largest sugar producer in the Caribbean, should never run out of sugar for local consumption. On the Phone: Beverly Burke, PR Manager, Santander Sugar “On […]
As we’ve reported, the scarcity of particularly white sugar just prior to the Christmas holidays forced the government to issue a permit to A.S.R/B.S.I. to import sugar into the country to meet the demands. The problem arose out of the illegal contraband trade of sugar to neighbouring countries. When we met with him today, News […]
Earlier this month, Santander began harvesting sugar at the start of the 2024 crop. Unlike in the north, things went rather smoothly. The company shares its expectations for a productive season and is once again asking government to consider it as one of two major producers that can supply the local market with white and […]
The Minister of Agriculture, who played a major role in the recent negotiations between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and A.S.R/B.S.I., also came under a lot of heat during the days when the cane farmers protested. The leadership of the B.S.C.F.A. criticized the prime minister for an issue they felt was poorly handled. At […]
Downtown Belize just got a little more colorful with the opening of its newest addition, the Artisan Alley. The Belize Tourism Board, in partnership with the Belize City Council, has opened what they hope, will be a new hub of tourist activity in the city. Today, we attended the inauguration ceremony to hear what the […]
The tourism industry is perhaps as diverse as it is vulnerable. There is the potential for a marriage between tourism and entirely different industries and that is exactly what Belize is now contemplating. Today, the Minister of Agriculture, Jose Abelardo Mai, explained to reporters the possibility of Belize exploring agro-tourism. Jose Abelardo Mai, Minister […]
And while the government and the Ministry of Agriculture contemplate diversifying, one other area they are thinking to venture into is the production of African palm oil, particularly in southern Belize, which has seen farmers enter into coconut bi-products and grains. Jose Abelardo Mai, Minister of Agriculture “I believe that one other options is […]
The official opening of the newly rehabilitated access road to Valley of Peace community took place today. Funding for the four-point-five-mile gravel road project was provided by the Green Climate Fund and was done as part of the Resilient Rural Belize Project in the Ministry of Economic Development. The road serves a profoundly important purpose […]
The infrastructural upgrade at the portion of road and the river crossings near Sarteneja are progressing along as planned, with Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing officials estimating that about ninety percent of the work on one of the new bridges is completed. Today, Chief Engineer, Evondale Moody explained to News Five that by February, […]
The new Haulover Creek Bridge is nearing completion. Initially scheduled to be completed at the end of 2023, a new date has been set for the end of January. That is less than two weeks from today. The project began in October 2021. To date, ninety-five percent of the structure has been completed. Additionally, ninety-two […]
According to Moody, on January twenty-fifth, the old Haulover Creek Bridge will be closed. He explained that the closure is necessary to connect the new structure to the highway. As a result, for the first time since construction began, traffic will be diverted unto the new structure on that day. Evondale Moody, Chief Engineer, […]
