A nineteen-year-old Belize City father was stabbed to death on Wednesday night. Levan Aldana, a resident of Haulze Street was in Biscayne Village, where he has a girlfriend and a young daughter. That is also where the incident happened, somewhere between his jobsite and the house where his girlfriend lives. Today, police were on the […]
A forty-six-year-old Dangriga resident is dead after an SUV crashed into his home. Kenrick Castillo was inside his home on Wednesday night when tragedy struck. A black Jeep with two occupants was allegedly speeding on the highway when the driver lost control of the vehicle. As a result the men reportedly swerved off the highway […]
A decision in the case involving attorney Oscar Selgado, who stands accused of abetment to commit murder, will be handed down by the High Court on Wednesday, February seventh. Earlier today, the Director of Public Prosecutions indicated to Justice Nigel Pilgrim that several points raised by attorney Adolph Lucas Senior, who represents Selgado, are not […]
A second round of establishment inspections carried out by the Supplies Control Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise has concluded and as many as fifty businesses have been issued with tickets for violations of the existing regulations. These establishments were identified in thirty-four locations across the country, including six in Belize […]
On Monday, former prime ministers Said Musa and Dean Barrow, along with several past foreign ministers expressed approval over South Africa’s decision to bring a charge of genocide against Israel, amid the ongoing conflict with Palestine. They also reiterated the call for an immediate ceasefire, despite the ICJ’s decision to withhold an order of ceasefire. […]
Roughly thirty students attending the Orange Walk ITVET have been sent home from school for failure to pay their school fees. It is a decision that flies in the face of the Ministry of Education’s policy not to suspend students from classes over unpaid fees. News Five understands that students with arrears exceeding three hundred […]
With a new Guatemalan president and foreign minister in office, will there be a mutually agreed upon protocol to govern travel along the contested Sarstoon River? Prime Minister John Briceño and Foreign Minister Francis Fonseca were both in Guatemala City a few weeks ago for the installation of President Bernardo Arevalo. During their time in […]
World Wetland Day 2024 will be celebrated on Friday February second, under the theme, “Wetlands and Human Wellbeing”. The day marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in 1971. Belize is a signatory of the international treaty that recognizes wetlands of international importance. So, tonight’s Belize On Reel takes us […]
For the first time since it has been constructed, vehicles were able to cross the new Haulover Bridge near mile five on the Philip Goldson Highway. Today, Ministry of Infrastructure Development officials walked over the bridge to inspect the almost complete structure and we took that opportunity to ask them about it during a soft […]
And, only a short distance away from the new Haulover Bridge, works are currently ongoing at the roundabout near the Biltmore Hotel. Anyone travelling out or into the city would note that the area has been under construction for quite some time. So, what has been the delay in completing the project? We asked Evondale […]
When reporters caught up with Minister Espat in Belize City today, he was also asked about the concerns raised by the Belize Elite Basketball League over the price tag attached to using the Belize City Civic Center. As we reported, teams that host home games inside the Civic are required to pay five thousand dollars […]
The Philip Goldson bust has been mounted at its permanent location atop a marble pedestal protected by barriers at the entrance to the highway named after him. It’s been there about a week now after after it was severely damaged in September of last year. Sculptor, Stephen Okeke got the contract to repair the bust […]
It is just about two months before the annual budget is presented in the National Assembly and in the coming weeks, the various ministers will be putting forth their reasons why they believe their ministries and departments ought to be given more spending power. Among the ministers who believe that their portfolio deserves to be […]
The Fort George Hotel and Spa is officially open for business. Formerly known as the Radisson Fort George Hotel and Marina, January thirty-first, 2024 marked the last day of the hotel’s ties to the Radisson franchise and as of February first, the title has been formally removed. But that is not the only change the […]
