UN envoy hails “significant human rights landmark” of Section 53 decision
Posted: Saturday August 20, 2016. 7:05 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: Dr Edward Greene, United Nations (UN) secretary-general’s special envoy for HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean, has congratulated Belize...
View ArticleTraffic accident on the Philip Goldson Highway
Posted: Sunday, August 21, 2016. 7:49 a.m. CST. By BBN Staff: A traffic accident happened around 4 a.m. on the Philip Goldson Highway near the Belize Road in the Orange Walk District. According to...
View ArticleBNTU calls urgent meeting with members in Orange Walk
Posted: Sunday, August 21, 2016. 8:09 a.m. CST. By BBN Staff: The Orange Walk branch of the Belize National Teachers Union (BNTU) urges all members in Orange Walk to attend an emergency membership...
View ArticleAs Fiona weakens, Invest 99-L may develop into a tropical storm
Posted: Sunday August 21st 2016. 2:54 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: Tropical storm Fiona is expected to weaken as it moves into unfavorable conditions. At 5:00 a.m. on Sunday Tropical Storm Fiona was located...
View ArticleFamily desperately seeks to find missing relative
Posted: Monday, August 22, 2016. 9:34 a.m. CST. By BBN Staff: Deron Lizama has been missing for three days and his family is desperate to find him. Kim Lizama, Deron’s sister, told Breaking Belize...
View ArticleFiona weakens into a Tropical Depression; meteorologists watch two other...
Posted: Monday, August 22, 2016. 10:24 a.m. CST. By BBN Staff: Now a Tropical Depression, Fiona has become less organized and continues to weaken at this hour due to 35 mph wind shear from the west...
View ArticleUnstable conditions to continue
Posted: Monday, August 22, 2016. 12:19 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: The general situation for today’s weather is for relatively moist and unstable conditions to prevail. The 24-hour forecast is for cloudy...
View ArticleMan escapes shooting
Posted: Monday, August 22, 2016. 6:17 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: A 35-year-old man is lucky to be alive today after he was targeted by a gunman. Sometime before 7:00 on Saturday night Belize City police...
View ArticleOne charged for illegal firearm
Posted: Monday, August 22, 2016. 6:27 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: Peter Portillo Jr., 28, has been formally arrested and charged for the crime of ‘keeping a firearm without a gun license’. Police reports...
View ArticleOrange Walk teachers want their salary increase now!
Posted: Monday, August 22, 2016. 7:10 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: La Inmaculada Auditorium in Orange Walk Town was filled to capacity by members of the Belize National Teachers Union (BNTU) from that...
View ArticleRotary Club of Placencia benefits from Tropic Air’s community program
Posted: Monday, August 22, 2016. 7:17 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: Tropic Air, Belize’s premier airline, today announced that a check for $450 was presented to the Rotary Club of Placencia to be used to...
View ArticlePSU Belmopan branch to meet over salary adjustment delay
Posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2016. 9:27 a.m. CST. By BBN Staff: The Belmopan branch of the Public Service Union (PSU) has called for an urgent meeting today with general members at the Hilltop at 4:30...
View ArticleLucky woman survives accident with passenger bus
Posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2016. 10:13 a.m. CST. By BBN Staff: Latoyah Meighan, 32, is recuperating from minor injuries after being involved in a traffic mishap yesterday morning on the George Price...
View ArticleNTUCB condemns Pastor Lucas murder
Posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2016. 10:48 a.m. CST. By BBN Staff: The National Trade Union Congress of Belize (NTUCB) has finally spoken out, condemning the murder of Pastor Llewelyn Lucas. In a press...
View ArticleAttorney General: Mason investigation in hands of police
Posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2016. 12:21 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: Vanessa Retreage, Attorney General, has confirmed that the Vital Statistics Unit’s internal investigation into how accused murderer...
View ArticleFrancis Fonseca calls for “meaningful investment” in sports
Posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2016. 12:26 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: Former PUP leader and former minister of sport Francis Fonseca recently observed on Facebook that, “no government (PUP or UDP) has made...
View ArticleTourism industry prepares for biennal expo
Posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2016. 12:36 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: The drumbeat is sounding for the 2017 Belize Tourism Expo (BETEX) to be held at the Ramada Princess Hotel and Casino from May 3rd to...
View ArticleGovernment introduces Chiquibul Forest Investment Initiative
Posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2016. 2:19 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: Two non-Governmental organizations and two Government departments are to receive grants in what has been described as an investment...
View ArticleCyclist knocked down in Belmopan
Posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2016. 3:06 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: Reports reaching our newsroom are that a cyclist was knocked down from his bike by a pickup truck just before noon today. The incident...
View ArticleBreaking: Cyclist in afternoon accident passes away
Posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2016. 3:44 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: Confirmed reports reaching our newsroom indicate that the cyclist who was knocked down off his bike by a pick-up truck earlier today has...
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