Statistical Institute of Belize reports sluggish economy in second quarter
Wednesday, August 26, 2015. Aaron Humes Reporting: Belize’s economy contracted in the second quarter of 2015, by 1.6%, reported the Statistical Institute of Belize, but overall growth was recorded for...
View ArticleSenator Shoman requests OAS report, discusses latest developments
Thursday, August 27th 2015. BMG: Despite no apparent objections from the Organization of American States (OAS) or Prime Minister Dean Barrow subject to the diplomats’ consideration, the Ministry of...
View ArticleMelvin Hulse resigns from UDP
Thursday, August 27th 2015. BMG: Former Minister and Stann Creek West area representative Melvin Hulse has parted ways with the United Democratic Party, after seemingly mending fences following the...
View ArticleHeritage Bank to also lose corresponding ties with Bank of America
Thursday, August 27th 2015. BMG: Heritage Bank International, like Atlantic International Bank before it, has received word that their corresponding ties with Bank of America (BOA) is also being...
View ArticleCOLA demands FOB and Elrington’s removal
Thursday, August 27th 2015. Aaron Humes Reporting: “Build the base now!” That is the primary demand of Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action (COLA) as it launched its Protect Belize campaign....
View ArticleThe Secret to a Happy Life – What Belize can learn from the Rosetans
By Charles Leslie Jr. Roseto Valfortore lies one hundred miles southeast of Rome in the Apennines foothills of the Italian province. Centuries, the paesani of Roseto worked in the marble quarries in...
View ArticleAnnual summer camp in Benque Viejo concludes
Thursday, August 27th, 2015. BMG: Captain of The Zone 4 Benque Viejo Neighborhood Watch Group Sam Bruce hosted the eighth annual Summer Camp at Sam’s Community Park from August 17-21, open to all area...
View ArticleCanadians get ready for Jaguars in World Cup qualifiers
Thursday, August 27th, 2015. Aaron Humes Reporting: The opponents of Belize’s national football team in the third round of the FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifiers have selected what they call an experience...
View ArticleTravel re-routed after Mexican highway collapse
Thursday, August 27th, 2015. Aaron Humes Reporting: The Federal Highway between Playa del Carmen and Puerto Morelos remains closed due to the collapse of the road. A large portion of the highway has...
View ArticleYouth poets operate in workshop
Thursday, August 27th, 2015. Aaron Humes Reporting: This afternoon a group of youths from Belize City attached to the programs of the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) and National Youth Cadet...
View ArticleMexico and Belize speak of trade expansion
Thursday, August 27th, 2015. Aaron Humes Reporting: Belize continues to be an important trade partner for Mexico and vice versa, as the two friendly neighbors develop deeper economic ties. As they...
View ArticleCayo police recover abandoned marijuana
Friday, August 28, 2015. BMG: In two separate searches conducted in San Ignacio on Tuesday, August 25, Police discovered more than 81 pounds of cannabis that were stashed in empty lots. The first...
View ArticleTwo charged for home invasion in San Ignacio
Friday, August 28, 2015. BMG: Melvin Budna Jr. and Julian Garcia, both residents of San Ignacio Town, appeared before a Magistrate on Wednesday, August 26, and were charged for the offenses of...
View ArticleKing calls out Krem and the Hydes
Hon. Mark King Friday, August 28th 2015. BMG: Lake-Independence area representative and Minister of State Mark King, at a ground breaking ceremony for a community center in the constituency earlier...
View ArticleSquatters in capital hit by eviction
Friday, August 28th, 2015. Aaron Humes Reporting: Move in two weeks, or be removed. That is the choice facing alleged squatters in a parcel of land on the border of two suburban communities of the City...
View ArticleUndersized lobster found in restaurant
Friday, August 28th, 2015. Aaron Humes Reporting: Fifty year old Pin Yin Wu Li, a Chinese businesswoman who is the owner of Billy’s Kitchen, a restaurant at mile 1 on Phillip Goldson Highway, was...
View ArticleSolar lights to power Jalacte and San Vicente
Friday, August 28th, 2015. Chrisbert Garcia Reporting: In many of the most remote Toledo Villages, like Jalacte and San Vicente, electricity is a luxury that villagers can only yearn for, with...
View ArticleSenator to present motion on military confrontations in Sarstoon
Friday, August 28th, 2015. Aaron Humes Reporting: Opposition Senator Lisa Shoman is to present a motion in next Friday, September 4’s, meeting of the Senate in Belmopan, demanding under Section 61 (A)...
View ArticleBREAKING: Double Murder in Camalote Village, Cayo
Friday, August 28th, 2015. BMG: Reports reaching Belize Media Group’s news desk, are that a family was ambushed by a group of gunmen in Camalote Village, Cayo District, a short while ago. The family...
View ArticleHow the crisis in Guatemala affects Belize
Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina Saturday, August 29th 2015. BMG: The political scandal involving Guatemalan government officials involved in corrupt activities has reached a fever pitch as...
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