No wake regulation to be enforced around San Pedro

The situation of observing No Wake zones around San Pedro town is being addressed by municipal authorities.  Love TV’s Maria Novelo reports. 

Canada-funded CARILED launched

The Commonwealth Local Government Forum meet came to a close last night at the Princess Hotel.  An official closing was held in which speeches were delivered by a representative of the Canadian International Development Agency. CIDA is funding the CARILED project to the tune of twenty three point two million US dollars.  The project was [...]

Belize hosts Commonwealth Local Government Forum

A two-day meeting of the leaders of commonwealth local government organizations opens tomorrow in Belize City.  The meetings include the annual Board meeting of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum and are being held at the Princess Hotel in Belize City.  Chairperson of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum is the former Mayor of Belize City, Zenaida [...]

Authorities take steps to improve traffic in San Pedro town

Authorities in San Pedro are taking steps to improve traffic management on the island. Love TV’s Maria Novelo reports.

Rural Development under the microscope

In modern-day lingua we refer to the expanses away from city life as the “suburbs”.  But many times the development in those communities progresses at a far slower rate than that of towns and cities.  So it is with this in mind that the Ministry of Rural Development and other relevant agencies today rounded up [...]

San Pedro town council gets donation

The San Pedro town Council has received financial assistance from the Area Representative Manuel Heredia Junior.  The check was received by Mayor Danny Guerrero and Love News was present for the occasion.

Belmopan Mayor now heads Mayors Association

Belmopan Mayor Simeon Lopez is the President of the Belize Mayors Association. The other members of the executive are Vice President    Belize City Mayor Darell Bradley, Secretary is San Pedro Town    Mayor Daniel Guerrero and Treasurer Orange Walk Mayor Kevin Bernard. The Ministry of Local Government, Labor, Rural Development and NEMO was represented [...]

Thirteen years behind bars for firearms possession

19-year-old Kent Lynch, a resident of Peter Seco Street who was one of five persons charged with five offences was sentenced to 13 years and six months today after he pleaded guilty to the charges. The charges were two counts of handling stolen goods, two counts of kept firearm without a gun licence and one [...]

Work continues on Cayo Welcome Center

It was announced last year that San Ignacio Town will house a New Welcome Center.  The new facility will be housed where the old bus terminal was situated. This center is to be a venue for tourism expansion in the area.  Our Cayo correspondent Elaine Berry and video journalist Jonathan Cariddi, took a tour of [...]

Maya Center residents want financial accountability

Resident of Maya Centre in the Stann Creek district are calling for the intervention of Minister of Local Government Godwin Hulse following allegations of gross misconduct by members the village’s water board.  At a meeting held in the village on Sunday, the residents discussed the issue and other matters relating to the governing of their [...]

City Council unveils 100 days plan of action

It has only been little over a month since the new City Council took over in the old capital and today its Mayor, Darrel Bradley held his first press conference in that capacity at City Hall.  The purpose, as he outlined, was to announce their progress of a 100-day plan of action, implemented in the [...]

New PG town council announced portfolio assignments

Members of the newly elected Punta Gorda Town Council have been assigned specific areas of responsibilities.  Correspondent Paul Mahung reports.

City Hall gets boots donation

The Belize City Council yesterday received a set of fire resistant rubber boots from Andrews University in Michigan, USA. Love News was on hand for the brief ceremony at City Hall and spoke with Mayor Darrel Bradley, who explained that City Hall will seek to benefit from this and other friendships in the future. The [...]

City Council aims to recover stolen funds

Today the Belize City Council met with one of its employees who it claims misappropriated at least sixty thousand dollars of its funds between 2009 and 2011.  Mayor Darrel Bradley told Love News today that the Council will terminate the employee’s services and seek to recover the funds. Bradley said that within the next week, [...]

CITCO to enforce tint law fully

In mid 2011 the law on tinting was enforced however since then there are some delinquents who have successfully ignored the regulation and have managed to elude traffic officers.  According to the new Councilor responsible for Traffic, Michael Theus, that will change very soon.  Theus, was the point man on the streets in charge of [...]

Ground broken for new P.G. Town Hall

The Social Investment Fund held a ceremony in Punta Gorda Town this morning that marked the official start of the long awaited infrastructure improvement of the PG town hall.  It is a component of the Belize Municipal Development Project, a thirty million dollar facility being implemented by the Government of Belize in seven Municipalities.  Director [...]

The newly-sworn in Belize City Mayor, Darrel Bradley, has been in office for about two weeks and already he has had to dismiss an employee and is contemplating filing criminal charges against her.  The Council’s payroll clerk, Sherlene Sabal, is on half-pay on allegations that she swindled a hefty sum of the Council’s funds.  At [...]

Deputy Mayor discusses portfolio subjects

And while the Mayor has his work cut out for him, his newly-elected Deputy Mayor, Dion Leslie, says he will be looking carefully at the sanitation contracts. Leslie’s other portfolio is that of Sister City Relations, and he told us that he will be reconnecting with Belize City’s existing sister cities to garner the kinds [...]

New San Ignacio town council sworn in

Swearing in ceremonies were also held for the newly elected council in San Ignacio/Santa Elena.

Portfolio assignments announced in San Pedro town

The newly elected San Pedro Town councillors have been their respective portfolios.  Our island based reporter Maria Novelo has the details.