It was almost a month ago that planeloads of soldiers from all over the Caribbean arrived in Belize for the annual training exercise of the Regional Security System. The over 700 participants from ten countries were rotated through three locations: Consejo in the Corozal District were they practiced amphibious landings, Salamanca in Toledo where they […]
A reporter’s job is not always an easy one… and this morning I drew the short straw, earning an assignment that got me wet, made me seasick and thrust me into the company of a ship full of strangers. But guess what? I’d go back in a minute. Getting out to the H.M.S. Newcastle was […]
It was no ill wind that blew them here as close to a thousand troops from throughout the Caribbean touched down at the Philip Goldson International Airport this afternoon. The men and women from the region’s various defense forces are here to take part in Tradewinds ’98, the annual exercise which for the first time […]
If you have been woken up by the sound of helicopters flying overhead these last few nights, don’t worry, it’s not the result of any enemy invasion. The movement of men and machines is preparation for the annual CARICOM military exercise, TRADEWINDS ’98. The exercise, scheduled to take place for the entire month of April, […]
On Saturday the Belize Defense Force celebrates its twentieth anniversary. Ceremonies to mark the occasion begin at eight in the morning, and include the passing out parade of recruit intake number thirty nine. The program will also feature the official handing over of command from General Earl Arthurs to Colonel Robert Garcia. The actual changeover […]
It probably is one of the longest villages in the entire country, spanning roughly eight miles along the hummingbird highway. These days it is also one of the loneliest, as the region of dense forests and sparse police presence has apparently become a favorite stomping ground for fugitives Winsworth Managar and Douglas Williams. Today News […]
