The stretch of the Northern Highway between the Haulover Bridge and airport cutoff is a picturesque route which winds its way along a narrow ribbon of land between the blue Caribbean Sea and the greenish brown Belize River. But on Saturday morning the primary color on this vital road was red, as a bloody head […]
The feeling of panic associated with a high speed blowout is something that no driver would care to experience twice, but there are a few things you can do to increase your chances of surviving, including making sure that everyone buckles their seat belt and the tires are in good shape. But sometimes even tires […]
They advertise it as the biggest and brightest store in Belize… and this weekend it was the scene of one of the nation’s biggest break-ins. The downtown warehouse of James Brodie and Company was hit in the wee hours of Saturday morning and while being robbed is bad enough, what made this crime particularly frightening […]
While investigators are still trying to piece together the evidence in Saturday morning’s burglary, the police have issued a nationwide advisory for the public to be on the lookout for the stolen guns and ammunition. The Head of the National Crimes Investigations Branch, Superintendent Gerald Westby, part of a special team that is probing the […]
It may not have been a hurricane that hit Belize today but the torrents of rain that pounded the city and other coastal areas sometimes made us wonder. While the headquarters of the weather bureau at Ladyville received little more than a sprinkle, the rain gauge at St. John’s College monitored by Father Deikman, recorded […]
Although the nation’s coast got a good soaking this morning not everyone in Belize had to run for their rubber boots. The area around the critical Mollejon Hydro Plant received almost an inch of rain over the last three days but the water flow in the Macal River has picked up only slightly and the […]
While rubber boots and umbrellas were out in force on the streets of Belize City today, those implements may not protect Prime Minister Manuel Esquivel from the rain of criticism which has greeted his proposal for a new business tax. One sign that the P.M. may be reconsidering the measure, which replaces corporate income tax […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. First came the NBA coach, David Greenwood then came the brand new basketball court for the Civic Centre as Belize prepares to host the fourteenth CARICOM Basketball Championship. Of course then came the first of June which brought the first rains of the month which […]
