Two men have been arrested and one man underwent surgery this afternoon after being shot this morning at the corner of Zacaranda and Morning Glory Streets. Police say that four friends were standing at the corner talking when some young men in a house located at forty-four fourteen Morning Glory Street reportedly opened fire on […]
Two former employees of J.S. Espat Limited were arrested today for the theft of over twenty thousand dollars. According to police, cashier Martha Bowen is alleged to have misappropriated the sum of over eighteen thousand dollars in cash from February first to February eleventh. After internal investigations conducted by the company Fedrick Mortor a cash […]
Public perception may be that little girls are the ones who need to be protected from sexual assault but a case last month in Orange Walk illustrates all too clearly that boys… even baby boys… are in danger. Police say that they have charged a man for molesting his own son on the sixteenth of […]
The controversy surrounding the judiciary continues to expand. Today Leader of the Opposition, Dean Barrow, following the lead set by the Bar Association last week, filed a formal complaint with Governor General Sir Colville Young requesting the removal of Justice George Meerabux. Barrow charges that Meerabux heard the civil action which ousted Chief Justice Manuel […]
If anyone was looking worried we certainly didn’t detect it but Friday Belize got its latest test results from Uncle Sam — and the grade was a passing one. U.S. Ambassador Carolyn Curiel announced that Belize was certified by President Clinton as a reliable partner in the war on drugs during 1998. Belize was not […]
Following meetings with cable television operators, today Belize Broadcasting Authority announced it has authorized a rate increase for cable operators who offer at least fifty-five channels to their subscribers. The maximum which can be charged is forty dollars, including tax. Earlier this month the B.B.A. had advised consumers that some operators had been illegally charging […]
It used to be that Belizean children simply celebrated Children’s Day with a party, a field trip or a concert. But over the past couple of years, agencies which promote children’s causes have taken the opportunity to host an entire week of activities to raise public awareness. Last year, the need for children to be […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and here’s a fresh dish of Sports Monday. CONCACAF’s championship football tournament brought Costa Rica’s Alajuela to the M.C.C. Grounds for yesterday’s monster clash with Belize City’s Acros, one of the 2 national teams participating in this year’s competition. Despite the advertised game time of 3:30, the open whistle blew […]
