Tonight on the Last Word G. Michael Reid comments on one of his favorite topics: sports. But this time Reid looks at why Belize must develop sports in a sustainable way, to borrow a phrase from the many development NGOs, if we want Belize’s athletic success to be more than fleeting glory. “The origin of […]
By any standard it was a rush to judgement. When a dead infant was found in the village of Lord’s Bank, police immediately concluded that he drowned in a bucket of water after his mother left him in the unreliable care of an eleven year old sister. Not so. Today I visited the Zelaya home […]
While police will likely conclude that the death of a baby in Lord’s Bank was a tragic accident such cannot be said for a killing in Cayo which still remains unsolved. One year ago the lifeless body of 44 year old Rosanne Orizzi was discovered on her farm in upper Barton Creek. She had been […]
The Prime Minister Said Musa addressed the Mexican congress today and met with President Ernesto Zedillo tonight as part of his official visit to Mexico City. The Belize delegation, which included various government officials, signed several cooperation agreements including one for the Museum of Belize and technical and educational cooperation between the Ministry of Education […]
In Police news, acting on a tip a police operation went to the home of Joyce Bainton at 8041 Mahogany Street extension around six in the evening on Wednesday and found 43 grams of marijuana, 18 grams of cocaine, two unlicensed firearms: a 22 caliber revolver with 4 rounds of ammunition and a 38 caliber […]
If you think you see a lot of new government vehicles on the street, you’re about to see a few more. The Ministry of National Security has just purchased 13 new Ford F-250 supercab pickups. Five trucks will be assigned to the Belize Defense Force, six to the police and two to the Immigration Department. […]
Hattieville police discovered over twelve thousand dollars cash and stolen items during a search at the home of Dean Gillett on Tuesday. Almost five hundred dollars was found on Dean Gillett while Eric Flowers of Punta Gorda had almost seven thousand in cash. Leonard Gillett of Hattieville had seven hundred dollars and Travis Andrews also […]
A man from Santa Martha Village in the Orange Walk District has been charged after allegedly impregnating his 13 year old daughter. The girl’s mother took her to the hospital after she began complaining of stomach pains and it was discovered that she was four months pregnant. The girl then admitted that her 34 year […]
Now it seems like a case of much ado about nothing but this morning the manager of a factory on North Front Street thought she was going to have a serious problem on her hands, and seventy five employees unable to use the lavatory when she discovered a plumber digging up her driveway. As Janelle […]
It sounded like a pretty straight forward case of a baby drowning, but the postmortem on one year old William Cuellar from Lord’s Bank shows he didn’t die from water in his lungs. Instead the cause of death is being listed as suffocation because the medical examiner Dr. Mario Estradabran has determined the child choked […]
Despite efforts to increase tourism during the slow season, the figures for June arrivals at the Philip S. W. Goldson International indicate the level of arrivals last month was almost exactly the same as last year. The Belize Tourism Board reports that eight thousand two hundred and two pleasure travelers arrived by air last month, […]
An outstanding young softball star has been awarded the government’s first full sports scholarship to a tertiary level institution. 16 year old Keneshia Sutherland of Camalote Village in the Cayo District will be assisted with tuition and fees, books as well as lodging while she studies accounting at Belize Technical College. Sutherland has played with […]
In court news, the Court of Appeal has upheld an order that Atlantic Insurance pay 65 thousand dollars to policy holder Stephen Smith whose thatched house burned down in 1996. The house, which was five hundred yards from the Jaguar Reef Lodge, is believed to have caught fire when sparks from a bush fire ignited […]
If you love to dance, now’s your chance. The Belize Arts Council and the National Dance Company are inviting you to attend their traveling summer dance camp. The first stop this week is the Toledo District where Belizean and Cuban instructors are giving classes in Latin Folk, Black Folk, Modern and Dance Hall as well […]
Five Belizean 4H-ers representing three district associations returned on Tuesday from an annual exchange program in Michigan. This morning the 4H-ers spoke a little bit about the 4 Hs: heads, hearts, hands and health and their trip to Michigan. Madonio Cal, Belmopan 4H “We went there for cultural exchange, to learn some integration that we […]
The September Celebrations are just two months away, but while hardly anyone in the general public has started thinking about what to wear for the parades and jump-ups, those in the carnival bands are already hard at work making costumes. The problem is that the year after the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of St. […]
Whenever a child dies an accidental death there is always plenty of blame to go around. But experts say what we need to focus on is saving lives and preventing injuries. Needless deaths can be avoided through increased supervision and taking just a few minutes to hide a dangerous cleaning product, put a baby gate […]
A one year old baby lost his life in Lord’s Bank this afternoon. According to Ladyville Police, the baby and a three year old sibling were left in the care of their eleven year old sister when their mother went to Belize City for the day. Around three o’clock, the baby wandered into the front […]
A senior police constable reportedly killed himself in front of his common-law wife early this morning on Rivero Street. Avril Hererra told police that around 1 a.m. Aloysius Guzman was preparing to go to work and told her he had a persistent pain in his hip and that he was tired of living. She says […]
A young woman has reported being raped and assaulted after she and a friend accepted a ride on Sunday morning. Orange Walk police say a nineteen year old woman and her friend were walking in the rain on the Northern Highway around three a.m. on July fourth when twenty-two year old Lance Pelayo and three […]
A Belizean money-changer was held up at gunpoint near the Guatemalan border this morning. Around 8 a.m. Edgar Contreras was on his way to Guatemala from Benque when he says a man stopped his truck and held him up. The robber made off with four thousand quetzales or about one thousand Belizean dollars and fled […]
The 20th annual CARICOM summit ended today in Trinidad and Tobago. CARICOM Heads of Government, including Belize’s Prime Minister Said Musa have concluded that as smaller and poorer nations, they cannot negotiate for markets in traditional ways. This comes after the World Trade Organization ruled that bananas from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries should no […]
Yesterday, the Ministry of Education launched a summer long education program for students who have to repeat a year of primary school. But despite the fact that the parents were told by the teachers and principals of the various schools and notes were sent home, the classrooms at St. John’s Primary School this week were […]
Who could forget the excitement of last year’s CARICOM Basketball Tournament? Well the games are back again, this time in Guyana and this time it is for the under seventeen teams. Arreini Palacio was at the City Center today to meet the Belize team which leaves on the 14th. Fred Gabourel, Coach “I think we […]
The concept of greater autonomy for Belize’s villages, towns and city is one endorsed by both political parties and numerous civic organizations. And one municipality that exercises its autonomy more seriously than most is the town of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. For several months a controversy has been raising the island’s political temperature as a […]
