In the old days the neighbourhood cop on the beat was the very essence of police work. Somewhere along the line we strayed from that concept to the point at which today community policing is viewed as some exotic new weapon in crime prevention. But however you view it, more police contact with citizens can […]
Out of the nation’s twenty-nine political constituencies, his was the biggest…and tonight Cayo South is without its elected leader, Agripino Cawich. Cawich, who also held the post of Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Home Affairs, succumbed to cancer on Friday, after being flown to the United States for treatment. Details of […]
The untimely death of Pino Cawich, aside from bringing grief to family and friends, has also created a political vacuum. Under the constitution a by-election must be called within three months of the vacancy, which would mean an approximate deadline of November eighth. While neither party is in any mood to crank up the political […]
Belize City police say they still do not know what caused four persons to be shot at the corner of King Street and Amara Avenue around midnight on Saturday. The shooting victims, identified as twenty-five year old Ronald Crawford, thirty-one year old Wilhelm Elliott, twenty-two year old Eleno Requeña and thirty-one year old Denbert Jones, […]
An undisclosed amount of money was stolen Sunday night during a hold-up at the Novelo’s Bus terminal. Authorities believe the robber may have been watching the place for a while and waited for the last bus to pull in before he made his move. That bus from Chetumal came in around ten last night, the […]
Early this morning, a watchman working for the Bellevue Hotel came across the body of a dead man floating in the hotel’s pool. The deceased, identified as thirty-year-old Clive Richards Rivers, was not a guest at the hotel, but an electrician who frequently visited the establishment to socialize. The last time Rivers was seen alive […]
Arleen Pelayo of Orange Walk Town is the latest winner in the Courts Megabucks promotion. On Saturday she stepped up to the wheel at the Belmopan Branch and gave it a spin. As a result she travelled home three thousand dollars richer. The next Megabucks draw takes place on September first in Belize City with […]
Fire officials were busy over the weekend and while no one was left homeless, the acrid smell of smoke forced many to leave home. On Saturday, fire broke out at the city garbage site at mile three on the Western Highway. It burned for hours and smoke from the conflagration could be seen bellowing high […]
He’s tasked with championing the cause of citizens who feel that public officials have violated their rights, and today Ombudsman Paul Rodriguez released the annual summary of his work over the last twelve months. The report of the Ombudsman, which under law has been tabled in the National Assembly, gives a brief synopsis of the […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley welcoming you to this fresh deal of Sports Monday. Week five of the Regent Insurance Cup brought undefeated Juventus of Orange Walk face to face with the league leading Builder’s Hardware Bandits of Belmopan inside the Isidoro Beaton Stadium Saturday night. We go to live action as David Trapp centres […]
He recently survived the fight of his life to hold on to the presidency of the Belize Cruiseship Industry Association, but Tom Greenwood didn’t miss a beat in his quest to keep control of the tourism village at Fort Point in Belizean hands. In a letter to the owner of the Village, Michael Feinstein, dated […]
In other tourism related news, this time from la Isla Bonita, there is a new Reina de la Costa Maya–and this queen speaks Creole. For the first time in the pageant’s eight-year history, a Belizean took the title. Here’s how it went last night for Miss Belize, Leilah Pandy, in San Pedro. Master of Ceremonies […]
In crime news there was another shooting in Belize City…but instead of the forensic pathologist, this one was a case for the Humane Society. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Around twelve-thirty this afternoon police arrived at the home of Shane Meighan to search the premises. Shortly after, residents living along East Collet Canal suddenly […]
One high-powered firearm, not shown by Reid, is nonetheless off the street–not the result of any gun amnesty–just aggressive police work. On Thursday cops found a loaded tech nine automatic along with a half-ounce of crack cocaine during a vehicle search. The driver of the Nissan Stanza, twenty-three year old Trevor Smith, was taken into […]
In May of this year Belize Water Services donated a set of billboards to the National AIDS Commission to help with the organization’s awareness campaign. Drivers along the Northern and Western Highways would have noticed at least three of the message bearing signs prominently displayed along the way. So when one of the six thousand […]
Given the consistent warnings of Caribbean Anglicans it should come as no surprise…but the Anglican Archbishop of the West Indies, Drexel Gomez, wasted no time in criticising this week’s decision by the U.S. Episcopal Church to elect an openly gay man as the new Bishop of New Hampshire. In a press release issued on Wednesday, […]
Today as part of the University of Belize restructuring process, U.B. introduced its new faculty and administration to the media. According to interim President, Dr. Corinth Morter-Lewis, they believe the newly appointed deans and directors will play a crucial role in the further advancement of the university and the fulfilment of its mission. Dr. Martin […]
Young people from Belize and Mexico will spend the next few days together as part of a youth exchange now taking place in the village of Sarteneja. Inauguration ceremonies were held on Thursday in Corozal Town at which officials from both countries offered their best wishes for the endeavour, which is designed to foster cultural […]
Twenty-four hours after the gun amnesty was launched…the first weapons are in. This afternoon a twelve-gauge shotgun and a thirty-eight special revolver were handed in to the office of Ombudsman Paul Rodriguez. And while critics of the programme are sceptical of its motives, Rodriguez says time will prove the naysayers wrong. Paul Rodriguez, Ombudsman “These […]
And just because there’s an amnesty in effect it doesn’t mean the cops won’t be enforcing gun laws. A police press release today announced that as the result of a search of a house in Ladyville three people have been charged with weapons and drug offences. Eighteen year old Steve Arnold, twenty-five year old Rafael […]
Police have also been successful in solving a type of crime that not long ago was virtually unknown in Belize: that is car theft. On Saturday night Michael Congers of Sittee River reported that two men entered his home, beat him, robbed him, took his keys and then drove off in his pickup. Today police […]
On Wednesday night twenty children residing at the Princess Royal Youth Hostel, situated at mile twenty-one on the Western Highway, were overcome by fumes after a truck from the Public Health Bureau had sprayed for mosquitoes. According to Fermin Olivera, Acting Director of the Community Rehabilitation Centre, that manages the institution, they have yet to […]
Since its inception in 1992, the National Organization for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect has been the nation’s most forceful advocate for the well-being of the our youngest citizens. Eleven years later, that voice is about to go silent unless there is some serious infusion of cash to keep its programmes running. According […]
The National Council on Ageing is meeting this week in Belize City to formulate a National Plan of Action for the Elderly. Chairperson of the Council, Kamela Palma, says that the process involves input from institutional care givers and personnel from four relevant ministries. Patrick Jones “Why do we need a plan of action for […]
This weekend the stage at the Belize City Centre will be taken over by a bevy of beauties competing for the title of Miss Teen Belize. Each of the seven young ladies taking part in this year’s pageant professes confidence in winning the crown, but also realises that only one will walk home with the […]
