The personnel at the National Fire Service were very busy last week tackling bush fires that erupted almost all over the city. Station Supervisor at the National Fire Service Kenneth Mortis told us that all fires required excessive man power and coordinated efforts to control. As the department contained one fire to the next, their […]
Five people were confirmed dead on Abaco Island in the Bahamas as Hurricane Dorian continued on its ravaging path. The Category Four storm came to a standstill as it pummelled Grand Bahama Island all day. As many as thirteen thousand homes in the Bahamas may have been destroyed or severely damaged. Hurricane Dorian unleashed massive […]
Last Friday, the Senate passed a bill paving the way for the new National Gas Company which is made up of a partnership between the government and a group of Belizean businesses. There is ongoing debate and a lot of questions about the new company which is to succeed the Mexican group in supplying butane […]
The government’s Land Tax, Partial Remission of Areas, Bill 2019 has raised many eyebrows across the country. The bill was ratified by the Senate on Friday, and essentially it is a land amnesty programme for land taxes. The Barrow administration has written millions of millions of back taxes owed to the government. The concerning factor […]
The seventy-fourth Queen of the Bay pageant took place at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday. It was a night of beauty, elegance, eloquence and grace as seven delegates, from across the country, vied for the prestigious title of Queen of the Bay 2019/2020. After the delegates got a chance to showcase […]
September is known for its pageantry and its formalities and for the Belize Carnival Association, it is no different. What Queen of the Bay is to the tenth of September Celebrations, the King & Queen Competition is to Belize’s Carnival. This past Saturday night, the competing bands for this year’s Carnival graced the stage at […]
As we said, among the revelry, one Senior band claimed that the wrong music was played during their Queen’s performance. As Sunshine Masqueraders was performing their version of Queen Nefertiti, the music that was allegedly submitted to the Carnival Association was not cued in order for Tyesha Estrada to adequately play mas in her costume. […]
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