It was a story right out of South Central. Gang bangers do a drive by and an innocent bystander goes down in a pool of blood. Only this wasn’t Los Angeles…in fact it wasn’t even the bullet ridden Belize City of 5 years ago. It was this morning on Mopan Street…and it wasn’t the first […]
In Orange Walk police are trying to solve the grisly murder of an Indian businessman. Last night around nine, the body of 48 year old Bherumal Punjabi was found in a cane field off the San Roman Road, less than a quarter mile from the northern highway. Punjabi’s throat had been pierced by a stalk […]
The history of the Garifuna people and their struggles has been well documented over the years. But there remains no shortage of people wanting to take just one more look at their remarkable survival. “Journey On,” researched and written by Orange Walk native Nelita Doherty, is the latest publication to tackle the issue. Doherty told […]
Any young person in Belize who is out of school and not yet in a job — this covers a lot of people — should pay close attention to the next story, as it’s going to tell you about a real once in a lifetime opportunity. Patrick Jones reports. Like the Marines up north, they’re […]
One look at Belize City is enough to convince most observers that the word “planning” has definitely been left out of the Creole dictionary. But hope springs eternal and it was at full bloom this morning at a workshop on the subject which opened at the Biltmore Plaza Hotel. When the phrase, “failing to plan […]
For many motorists the activity of driving on smooth pavement in Belize City is the shock of a lifetime. Well, if you haven’t yet recovered from that experience, this one just may send you to the emergency room. I first saw it while driving through town earlier this week…and quickly called for a cameraman. Traffic […]
