It is rare in Belize — or most other places for that matter — that one person will make a totally unprovoked deadly attack on another. But according to Martin Martinez, a B.E.L. employee who lives in the village of Double Head Cabbage, that’s exactly what happened to him and his wife as they slumbered […]
One man and two minors have been charged in the attempted armed robbery of a Chinese shop on Tuesday night in Belize City. Eighteen year old Kenrick Johnson of Kraal Road and two fourteen year olds have been charged in Magistrate’s Court with three counts of attempted murder and deadly means of harm as well […]
Another Chinese owned establishment was hit by robbers this week, this time in Dangriga. Thirty seven year old Xing Xing Huang told police that just before midnight on Thursday night two dark skinned men, about five feet, four inches in height and wearing masks entered his restaurant, the “Sea Swallow”. One carried a sawed off […]
On Saturday the Belize Defense Force celebrates its twentieth anniversary. Ceremonies to mark the occasion begin at eight in the morning, and include the passing out parade of recruit intake number thirty nine. The program will also feature the official handing over of command from General Earl Arthurs to Colonel Robert Garcia. The actual changeover […]
He leaves on Monday but before heading off to his next post in Babbados, British High Commissioner Gordon Baker today presented the Archives Department with a collection of historical maps and drawings. The documents were purchased personally by Baker and his wife Sheila from an antique dealer in London, and include a survey plan of […]
It arrives every year around this time, the gleaming color cover so pretty that you want to mount it on the wall instead of lay it on a table or desk. But usually by the ninth of March the once new phone book is already showing signs of wear, with stray messages scrawled across the […]
He’s been wounded in the battle of the sexes and gone up against such touchy topics as the cruise ship, family court and National Anthem. Tonight G. Michael Reid just tries to follow the bouncing ball. Although only recently accepted as a legitimate sport in America, football or soccer as they call it over there, […]
