It had all the characteristics of a pre-emptive strike not seen since the Six Day War. In a personal letter sent to news editors at Belizean media houses, Foreign Minster Dean Barrow has raised the possibility that once again Belize will be decertified by the United States as a cooperative partner in the war on […]
To back up his assertion that any decertification would be for reasons unrelated to drugs, Barrow also cited statistics showing significant improvement in the quantity of drugs confiscated by police in 1997. The biggest jump was in cocaine, attributable largely to the two record busts of high powered Colombian skiffs off the Belizean coast. Where […]
What should have been a day of revelation in the continuing saga of Carlos Seguro has instead become bogged down in official red tape. Director of Health Services Doctor Michael Pitts told News Five that he did not want to become involved in a matter that has already violated the principle of patient confidentiality. He […]
In crime news things have been pretty quiet, with the exception of a ruction on the southside of Belize City which had one family diving for cover. It was shortly before three this morning that the Nunez family of number 63 West Street was awakened from their sleep by sounds of someone on their rooftop. […]
Yesterday it was the government of Japan handing over checks for worthy projects. Today it was the turn of the O.A.S. and the beneficiaries were some deserving women. There was hardly enough space to move around on the first floor of the Department of Women’s Affairs, as it was stocked with twenty thousand dollars worth […]
While some groups in Belize are the beneficiaries of handouts, in Toledo, a group of young people have taken their economic prosperity into their own hands. According to coordinator Ras Sherman, the group of unemployed young men and women are putting their talents to work to earn themselves a living. Ras Sherman “This project is […]
Even if he goes on to produce the works of a Michelangelo there is one image that will always be associated with artist Gilvano Swasey: That of Bob Marley. This year the two artists, along with a few others are back for their annual show at the Image Factory. When Bob Marley succumbed to cancer […]
It’s a phenomenon that is all too common in a small place like Belize. For years we’ve suffered with a medical system that, due to a lack of resources, is unable to provide an essential diagnostic tool like a cat-scan machine. Now all of a sudden, the country has two. Patrick Jones reports on one […]
