It’s a crime that has shocked the neighborhood, an elderly man beaten to death in his own home on the northside of Belize City just a stone’s throw away from the Eastern Division Police Station. Neighbors say the last time Everaldo Martinez Pererra was seen alive was on Monday morning as he made his customary […]
It?s official: a war of words between Belmopan and Washington over the issue of de-certification has been averted. The White House today announced that Belize has been certified by the United States as fully cooperating in the fight against illicit drugs and related criminal activity. While it is welcome news, Foreign Minister Dean Barrow, in […]
Reports from Pomona say the strike involving grove and factory workers employed by the Citrus Company of Belize is far from being over. Late report Wednesday is that both sides were close to a settlement. The C.C.B. had reportedly accepted all the demands of the union, and the workers are said to have been ready […]
Over the years there have been no shortage of public events in support of worthy causes. But an upcoming event on the long Baron Bliss Holiday weekend will push the concept of fund raising to a new limit. The sometimes choppy waters of the Corozal Bay, will be the venue for this ambitious exercise. Over […]
While villagers and citrus workers in the south take their concerns to the streets, in Belize City the floor of the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall was the stomping ground for some teachers who had a mouthful to say about a set of proposed rules they will soon have to live by. It was a meeting […]
From star-gazers to moon-watchers to sun-lovers, whatever their vocation, millions of people around the globe today had their eyes fixed on the heavens. As News Five’s Julietta Burrowes reports, the sun, moon and earth converged to put off an awesome celestial show that was free for all who could look up. Julietta Burrowes No, I […]
