Despite the lack of a new extradition treaty, Belize and the United States seem to be cooperating just fine when it comes to handing over suspected criminals to Uncle Sam. In the latest attempt to kick out an American, however, Attorney General Dean Barrow has run into some unexpected opposition… his brother Denys. News Five’s […]
A downtown Belize City travel agency was held up this morning and the pair of robbers are still on the loose. At around 11:45 two dark skinned men entered the premises of Belize International Travel Service at 18 Bishop Street. One of them brandished a large knife and told the single clerk on duty, “Give […]
Some days it just doesn’t pay to get out of bed… or in the case of sailors, it doesn’t pay to get off your boat. That’s the way one Danish mariner is feeling today as he lost not one vessel, but two. The tourist, 58 year old Kenrich Enemark, was living aboard his 38 foot […]
The office of the Prime Minister has issued a press release to clarify the status of Albert Representative Philip Goldson. Citing reports in several newspapers that Goldson has been replaced as Minister of Human Resources, the release states that despite his illness, Goldson maintains his status as Minister but under section 43 (1) of the […]
If numbers alone tell the whole story, then Belize is in fairly good shape, as we boast the highest population of manatees in the region. But tonight there is one less marine mammal prowling the waters just offshore Belize City. Officials of the Coastal Zone Management Project were called out to the Crystal Shipping dock […]
In a perfect world every day would be Children’s Day, but until that comes about we’ll have to settle for once a year. Jacqueline Woods, as always, was on hand for the festivities. The City Centre was packed to capacity as children cheered, clapped, danced and sang to the tunes of the D-Revelation band. The […]
The last time so many people paddled down the Belize River may have been a thousand years ago… when dugout canoes filled with Maya merchants were paddled toward the coast to trade corn, cacao and cotton for jade, obsidian and sting ray spines. But the men and women propelling these narrow craft are in it […]
If his yacht dropped anchor in Belize City harbor today, the man known as Baron Bliss probably would have had his fortune stolen before he had a chance to give it away. But while times may have changed the legacy of the Baron just keeps on giving. “Anywhere from beginning of June to the end […]
