It was no ill wind that blew them here as close to a thousand troops from throughout the Caribbean touched down at the Philip Goldson International Airport this afternoon. The men and women from the region’s various defense forces are here to take part in Tradewinds ’98, the annual exercise which for the first time […]
As promised in his public homecoming yesterday, political aspirant Derek Aikman has tendered his resignation to the Belize City Council… although not in writing. Aikman was appointed City Manager in 1994 when political pressure from Minister of Local Government Hubert Elrington propelled him ahead of other candidates deemed better qualified by a selection committee. Aikman’s […]
More details have surfaced in the case of a bankrupt Belize-based investment company and a loan it allegedly made to Agriculture Minister Russel “Chiste” Garcia. As we reported yesterday the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered Swiss Trade and Commerce Trust Limited and its owners, Lloyd Winburn and Eddie Blackwell, to repay over nine […]
In crime news police have made an arrest for a shooting incident which occurred two weeks ago. Sixteen year old Mark Saragosa has been charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to murder, dangerous harm and use of deadly means of harm in the shooting of Guy Russel Smith on the night of March twentieth in Belize […]
The old saying “crime doesn’t pay” has certainly proven true, at least in the case of Hondurans living in the town of San Pedro. Viewers may recall the recent bungled kidnapping of a bank manager in that island paradise by three Honduran immigrants. Today police report that another trio consisting of two Honduran men and […]
Former British High Commissioner Gordon Baker should by now have settled into his new home in Barbados… and we are told today that his replacement will soon be arriving in Belize. Tim David, along with his wife Rosie, will report for duty here on April fifteenth. The fifty year old diplomat most recently served as […]
It seems that Belize’s secondary schools have discovered a new tool for attracting quality students. It’s called public relations…. as for the third time in two weeks a Belize City high school has invited the public inside for a look. This morning I visited with the class of ’98 at Gwendolyn Lizarraga High. The students […]
She was among the first of a new generation of Belizean artists following in the footsteps of old masters like Belisle and Nicholas… but before we really got to know her… she was gone across the sea. Now that she’s back for a visit we’ll get a chance to see how the work of Rachael […]
