There are many of us in Belize who cling to the notion that once outside the violent world of the city, life in rural Belize is as peaceful and idyllic as a nineteenth century postcard. Today there are fewer believers in that mirage as the prototypically bucolic village of Maypen on Monday became the scene […]
In other crime news, Corozal police have charged three men in connection with the murder of a boledo vendor earlier this month. Twenty four year old Victor Sanker, eighteen year old Jeremy Matura and fifteen year old, Rocky Matura, who jumped the northern border after a shootout with police, were apprehended by Mexican authorities in […]
The fireworks were supposed to come tonight, when at a U.D.P. public meeting, it will finally be revealed which constituency will be home to the politically reborn Derek Aikman. But as usual with things having to do with Derek, surprise was the order of the day, as the former City Manager just couldn’t manage to […]
Yesterday we reported that at long last the University College of Belize had finally done something worthy of a real university: that is publish a book. Today we find that U.C.B. is fulfilling yet another institutional requirement: that of hosting stimulating guest lecturers. 1992 Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu will be on campus on may […]
Last night the People’s United Party convened its second “People’s Assembly,” this time in Dangriga. Consistent with its policy of making specific proposals that it says will be implemented if the P.U.P. is elected, Party Leader Said Musa focussed on areas affecting youth. Said Musa, Leader, P.U.P. “Tonight we make the following proposal towards a […]
In recent weeks we have documented with aerial photography the effect of quarrying operations on the Sibun River. Today we traveled on land to see close up the devastating effects of such mining on one of the Sibun’s major tributaries, the Cave’s Branch. In normal times the trip would have been made by boat. Today […]
