It was a vintage performance by a veteran politician… one who by his own admission has been nothing if not consistent in his views. Minister of Local Government, Hubert Elrington, took the opportunity to respond to accusations made yesterday by Belize City Mayor Jose Coye that government had unreasonably withheld over a hundred thousand dollars […]
According to police they are working swiftly to crack the shocking case of murder and robbery on the Hummingbird Highway. But residents from the villages surrounding Belmopan have another view. Patrick Jones reports from National Police Headquarters. It was a testy crowd of close to two hundred residents of the refugee communities of Salvapan and […]
A young inmate has been found dead at Hattieville Prison. The body of nineteen year old Mike Fabro was reportedly found at around six thirty this morning at the correctional facility, but details surrounding the death, including where and how the body was discovered, remain unclear. Prison authorities declined to answer questions, saying that the […]
While the police and other authorities have been under fire from a number of different quarters the news is not all bad for the force. Today I visited a group of officers who are trying to improve relations with the people they are sworn to protect. Four years after the Police Department introduced its zone […]
Belize Telecommunications Limited and the Belize Communication Workers Union today signed a new two-year agreement. The pact, which calls for a salary hike of three percent retroactive to October first, 1997, and an additional three percent effective October first, 1998, was signed this afternoon at a ceremony at B.T.L. headquarters on St. Thomas Street. Other […]
While as Belizeans we were rooting hard for Miss Belize in last night’s Miss Universe Pageant, when it became apparent that she was out of the running, most of us at least took solace from the performance of Miss Trinidad and Tobago. The statuesque Wendy McWilliam mashed up the competition on the way to winning […]
The searing heat now enveloping Belize may not be particularly conducive to learning, but despite the weather outside a number of students are gathering inside the Leo Bradley Library this week to celebrate the art of reading. There are ten primary school students competing in the second annual Reading Contest. The competition, which was established […]
