It was created with a dramatic fanfare that promised more than it could ever hope to deliver. But after three and a half sometimes controversial years, the organization which was born at the Bird’s Isle gang truce has evolved into an institution, earning high marks in the process. It has been one of the rare […]
He was apprehended Wednesday morning in Cotton Tree and today former fugitive Douglas Williams was held accountable for a pair of crimes allegedly committed while he was on the run. The thirty three-year-old native of Roaring Creek has been charged with murder in the October 1997 killing of retired public officer Joseph Bulwer at Bulwer’s […]
The Police investigation of Monday’s major marijuana bust at the Belize City Port seems to be stuck in first gear. Truck owner Ernesto Castillo and driver Arthur Tillett were released from police detention Wednesday night after questioning. According to Superintendent Gerald Westby, the investigation is being focussed in the north, supposedly where the rented container […]
Meanwhile charges have been brought against three Belize City youths in connection with last Saturday’s burglary of the Brodies Warehouse in downtown Belize City. Nineteen year old Troy Card, twenty four year old Tyrone Augustine and twenty five year old Kelvin Francis were today charged with a total of twenty six counts of possession of […]
In political news the United Democratic Party has announced a change in its Orange Walk electoral lineup. In a move which is designed to enhance the party’s chances in the Orange Walk South division Dr. Luis Carillo has stepped down as standard bearer, in favor of a candidate to be chosen in an upcoming convention. […]
The People’s United Party has officially declared its opposition to the new business tax proposed by the government. Calling the new measure unfair, inflationary and detrimental to the nation’s economic health, a P.U.P. release says that the accompanying cut in personal income tax is merely a shameless and irresponsible attempt to buy votes and that […]
Two people who may not be worrying about taxes right now are Carlos Mendez of Belize City and Javier Itza of San Jose Succotz. Their names were picked in a drawing held June first and they, along with earlier winner Juanito Cocom, have won an all expense paid trip to the World Cup in France […]
Viewers who are today old enough to be starting families may remember growing up with Radio Belize and the Colgate Cavity Fighters Club. Today, twenty years later, that company is still fighting cavities, albeit on a larger scale. Over the past several years the Colgate – Palmolive company has consistently aided Caribbean countries in dental […]
If you own a vehicle and work downtown you know that the daily search for a parking space can mean drama. But if you think things are tight now, just wait. In 1990, after the water tank on the property was dismantled, the Belize City Council got permission from the Ministry of Lands to use […]
