It was promised in time for the U.D.P. national convention in July and pre-empted this past weekend when the P.U.P. got hold of an advance copy. But better late than never, the ruling party’s manifesto has finally been unveiled. Patrick Jones was on hand to take a look. The old Pound Yard in Belize City […]
In other political news, just in, the government’s information service has announced that Justice George Meerabux has refused the application of V.H. Courtenay and his law firm to stay the execution of a three point three four million dollar judgement against them by the Social Security Board. At the same time the judge also refused […]
Police have moved quickly following media reports of the politically inspired beating of a P.U.P. campaign worker on Tuesday. Three men and a woman have been detained by police in connection with the brutal assault of forty-two year old Dennis Flowers which occurred near the headquarters of P.U.P. Mesopotamia candidate Ray Lightburn. The four are […]
An inmate at Hattieville Prison has died. The body of Raphael Bermudez, a thirty-four year old Nicaraguan, was found lying in his cell on Wednesday morning. A guard reported that at a cell check around seven thirty a.m. Bermudez was found to be fine but a subsequent visit at eleven fifty found him to be […]
We knew that the competition would be extremely stiff but still, ever since the CARICOM Basketball Championships, we’ve come to believe in miracles. Not so any longer. Our national men’s basketball team lost its opening game in the Caribbean and Central American Games Wednesday night to host country Venezuela. Depending on which report you listen […]
A lot has been written and broadcast about conditions at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, but not so much has been said about other medical facilities in Belize. This morning I visited a health center in Belize City where a small physical change of venue should mean a large improvement for those suffering with mental […]
This morning a U.S. Air Force C-130 touched down at the Philip Goldson International Airport. Its mission was twofold: drop off thirty soldiers and pick up thirty more. Patrick Jones explains. Their homecoming consisted of a heavy downpour and questions from curious reporters. Nonetheless the twenty-nine men and one woman of the Belize Defence Force […]
