Sixteen ministers of government were sworn in this morning by the Governor General in a formal ceremony in Belmopan. Only four of them had held full ministries in the previous P.U.P. administration while two had served as ministers of state. That left ten rookies to form the majority on a team that is young by […]
In related news, two other appointments were announced today. For the first time in history, Belize will have a woman Speaker of the House, as Dangriga’s Sylvia Flores has been selected to preside over that body. As for the Senate, another woman from the south has been put in charge. She is Elizabeth Zabaneh, better […]
While team sixteen were being sworn in at the Governor General’s office, not far away another group of politically motivated visitors were just… swearing. These protestors, however, were not rabid U.D.P.s; they were blue to the bone… and in no mood for compromise. The mid-morning heat and humidity were not the only things on the […]
Police news usually involves crime, but not always. Word has been received that on August nineteenth Assistant Commissioner of Police, Alvan Rowland, suffered a stroke, which doctors have characterized as mild. According to Jesus Matute, the officer in charge of personnel and welfare, Roland is being treated in Merida and his condition is improving. We […]
Many of us who have never been the victim of a holdup often wonder how we would react to the feeling of a gun barrel pressed against our temple. Well, one Belize City bartender no longer has to fantasize, as that scenario became reality early Sunday morning. What transpired was something out of a movie […]
