The Leader of the Opposition named his appointees last Thursday, the Governor General announced his nominee on Friday… and today it was the Prime Minister’s turn to reveal his choices for the Senate. Dickie Bradley, who took a Cabinet post, was by necessity named earlier, and joining him on the P.U.P. side of the Senate […]
A sharp eyed employee at Atlantic Bank has exposed what looks like a major scam by a couple of European tourists. Italian Karlheinz Gatscher and his Spanish traveling partner Maria Elena Sanz Rodriguez were attempting to cash some Visa and American Express travelers checks at the bank’s main office on Freetown Road on Monday afternoon, […]
It’s a long way to go but six Belizean athletes and three officials departed the country this afternoon en route to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The occasion is the sixteenth hosting of the Commonwealth Games. The athletes, all female, are sprinters Tricia Flores, Jackieva Castillo and heptathalon specialist Candace Blades, while Quinton Hamilton, Ernest Meighan and […]
Payday for most people may still be over a week away, but it didn’t stop one employee of the Fiesta Inn from collecting her check this morning. Twenty-nine year old Carla McSweany’s short cab ride from work to the North Front Street offices of Courts Belize was to pick up her prize as the final […]
For the first time the entire family will be able to enjoy an evening of jump up and fireworks on the night of September ninth. According to the September Celebrations Committee, because previous activities bringing in the Tenth catered only to the adult population, they are hoping that Wednesday night’s event at the National Stadium […]
Her first exhibition is being opened literally as I speak, but, judging from the quality of her work, artist Jeanie Shaw will become a regular on the Belizean art scene. Patrick Jones paid her a visit as she put the finishing touches on her show at the Fiesta. Attitude! Innocence! Meditation! These are just some […]
If you live in a neighborhood which is supporting a carnival band, by this time you probably know them better than you’d like. But the rest of us, who will be watching Friday’s road march in person or right here on Channel Five, are anxious to get behind the scenes of the big event. Last […]
