A bicycle seems to be at the root of another Belize City murder and police say they have the shooter. At around three thirty Tuesday a young man rode a bike to the A and R Service Station on North Front Street but one of the attendants, Alex Perez, recognized it as his own which […]
A relaxed and clean shaven Rhett Fuller appeared in Magistrate’s Court today to face an extradition hearing. He is wanted by the United States government for allegedly being involved in a murder that took place in Miami almost nine years ago. Fuller, who is being defended by attorneys Eamon Courtenay and Kirk Anderson, has been […]
It looked a lot worse than it really was, but twenty-four occupants of a bus on the Northern Highway still received a nasty scare as they neared the Haulover Bridge. The bus was traveling from Sarteneja to Belize City shortly before eight this morning. While taking the curve at mile six the front left tire […]
In government news several decisions of Cabinet were announced in today’s weekly press briefing. Among them is a breakdown of the fifty scholarships offered by the government of Cuba. Medicine and vocational skills head the list with five places each while four scholarships each are offered in hospitality management and sports. The first students will […]
Although they number only around seven percent of Belize’s population people of the Garifuna ethnic group exert a strong influence on the nation’s culture and social life. As we take time out tomorrow to honor the arrival of the Garinagu to these shores some students in Belize City this morning did their part to educate […]
He died in 1988, having lived long enough to see at least the beginnings of the cultural revolution which would see traditional Garifuna music take the country and globe by storm in the form of punta rock. But the world that master drummer Isabel Flores was born into was not full of CDs by Andy, […]
