With a string of robberies in shops over the past couple of weeks, city residents are beginning to feel afraid to go to their corner grocery store. Today Faber’s Meat Shop on Douglas Jones Street, which has been serving the Belizean public since 1991, was the scene of the latest robbery, and owner Albert Faber […]
Two men have been charged in connection with an armed robbery at a business on Iguana Street on January fourteenth. Police say Ronald Cox, who turned himself in on Monday, and Jeffrey Flowers, apprehended during an attempted burglary at a shop on Jasmine Street, have been jointly charged with attempted murder, robbery, dangerous harm, and […]
The Minister of Budget Planning Ralph Fonseca and the Minister of Industry and Commerce Jose Coye will be holding discussions with the business community to brief them on government’s proposals for the revision of the business tax. The date and venue for the meetings have yet to be announced but the decision was made at […]
Belize may have been spared from the ravages of Mitch, but some of our schools did get more than their share of wear and tear while being used as shelters. To help with repairs, the European Union has approved a grant of fifty thousand EURO or one hundred and sixteen thousand Belize dollars for a […]
Today marks the one hundred and sixteenth anniversary of St. Catherine’s Academy. To celebrate the occasion the students and teachers decided that rather than having a party, they would give something back to the community. Today the girls painted neglected graves at the Lord’s Ridge Cemetery and picked up garbage and planted flowers in the […]
One downtown business takes customer relations very seriously and this past Christmas had a two-for-one offer on toys which brought hundreds of shoppers into the store. This month, Mikado has another promotion underway: sewing classes. The idea seems to make good business sense since the store sells a wide variety of curtain and clothing materials. […]
It used to be that young and first time criminal offenders were treated the same as more hardened criminals: sent to Hattieville to serve their time. But in 1997 a separate facility for youths was established in Ladyville where inmates between the ages of fifteen and twenty seven years old could get a second chance. […]
