The Ministry of National Security announced today that no crimes were reported over the past forty-eight hours due to the continued efforts of the police and BDF. But while they claim there was no new crime, the specter of an old one reared its fearsome head this weekend when a man who went to cut […]
A young man was violently attacked by five men in Santa Elena, Cayo on Saturday night. Edward Peters has been hospitalized and five men Allan, Denis and Aaron Castillo, Lindburg Bahador and Denis Castellanos are in police custody. Police say nineteen-year-old Edward Peters was escorting a young lady in the New Area of Santa Elena, […]
In its 1998 manifesto the People’s United Party promised to create 15 thousand jobs during its five-year term of office. We don’t pretend to know about the other 14,999, but one man few people ever expected to see back on the government payroll has surfaced in a big way. Word is that Delroy Cuthkelvin, the […]
The Belize Defense force will be taking advantage of a training opportunity in the form of a visiting United States Naval vessel the U.S.S. Firebolt. Members of the BDF Maritime Wing under the command of Major Teck will undergo training in a number of areas including patrol techniques in Belizean waters. Colonel Hugh Cain says […]
Two and a half years ago members of the Louisiana National Guard spent several weeks grading and improving the drainage of the 12 miles between Burrel Boom and Hattieville getting it ready to be paved. Now it seems the project may be completed if the World Bank agrees to assist with the finances. This morning […]
Usually when you hear the word Fahrenheit you probably think of the hot summer temperatures, but Fahrenheit has a new meaning in the music world. The jazz and blues CD, which was released early this year in New York, features the music of Belizean saxophonist Ronald Clarke. Clarke, who has his roots deep in the […]
A traffic accident in Belize City this evening has left two vehicles heavily damaged, but their drivers unharmed. Lt. Colonel Luke Castillo was driving his BDF Land Rover west on Raccoon Street around six this evening when he says he was run into by a Chrysler pulling out of Bocatora Street. That car was driven […]
Belize has been selected to participate in a study to monitor the effects of global warming and rising seas on the coral reef. To learn about the study and how it will be carried out, Dylan Gomez of the Bacalar Chico Marine reserve off San Pedro attended a seminar in the Bahamas. The CBU has […]
