The Commission of Inquiry into last month’s shooting death of a Guatemalan began today in Belmopan. The proceeding, which is similar to a coroner’s inquest, will determine whether excessive force was used in the June twelfth incident, in which Mateo Ramirez was fatally shot by a B.D.F. patrol in Arenal Village, Cayo, along the Guatemalan […]
It’s being called a burglary but it is not clear just what the thieves managed to get away with. According to Roger Reyes, general manager of the Brodies store on the Northern Highway, when the store was opened this morning, employees saw that two cash registers had been broken into and the empty cash pans […]
Belizean students got a break from government today. Cabinet agreed to increase the amount of money allotted for scholarships to 2 million dollars a year. More than half of the money will be used for students attending tertiary level institutions in Belize. In addition, government will absorb the interest on student loans while the students […]
The Belize Cycling Association is mourning the loss of Jeffery O’Brien, one of the first cyclists to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. O’Brien made his mark by conquering the Cross Country Cycling Classic four times, from 1951 to 1954. In 1954 he set a time of 7 hours, 44 minutes, a record that […]
If you’re one of those people who circles the round-a-bout at the Pallotti junction on your way to work or school, you no doubt glance up at the flag waving in the wind. But do you know how it gets there every morning before you do? It’s not the City Council who puts it there, […]
In the last ten months four Belize City children have been murdered. All disappeared from the area of Belize City near Euphrates Avenue. Last night a candlelight vigil was held in this area to express outrage at the killings and solidarity with the families of the murdered children. The organizers, the National Committee for Families […]
