The Police Department now has two more able bodies to help take a bite out of crime. These European imports, and their handlers, have been trained to poke their noses into everybody’s business; everybody involved in the drug trade that is. Janelle Chanona reports. P.C. Cesar Franco, Canine Handler “I’m P.C. Franco from San Ignacio. […]
Orange Walk and Mexican police are investigating a murder which may have occurred on the Belizean bank of the Rio Hondo River near the Mexican Border. On Tuesday a badly decomposed corpse was found wearing only a pair of blue shorts. It had multiple chop wounds. No one from the nearby village of Santa Cruz […]
Did you know that if a woman lies about who the father of her child is she can go to jail, or that a man who moves to another house in order to avoid paying maintenance can be fined up to three thousand dollars? Were you aware that you have to be at least 25 […]
Even though the saying, “Breast is Best” has been drilled into our heads for years now, many Belizean children are still being denied breast milk. Today, the staff of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital unveiled an informative visual aid to remind mothers of the special gift they can give their infants. Michele Perdomo, Artist “This […]
For many of us who live on the southside of Belize City, the wait at the few government health clinics can be frustrating. But now, southside residents, especially those in the Queen’s Square Division will be happy to know a new clinic opened today. The center on Dolphin Street is housed in the building that […]
Raleigh International, a volunteer organization based in the United Kingdom has been bringing venturers to Belize for several years now to build schools, and participate in other types of community projects and scientific research. Their latest project was the construction of the San Roman Catholic School in the Corozal District which was dedicated earlier this […]
