A late evening walk on West Canal turned deadly last night. Husband and wife, Carlos and Albina Jackson and Carlos’ nephew, Pio Coc all from San Pedro Colombia, Toledo had been shopping for materials for their courses at the Belize Teacher’s Training College and decided to stay downtown for dinner. The trio were laughing and […]
While it is not known at this time if the West Canal shooting is an isolated incident, it bears a frightening resemblance to two hold-ups earlier this week on the other side of town. On Wednesday afternoon two men on bicycles put a gun to a German tourist’s head and took his gold chain on […]
While police have yet to determine whether robbery was also the motive for another incident last night, the victim is in a coma at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Officers from the Belize City Police Department reported that while they were on patrol around 10 on Wednesday night, August 4th they found a man lying […]
Tourist arrivals at the Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport were up nine percent in July compared to last year. The Immigration Department reports there were nine thousand one hundred and thirteen visitors last month compared to eight thousand three hundred and seventy-one in July of 1998. Cruise ship arrivals are also being tracked with over […]
One of the Ministry of Education’s goals is to get more young people into high school or vocational institutions. This will be accomplished partly by building more schools and Centers for Employment Training; another option is to make better use of existing facilities. Two Belize City high schools, which have always carried a heavy load […]
