Despite allegations from area residents that George Murphy was unarmed and severely beaten by police on Sunday night in King’s Park, today he was taken across to Magistrate’s Court to face charges. Murphy, a recent deportee from the United States, was charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest and harm of a police officer after two […]
Police have yet to make any arrests for the murder of a teacher from the Toledo District and the wounding of his companion earlier this month, but Pio Coc’s colleagues from the Belize Teachers’ Training College and the Belize National Teachers’ Union will protest his death later this week. The B.N.T.U. says the suggestion was […]
An 18 year old from Teakettle Village in the Cayo District has been arrested for the indecent assault of a 12 year old. The girl’s mother told police she had sent her two daughters to wash some clothes by the river on August eighth. A short while later the younger girl aged four came running […]
Hurricane shelter upgrading was discussed in today’s Cabinet meeting in Belmopan. The retrofitting of the shelters is being financed by the Inter-American Development Bank and the Caribbean Development Bank. It was agreed that a new building will be built to serve as both shelter and offices for NEMO headquarters and Ministry of Health. A new […]
This evening ceremonies officially rededicating the Lutjanus, a fifty-two foot vessel, to the Fisheries Department marine fleet, took place at the compound. The boat was refurbished through a grant from the United States government. The Lutjanus, valued at four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, will be used in a number of operations conducted by the […]
On August 7th the United Democratic Party headquarters was the scene of a confrontation between party members and representatives of the Ministry of Housing who arrived to unload construction materials. The U.D.P. was informed that houses will be built on the land surrounding the Headquarters. Today the United Democratic Party held a press conference to […]
It’s not proclaiming itself as the pageant of distinction, but the Cultural Heritage Carnival Band is looking for one woman to best represent Belizean culture. The contestants will present themselves to the public on Thursday August 12th at the City Centre. Today, there was a motorcade through the streets of Belize City to advertise their […]
In other pageant news, although the Costa Maya Festival does not officially begin until next week in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, on Monday the contestants for the festival’s pageant were introduced at the Radisson Fort George Hotel in Belize City. Janelle Chanona was there. It has opened the International Costa Maya Festival for the past […]
