A robber in Belize City chose the wrong taxi this morning when he approached the Pound Yard Taxi Stand. 66 year old Lionel Tillett told News Five that the man asked to go to Neal Pen Road, but when they got there the youth pulled a gun. Tillett says he was forced to “get down […]
This morning as a young woman stepped out of Barclays Bank with a deposit bag in hand, two young men snatched the bag and ran down the street. What the thieves didn’t know was that she had already made the deposit and had picked up an empty bag. Unfortunately most businesses targeted by criminals are […]
The United Democratic Party this morning gave new meaning to the words “saturation coverage” when it convened yet another press conference. The purpose was to plead its case in the dispute with government over the valuable strip of land the party gave itself when it was last in power. The only new development reported by […]
This Thursday an Indian cultural night will be held at Planet Hollywood. The event is not just a celebration of Indian music and food, but a fundraiser to help Dr. Greg Castillo and his family. In March this popular internist and the Chief of Medicine at the K.H.M.H. was diagnosed with Pancreatitis. His pancreas was […]
The Costa Maya Festival was to have kicked up a little dust, or should we say sand, in San Pedro tonight, but bad weather has led the organizers to postpone the pageant until Wednesday in conjunction with Guatemala night. But never fear, El Salvador night which was to have been tonight has been pushed back […]
Many of the Belizeans and tourists heading out to San Pedro this weekend for the Costa Maya Festival will be catching water taxis from the Marine Terminal. But San Pedro is not the only beautiful spot in Belize accessible by water taxi. As Janelle Chanona found out, the new southern route is also a really […]
For their first international performance, Grace Primary School’s steel band “Pantastick” has chosen their stage… at the Latin American Cultural Festival in Mexico. Despite the fact that Belize has never been represented by an all children delegation, the Belize Arts Council is confident that the youngsters will put on top rate performances. Janelle Chanona caught […]
