On December twentieth, George “Junie Balls” McKenzie and Eugene “Jackie” Neal appeared in Magistrate’s Court after the two young men were charged with the possession of a prohibited firearm and unlicensed ammunition. The case is a high profile one as it’s the first time that government has hired a private attorney, well known human rights […]
In other crime news, this time from New York, up and coming rap star Jamal Barrow, son of Opposition Leader Dean Barrow, was today indicted by a grand jury for attempted murder. The charges arose out of an incident at a Manhattan night spot on December twenty-seventh when Barrow, in the company of music mogul […]
Twenty-four year old Kevin Coye was laid to rest this afternoon following services at St. Joseph’s Church. The son of Health Minister Jose Coye and wife Yvonne, the young man died from head injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident on New Year’s Eve. On January first the unconscious Coye was flown to Bella Aurora Hospital […]
It may be like closing the barn door after the horse has already escaped, but the Belize City Council has issued a press release reminding the public that motorcyclists and their passengers by law must wear helmets. Furthermore these helmets must be of a prescribed strength and design and if they do not have a […]
If you tried unsuccessfully to make an international call or fax on Wednesday afternoon don’t feel bad: you weren’t alone. From around midday the Belize Telecommunications Limited’s international direct dial service went down and didn’t come back until twelve hours later. Today I spoke to Karen Bevans, the company’s marketing and sales manager, who apologized […]
When the Yabra Development Project was launched on May twenty-sixth of last year, there were only a few residents who opposed the plans. But since the project broke ground, its opponents have become more vocal, openly protesting, through various mediums, what they see as desecration of sacred ground. In the forefront of the controversy is […]
The Ministry of Housing might be slowly working its way up to the promise of ten thousand homes but that’s not stopping construction on other housing projects in and around Belize City. On Saturday January eighth, it’ll be open day at the Development Finance Corporation’s “Los Lagos” housing project on the Northern Highway. The house […]
