Although final figures were not available at newstime, preliminary tallies suggest that overall turnout in today’s municipal elections could surpass the 1997 Town Board elections, in which two thirds of eligible voters cast their ballots. The Belmopan city council and seven town boards were up for grabs today with the incumbent People’s United Party and […]
While residents of towns all over the country were no doubt interested in their own local campaigns, for those in Belmopan, the event was unique. Of course they had their referendum to decide if they wanted to become a city in November, but this was their first city council election. I was in the west […]
Four imprisoned Belizeans will have to wait one more day before facing a judge in Guatemala. News from Santa Elena, Peten, is that they will appear before a justice of the peace on Thursday to be formally arraigned on charges of possession of illegal weapons. No reason for the delay was given but the news […]
Someone apparently is so disturbed by the detention of Belizean men in Guatemala that he, or she, has taken the liberty of removing the Guatemalan flag from the monument at the Pallotti Roundabout. When asked about the incident, a spokesperson for Barclays Bank says the bank is no longer responsible for the flags because they […]
It was rumored for months and today it became official. After 60 years in the business Batty Brothers Bus Service has been sold to Novelo’s Bus line Limited. A statement from Batty’s says they believe Novelo’s is the most suitable successor to run the company which was started by Kenneth Batty Sr. His sons Kenneth […]
Police are still looking for a third man believed to have been involved with the rape of a 13 year old girl from San Jose, Orange Walk. On Tuesday, two men, one of them a teacher, were charged in connection with the incident. Ernest Carillo and Pedro Sanchez were both charged with abduction and conspiracy […]
Seven Belizeans were arrested for the possession of illegal marine products during patrols conducted by the Conservation Compliance Unit of the Fisheries Department, over the past two weeks. A total of 420 conch, 66 lobsters were confiscated as well as a 25 foot Mexican skiff with two outboard engines. In addition to this, seven fishermen, […]
Tomorrow, Raleigh International’s biggest expedition ever gets under way at Camp Oakley, Burrell Boom. This is the 11th expedition in Belize and features 168 volunteers from around the world, including ten Belizeans, with five from the Belize Defense Force. Over the next ten weeks, the Belizean volunteers will join other Raleigh Venturers in sites across […]
A donation of a blood clotting protein has been delivered to the Belize Hemophilia Society as a gift from Britain’s Royal Engineers and Peter Dunham of Cleveland State University. The 100 vials of the factor were brought to Belize by the 53 Field Squadron. On Tuesday Major Mark Sullivan took the 100 vials of factor […]
Bad weather kept them from launching it last week but on Monday the first catamaran to be built in Belize was launched into the Haulover Creek. Alfredo Aldana has been building boats for 30 years and is excited that the 42 foot long, 18 foot wide vessel is ready, after three months of work to […]
