Last year his name was splashed across the British press as the proverbial billionaire bull in a china shop. According to Fleet Street the bi-national Michael Ashcroft, who happened to be Belize’s Ambassador to the UN, was attempting to brashly parlay his position as the Conservative Party’s treasurer and biggest benefactor to attain new heights […]
At the time it was characterized as a prison riot and reported that several prisoners rushed an officer he had no choice but to open fire. One inmate was killed and three others injured. From the time they were hospitalized the surviving men wanted to tell their side of the story, but an incident of […]
Prison Governor Bernard Adolphus also spoke with Dickie Bradley about the reintroduction of whipping at the prison. While human rights activists may object to it, Adolphus said something had to be done to avoid more murders and stabbings among inmates. Bernard Adolphus, Prison Governor “I refer to it as a shock treatment. This shock treatment […]
Belize has signed the first post-independence extradition treaty with the United States. The document was signed on Thursday aboard the US Coast Guard Cutter “Confidence” by Prime Minister Said Musa and US Ambassador Carolyn Curiel. It replaces the Extradition Treaty signed in 1972 between the United Kingdom, the terms of which were applied by both […]
We haven’t heard about any Chinese shop robberies for a while, but today a teahouse on Regent Street was robbed by three men. Fortunately no one was injured, and the thieves went away, no doubt disappointed by their small take. Police say shortly before noon, three dark skinned males entered the Ocean Tea Palace at […]
Although the regional CARIFESTA is not until August, plans for the biggest Cultural Splash in the Caribbean are underway, and so are plans for CARIFESTA week in Belize. CARIFESTA 7 will be held in St. Kitts and Nevis. Belize’s Director of Culture Beverly Smith Lopez attended a technical meeting last week in St. Kitts, to […]
A modern dance troupe from the Mexican State of Oaxaca ended their tour of Belize today at the House of Culture in Belize City. Besides a general audience performance this evening, this afternoon they gave a special performance for children. The dance was entitled “Dream in a Toy Box.” The Oaxaca Contemporary Dance troupe’s visit […]
You may not have been aware of it, but the nation’s tiny tots spent the entire month of March doing fun, educational activities to help spark their mental and physical development. News Five was there when the city’s various preschoolers joined hands to celebrate early childhood education. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Hundreds of preschoolers paraded from […]
