If you saw a large contingent of police officers in downtown Belize City, it was not because of any disturbances or discount shopping, but rather the police officers were on a friendly beat. The cops, representing the police community team and Zone Beat Liaison Officers programme visited the business community where they spoke with shop […]
Meanwhile, the Police Department is celebrating its largest class of recruits. For the first time, over 80 men and women have survived boot camp and signed on to protect and serve the Belizean community. Now the brave souls are set to participate in a 20-week training programme which is guaranteed to at least get them […]
The body of a man missing since Sunday has been found. On Monday police pulled the body of 24-year old Guatemalan Anner de Jesus Barahona from the Mopan River. A post mortem has confirmed Barahona drowned. According to police reports, on Sunday morning three men, believed to be Guatemalans, were crossing the Mopan River on […]
Today the Social Security Board came face to face with the Belizean press as it presented its reform packages. One reform that should be clearly visible is that senior citizens, 65 years and older, will be handed a gold card. Social Security says the card will allow senior citizens to receive a number of discounts […]
If you’ve been wondering how to keep your children out of trouble over the summer with as little impact as possible to your wallet, the House of Culture might be just the thing. According to Jason Guerrero, percussion and painting will prevail and they should keep those idle fingers interested and occupied. Jason Guerrero “Percussion […]
Right now the parents, teachers and students of the Louisiana Government School are walking on air. The year’s not even close to over yet, but so far they’ve been up cleaning up awards left, right and center in everything from spelling bees to science fairs to the PSE. The names, Vanessa Urbina, Manuel Garcia and […]
After the success of this year’s Belize District Festival of Arts, the Belize Arts Council has decided to honour a few of the stage stars as well as the ones who worked behind the scenes. Outstanding directors of drama were Joy Ross and Diane Garcia. Marion Clare was the most outstanding dance teacher and Laverne […]
A suspicious odor and a lot of dead fish in the South Stann Creek River last Friday left Dangriga residents drinking anything but water and asking more than a few questions. Four days later, many of those questions are still unanswered. At news time tonight, the exact cause of the contamination has yet to be […]
