The Cash for Guns programme may be taking firearms off Belize City’s streets in record numbers, but it by no means has got them all. On Monday night a bullet ended the life of one young man as he walked on Jasmine Street. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Raquel Baptist was home with some friends when she […]
There are few developments to report in the death of British national David Butner. On Saturday Butner, proprietor of El Cenote bar and restaurant in San Ignacio, was found lying in his bed, dead of multiple stab wounds. Police have questioned a number of people close to Butner and while they have declined to identify […]
Today, the students of Sadie Vernon High School were sent home early after a man called the police to say that a bomb was planted at the school and would go off shortly. Both the staff and students were quickly evacuated as the police barricaded the immediate area. Geraldine Tillett, Principal “Well actually we didn’t […]
On Wednesday morning the UN’s Millennium Summit opens and the first of over a hundred heads of government will take to the world’s most honoured podium to deliver what is supposed to be no more than a five-minute speech. Leading the pack, not surprisingly, will be U.S. President Bill Clinton. He will be followed by […]
The Belize Defence Force will soon have a new commanding officer. A release from the Ministry of National Security today announced that Brigadier General Robert Garcia will be stepping down as commandant to be replaced by Colonel Cedric Borland. Garcia joined the BDF in 1980 and has led the force for the last three years. […]
The Belmopan based NGO Help for Progress today received a helping hand from the government of Canada. Canadian Honourary Consul Lester Young presented a cheque for $65,000 to the organisation’s programme director, Elias Awe. The money will be used to purchase a vehicle and office equipment to assist Help’s rural development projects as well as […]
It is a South American country with a wide window on the Caribbean. This week Belizeans will get to learn more about this fascinating nation, which all too often is seen only as a land of coffee and cocaine. This morning I got a sneak preview of a new exhibition. Jacqueline Woods The craft exhibition […]
