It was not your typical Belizean murder. Those usually involve gang bangers whacking each other over drugs or territorial disputes, drunken machete men fighting over women or an occasional Chinese grocer killed in a robbery attempt. Today’s tragic death occurred in broad daylight in a wealthy section of the Newtown Barracks once reserved for the […]
She probably never imagined that her inaugural address to the OAS would concern a natural disaster, but such are the worlds of diplomacy and weather. On Wednesday in Washington D.C. Ambassador Lisa Shoman made her debut at the Permanent Council of the Organisation of American States by accepting a forty thousand U.S. dollar cheque for […]
In the wake of our recent natural disaster, it is not unusual to see piles of household goods arranged along the roadsides of affected communities. But while most debris on the curb is wet, broken and awaiting removal, this morning News Five visited a neighbourhood where the stuff on the street was dry, intact and […]
During the recent experience with Keith many Belizeans discovered that a once proud tradition had somehow been neglected. Ann-Marie Williams asks why. Yvonne Vernon, Sales Clerk, William Quan “The sales would increase during the rainy season, the hurricane season, and when school is about to re-open, people would be asking for boots for children.” And […]
From colonial times the relationship between the government of Belize and its Mayan citizens has been an uneasy one. Today the administration of Prime Minister Said Musa took a step, which at least begins to resolve the matter and looks for solutions to the problems of land tenure and economic development of the south. News […]
