Last night we reported that the Ministry of Housing has appointed Celine Cleland as its new Chief Executive Officer. Cleland in an interview on Wednesday, stated that she would like to see a more efficient administration at the prisons, and certainly didn’t waste any time making the changes she has put before the Public Service […]
A mason of Hattieville was attacked and robbed while returning home from a Chinese shop. At eleven-thirty p.m. on November sixteenth, Barry Patnett was confronted by three men who asked him about the whereabouts of a man named Anthony. Patnett told the men that he knew anyone named Anthony and the three men then became […]
On November nineteenth the police pulled up outside of Mama Noots, an eco-tourist inn located at mile six on the Southern Highway, near the Maya site of Mayflower. However, the authorities were not there to check-in, but rather to conduct a search of the premises. As a result, the police discovered a tech-nine APR with […]
Some two hundred and fifty primary school teachers countrywide were informed on November tenth, via a Ministry of Education memo, that they had to make up for time lost during hurricane Keith. What the Belize National Teacher’s Union did not say earlier, was that there were several options available other than extending the school year. […]
Changes continue at the Belize Electricity Limited. The company has recently appointed Yaksim Betty Tam as the new financial controller. Tam will be responsible for the financial reporting and treasury management of the company. Rene Blanco, BEL’s Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, says Tam’s appointment will help the company in its quest […]
Celebrating youth will be the focus for this year’s Youth Week, which will held from November twenty-seventh to December third. Icilda Humes, a youth development officer, says far too many youths are falling victim to the many social ills that exist in our society. Humes says a number of activities are planned for the week […]
They say that progress brings problems… one high school in the Coney Drive area is experiencing the effects of a developmental project that has them literally in the mud. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Slush, slush that’s the sound being made as students on their way to Canaan Seventh Day Adventist High School trudge through the slick […]
The Garifuna celebrations did not go by without the return of one of the south’s most creative sons, Pen Cayetano. Cayetano and his paintings have travelled around the world, and he brought back some new pieces which are now on display. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Pen Cayetano’s latest art Exhibit at the Mexican Cultural Institute speaks […]
