In Spanish it?s called “sin verguenza,” the well-known Yiddish translation is “chutzpah,” while the English would term it “the height of arrogance.” In Belize, however, we just call it being “facey.” But all those words don’t even begin to describe the behaviour of two policemen who are accused of robbing a Belize City Boledo vendor. […]
It was the kind of scenario that everyone driving on the Western Highway at night dreads…and on Friday one woman was killed and three others critically injured when their vehicle ran into the back end of a semi-trailer. Thirty-two year old Tyrone Bennett remains in a coma at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after the […]
Crispin Gladden, a thirty-three year old KBH security, guard lies in a critical but stable condition as he recovers from three gunshot wounds he received during an attempted robbery. Gladden, an unarmed guard at the Esso Coral Groves gas station at mile one and a half on the Northern Highway, was attacked by three men […]
The looming crisis confronting the sugar industry has been averted, at least for the present, as cane farmers have agreed to begin deliveries to the factory. BSI will open its gates at 6:00 Tuesday morning and cane juice should begin to flow shortly afterward. The farmers had refused to deliver cane since Friday, claiming that […]
It may not be an eighty million dollar a year business like sugar, but the people who grow hot peppers are beginning to make their mark. Last year Belize exported five hundred and sixty thousand pounds of fiery peppers to the United States and this year the amount is expected to rise to six hundred […]
New funding for development projects has been secured from the World Bank. Meeting on Friday at the Bank’s Washington, D.C. headquarters, Minister of Budget Planning Ralph Fonseca signed a thirteen million dollar loan agreement for street and drainage improvements in the nation’s municipalities, as well as work on the upgrading of the Boom Hattieville Road. […]
Town Councillors countrywide are expected to upgrade their record keeping and data collecting skills with the aid of state-of-the-art computers. The donation, which includes seventeen computers, monitors and printers, was made possible through the Korean International Co-operation Programme. Minister of Local Government Valdemar Castillo received the donation from Counsellor Jung Soo Doo of the Korean […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re strapped in for this exciting ride on Sports Monday. The Central Division Male Basketball Champion emerged Friday night in the rubber match of the three game series between the pre-season favourite Anglican Cathedral College and the challenger Excelsior High at the City Centre. This picture of the stands […]
