Belize’s past is not exactly chocked full of heroes… so when the real thing shows up we tend to get excited. Add to that excitement the fact that the hero is proudly half Belizean and you have all the ingredients for a welcome of Olympian proportions. That’s exactly what track and field superstar Marion Jones […]
The trip from the airport into town was a slow one, with a number of stops for Marion to greet the throngs of well wishers who were waiting to meet her. The scene at the Belcan roundabout was near pandemonium as Jones stopped to receive the key to the city from Mayor David Fonseca. Emcee […]
After her royal welcome and hero’s ride through Belize City Marion Jones still had enough stamina to share a few words with the Belizean media. The tape is just back from the Princess Hotel, and here’s what she had to say. Marion Jones ?To look out my window in the airplane and see all of […]
While an air of Marion induced fantasy hovered over Belize City today, events over a hundred miles to the southwest served to bring many Belizeans back to reality. Whipped up by a jingoistic press and opportunistic military, Guatemalan officials have been making unfriendly noises and threatening to defend to the death the rights of hundreds […]
It’s not every day that a Belizean gets to cross the threshold into his or her new home… but it’s a truly rare occasion when that home is a gift that comes mortgage free. Jose Sanchez, Reporting His name was drawn last Wednesday and today the lucky winner, Marcelino Salazar, came to collect the keys […]
