It’s an annual event that typically runs long on pomp and circumstance but short on substance. But this year’s ceremonial opening of the Supreme Court ran against the grain as the chief justice went out of his way to assure the public that on his watch the wall between politics and the judiciary is built […]
While few cases of domestic violence ever reach the level of the Supreme Court, it doesn’t mean that the issue is not a critical one for Belize. For the next four days delegates from all over Central America are meeting here to find answers to the persistent problem. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Some say that men […]
There have been no reports of any injuries to Belizeans as a result of the earthquake, which devastated El Salvador on Saturday. The quake, which measured 7.6 on the Richter scale, was centered off the nation’s Pacific coast, but caused extensive damage outside the capital of San Salvador. Reports are still sketchy, but according to […]
For those who want to render assistance to the victims of the El Salvador disaster, the newly opened Alliance Bank, along with its related companies, has opened a relief fund. The group got the ball rolling with a two thousand dollar contribution and has invited all those who wish to aid the people and government […]
A well-known diplomat has been injured in an automobile accident on the Western Highway. Clara Chavez, attaché at the Colombian Embassy, was driving near the Silva airstrip outside Belmopan when her four-wheel drive Suzuki Jimny went off the road and rolled over several times. Chavez, now at the KHMH, suffered a cut on her head, […]
The year 2000 was an impressive one for Belize’s tourism industry and so far 2001 is off to a great start. The latest good news is that Minister of Tourism Mark Espat has been named as Travel Agent Magazine’s “Person of the Year” for Latin America. Travel Agent may not be a household name, but […]
And the week’s awards were not limited to the tourism industry. A release from the Reporter indicates that it has been selected as one of the world’s one hundred best newspapers sites on the Internet by the Times of London. The list, which appeared in the Times’ January twelfth online edition, put the Reporter in […]
St. John’s Primary School is responding to the demands of a growing student population with the construction of a new school building. The structure, which will house two standard five and two standard six classes, replaces a previously condemned wooden structure. The Principal of St. John’s Primary, Grace Williams, says that the new classrooms will […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and allow me to welcome you to this latest version of Sports Monday. The BFL Appeals Committee apparently agreed with Real Verdes in its dispute with the league and promptly returned all eighteen previously taken away points by the Protest Board. This left Kulture Yabra of Belize City and Builders […]
