Just as the band tuned up and the stage was being prepared for yesterday’s presentation of the government’s “Downtown Comeback” campaign, two robbers demonstrated their own plan for enrichment in the business district. Shortly after two Wednesday afternoon the pair entered the Rags and Reps Boutique on Prince Street, pointed a gun at the proprietor […]
Belize has responded to the recent disaster in El Salvador with a donation from Belize’s farmers. Two container loads of corn and beans, totaling eighty thousand pounds, today left Belize for the Central American country, which was struck by an earthquake on January thirteenth. The donation comes from a number of Belizean producers and was […]
A Belize City man today walked away with sixty five thousand dollars in broad daylight from a business establishment on Bishop Street…and he didn’t even use a gun. Brodies branch manager Rene Vasquez, the latest lotto winner, told us what he plans to do with the money. Jose Sanchez “Did you think you would win […]
In regional news, the Carter Center of Atlanta, Georgia, has agreed to act as an observer in the upcoming elections in Guyana. The voting, scheduled for March nineteenth, follows widespread protests over the conduct of the election held in December 1997 and the subsequent mediation of CARICOM. The participation of the Carter Center, founded by […]
They call it the “sweet science” but in Belize the sport of boxing bears little resemblance to what we watch on HBO. Having reached a peak with the thrilling championship victory of Fitzroy Guisseppi in 1978, local fists are no longer flying and reputable promoters are as scarce as blue notes on the day before […]
From time to time we make a journalistic foray into the ever-evolving world of Belizean beauty pageants. The universe that was once confined to Queen of the Bay has in recent years expanded to Miss Belize, Miss Garifuna, Miss Pan American, Miss Rainforest, La Reina del la Costa Maya and the increasingly popular Miss Y. […]
If there is one message that is constantly being drummed into the Belizean population, it is that education is the key to success. And nowadays education in Belize no longer stops at primary school, high school, sixth form or even a bachelor’s degree. Ann-Marie Williams reports on the latest opportunity for advancement. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting […]
