One local talk show has dubbed him the “Fresh Prince of Pickstock”, but after one of the most grueling, competitive and expensive convention races in recent memory, Godfrey Smith is anything but fresh. Both Smith and his opponent, Bobby Usher, are well liked, well educated, well financed and well-connected PUP operatives. But in the end […]
It certainly wasn’t planned that way, but just as one justice of the Supreme Court was suspended, another has appeared to take his place. Ann-Marie Williams was on hand this morning for the swearing in. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Justice Samuel Lungole-Awich officially took his oath of office this morning and joined his colleagues on the […]
Smith says that by early next month two new justices, Barbadian Christopher Blackman and Belizean Mansel Thurton, will be added to the court to bring it to full strength. We are not certain whether that number includes recently suspended justice George Meerabux, but Bar Association President Derek Courtenay brought us up to date on where […]
In crime news a young woman was shot on Friday night in the course of a drive by shooting. Sherlette Augustus, her boyfriend and another friend were standing at the corner of King Street and West Canal when gunmen fired on them from a passing vehicle. Augustus was struck by a bullet to the abdomen […]
It’s that time of year when soaring temperatures and cool clear waters combine to attract large numbers of Belizeans to bathe in the nation’s numerous rivers. Unfortunately the fun is sometimes marred by tragedy. On Friday afternoon fifteen-year-old Colwin Flowers Junior, a student at Belmopan Comprehensive School, went swimming with a friend behind the Nazarene […]
Earlier in the weekend a Canadian citizen was knocked down and killed in the same area of Corozal. Around ten o’clock on Saturday morning in Santa Rita Heights, fifty-seven year old Rene Rioux was riding his bicycle towards the Free Zone when the he was hit by a grey Mitsubishi also heading towards the zone. […]
Last night an accident on the Northern Highway, involving three vehicles, has left eleven people in need of medical attention. Around nine-thirty in the Santa Rita area of Corozal, a van heading north crossed lanes and crashed into the rear wheel of a truck heading south in the direction of Belize City. The intensity of […]
Today the eye care centre located next to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital was officially opened. Joan Musa, Director of the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired, says that it’s all part of an effort to rid the country of blindness. Joan Musa, Director, B.C.V.I. “We’re celebrating today the official opening the eye clinic. We’re […]
This afternoon naval ships from the Republic of China on Taiwan entered Belizean waters as part of a goodwill tour to strengthen diplomatic relations with countries in the region. The frigates Wu-Yi and Tzu-Yi and support ship Chen-Der have already stopped off in St. Vincent, Dominica, Grenada and Guatemala. Although the ships are anchored about […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re hooked in to another display of Sports Monday. The BFL regular season is fast approaching. It’s natural conclusion and in fact there remains only one fixture of matches, and that comes up this weekend. Nevertheless, the jocking for play off position continued unabated over the weekend and here […]
