A veteran union activist has been murdered in Cayo. Fifty-seven year old Antonio Farias, who retired as vice president of the Public Service Union in 1998 and since that time has operated the Three Star Bar in San Ignacio, was killed just after midnight Saturday as he left the establishment. After closing the club, located […]
Two Hondurans are dead after the car in which they were riding, ran off the Western Highway Sunday night. Twenty-seven year old Nerry Noa Rivero Lopez and thirty-six year old Manuel Avarenega were reportedly killed on impact after their car crashed into a ditch between mile twenty-four and twenty-five around 11:15 p.m. Two other passengers […]
Police are asking Cayo residents to be on the lookout for counterfeit U.S. dollars that they believe are circulating in the area. On Saturday, boledo vendor James Young, who operates in front of Delicious Restaurant on Burns Avenue in San Ignacio, received what appeared to be twenty U.S. dollars in payment from a Hispanic man. […]
It is poised to become Belize’s largest export, but investors in the farmed shrimp industry are expressing a measure of concern tonight over the appearance of a virus at one facility near Belize City. A release from the Belize Agricultural Heath Authority, BAHA, reports that the Nova Shrimp operation near Ladyville has been placed under […]
Last week we reported on Cabinet’s decision to finally stop the sale of passports. That policy change, to be carried out through an amendment to the constitution, is one of a number of constitutional alterations to be introduced at the next sitting of the House of Representatives. Among the more significant is the reorganisation of […]
At the beginning of the 21st century a career in law enforcement does not seen to have the appeal of more high tech–and high pay–occupations. This is particularly true for high school graduates in Belize City. Now, during Police Week, the department is using the opportunity to sell itself in the city’s secondary schools. This […]
The new Ambassador of Mexico today presented his credentials to the Governor General in Belmopan. Jorge Trejo Nava is the sixth ambassador to represent his country here since 1981. Mexico was the first nation to officially recognize the independence of Belize and appoint a resident ambassador. Trejo’s predecessor, Enrique Hubbard, has been appointed as Mexico’s […]
Belizean musicians have often been criticised for blatantly copying songs or at least the styles of foreign artists. But no one will ever accuse Dangriga’s Bredda David of imitation. David, the creator of Kungo music, has been combining Caribbean rhythms with his African heritage for the past thirty years. He recently dropped by Channel 5 […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley inviting you to climb aboard for another fresh serving of Sports Monday. The Belize District Amateur Basketball competition at Big Bird’s Isle is in the thick of the playoffs and yesterday the female champion emerged after a heated display of hoops. It’s Anamarie Thurton jumping against three time MVP Enid […]
