Two men are behind bars tonight, arrested for the driveby shooting of reputed gang figure Clay Monsanto and two friends on Monday night. Brothers Gerald and Sheldon Tillett ages twenty-one and twenty of George Street in Belize City, were this afternoon denied bail and charged jointly with three counts of attempted murder, dangerous harm and […]
While some suspected criminals are arrested, too many others remain in action. On Wednesday night around 11:30 a trio of robbers hit the H.L.’s Burger stand at Cemetery Road and West Canal. One man held a knife to a waitress’s throat while his brethren rifled the cash pan to the tune of five hundred and […]
Friday the fifteenth is pay-day for many Belizeans and that is one reason police are asking the public to be extra careful when they count up their cash. It seems that local counterfeiters have been running their photocopiers overtime, with bogus blue notes appearing in Belize City and Cayo. The most popular serial numbers seem […]
Leaving Belize today for El Salvador was Prime Minister Said Musa. He will attend a summit of Central American Heads of Government, convened to discuss the Plan Puebla/Panama initiative. The Plan Puebla, which seeks to promote development from Southern Mexico to Panama, requires co-ordinated action by the governments and private sectors of the eight countries […]
The sugar industry is facing some major challenges and no less than the general manager of Belize Sugar Industries has called for serious changes in the way that crucial commodity is produced. Writing in today’s Belize Times, B.S.I.’s Joey Montalvo warned that dwindling supplies of cane threaten to cripple and destroy the industry, unless measures […]
In a small country like Belize where fires are a regular occurrence we often get to see our fire-fighters on the job albeit under stressful conditions. On Friday and Saturday, the public will be able to see our eighty-five fire-fighters engage in these same exercises, only this time for fun. Assistant Fire Chief Norris Fisher, […]
The University of Belize holds its first commencement exercises at 10:00 Sunday morning at the City Centre. Six hundred and forty-seven students from forty different programmes will be receiving either certificates, diplomas, associate degrees or bachelor degrees. Guest speaker for the occasion is Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh. According to U.B. public relations officer Silvana Woods, […]
One of the country’s most popular cultural icons returned yesterday from South America, where he represented Belize at a meeting of the world’s poets. Grandmaster Leroy Young, best known for his publications “Made in Pinks Alley” and “Generation X,” dropped by Channel 5 this evening to tell us about his two week excursion. Leroy “Grandmaster” […]
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s the opening of carnival season and one of the big bands is kicking it off with a pageant. This weekend six primary school children will be vying for the title of Little Miss Cultural Heritage. Jacqueline Burgess, public relations officer for the group, says that it’s an event which […]
While the airwaves may be full of catchy slogans telling us to “try N.H.I.”, the pilot public health programme is only now getting ready for implementation. According to Doctor Marcelo Coyi of Belize Medical Associates, they will soon be opening a clinic on Regent Street for residents of the city’s southside. Coyi spoke to News […]
While most experts agree that the best weapon in the fight against AIDS is education, no educational “magic bullet” has yet been found that irrevocably changes people’s risky behaviour. That, however, has not stopped people from trying. Jose Sanchez reports on the latest attempt in Belize. Jose Sanchez, Reporting In an effort to raise awareness […]
