For Belize’s taxi drivers the date of Thursday, June twenty-first is one they’d like to forget. In the space of six hours on Thursday, two drivers in Belize City and one in Belmopan were the victim of violent robberies and kidnappings. The most frightening incident involved Paul Fakayode, a thirty-three year old Nigerian taximan. He […]
Their ranks may have been decimated by three violent assaults in one day, but the nation’s corps of taxidrivers is not necessarily reacting to the incidents with one voice. Ann-Marie made the rounds of Belize City’s cab stands to get the view from behind the wheel. Taxidriver #1 “Some day I could get caught, but […]
These days it seems that as sure as the sun rises, a counterfeit hundred dollar bill will turn up in somebody’s cash register. The latest sighting of bogus bank notes took place on Thursday night with a Peppers delivery man taking one as payment for a pizza and a San Ignacio bank teller having one […]
Ever since it purchased the assets of the Belize Water and Sewerage Authority, Belize Water Services Limited has promised to make the water company more productive. Though it plans to invest fifteen million dollars for the expansion of the Double Run Treatment Plant and pipeline to Belize City, being efficient also means getting more from […]
A six member team left the country this afternoon for the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS which opens on Monday in New York. The delegation is being lead by Rodel Beltran Perera, Executive Director of the Alliance Against AIDS. Perera says that they are attending the meeting to raise awareness as well […]
When a fire wakes you up from a deep sleep, the last thing you’d expect is some clearheaded thinking. But fortunately it was just such coolness under pressure that allowed one Belize City woman to escape the flames and bring a friend to safety as well. Timmary Requena, Fire Victim “He couldn’t help himself at […]
