There’s never a good time for a fire, but the week before Christmas is about as bad as they come. The latest blaze began just as this newscast was getting underway Thursday night. Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It did not take the National Fire Service long to bring the blaze under […]
Last month as he addressed a group of freshly minted police officers, newly appointed Minister of Home Affairs Maxwell Samuels departed from his script to level a blast at what he called the unjustified rate hikes imposed by B.T.L. Last night on One on One with Dickie Bradley, he was at it again and the […]
In violent crime news, a Chinese restaurant in Belize City was jacked on Thursday night. Chen Jian Hong, owner of Hong Mei Restaurant on Church Street, reported that after being served their food, three men pushed him down, tied him and his wife up and proceeded to help themselves to whatever they could find. They […]
While the three Church Street jackers are still at large, one man who’s not so lucky is twenty-eight year old Sebastian “Sabe” Nunez. Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord has sentenced Nunez to a relatively light two years behind bars for the theft of fifteen thousand dollars. It can be recalled that Nunez snatched a bag from […]
During Christmas, the drug of choice for most Belizeans is alcohol, but for the rest of the year the abuse of and trade in other narcotics remains one of the nation’s major social problems. Today the organisation spearheading anti-drug education in Belize finished a week of activities targeting students. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Three years ago, […]
It’s one of those holiday foods that when done poorly becomes the butt of endless jokes, but when a Christmas fruitcake is baked to perfection, it’s a treat that’s hard to beat. Tonight Ann-Marie thinks she found a cake that will stand the test of time. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting What started out as merely a […]
Belmopan was the venue this morning for activities marking the end of traffic safety week. Primary School students marched around the Ring Road, accompanied by officials of the Transport Department, all urging drivers to cool it over the Christmas holidays. Bumper stickers were also distributed, some of which carried the week’s theme: “Drive with care, […]
This week may be devoted to traffic safety, but you’d never know it by watching drivers in Belize City. In the old capital, where bad driving has been elevated to fine art, it was strictly business as usual. Stewart Krohn, Reporting It’s a busy intersection where every driver knows that left turns up the bridge […]
