Crime is one of those unique evils that everybody deplores, but no two people seem to agree on its solution. That dilemma was apparent today as a hastily organised protest by the Chamber of Commerce proved enormously successful. Shops were shuttered nationwide and earnest citizens of all ages and economic status stood together to voice […]
As if to add a note of drama to this morning’s activities in Battlefield Park, word came from the rostrum of a fatal shooting which had just occurred on Mahogany Street. Police are not speculating publicly on why twenty-six year old William Mark Osmond was shot and killed, but revenge is widely believed to be […]
A part of the crime problem articulated by a number of speakers at this morning’s rally, was that there seems to be two standards of justice in Belize: one if you’re poor and quite another if you’re not. That thesis was strongly supported today by statements from the Customs Department. A release yesterday from the […]
A delegation has returned from Merida where members represented Belize at Yucatan’s Ki-huic Tourist Market. All five Mundo Maya countries exhibited at the market, putting forward examples of their music, dance and cuisine. Among the standouts at the festivities was the Belize Dance Company, which, according to a press release, brought down the house in […]
The first show in the 2002 season of Karaoke Television got underway last night at the Princess Hotel’s Club Calypso. While the venue may have been new, the competition was vintage KTV: excruciatingly close, with just one point separating the top two contestants. In the end, it was left to host William Neal to announce […]
As a man whose name is synonymous with the mean streets of the Belize City ghetto, you would think that Leroy Young, better known as Grandmaster, would speak with a voice of compassion for those around him who happen to be sitting on death row. Perhaps, but this morning at Battlefield Park, the Grandmaster sounded […]
