After Sunday’s armed rape and robbery near El Pilar, authorities here said they were looking forward to co-operation from their counterparts across the border. Today that help became a reality when seven police officers, including the police chief, from the Guatemalan town of Melchor de Mencos, paid a visit to Belize. Joined by a team […]
In crime news from the city, two men have been injured in separate shooting incidents. Police report that on Saturday night eighteen-year-old Aaron Lizama of Second Street was shot in the hip after encountering a man at a party with whom he had a previous misunderstanding. Lizama was admitted to the K.H.M.H. in a stable […]
Most travellers are familiar with that sinking feeling when you suddenly realise that you have left your bag in the terminal after your bus or plane has already departed, with you aboard. We’re not sure if that same thing happened to a patron of the Novelos Bus Line, but there is an item sitting in […]
The British High Commission has announced the recipients of this year’s Chevening Scholarships. The four Belizeans who will study in the United Kingdom include Marlon Allen, who will seek a Masters Degree in policing and social conflict at the University of Leicester. Eugene Palacio will do a M.B.A. at the University of Birmingham; Tanya Usher […]
Bond issues seem to be the latest way to raise capital on the Belizean market and the most recent institution to announce a bond issue is the Development Finance Corporation. The D.F.C. has announced its intention to raise twenty million Belize dollars by offering bonds bearing an interest rate of nine percent. In addition to […]
There was a time not too long ago when if a musician wanted to take his or her music to the public, it meant travelling to Miami to cut a record. The introduction of cassette tapes and high-speed dubbing made the process cheaper and easier to accomplish locally. Today, with digital multitrack recorders and CD […]
Musicians are not the only artists whose creative juices begin to flow in September. Poet Norman Rodriguez has put together a new collection of poetry to mark Belize’s twenty-first birthday. It’s called “This Land We Love”. Norman Rodriguez, Poet “It’s actually about being a patriot and trying to encourage Belizeans to love their country the […]
Earlier we pointed out the relative ease with which local musicians can now bring their talent to the public. But improvements in technology can cut two ways. With sixty-four channel cable TV, music on the internet and ten dollar pirated CD’s available on every corner, today it’s harder than ever for a local artist to […]
On Monday over fifty-seven thousand children returned to primary schools across the nation. And what virtually all of them have in common is that each student carries a backpack crammed full of books and supplies. In the past we’ve focussed on the cost of all these instructional materials, but today I discovered that carrying all […]
