Since it opened its doors in 1995 the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital has taken its share of criticisms, ranging from accusations of shoddy construction to substandard care…but the hit it’s taking this week hurts where the institution can least afford it: right in the pocketbook. Over the last month several hundred thousand dollars was illegally […]
A Belize City man lost his life on Independence Day when he was crushed under the wheels of a truck. According to police, the accident happened around 1:00 on Saturday afternoon. The citizen’s parade had just finished at the Yarborough Green and most of the floats that took part in the event were making their […]
The long holiday weekend saw its share of gunplay. On Saturday a young man was wounded in a scenario that is becoming all too familiar. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting “Eighteen year old Robert “Black” Jones was sitting on these steps with some friends when someone came from the back of the house and fired several shots […]
Shots rang out again in Belize City in the wee hours of this morning. According to police, three gunmen with automatic weapons sprayed two houses on West Canal with bullets leaving two people injured. The shootings, which occurred around 3:30, left twelve year old Victor McKenzie with a hip wound and in the second house […]
A man beaten unconscious, who was originally unidentified, has been I.D.’ed at the hospital. This evening a nurse at the K.H.M.H. gave the name of the mystery patient as her cousin Norman Bernard. Around nine on Saturday night the police found Bernard, who is homeless, lying on the street unconscious at the corner of Santa […]
And in a follow up to a double murder that occurred in the Corozal District on Thursday, a post-mortem has been conducted on the bodies of Enrique Sosa and Adrian Villanueva, both of Paraiso Village. The men, found with their hands and feet tied together, died as a result of fractured skulls. No arrests have […]
Having been run ragged over a busy week that included the release of the settlement proposals and the independence celebrations, Prime Minister Said Musa has travelled to London, where he will attend a meeting of Commonwealth Ministers of Finance. From the British capital Musa will head to Washington D.R.. where, joined by Budget Minister Ralph […]
And while the Prime Minister crosses the Atlantic his wife will be undertaking official business in Mexico. On Wednesday Joan Musa travels to Mexico City for a meeting of spouses of heads of government from the Americas. The theme of the three day conference is children and poverty. Mrs. Musa will be accompanied by Sandra […]
The excitement that surrounded last week’s release of the proposals has subsided and with the departure of facilitators Sir Shridath Ramphal and O.A.S. Assistant Secretary General Luigi Enaudi, it is now left to the Belize Government to explain and ultimately sell the package to Belizeans. That process, which will rely heavily on diplomatic personnel involved […]
On the twenty-first of September those Belizeans who ventured out to Memorial Park or tuned in on their radios were treated to a rare experience; a series of Independence Day addresses devoid of discord. Here are some excerpts, beginning with guest of honour Sir Shridath Ramphal, followed by Opposition Leader Dean Barrow and concluding with […]
God evening I’m James Adderley and we’re certainly glad you could join us for this Tuesday version of Sports Monday. One of the sporting activities to debut in this year’s national celebration is the one hundred and seventy mile Extreme Canoe Race which left San Ignacio at 3:42 p.m. on our independence day Saturday, September […]
