Two days after we reported that three fishermen were fined more than forty thousand dollars for possession of undersized conch, tonight, the cooperative busted on the same day for the same charge, has yet to see the inside of a courtroom. According to Northern Fishermen Cooperative’s Bobby Usher, management is still waiting to receive the […]
We were a city under water today as more than four inches of rain fell in the space of twelve hours. The deluge quickly inundated several streets and caused at least one school to close early. The Philip Goldson International Airport recorded four point three inches of rain, while Melinda posted four point eight-seven inches. […]
A farmer from the Orange Walk District is dead tonight, the victim of a traffic accident. According to police, around 1:30 on Wednesday, sixty-eight year old Miguel Blair, a resident of Tower Hill, was riding his bicycle near mile fifty-three on the Northern Highway when he was knocked down by a pick-up truck. Blair sustained […]
Punta Gorda police are tonight investigating a disturbing report made by a nine-year-old girl. On Wednesday, in the presence of her mother, the child told the cops that since 1999 her stepfather had been having sex with her. The time of the abuse would have started when the girl was only six years old. Medical […]
Every year hundreds of cases of child abuse are reported to authorities. It is an alarming situation that requires immediate attention. Next week, under the theme “Abuse–no excuse”, the National Organization for the Prevention of Child Abuse, NOPCA, is observing Child Abuse Prevention Week with a series of educational activities. In addition to school visits, […]
Worldwide, more and more people are becoming health conscious. But for every theory saying do this or eat that to improve your health, there seems to be another saying the exact opposite. In the middle of this medical mayhem, one local cardiologist has published his prescription for the confused called: Your doctor can’t make you […]
If you’re a game show fanatic, you’re going to love this. On Friday’s episode of Jeopardy an entire category will be dedicated to fun facts about Belize. Three contestants will do their best to answer the following five clues correctly: 1) Towering one hundred and thirty feet, one of the largest pyramids in Belize is […]
It’s a resource that perhaps many of us take for granted…the Belize Barrier Reef. We might have the tourism slogans memorized, but few people realize that recent events in nature, combined with the impact of man, have left that resource in bad shape. And while local environmental groups are trying to protect the reef, they […]
With the worst part of the hurricane season behind us, many Belizeans are tempted to breathe a sigh of relief that after three major hurricanes in four years, mother nature has finally given us a break. But not so fast…for it was on October thirty-first, 1961 that a monster storm named Hattie slammed into the […]
