After more than a decade and a half as the world’s most high profile health concern, the reality of the AIDS epidemic still seems to have escaped the consciousness of most Belizeans. This must be the case because despite years of public education, private counselling and increased surveillance, the numbers tell an increasingly frightening tale. […]
A traffic mishap on the Northern Highway has claimed two lives. Police report that around 6:15 Wednesday evening, Swiss National, fifty-eight year old Benedict Steiger was heading north in a Toyota Hilux pick-up when he lost control of the vehicle and overturned near mile nineteen. Steiger and his passenger, forty-one year old Salvadoran, Maria Cruz, […]
Having recovered items stolen in a recent robbery, police today formally charged a man for the offence. Nineteen year old Kenroy Clarke has been charged with robbing a salesman of Santiago Castillo Limited on Pen Road two weeks ago. Magistrate Emerita Ascoli granted Clarke bail in the sum of five thousand dollars plus one surety […]
The case of the undersized conchs continues to make haste slowly as it winds its way through the legal system. Today the case in Magistrate’s Court was once again adjourned, this time until January twenty-seventh. A deadline of December twentieth has been set, however, for the prosecution to disclose all its evidence to the defendant, […]
The scene at the Tourism Village may have returned to normal, but the recriminations over Wednesday morning’s near riot are still flying fast and furious. Yesterday Novelo’s Bus Line issued a press release saying it denied the use of its buses to tour company Cruise Solutions because of the latter’s breach of contract, presumably some […]
And in news from the Caribbean and Central American Games in El Salvador, word has been received that Belize’s sole entrant in the racquetball competition continues to advance. Matthew Anderson beat his opponent from Costa Rica by a score of fifteen-six and fifteen-two, to rack up his third victory. Tomorrow comes crunch time as Anderson […]
He entered the musical scene professionally in 1994 and since then, has performed with several bands, delivering punta rock to an audience that just can’t seem to get enough. Now a solo artist, Supa G’s second CD, called “Unity”, features twelve songs in three different languages. Supa G., Punta Rock Entertainer “One particular song on […]
Earlier this month we covered the opening of a competition intended to revive the seemingly lost art of reading. Today, that contest concluded with some of Belize’s best orators going head to head. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Today, finalists from each of the districts in the National Story Reading Contest presented their best work. The event […]
We opened tonight’s newscast with the cold hard facts of the AIDS epidemic in Belize. And while those numbers tell an important part of the story, they do little to convey the reality of those who must live every day with the disease’s physical pain and mental anguish. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Thirty-two […]
