For a brief moment in time, the company looked like a knight in shining armour, ready to breech the walls of Belize’s high priced monopoly telecom market, rescue the beleaguered Belizean consumer and carry her off into a fairyland of low cost international calls, high speed instant internet and unlimited rollover minutes on your digital […]
Police in San Ignacio believe they have cracked one of the year’s major unsolved crimes in the Cayo District. Today twenty-five year old Guatemalan Alex Santos was arrested and charged with rape and robbery in connection with the September first attack on a number of tourists on the road to El Pilar. Santos, a resident […]
Police tonight are looking for two men whom they believe can answer some questions about a case of forgery. Alexander Reyes of Mahogany Street and Jose Torres of Barrack Road in Belize City are being sought in connection with the attempted cashing of two government vouchers made out in the names of downtown Belize City […]
A Toledo man is dead following a traffic mishap on the Southern Highway. Omar Palma of Forest Home lost his life when a parked car in which he was sitting was hit by a pickup truck between mile sixteen and seventeen. The other passengers in the car, Martin and Abib Palma, were seriously injured. The […]
T’is the Christmas season, but who says politics can’t be a part of it. The People’s United Party will be holding its City Council convention Saturday at the Wilton Cumberbatch Field on Caesar Ridge Road. Incumbent Mayor David Fonseca says the slate, for what should be an endorsing convention, features four new candidates as part […]
Meanwhile, one politician who went silent over recent years is suddenly back in election mode. Estevan Perera, remembered best for his intimate involvement in the now defunct People’s Democratic Party, says he has been saving up to finance his new campaign. Perera, who is now running an independent race for mayor, says he has a […]
While the environmentalists are going back to their corner to regroup after the Supreme Court ruled against them on Chalillo, B.E.L. is getting ready to move ahead with its plans. According to C.E.O. Lynn Young, his company might have won a legal victory, but the country has taken an economic loss. Lynn Young, C.E.O., B.E.L. […]
The funny sounding acronym seemed to jump out of nowhere, but before long its influence was felt everywhere…from medfly quarantines in Toledo to suspected swine fever in Cayo. And today the folks from BAHA showed off their new home in Belize City. Marion Ali reports. Marion Ali, Reporting It is the body responsible for the […]
Chances are that a large portion of those watching tonight’s newscast are doing so through watery eyes, distracted by aching joints and a throbbing headache. Well, Jacqueline Woods’ next story may not bring you immediate relief, but at least it offers the comfort that you’re not the only one suffering. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Looking around […]
