For many Belizeans who receive their wages on a weekly basis, tomorrow is the first payday of the new financial year. And, if you were paying attention to the Prime Minister’s budget speech way back in January, you know that beginning April first the tax free exemption goes up from twenty thousand dollars to twenty-five […]
In a landmark move for the Caribbean, the Belize judiciary has become one of the first countries in the region to voluntarily design and adopt a code of conduct for its judges and magistrates. The document specifies approximately sixty do’s and don’ts for those on the bench. Among them are rules such as: “A judge […]
Meanwhile, the Belizean legal community, and indeed, the public at large, has been abuzz this week with speculation on how the case of Monday’s four-car traffic pileup, believed to be caused by the Director of Public Prosecutions, will play out. According to Attorney General Godfrey Smith, the situation is unusual but it will be handled […]
His body was riddled with eleven bullets…and today police have charged a suspect in last month’s brutal killing of Alfonso Vernon. Eighteen-year-old Jamaal Henry of Racoon Street in Belize City has been charged with the murder which occurred in the area of North Creek on the morning of Saturday, March fifteenth.
Their presence would probably not have saved the life of Alfonso Vernon, but tonight more than forty new police officers are walking the streets…the latest recruits to graduate from the Police Training Academy in Belmopan. During ceremonies held at the academy on Friday afternoon, forty-one men and women were officially sworn in as police constables. […]
This weekend, a small army of young boys and girls will be performing a series of dances in dramatic fashion. Since January, one hundred and eight youths from San Ignacio, Belmopan, Belize and Dangriga have been rehearsing twenty different pieces in classical, modern, jazz, mime and ballet dances. The show, titled “Imagine”, will be performed […]
They number about six hundred in Belize and are a formidable force in the local business community. Today the men and women of the Sindhi Indian community are celebrating their new year. At ceremonies which started late this evening at the home of Vinod Bhojwani, the Belize Sindhis offered prayers and sacrifices to the God […]
The best a Belizean has ever done in a major international beauty pageant was almost a quarter century ago when Sarita Acosta made the top ten in Miss Universe. But that hasn’t stopped us from trying…and trying…with the latest tactic being an early start. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Primary school and […]
