It’s a familiar story: people with no place to live pick a piece of unoccupied land, throw up a rough dwelling, defy orders to leave and ignore threats of legal action. Time goes by, the law moves in, and–depending on whether an election is upcoming or just past–the squatters are either accommodated or evicted. Given […]
Today Corozal police made two arrests in connection with the murder of Wilfredo Baeza. They are thirty-six year old Tomasita Villanueva and her twenty-two year old brother, Giovanni Villanueva. It was strongly suspected that Tomasita, who was home at the time of the killing on Saturday evening, may have been involved, and investigators believe that […]
The Government of Belize is on the defensive tonight after reports in the Guatemalan press have accused B.D.F soldiers of making an incursion into Guatemalan territory last Friday. A Government release denies that any such incursion was made. They claim that the Belize Defence Force patrol in question was en route to a scheduled link-up […]
If you’re planning on doing the midweek laundry tonight, you may want to make a change in plans. Beginning at eight o’clock, Belize Water Services will cut off the flow at the old treatment plant at Double Run in order to hook up the company’s new facility to the system. Since April of last year, […]
The latest round in the cruise ship war goes to Tom Greenwood and those boat owners trying to prevent the introduction of larger tenders to the industry. Confirming the unconstitutionality of a recent attempt to oust him, Greenwood was re-elected president of the Belize Cruiseship Industry Association at the B.C.I.A.’s annual general meeting held last […]
For years government and the private sector have urged the public to buy Belizean: particularly Belizean food products. Today, officials and processors met in Belize City to ensure that all that local produce is safe for the table. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The workshop aims to improve the quality and safety of food produced and sold […]
With its abundant nightlife, not to mention the pleasant environment of B.T.L. Park, it’s a popular area for Belize City residents, no matter what side of the Haulover Creek they come from. And now Patrick Jones finds that the area north of the Barracks is getting even better…with one major exception. Patrick Jones, Reporting The […]
