10-10-199. It is supposed to give B.T.L. customers reduced rates on international telephone calls. Well this week, a large number of Belizean consumers took advantage of rates that reached all the way to zero. Reports to News 5 indicate that for several days people in the know have been using the service to make free […]
A sixteen-year-old Belize City boy was found dead in Cayo this morning and the police are asking for the public’s assistance in solving the murder. The body of Abel Gonzalez was found on the Pilgrimage Valley Road, just outside of Santa Elena. It had a large cut wound to the back of the head. At […]
Brian Brown was by his own admission no angel…but when authorities broke down the wall around his yard for being higher than City Council regulations allowed, he decided to fight back. Not with an AK47, but with his lawyer. Today the Supreme Court ruled that Brown had been unconstitutionally targeted. Attorney Dean Barrow explains. Dean […]
Thirty-eight year old Alfred Richards may have taken his time to claim his prize, but after a day to think about it, the well-known southside barber could not hold back anymore. This afternoon he walked into the offices of Tropical Gaming Company to collect his winnings of one hundred and twelve thousand, five hundred dollars. […]
Its composition was a point of friction in the controversy over the Social Security Bill, but the matter was eventually resolved through compromise. And today the new Social Security Investment Committee was formally appointed by the Minister of Finance. Chairman is Lourdes Smith, a government representative, is joined on the government side by Hilly Martinez […]
It has received a lot of play on the morning radio talk shows and in letters to the newspapers. But today, instead of complaining about the new water meter, I decided to ask Belize Water Services just what’s going on. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting A study of existing water meters has prompted the utility company to […]
The traditional debate over Kriol has been whether or not it is a language, dialect or just bad English. But having declared victory in the linguistic wars, Kriol’s champions have gone one step further. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting The pulsating rhythm coming out of one southside neighbourhood this morning was the result of […]
