Out of the nation’s twenty-nine political constituencies, his was the biggest…and tonight Cayo South is without its elected leader, Agripino Cawich. Cawich, who also held the post of Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Home Affairs, succumbed to cancer on Friday, after being flown to the United States for treatment. Details of […]
The untimely death of Pino Cawich, aside from bringing grief to family and friends, has also created a political vacuum. Under the constitution a by-election must be called within three months of the vacancy, which would mean an approximate deadline of November eighth. While neither party is in any mood to crank up the political […]
Belize City police say they still do not know what caused four persons to be shot at the corner of King Street and Amara Avenue around midnight on Saturday. The shooting victims, identified as twenty-five year old Ronald Crawford, thirty-one year old Wilhelm Elliott, twenty-two year old Eleno Requeña and thirty-one year old Denbert Jones, […]
An undisclosed amount of money was stolen Sunday night during a hold-up at the Novelo’s Bus terminal. Authorities believe the robber may have been watching the place for a while and waited for the last bus to pull in before he made his move. That bus from Chetumal came in around ten last night, the […]
Early this morning, a watchman working for the Bellevue Hotel came across the body of a dead man floating in the hotel’s pool. The deceased, identified as thirty-year-old Clive Richards Rivers, was not a guest at the hotel, but an electrician who frequently visited the establishment to socialize. The last time Rivers was seen alive […]
Arleen Pelayo of Orange Walk Town is the latest winner in the Courts Megabucks promotion. On Saturday she stepped up to the wheel at the Belmopan Branch and gave it a spin. As a result she travelled home three thousand dollars richer. The next Megabucks draw takes place on September first in Belize City with […]
Fire officials were busy over the weekend and while no one was left homeless, the acrid smell of smoke forced many to leave home. On Saturday, fire broke out at the city garbage site at mile three on the Western Highway. It burned for hours and smoke from the conflagration could be seen bellowing high […]
He’s tasked with championing the cause of citizens who feel that public officials have violated their rights, and today Ombudsman Paul Rodriguez released the annual summary of his work over the last twelve months. The report of the Ombudsman, which under law has been tabled in the National Assembly, gives a brief synopsis of the […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley welcoming you to this fresh deal of Sports Monday. Week five of the Regent Insurance Cup brought undefeated Juventus of Orange Walk face to face with the league leading Builder’s Hardware Bandits of Belmopan inside the Isidoro Beaton Stadium Saturday night. We go to live action as David Trapp centres […]
