The first arrivals show up as early as midnight, and by dawn a line has already formed. Word on the streets is that its punishment for some sin–real or imagined–committed by the Government of Belize…the passport scandal, drug trafficking or perhaps too strong a friendship with Cuba. What I’m talking about, of course, is the […]
In crime news, the crackdown on illegal firearms continues as police confiscated an unlicensed handgun in Belize City. The nine-millimetre Glock nineteen pistol, along with nine bullets, was found Monday night around nine-thirty at a house on Unity Street. Thirty-six year old Alexander Torres, twenty-seven year old Sheryl Brown and forty-three year old Egbert Brown […]
Bad luck has once again struck the re-building of the Bliss Institute. Less than four months after a falling scaffold killed a construction supervisor, a workman had to be rushed to the hospital this morning after falling two stories from an interior catwalk. According to a spokesman for the Mexican contractor, Delta Construction, thirty-one year […]
The Belize Court of Appeal has upheld the Supreme Court judgement against the Belize City Council for breaking down the wall surrounding the house of Brian Brown. According to Brown’s attorney, Dean Barrow, while the Court of Appeal did not agree that the statutory instrument under which the fence was demolished was ultra vires, it […]
And in his role as Leader of the Opposition, Dean Barrow today accused the Chief Elections Officer of cutting off voter registration in Cayo South too soon. According to a United Democratic Party release late this afternoon, the decision to use September tenth as the deadline for registration to vote in the upcoming by-election should […]
Art education at Saint John’s College today received a technological upgrade from the Ashcroft Foundation, through the National Institute of Culture and History. Three computers, complete with special graphic design and video editing software, were handed over to the centre during an informal ceremony at the institution’s computer lab this morning. According to spokesman for […]
Two of Belize’s veteran musicians are headed to Mexico for an extended tour the likes of which few local artists have seen before. Kungo Music maestro Brother David Obi and Punta rock superstar Mohobub Flores today left the country to meet up with the rest of their colleagues in the Orquesta de la Papaya. While […]
A U.S. sponsored project to improve teacher education was launched this morning. The initiative, called the Caribbean Centre of Excellence for Teacher Training, is part of a broad regional effort to improve the teaching of literacy in primary schools. At ceremonies held this morning at the Biltmore Plaza, Prime Minister Said Musa assessed the situation […]
If you set aside greasy fried chicken, it’s likely that the number one choice of Belizeans dining out is Chinese food. But while many people enjoy it, very few of us make the effort to cook Chinese cuisine at home. Today, the Embassy of Taiwan tried to change that situation. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It looks […]
