He was detained last week in Punta Gorda at the same time as accused paedophiles Dennis Bruce and Amos Capps, but Harry Lee Jones was release by police after seventy-two hours when they could not assemble sufficient evidence against him. Now the cops say they are ready…but Jones is nowhere to be found. An all […]
Two men have been detained for questioning following the discovery of a body in the Stann Creek District. On Tuesday morning police were called to Banana farm number fifteen where they found the badly decomposed corpse, which displayed chop wounds to the neck, face and hands. It was later identified as fifty-year-old Domingo Ordoñez, a […]
In more positive police news, high ranking members of the department and residents of the Newtown Barracks area gathered this morning for the inauguration of a permanent police presence in the high profile neighbourhood. Jason Musa, Manager, Belize Marina Towers “This particular area has become kind of a hotspot on weekends, night life, discos, casinos, […]
It was Belize’s third attempt to access this particular source of funding and the successful effort came just in time. With an estimated two percent of the adult population believed to be infected with HIV, and new cases running at more than one a day, the battle against AIDS needs all the firepower it can […]
Children who are afflicted with physical disabilities have a difficult time trying to live a normal life in Belize, and one reason is the lack of rehabilitation services. It’s one problem that CARE-Belize, a new non-governmental organisation, hopes to address. CARE stands for Community Agency for Rehabilitation and Education for persons with disabilities, and today […]
It’s a nation that is virtually unknown to Belizeans and most other Central Americans…but Finland may figure prominently in the region’s future. That’s the word emerging from a two-day forum on renewable energy that has attracted an impressive collection of participants. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting The Central American technocrats gathered at the Radisson […]
