It created quite a stir back in April when accused drug runners George Herbert and Liston McCord were led up the steps of a U.S. Government jet and flown off to a future that would likely include a long stretch in Federal Prison. But if the D.E.A.’s snatching of two suspected criminals raised eyebrows, the […]
Earlier this week we reported on the discovery of a few counterfeit hundred dollar notes, which has been successfully passed to business houses in Belize City and Dangriga. Now it seems that police have found the mother load–along with three suspected counterfeiters. Eighteen-year-old Devin Simmons, nineteen year old Darryl Gideon and eighteen year old Levon […]
The epicentre of Garifuna culture may be located in Dangriga and villages to the south, but as the nation’s largest municipality, Belize City boasts a growing and increasingly vibrant Garifuna community. Next weekend that community will demonstrate its strength at an annual pageant. Patrick Jones has a preview. Patrick Jones, Reporting The five young ladies […]
It’s modelled after the highly successful Coca-Cola spelling bee…but while the format may be familiar, the National Nutrition Quiz sponsored by Belize Mills has the nation’s high schools digging deep, not for the right letter, but for solutions to a growing problem: poor nutrition. Emcee “We have third place going to Belize Adventist…we have second […]
