Belmopan police are tonight hot on the trail of a murderous duo that tried to shoot their way to some quick cash on Monday morning. Thirty-nine year old Valley of Peace businessman Samuel Najarro told police he was heading home after making sales in the Belmopan area. On the way, Najarro says he picked up […]
While the Valley of Peace murderers escaped empty handed, in Orange Walk two thieves befriended a sixty-six year old man, only to rob him at gunpoint. Hilario Howe told police that on Monday morning two men showed up at his house seeking rooms for rent. Howe invited the men into his house and one of […]
And finally on the crime beat, police in Stann Creek are looking for two men after a woman reported being raped and robbed. The forty-nine year old told police that she was awakened around three o’clock on Monday morning by two men she knew who asked her for a drink of water. When she produced […]
Galen University: not much is known about this educational institution except that it is located in the Cayo District and opened its doors with fifteen students enrolled in a school of business in September. But this week Galen scored a major achievement in its short lifespan by linking up with the University of Belize to […]
Over a year ago we ran a story on a project to introduce soybeans to Belize as a viable alternative crop that would help farmers diversify and save the nation’s precious foreign exchange. Today, as this year’s crop reaches maturity, agriculture officials report that soybeans will be an important part of Belize’s future. Estimates are […]
The joining of countries of the Caribbean into a single political and economic block has been the dream of regional integrationists from even farther back than the creation of CARICOM in 1973. And while there has been progress in bringing the peoples of the region closer together, when it comes to sharing information, there are […]
It may seem a bit early, but those viewers planning vacations or special events next year may be interested in the recently published official list of public and bank holidays. January first falls on a Thursday, which means that revellers will have only a day to get rid of their hangovers. Baron Bliss Day on […]
And in a correction to an item in yesterday’s Sports Monday, Belize’s under twenty-two national basketball team finished third out of four teams in last week’s Central American invitational tournament, not fourth as reported by sportscaster James Adderley. El Salvador was the only team that Belize beat, which we did twice, while we were defeated […]
They gave the best years of their lives–and sometimes life itself–to defeat the Axis powers in World War Two. Today, as Belizean ex-servicemen prepare to observe Veterans Week, I found that neglect is the most common malady of many former soldiers. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting In 1941 and 1942 over a thousand Belizean men and women […]
