Additional charges have been filed against a senior police official. Superintendent Ewart Itza now has two counts each of false imprisonment and threat of death, along with one count each of aggravated assault, and using insulting and indecent words added to the list of charges against him. In September, Itza was arrested and charged with […]
Strange as it may sound, reports reaching News 5 are that a group of people have barricaded themselves inside their Mennonite church in Hopkins Village tonight. According to village sources, a new convert–a young woman–claims that God has been using her body to convey messages and has told her to warn the villagers that Hopkins […]
The S.J.C. Gymnasium in West Landivar was overrun with business activity today… but these are not your everyday entrepreneurs. They are the next generation of businessmen and women competing now for an advantage in the future. Patrick Jones reports. Melanie Simmons, Business Dept., S.J.C. Junior College “Our marketing students develop a product and they have […]
Belizean artist Santiago Cal is this month holding his second exhibition at the Image Factory. The show, “Durable View”, opens tonight. The display merges sculpture with installation and uses a variety of materials such as tarpaulin, zinc and plastic. A major theme is violence and brutality in art history, including fourteenth century Christian images of […]
The Green Iguana is one of the most heavily hunted reptiles in Belize. It is mostly caught or killed when the mother is full of eggs or with her young ones. Because the animal is strictly vegetarian, many people consider it a fine food source, so fine that the green iguana is becoming endangered. But […]
‘Tis the season for concerts, and this weekend while the Methodist Chorale will be holding their annual performance…the Christmas concert will also act as a send off for the grandmaster of choral music in Belize. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting His antics keep the group relaxed; but Edison Staine is dead serious when it […]
