Police in San Ignacio have moved quickly to charge one person in connection with the shooting death of a Georgeville resident on Wednesday night. Thirty-seven year old Sergio Castaneda is charged with manslaughter by negligence and causing the death of Pablo Darimple Loague by careless conduct. Castaneda, Loague and another Georgeville resident, Clive Alford, were […]
Police have detained a man after he allegedly collected over twenty thousand dollars by posing as a surveyor. Carmine Tedeschi a businessman visiting San Ignacio, told police he was making arrangements to purchase a piece of land in San Antonio Village and that a man charged him and his partner, Rudolph Melter, eight hundred dollars […]
When the phrase “perception is more important than reality” was coined, the writer was probably not thinking of fraud and corruption. But it’s a theme that fits perfectly with a half-day workshop next week in Belize City, organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in conjunction with the Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants. According […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Godfrey Smith this afternoon hosted his Mexican counterpart, Doctor Luis Ernesto Derbez, to a meeting in Belize City. The session was closed to reporters, but a release from the Government Press Office says that the meeting, which also had the participation of Prime Minister Said Musa and Mexico’s Under Secretary of […]
The release from Belmopan will no doubt arrive on Monday, but the Foreign and Commonwealth Office today announced the appointment of a new British High Commissioner to Belize. According to the F.C.O. website, Alan Jones will succeed current High Commissioner Philip Priestly. Jones, who entered the diplomatic service in 1971, will take up his new […]
As part of Women’s Week, a presentation was made this afternoon on an issue they often neglect: their own health. The main message today was take care of yourself or you won’t be able to take care of others. Joan Musa, Chairperson, National Women’s Commission “Well, we think it is very important for women to […]
If you thought the mayor’s ball last weekend was the social event of the season, you might want to rethink that from the excitement that has been emanating from the Southern Foreshore for the past week in anticipation of tonight’s grand reopening of the Bliss. The “best of the best” are slated to perform over […]
