It was vintage Dean Barrow and the United Democratic Party this afternoon as they staged a press conference to disclose details of the agreement that gave International Communication Corporation majority ownership of B.T.L. Armed with the thirty-page document, Barrow explained that the agreement essentially gives Jeffrey Prosser massive tax breaks and concessions that leave Belizean […]
Classrooms across the country may be empty for the Easter break, but truancy officers get no such breaks. School Community Liaison Officers today began a house-to-house survey in the Port Loyola area of Belize City to collect vital information for the Ministry of Education to determine how best to assist needy children. Monitoring Officer, Marva […]
Dangriga police acted quickly to apprehend two men believed to have carried out a robbery at Tackles Gas Station on Saturday evening. The station manager reported that two dark complexioned men held them up and took an undisclosed amount of cash. Police immediately searched a residence on St. Berry’s Alley and picked up Allen Jones […]
A man was stabbed during the “Elephant Man” concert in Belize City on Friday night. Police officers on duty at the concert reported that twenty-year-old Leon Soberanis came up to them and said he had been stabbed in the neck. He was admitted to the K.H.M.H. in a serious condition, but police say he has […]
Two people were hospitalised following a bar fight in Corozal on Saturday night. Winston Duheany, forty-six, is alleged to have gotten into an argument with other patrons at the Scorpion Bar and pulled out a firearm, firing a shot which hit a fifteen year old student who was passing outside at the time. Some of […]
Crime is a concern of every citizen, and often we are the eyes and ears of the police. But just about everyone who picks up the phone to call in with information worries about the confidentiality of that call. Well, the Rotary Club of Belize wants to help us rest a little easier on that […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley with this fresh dish of Sports Monday. Week five of the Regent Insurance Cup Tournament found Builder’s Hardware Bandits of Belmopan hosting the San Pedro Seahawks inside the Isidoro Beaton Stadium Saturday night. Immediately off the kick off, the Bandits try to grab the lead when Andy Hunt displays nice […]
