Since April fifth, when U.D.P. Leader Dean Barrow released the text of the agreement between Government and Innovative Communications Corporation for the sale of majority ownership in B.T.L., both the Opposition and a wide range of independent critics have been vocal in their denunciation of the deal. For its part, save for a few innocuous […]
The body of a man feared drowned over the weekend has been recovered. Around two on Tuesday afternoon, a search team including police and relatives of nineteen year old Andrew Castro came upon the young man’s corpse floating in the water just off Caye Chapel. Castro, who was reportedly intoxicated at the time of his […]
The first conviction has been achieved under the recently enacted trafficking in persons legislation. According to a police press release, fifty year old Mildred Villanueva appeared today in Orange Walk Magistrate’s Court and pleaded guilty. She was fined one thousand dollars or in default a year in prison. The charges stem from the discovery of […]
He claims he was the victim of a beating at the hands of the police. And while Asban Gordon had the bruises and blood stains to prove he’s been roughed up, he maintains he did nothing to provoke the cops. According to Gordon, the incident happened around midday today in front of Mars Spicy Kitchen […]
The thirty-fourth annual convention of the Belize National Teacher’s Union got underway today in Corozal. Among speakers appearing at the two-day event are Education Minister Francis Fonseca, Corozal Town Mayor Mario Narvaez, and B.N.T.U. President Anthony Fuentes. Union members from all ten branches were expected to attend. The theme for the convention is “B.N.T.U.: continuously […]
It is a threat that thousands of Belizeans face every year, the product of a growing population that continues to expand into terrain that is highly susceptible to wildfires. Today I visited what is no doubt only the first of many blazes to come. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Black smoke could clearly be seen rising above […]
