It was billed as the “Education Summit” and was preceded by numerous public consultations and a healthy advertising campaign. Following an official opening on Monday night, the three-day conclave got down to business this morning. Despite annoying problems with the venue’s audio system, the opening plenary session set the tone for what should be a […]
On his return to Belize from over a week in Asia, Prime Minister Said Musa immediately immersed himself in the education summit, delivering the keynote address at Monday night’s opening. But the trip to the Far East was not without its rewards. According to a government press release, officials in Singapore have expressed satisfaction with […]
He was making a routine landing at Belize City Municipal after five this evening when an unusual thing happened: his seat broke. As a result, pilot Michael Bowen lost control of his Cessna and it ran off the side of the runway. The plane suffered some structural damage and Bowen, the aircraft’s sole occupant, was […]
A watchman is dead and his employer wounded in what can only be described as a bizarre incident in the nation’s capital. Today I visited the scene. Corina Godinez, Daughter of the Deceased “It hurt we because he dah the head ah fu we home.” Janelle Chanona, Reporting The family of fifty-five year old Manuel […]
Two Belize City men have been arrested and charged for a killing that occurred at the beginning of the year. Eighteen-year-old Carlton Tasher and nineteen-year-old Brandon Taylor, both of Faber’s Road, were charged with the murder of twenty-five year old Michael Skeet. Skeet was fatally shot as he rode his bike down Central American Boulevard […]
Two more men–this time police officers–were arrested over the weekend and we’re not sure whether to be angry that those sworn to protect us may be robbing us, or to be happy that the system of justice actually worked. Police constables Aurelio Cajon and Marlon Martinez have been charged with extortion following their arrest on […]
And finally, in more pleasant police news, residents of Sittee River have come together to provide their village policemen with a new motorcycle. Chairman of the neighbourhood watch committee, Mary Shave, presented the one hundred and seventy-five CC Yamaha during a ceremony on Monday. Officer Marvin Salaam obliged by giving the machine a test drive. […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and we?re rolling out this latest dish of Sports Monday. The Regent Insurance Cup playoffs produce high drama at the M.C.C. Grounds on Sunday as defending champion Kulture Yabra of Belize City hosted Sagitun of Independence in a must win situation. The need for three points prompts the city team […]
