It has not been a good month for the Police Department. With seven murders in two weeks and more cops singled out for wrongdoing than valor, it’s difficult to see the results of improved training and reforms promised some time ago. And today the ugly side of law enforcement was exposed once again as two […]
In a correction to a story we ran on Monday, today twenty-five year old Dennis Belgrave called our newsroom to say he was not in the company of Nehru Smith and Clive Flowers when both men were shot and killed on Saturday night. Belgrave says he was riding home on his bicycle when upon reaching […]
In news from the tourism industry, Hurricane Ivan may have missed Belize, but his journey across the Caribbean still managed to have an impact here. There was some beach erosion and damage to docks in San Pedro and Caye Caulker, and presumably similar effects were felt in the northern atolls. Those who earn a living […]
It’s the first full week of the new primary school year and while some students are still adjusting to their classes, today eight lucky children from across the country–not to mention their parents–got some financial help from Courts. As part of its community outreach programme, the electronics and furniture store gave participating customers a chance […]
September is the month of patriotism and while it would seem that our list of historical heroes is pretty much fixed, a new exhibition demonstrates that there are many ways to identify our patriotic citizens. Patrick Jones, Reporting They are the faces of some of the country?s best known patriots and others not so well […]
Most of the weather news we’ve seen over the last month had to do with hurricanes and their potential to assault Belize with high winds and torrential rains. But while many Belizeans have been focussing on catastrophic storms, the fact is that since June the nation has been in the grip of a severe drought […]
