The blame game continued in Belmopan today, as the Special Senate Select Committee conducted its sixth public hearing in its investigation into the investment portfolio of the Belize Social Security Board. Appearing before the senators for their second time were securitization manager Ian McMillan and S.S.B.’s financial director Rolando Zetina; as well as first timers, […]
As if the Social Security Board didn’t have enough to worry about, we are informed this week that another one of its major loans has gone bad. A notice in last weekend’s Amandala indicates that a receiver has been appointed for no less than seven companies operating in Toledo, all controlled by controversial Danish businessman […]
An American visitor to Belize died on Wednesday following a trip to Hol Chan Marine Reserve. Fifty-two year old Mary Krinich had been snorkelling with a group of fellow tourists, but reported feeling sick and began vomiting. She was rushed to the San Pedro clinic, but was pronounced dead on arrival. The body was transferred […]
For students, the summer holidays are supposed to be carefree and fun, but on Wednesday a little boy was found dead in San Roman Village after apparently suffocating in a pile of sand. Corozal police say nine-year-old Onix Correa had been playing with a group of children who were digging in the sand that afternoon […]
Police in the Stann Creek District have detained a twenty-three year old man for the molestation of a five-year-old girl. The child’s mother told police on Wednesday that her daughter had gone to visit relatives and when she came home, she noticed that something was clearly wrong. She took the child to a doctor who […]
Two men wanted by U.S. authorities for alleged drug trafficking offences six years ago will be given an extradition hearing despite some confusion about the identity of one of the men. Today Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord told attorneys for Andrew “Papa” Brown and Floyd Brown that he will proceed with a full extradition hearing and […]
A fast food restaurant in San Ignacio was destroyed on Wednesday night. The San Ignacio Fire department says they received a call around nine twenty-five but were unable to save the structure. The business named Annie’s and located on Savannah Street, was owned by Ann Bateman. Fire officials say they believe it was a case […]
Belize may have dodged a bullet with Hurricane Emily, but the storm was not without impact on Belize’s economy. We’re talking cruise ships, or rather, their absence. According to the manager of the Fort Street Tourism Village, James Nisbet, five vessels cancelled their visits this week due to the presence of Emily working its way […]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, better known as the Mormons, has long had a presence in Belize–usually in the form of young pink-faced missionaries who could be seen walking the mean streets of Belize City day or night. But as the church grows locally, its involvement with the community is also […]
On July seventh, fifty-six people were killed when a series of what are believed to be suicide bomb blasts went off in the London underground rail system and on a double-decker bus. The terrorist acts shocked Great Britain and much of the world, but at the time we did not know that among the casualties […]
