Yesterday’s top story involved the signing of an agreement to construct a hundred million dollar cruise terminal in Belize City. One day later, we lead with news that contracts have been signed for a forty million dollar expansion of the Philip Goldson International Airport in Ladyville. There are four components to the project. The first […]
Authorities in Mexico have confirmed that a Belizean who died in the Rio Hondo on Monday was a victim of drowning. According to reports, eighteen-year-old Jorge Cantun of Santa Clara Village in the Corozal District was swimming with his girlfriend when a patrol boat of the Mexican Navy passed close to them. It is speculated […]
Another post-mortem, this one conducted in Belize, has revealed that San Pedro security guard Francisco Almendarez suffocated to death. It is recalled that Almendarez, watchman at Fido’s Bar and Restaurant, was bound and gagged by thieves who entered the premises early Tuesday morning. It appears that whatever they put around his face to keep him […]
Today Belize City police are investigating a report made by a deliveryman who claims he was held up and robbed of several thousand dollars. The incident occurred around eleven-thirty on Wednesday morning just in front of Tommy’s Store on Central American Boulevard. According to twenty-nine year old Kenrick DeShield, an employee of Karl H. Menzies, […]
On Last night’s newscast we reported that Brenton Lewis, on trial in connection with the 2003 killing of Marlon Budd, had been acquitted on the murder charge, but the jury was still deliberating on the reduced charge of manslaughter. It turns out that after a few more hours of deliberation the jury concluded that he […]
And while one defendant walked, two others had their day in court postponed. Brothers Andrew and Floyd Brown, although scheduled to appear today before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord in connection with the U.S. Government’s request for extradition, never did leave the confines of Hattieville Prison. The official reason for the postponement was illness on the […]
This week Magistrate’s Courts nationwide have been quiet as the Chief Justice agreed to suspend all trials to allow police and civilian prosecutors to undergo special training. Those sessions, sponsored by the United States Justice Department in cooperation with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, are designed to improve the trial skills of […]
Because Belize is so blessed with an abundance of animal and marine life and has an extensive network of national parks and reserves, Belizeans might sometimes take it all for granted. But a seminar this week on the Cartagena Convention on Biological Diversity is a reminder that with all our natural wealth comes certain responsibilities, […]
It may not have the cachet of Rossy War at the Princess or the practicality of the car show at Old Belize… but if you and the family attend this event, one thing is certain: by the time the curtain closes you will know that you have helped a child get an education. I am […]
And while children happily practiced for Little Miss Lake I this afternoon, on the other side of town, other Belizean kids were also capturing the spotlight. The theme for this year’s amateur photography contest, sponsored by the House of Culture, was “Smile Belize.” But perhaps no one expected that all the smiles that most impressed […]
