There has been a major shake-up in the Belize labour movement as the union leadership reacts to the decision taken by their two representatives on the Social Security Board. That decision, to vote in favour of a ten million dollar loan to Sunshine Holdings, a trust company set up to purchase B.T.L. shares on behalf […]
A boy has died after being hit by a van on the Western Highway just outside San Ignacio Wednesday morning. Five-year-old Dixon Maroquin Gonzales, a Guatemalan from Melchor de Mencos, suffered severe head and body injuries and was rushed to the San Ignacio hospital and then transferred to the Karl Heusner Memorial, but he passed […]
The trial of a police officer accused of rape began in the Supreme Court today. A seven man, two woman jury was empanelled and then heard testimony from a nineteen year old woman. She said, under oath, that on the night of March thirteenth, 2004 police officer Crispin Jeffries Jr. had deejayed at a function […]
Prime Minister Said Musa this evening addressed the sixtieth session of the United Nations General Assembly. Dubbed the 2005 World Summit, the gathering of global leaders was convened to review the progress made toward implementation of the Millennium Development Goals. In his speech, Musa said there has never been a time like now to change […]
The Anglican Diocese of Belize has a new Bishop. He is Reverend Canon Philip Wright. Wright’s selection as Bishop-Elect was made public today by Archbishop of the West Indies, Drexel Gomez. Wright replaces Sylvestre Romero-Palma who resigned in December of 2004. Wright’s ordination and consecration is scheduled for November seventeenth at St. John’s Cathedral.
He belongs to that generation of Caribbean entertainers referred to as “classics” or “has beens”, depending on your age and musical tastes. But while Lord Laro is far past the peak of a long career, he will always have a special place in the hearts of Belizeans as the musician of Independence. And if he […]
Occasionally the media gets lucky enough to squeeze two stories out of one airport parking fee… and today was one of those days. Jacqueline Woods picks up the story from the V.I.P. Lounge. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Lord Laro was not the only one being welcomed at the P.G.I.A. this afternoon, another Trinidadian artist, Machel Montano, […]
You may have seen them last week at the House of Culture. They’re called the Maroon Kriols and if you liked them live you can now take them home. Bredda David Obi, Producer, Maroon Kriols “This is the first time that we record the Sambai Music at this level. The Sambai music is one of […]
It is a medical institution that gets more than its share of bad press… but what we often fail to mention is that, as the nation’s busiest and most important health facility, the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital handles thousand of cases each year–ranging from gunshot wounds to headaches–with a competent professionalism that cannot be matched […]
