Belize City police had their hands full this weekend as they were busy literally catching thieves in the act. The most recent arrests took place around two this morning on Freetown Road when authorities say they received a tip informing them that a burglary was in progress at H.L.’s Burger. When the cops arrived on […]
Joan Bennett, the woman on trial for fatally stabbing her common-law husband, is tonight a free woman. The fifty-two year sanitation worker, who had been charged with manslaughter, appeared this afternoon in Magistrate’s Court where prosecutor Cheryl-Lynn Branker-Tait read a memo from the Director of Public Prosecutions requesting that the case be withdrawn. The charges […]
The demonstration held on Saturday may not have provided the spark to immediately oust the present government, but the determined crowd that marched through the streets of Belize City was sufficiently large to remind the Musa administration that people are watching… and reacting. The protest, organised by the Association of Concerned Belizeans, was prompted by […]
This morning in Belmopan, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Johnny Briceño signed two long-term forest licenses. The forty-year agreements will allow Thomas Gomez and Sons Limited and Bartholomew Young to log ninety-seven thousand acres of the Deep River Forest Reserve and sixty-seven thousand acres in the Swasey/Bladen Forest Reserve in the Toledo District. According […]
In our youth oriented society, they may not have the political muscle that they deserve, but fear not, Belize’s grey panthers are still kicking up dust… especially this week. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting There may have been far more junior than senior citizens at the official opening of Senior Citizens Week, but the folks at Helpage […]
If you happen to have visited the United States in the last few years, you would have noticed that going grocery shopping now means heading for giant warehouses like Sam’s Club, Costco, and B.J.’s. And while Belize may not be ready for such mega-stores, the local trend has definitely been toward discount groceries like Public’s, […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re very welcome to this latest edition of Sports Monday. Week three of the RFG Insurance Cup Tournament brought undefeated Wagiya of Dangriga into the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday for an old time shoot-out against archrival Kremandala of Belize City, a team looking to establish its dominance in its second […]
