In more than a hundred countries around the world, today, December first is being celebrated as World AIDS Day under the theme: Make the Promise! Keep the Promise! Prevent HIV/AIDS. Here in Belize, church bells tolled at ten this morning in observance of the millions who have died from the deadly disease. Belize’s infection prevalence […]
A police officer convicted of manslaughter appeared in Belize City Supreme Court today for mitigation plea hearings. Sheldon Arzu and his attorney Linsbert Willis appeared before Justice Troadio Gonzalez and argued that the jury opted to go with the charge of manslaughter as opposed to murder, giving credence to the assertion that the shooting was […]
Two Belize City men appeared in Magistrate’s Court this morning after being arrested and charged for stealing a child’s bicycle. Twelve year old Neville Armstrong reported to police that on Wednesday, while doing an errand for his mother, he was stopped by two men at the corner of Pen Road and Raccoon Street Extension. The […]
Police have arrested and charged a security guard with attempted rape following a report by a twelve year old. According to the minor, while playing in her yard in March of this year, thirty-six year old Lindel Gibson pulled her into a bedroom, locked the door, stripped her naked, and attempted to have sex with […]
Meanwhile, two more people have been charged in connection with an attack against a child, but this time the offence was committed by a dog. Julian Reid reported to police that while in her neighbour’s yard around noon on Monday, she was shocked to hear the screams of her five year old son Corbin, who […]
She blazed onto centre court from an early age, and tonight female basketball star Tracy Garnett is getting ready to jump into the big leagues. The twenty-one year old has been offered a chance to strut her stuff for team coaches of the National Women’s Basketball League in the United States. On December tenth, the […]
For the second time this year, the Belizean Studies Journal has released a collection of research articles in a special issue publication. Entitled “Colonialism and Nature in Belize”, editors say the latest anthology contains papers that explore the country’s colonial roots, as well as writings that examine contemporary environmental politics of today. But according to […]
For the past three years, CARE-Belize has been quietly working in homes around the country, assisting parents of differently-abled children to help their loved ones live happy productive lives. But this week, the organisation went public, launching a campaign to send their message of hope to even more families. Sr. Beverly Hoffman, Coordinator, CARE-Belize ?We […]
They call themselves Via Vocalite and come Friday night, they plan to present holiday tunes in a plethora of musical genres to concert-goers. The event, entitled “Sounds of the Season,” will be held at the Fordyce Chapel on the grounds of Saint John’s College Junior College. According to Director Enrique Pech, proceeds of the performance […]
Today in Belize City, Government officials hosted Mexican representatives in a cultural exchange between the two countries. Licenciado Octavio Chavez Galvadon, director of the Quintanarroense de la Cultura and Dr. Jose Luis Pech Varguez, Secretary of Education and Culture in Mexico arrived in the country this morning for a one-day working visit to Belize. Over […]
Tonight, bus drivers and the management of the Novelo’s Bus Company continue to buck heads over the cause of yet another breakdown in service, this time in routes from the southern part of the country. The employees in Dangriga contend that the buses are not road-worthy and have become safety hazards… But administrators maintain there’s […]
