A tour guide involved in the disappearance of an American cruise ship passenger has been fined for not having a valid license. According to court reports, this morning forty year old Bernard Mortis pleaded guilty to the charge of operating as a tour guide without first obtaining a license. Magistrate Harry Hulett then ordered Mortis […]
A husband and wife from Teakettle Village who took the law into their hands after their home was burglarised is tonight facing prosecution. According to Lorenzo Vanegas, around eight on Wednesday morning, his wife Melony Bardalez, returned from an errand only to catch a thief red-handed trying to steal the family’s Christmas ham, apples, a […]
A man accused of the carnal knowledge of a fourteen year old is tonight free after he produced evidence that the victim had lied about her age. According to reports from the Belize City Supreme Court, thirty year old Dionicio Howard was charged with the offence after the father of the girl reported that in […]
This morning hundreds of students and their proud parents gathered at the Saint John’s Junior College gymnasium to mark Belize’s academic performance in the annual CXC exams. Hosted by the CXC National Committee of Belize, the ceremony celebrated more than grades, it recognized the fact that more families are making the sacrifice to ensure that […]
Few Belizeans might realise that half a world away, the outcome of talks in a Hong Kong boardroom has the power to significantly affect Belize’s agricultural sector. A Belizean delegation led by Minister of Foreign Affairs Godfrey Smith is putting the country’s case for better prices for local bananas on the international market to the […]
Archaeology is one of the pillars of attraction to Belize, but this week an educational publication addresses some lingering misconceptions being perpetuated about our ancient ancestors. The book is entitled “101 Questions and Answers about the Ancient Maya.” According to author and archaeologist Dr. Jaime Awe, the compilation of information is an easy to read […]
The spirit of the season continued in Belize City today as a number of businesses hit the streets to donate food and toys to needy children and their families. We followed our neighbours, Young’s Law Firm as they headed to the Port Loyola Preschool for an extra special Christmas party. Gwen Jones, Head Teacher, Port […]
Today was what we in the media call a slow crime day; that is an absence of deadly violence on the streets of Belize City. Well tonight, a group of women on the southside of the city is claiming some credit for that fact. They call themselves the Yabra Citizens Development Committee… a group made […]
