In comparison to last year’s budget, debated only a rock’s throw from a tense confrontation at the foot of Independence Hill, today’s 2006 version was predictably anticlimatic. The speeches from both sides of the aisle seemed more perfunctory than impassioned, perhaps out of political weariness following the municipal elections or a recognition that with little […]
Despite Barrow’s graphic metaphors, the government side of the house was not without some life of its own. The emphasis of the PUP presentation was less on the how we got here, than on where we are headed. For Minister of Works and financial point man Joe Coye, the budget’s greatest accomplishment was the process […]
Another thing not to be taken lightly in any budget debate are the words of Mesopotamia representative Michael Finnegan. Finnegan, who enshrined the mantra “Solomon, Smith and Barney” in Belize’s political vocabulary and whose marathon presentations to the House are legendary, this morning may have made the shortest budget speech of his career: less than […]
The downtown streets were crowded with students of SJC extension waiting for classes to start … but that didn’t stop a trio of gunmen from shooting up a popular King Street restaurant, leaving its proprietor in the hospital. Jacqueline Woods Forty-five year old Garnet Brown, well known chef and proprietor of Jambel?s Jerk Pit on […]
A Belize City man was today arrested for trying to burn down his grandmother’s house. This morning twenty-seven year old Glenroy McLeary of East Canal appeared before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord where he was charged with attempted arson. No plea was taken because the crime is an indictable offence, and despite objection from the prosecution, […]
Twenty-six year old Aniver Palacio walked out of court today a free man after being acquitted of all charges. After just over two hours of deliberation, a nine-member jury found Palacio not guilty of attempted murder, dangerous harm, and two counts of robbery against businessman Philip Gallaty. During the trial, witness for the defence, Frank […]
Two law enforcement officers accused of killing a Belize City youth will get a re-trial. That’s the ruling of the Court of Appeal handed down today for B.D.F. soldier Giovanni Gutierrez and Police Constable Dennis Palacio. According to the justices, the trial judge should have informed the jury in his address that the men were […]
For the second consecutive year Old Belize at mile five on the Western Highway invites you to another 4×4 mud track competition. Last year’s competition started off with nine registered entries but by the end of the day a total of seventeen vehicles had ploughed through the rough terrain. This time around organizer Francis Woods […]
It’s a place we’ve visited before?twice actually?and while the hike to Davis Falls may be challenging, our reporters never seem to tire of the magnificent view. News Five’s Kendra Griffith has the latest developments on what may become Belize’s newest national park. Kendra Griffith, Reporting The eight miles to Davis Falls is not what you?d […]
