There’s a meeting Wednesday morning at the Radisson Hotel in Belize City and while it is being billed as a simple public discussion, the ramifications are huge. It’s all about VOIP–voice over internet protocol–and you don’t need to be a computer expert to know that this technology, which enables people to make low cost international […]
Any politician will tell you that making promises is easy; it’s keeping them that causes problems. In office less than two months, the new Belize City Council is discovering that the job requires tough decisions, which often involve choosing the lesser of two evils. Dale Trujeque, Advisor, Belize City Council ?We realize that some of […]
Every week the Belize City council says nearly a hundred people come knocking at its doors asking for work. With that reality in mind, today the council announced that it has created an employment agency to find work for the jobless. Michael Theus, Directory Officer, Belize City Council ?A person interested in seeking employment can […]
A suspect has been arrested in the weekend murder of Perfolio August. Twenty-seven year old Ashton Martin, a fisherman of Fabers Road Extension in Belize City, was today brought to Magistrate’s Court where he was formally charged with murder. August was shot to death on Sunday afternoon as he left a shop at the corner […]
Two Orange Walk men are nursing serious wounds tonight following separate brawls over the weekend. Late Saturday night, an argument between brothers turned bloody, when one sibling picked up a shovel. According to police, thirty-four year old Salvador Pacheco was hanging out with his brother, thirty-one year old Samuel Pacheco, at their mother’s house in […]
A burglar’s plea for leniency fell on deaf ears when Magistrate Margaret Gabb-McKenzie sentenced him to five years in prison. In court this morning Armond Pilgrim was informed by the magistrate that there is nothing in his criminal record which would make her consider a lesser sentence since he has three previous convictions. The twenty-four […]
A youth accused of that popular crime of cell phone theft will also spend the next five years in prison. This morning twenty-one year old Bernard Smith and a fifteen year old appeared before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord for the continuation of their trial, but halfway through the proceedings Smith decided to plead guilty to […]
This week, officials of Youth for the Future will take delivery of a public address system, courtesy of UNICEF. According to Y.F.F. administrator Linsford Castillo, the donation will be used in connection with meetings and consultations to create a new national policy for Belize’s young people. Castillo says the idea is to update a policy […]
Mentor: it’s a fancy title for a person who simply uses his or her experience to help someone else. And a little bit of help is something all of us could use. Kendra Griffith has more. Forum Participant ?All of us could be a mentor, because whatever you don?t get in the home from your […]
And while we’re on the topic of successful women, we have been informed that a Belizean has made Essence magazine’s list of the world’s most inspiring Black women. She is thirty-six year old Dr. Lisa Johnson. Johnson is Belize’s first female general surgeon, graduating from the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. According to […]
