It took a few days for everyone to learn the script but in the end the actors finally got it right. This afternoon, following a sometimes acrimonious meeting of the Social Security Board, C.E.O. and General Manager Narda Garcia was fired from her job. According to a terse press release from the S.S.B., Assistant G.M. […]
While some progress was made on resolving his Social Security problems, Prime Minister Musa is having less luck reuniting his fractured People’s United Party. According to those close to negotiations, a series of meetings beginning Thursday evening has failed to provide a peace treaty between insurgents Mark Espat and Cordel Hyde and more senior party […]
Armed robbers knocked off a shop in San Ignacio last night but police say they’re hot on the trail of the jackers. Fifty-four year old Zhou Xiang Li, proprietor of Chen’s Store on Joseph Andrews Drive, told police that around seven-thirty a man entered the establishment brandishing a sawed off shotgun and demanding money. Zhou […]
Are you familiar with the phrase: “adding insult to injury?” Well, it’s a perfect description of what happened to one unfortunate Belize City resident last week. I spoke to the young man this morning. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting In 2005 eighteen year old Tyrone Teck graduated from the Tubal Trade and Vocational Institution and up until […]
With the P.U.P. engaging in fraternal warfare and the U.D.P. content to wait for what appears to be a victory by default in 2008, it would be surprising if some bright spark didn’t get the idea for a third party. Since the V.I.P., pulled a respectable number of votes in March’s Belmopan election another group […]
Since they are on duty all hours of the day and night, our law enforcement officers don’t always spend as much quality time with their families as they’d like. One programme now in progress, while not a substitute for parental care, at least offers a valuable supplement. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting The police are making sure […]
When it comes to defending our country, Belize has a dilemma. In the first place, we have very limited resources … and armies are expensive. Secondly, the country has a tiny population but very long borders, including thousands of square miles of sea. Added to the mix is a belligerent neighbour forty times our size […]
