You’d never think that a three and a half by five inch booklet could cause so much trouble … but it seems that in Belize, it is passports–and not petroleum–that carries the nickname black gold. Today the Immigration Department received more embarrassment as officials discovered what appears to be yet another set of purloined citizenship […]
Lawyer and Leader of the Opposition Dean Barrow went head to head with the People’s United Party and its newspaper, the Belize Times in a libel suit today. The conflict concerns photographs and articles printed about fellow attorney–and former wife–Lois Young. Barrow appeared before Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh to file the action against the Times […]
A Belize City mother is tonight recovering from gunshot wounds at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital following a shooting incident earlier today. According to police reports, twenty-nine year old Denise Flowers was wounded in the right side of her abdomen by one of two men on bicycles near the Queen Square Market. Flowers was rushed […]
Tonight the management of a primary school in the Stann Creek District is sifting through the ashes after one of their buildings burnt to the ground. According to Dangriga police, they responded to a call around one this morning that there was a fire at the primary school in Bella Vista Village. When they arrived, […]
This morning at the Corozal Free Zone, the National Emergency Management Organisation took possession of one hundred beds and mattresses. The donation came courtesy of the Princess Hotel and Casino and according to NEMO Liaison Officer Yasmin Shoman, the rest inducing gifts will be passed on to those who need them most. Yasmin Shoman, International […]
According to the National Health Information and Surveillance Unit, there are three hundred and eighty-one HIV positive Belizeans undergoing anti-retroviral therapy. In fulfilment of a 2004 government promise, that medication is provided free of charge … and while that is not about to change, the way the medication is distributed is. Director of the National […]
Sixty-four year old Carmen Parra, one of Mexico’s senior artists, will for the first time have her work showcased in Belize. The exhibition, which opens tonight at the Mexican Cultural Centre, features eighteen pieces in which the main theme is religion. According to the Embassy of Mexico’s Cultural Attache, Jorge Lopez Castro, Parra places great […]
It’s a problem that all concerned agree could and should be handled better … but the practice of poisoning Belize City’s stray dogs has persisted for decades. Might last night’s operation be the end of an era? Here’s what I found this morning. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting This dog managed to escape the hunt but eighty […]
