Lois Young versus Andrew Steinhower and the Belize Times. It’s a case that has ramifications for the way both journalism and politics are practiced in Belize. Today arguments in that lawsuit for libel ended in the Supreme Court, with Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh reserving judgement for a future date. Young, herself an attorney, alleged through […]
A Belize City man has been charged with a string of robberies that have left five people poorer, and one of them with stab wounds. Twenty-two year old Jarret Crawford, a resident of Raccoon Street, appeared today before Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb where the five Robbery and one Wounding counts were read. The four separate […]
No doubt you’ve heard stories about desperate thieves who break into cars and houses and steal expensive jewellery or electronics, only to sell the valuable items at a tiny fraction of their cost. This next story involves a variation on that theme. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Meet seventy year old Erceline Gabourel … the driving force […]
A U.S. tourist has died while visiting Half Moon Caye. According to police, on Wednesday seventy year old Cornelius Stewart of the state of Maryland, was exploring the undersea formations with a group of snorkelers when he began to experience difficulties with his breathing. Tour guides removed him from the water and administered C.P.R. but […]
While most of the public’s road rage has been directed at the perennially bruk-up stretch of the Northern Highway between the flag monument and Haulover Bridge, today a potentially more serious problem arose a few miles north. It seems that the combination of a strong current and weak seawall has washed out the embankment along […]
While the distribution of the proceeds from the Head Tax on cruise passengers is the subject of a boiling political controversy, the locomotive for Belize’s tourism train continues to remain traditional overnight vacationers. And the latest statistics from the Belize Tourism Board show that while current growth rates do not match those of the last […]
It’s a recurring story in all parts of the country, where, with precious few exceptions, the notion of zoning is an unknown concept. This time the place is Ladyville and the nuisance is a neighbourhood piggery. Norman Crawford, Area resident “First thing in the morning you smell the pig. Last thing at night you smell […]
In the world of AIDS prevention, much of the focus these days is on new ways to stop transmission of the virus. Among the scientific initiatives being pursued are microbicides, improved male and female condoms, and even vaccines. But recent research has offered solid evidence that one possible way to slow down the spread of […]
