The press releases started flooding our newsroom almost before the ink was dry on Christine Perriott’s termination letter. The PUP’s reached first and their condemnation of her firing barely made it on yesterday’s newscast. Similar sentiments were echoed shortly afterwards by the U.D.P. and V.I.P., not to mention a host of unions and other organisations. […]
A Belize City man lost his life today when an argument escalated to a fistfight and then climaxed when a shot was fired. Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Around one thirty this afternoon, thirty-two year old Michael Gladden, also known as “Papa”, was shot in the head by a lone gunman on Lovely Lane. […]
Another man has been arrested and charged following Monday evening’s armed hold-up of former prison superintendent turned security consultant, Bernard Adolphus. Twenty-five year old Richard Russell joins twenty-one-year old Herman Elijio as the two men accused of pointing an Uzi at Adolphus as he exited the offices of Belize Unit Trust on Central American Boulevard […]
All of us who ever attended school can tell you about teachers who inspired us to learn … and those who, well, probably shouldn’t have ever entered the classroom. Today the Ministry of Education confirmed that assessment … and vowed to do something about it. Anthony Fuentes, President, B.N.T.U. “We can only achieve quality education […]
When you think of Belize’s extensive system of protected areas, the first things that come to mind are majestic forests, cascading waterfalls, and idyllic beaches. And while this assessment is absolutely true, what you may not realise is that this natural paradise is not immune to the same social ills that afflict the rest of […]
