Today, seventeen year old Justin Emmanuel Orillana, a second form student of Gwen Lizarraga High School, was taken to Belize Family Court where he was formally charged for the murder of his father, thirty-eight year old Cecil Thompson. At around seven on Tuesday night Orillana was reportedly seen running away from the family home on […]
It has been five days since the cold bloodied murders of thirty-two year old Dorian Michael and twenty-four year old Keiva Leslie and tonight their killer or killers remain at large. Michael and Leslie were reportedly kidnapped and taken up to a feeder road just north of the Haulover Bridge where they were each shot […]
It’s a popular downtown electronic emporium, but tonight Venus Photo and Records is missing some inventory–over fifty-four thousand dollars worth. According to police reports, the Albert Street store was burgled sometime Tuesday night, with the thieves taking cameras, watches, video game consoles, cell phones, DVD players, and a whole lot more. The hot stuff is […]
And while it sometimes seems that Belizean society is possessed by a plague of criminal immorality, along comes a story that reaffirms our innately optimistic belief that the future is in better hands. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Since eighteen year old Travis Lennan was nominated for the 2007 Do the Right Thing—a police award programme—the fourth […]
Considering it’s part of a project that involves hundreds of millions of dollars and would radically alter the geography of Belize City, the presence of only forty or so people at the public hearing was somewhere between disappointing and alarming. The public consultation, part of the environmental impact assessment process required by the Department of […]
Tonight the local labour movement continues to complain that the terms of reference for an arbitration panel scheduled to investigate the firing of three employees of Belize Telecommunications Limited have yet to be released. According to officials of the Belize Communications Workers Union, the absence of the information has hampered their preparations for the tribunal. […]
On Monday, five men and five women of the Belize Defence Force embarked on an eight-day mission entitled “Give Something Back.” The soldiers are running and walking three hundred and sixty-seven miles across the country to raise both awareness about HIV and funds for children living with the virus. The group left Jalacte on the […]
Like the scientific theory called global warming, bird flu is one of those impending disasters that we are told is not a matter of “if”, but “when”. Today the folks who will have to deal most directly with the problem met to refine their plans. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Avian influenza, better known as bird flu, […]
He is no stranger to the Belizean music scene, but this week is the first time that Lloyd Augustine has made the transition from his traditional style of music. Lloyd, better known for his Punta beats, has now slowed things down on his latest release. Lloyd Augustine “Well, this album was requested by my mom. […]
In recent months, poetry has enjoyed a surge of popularity and today one local writer officially released a card of love poems. Birdy Francis has been penning verse since she was a child but “Whispers of Love for Your Eyes Only” is her first compilation. According to Francis, the bi-fold card contains six of her […]
A new exhibit will open at the Image Factory tomorrow night. I am the Alchemist is the first solo exhibition of Winsom Winsom. The artist grew up in Jamaica but after living several years in Canada, moved to Cristo Rey Village in the Cayo District. Her professional peers describe Winsom as a multi-dimensional artist, blending […]
