Tonight there still remain more questions than answers in the case of the controversial government guarantee of thirty-three million dollars in private debt contracted by Universal Health Services. At Monday’s press conference by the United Democratic Party, Opposition Leader Dean Barrow stoked the flames of public indignation by suggesting that the unlimited guarantee may have […]
Mark Espat, Said Musa, and Dean Barrow were not the only members of the National Assembly to comment on the U.H.S. loan guarantee. Outspoken Senator Godwin Hulse is just back from Belmopan, where having looked at the document, could barely contain his disgust. Godwin Hulse, Senator “It’s atrocious. I mean it’s just absolutely outrageous to […]
Police have arrested and charged the man detained following a deadly bar fight in San Narciso Village on Sunday night. Twenty-nine year old Ricardo Pott has been charged with murder in connection with the death of Nolberto Martinez. Both men were at a local nightspot when they started to quarrel, but as the two scuffled, […]
He was charged with murder back in 2004, but today in the Supreme Court Darwin Soberanis pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. The original charge arose from the brutal bludgeoning death of fifty-seven year old Gabriel Pinelo in his San Ignacio home on the night of October fifteenth. Pinelo’s body was found by […]
A Belize City businessman who was victimized by robbers earlier this month has offered a reward for the return of his property. According to Dean Fuller, sometime between April thirteenth and April sixteenth, a thief or thieves broke into his Buttonwood Bay home and stole jewellery, household items, and a safe. The culprits then appropriated […]
During a brief handing over ceremony in Belmopan today, the Ministry of Education made a financial contribution that should bring school officials closer to their dream of a new building. This morning, Minister of Education Francis Fonseca handed over a cheque for one hundred and fifty thousand dollars to Principal of Our Lady of Guadeloupe […]
Two hundred years ago, the slave trade was abolished in the Caribbean and to officially commemorate the event, university students participated in an organized debate on the subject. Sponsored by the National Institute of Culture and History, this morning students from St. John’s Junior College, Ecumenical Junior College, and the University of Belize put forward […]
Motorists travelling through Ladyville had to use a detour for most of today as construction crews worked on the stretch of highway near the airport junction. But those drivers that slowed down to get a better look might have noticed that this was no ordinary repaving. According to David Schart, project manager of Airport Development […]
The Youth Hostel: It’s an institution that stands at a fork in the road, where one route leads to productive citizenship and the other to prison. Today the hostel received a major facelift, but will the brighter surroundings make for better rehabilitation? Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Presently, there are thirty teenaged boys and girls residing at […]
