As far as public discourse goes, the debate over government’s unlimited guarantee of a private loan to Universal Health Services has been dominated by an aggressive coalition of Opposition politicians, an angry Senator, and civil society groups attacking a hapless government, all the while egged on by some dissident Cabinet ministers and a press corps […]
With a strong sense of regional cooperation already forged by the hosting of the Cricket World Cup, the integration spotlight this week shifts westward as CARICOM military personnel converge on Belize.
Eight days ago, he pled guilty to killing an elderly man and today Darwin Soberanis learnt his fate. In handing down sentence, Justice Troadio Gonzalez acknowledged that the accused had not burdened the court with a lengthy murder trial, but emphasized that the crime of manslaughter carries a sentence of life behind bars. Gonzalez then […]
On Monday, a new warehouse was handed over to the National Emergency Management Organization. Located at the Port of Big Creek in Independence Village, the forty-eight hundred square foot structure was a collaborative effort between the United States Southern Command who contributed three hundred thousand U.S. dollars; G.O.B. which provided road access, electricity, and water; […]
Around eight on Friday night, U.B.’s first year student nineteen year old Ashley Monima had finished classes in Belmopan and was driving home to Corozal Town when he lost control of his Chevy van and crashed near mile seventy-five on the Northern Highway. Monima, who was wearing his seatbelt at the time, was not thrown […]
Its scientific name is Tyto Alba, but most people know them simply as barn owls. Over the weekend a woman discovered two of the baby owls, not in her barn, but in her attic. The birds were turned over to the Belize Audubon Society this morning where Publicity Coordinator, Dirk Francisco told us that while […]
