The party’s manifesto isn’t ready yet, but Opposition Leader Dean Barrow took the offensive this morning following yesterday’s election announcement by the Prime Minister. While his twenty-one pledges broke little new ground in the art of political promise making, beneath the electoral boilerplate were some clear signs of where the U.D.P. may be heading. News […]
With elections less than a month away politicians are trying to get as many voters registered as possible. Today the scene at the Immigration Department in Belmopan was one of chaos as hundreds of people who had previously applied for citizenship arrived to receive their final paperwork. From immigration, applicants walked or drove to the […]
Two men await charges in Dangriga following a robbery and stabbing that left a deliveryman for Belize Western Energy injured. Fifty-one year old Marino Lucas reported to police that around ten on Monday morning he was on George Price Drive when a youth stopped him and said he needed gas in the Lakeland Area. The […]
An eighteen year old Orange Walk man finds himself in trouble after police caught him red-handed cutting through the burglar bars of a building early this morning. Police say that sometime around one this morning, they were summoned to a report of a burglary at the Sky Pure water purifying plant on Progress Street. When […]
A Lord’s Bank man will spend five years in prison for Burglary. On January fourth, twenty-four year old David Castellanos broke into the home of Alvan Haynes at Mile Twelve on the Northern Highway. When he exited the residence, it was with over fifteen thousand dollars in jewellery and household items. Police picked up Castellanos […]
The accident occurred almost a year ago, but that did not stop police from slapping a driver with some serious charges. Today thirty-one year old David Vasquez appeared in Magistrates’ Court where he was arraigned for Manslaughter by Negligence, Causing Death by Careless Conduct, Driving Without Due Care and Attention, Negligent Harm, Driving an Unlicensed […]
It’s not uncommon for citizens to complain to the media of unnecessary force by members of the police department, but tonight a young man is claiming he was the victim of something else, a practice called profiling. According to thirty year old Dwight Lewis, he has never had a run-in with the police until December […]
While most Belizeans find themselves trying to catch up on post Christmas loan payments, one couple from the Corozal District is celebrating their good luck after they hit all five numbers in Saturday’s lotto draw. Charles Jones and his wife, Rosa Funes of Ranchito Village, only found out yesterday evening that they had won. The […]
We ended last year with an overall drop in crime but a record number of ninety-seven murders. This year it is a real pleasure to report that the first week of 2008 has not seen a single homicide in Belize and we can only pray that it stays that way. Meanwhile, in Trinidad and Tobago […]
The timing may be politically convenient but Government’s plans to open a new water treatment plant in Caye Caulker will significantly improve life on the island for its fifteen hundred residents and numerous visitors. According to a press release issued today, this morning Prime Minister Said Musa and Chairman of the Board of Directors of […]
The reform of our system of government is a topic that has periodically grabbed the attention of citizens and on several occasions has prompted the nation’s political directorate to make some positive changes. Today three sincere and serious gentlemen made public their detailed recommendations for—to use their words—“fixing the system”. Calling themselves the Group of […]
