It is perhaps the wedding of the year and it took place far away from home. This past Saturday, Prime Minister Dean Barrow and his long time partner Kim Simplis tied the knot at the Episcopal Church of St. Paul the Apostle in Georgia, USA. If you did not make the list of invitees to […]
But back in Belize, the strike in the sugar industry ended last Friday and as we reported, the contentious core sampler will be removed from the mill. It is not known whether a decision has been taken on the other demands by the farmers, including the removal of Nemencio Acosta as chairman of the Sugar […]
And on Friday, five days after he was killed and on the day the strike was called off, forty-four year old Antanacio Gutierrez was laid to rest at his home village. The farmer from San Victor in the Corozal District was in a truck at Tower Hill among striking farmers when he was hit by […]
And while the Gutierrez family grieves the loss of Antanacio, they are still awaiting the results of the investigation into how exactly he was shot and killed last Monday in the height of the strike by Corozal and Orange Walk farmers. The security forces, either the police or the B.D.F., opened fire using live rounds […]
In other news on the strike and the tragic death in the Sugar Industry, the Belize National Teachers’ Union today issued a release expressing regret at the shooting death of Antanacio Gutierrez while at the same time, it is offering some assistance to the family. According to the Union at its meeting on Saturday, its […]
Preliminary tourism figures are in for 2008 and as we have been suspecting all along, the news is not good. Overall, there was a two point five percent reduction, with the Philip Goldson International Airport recording a whopping nine point three percent less arrivals in December. And that wasn’t even the worst month for 2008 […]
Belize’s strategic geographical location on the map places us in a position that is ripe for illicit drug transshipments from South to North America and it is recognized that perpetrators of organized crime have enjoyed significant successes in doing just that. Coupled with this, a 2007 U.N. report showed that gang activity in Central America […]
The countdown to the March fourth municipal elections is on and so far the overall campaign has not been picking up much traction except for some political ads in the media. Today the opposition P.U.P., that is hoping to capitalize on the chaos and infighting at City Hall, launched its Manifesto for the city at […]
There is an update to the case of tainted peanut products coming out of the Peanut Corporation of America’s Georgia Plant. After an inspection that began on January ninth, the Food and Drug Administration has officially turned its findings into a criminal investigation. A more detailed review of the records provided during the inspection confirms […]
In court news, they pleaded guilty on Friday and today two young mothers accused of Handling Stolen Goods and Theft received their judgment. Twenty-two year old Nioka Smith and twenty year old Sasha Bowen cried when Magistrate Sharon Fraser sentenced them to two years in prison for Handling Stolen Goods and three months for Using […]
An accused robber also had justice meted out to him today. Nineteen year old Burley Card, one of two men charged with two counts of Robbery and one count of Handling Stolen Goods was found guilty in Magistrates’ Court. Card was sentenced to six years for each count, to run concurrently. The other accused man, […]
In other news, two Guatemalan nationals were caught in the possession of unlicensed guns and ammunition on Friday. On February sixth, at seven-fifty a.m. in Benque, police officers detained twenty-four year old Julio David Abrego Rojas, a driver of San Benito in the Petén District of Guatemala. During a body search conducted at the Benque […]
It was an hour of solid entertainment and freestyle dancing as Channel Five’s new show, Masters of the Floor from the Street Lights to the Stage Lights got off to a start. At its live debut on Saturday at our Church Street Yaad, seven contestants of Group A put off their best dance and wowed […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we’re certainly glad to have you onboard for this ride we call Sports Monday. And people what a ride it was for Kraal Road of Belize City who hosted the number one seed Texmar Boys and Independence in week two of the Belize Bank Super League playoffs yesterday inside […]
