Countries around the world are facing one of the most daunting challenges since the Spanish Flu ravaged the globe in 1918 and 1919, killing twenty-one million people – more than the Great War. The latest count of persons affected by the swine flu in Mexico alone stands in excess of sixteen hundred and growing making […]
Along the northern border since Saturday, the monitoring of the Swine Flu epidemic began. Stakeholders at the border in Santa Elena and at the Commercial Free Zone began putting in place precautionary measures to prevent the respiratory disease from spreading into Belize. Since the outbreak of the flu in Mexico, cases have been detected close […]
Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh began hearing of the judicial review of the case of former Prime Minster Said Musa this morning. Attorneys for Musa spent the day submitting their arguments seeking to overturn Musa’s committal to stand trial in the Supreme Court. Musa was charged with the theft of ten million U.S. dollars on December […]
Turning to political news, Saturday’s Central Party Council of the P.U.P met as scheduled at Independence Hall. The rumored challenge against the leadership of John Briceño did not materialize and the agenda for the meeting dealt with reports from the B.Y.M. , the Order of Distinguished Service and the independent Miranda Report, a document that […]
A cyclist has a whole lot to worry about after he allegedly tried to knock down a senior police officer. Forty-six year old Ray Cattouse Junior is accused of attempting to knock down Senior Superintendent of Police Chester Williams. The incident occurred on November first, 2008. According to Williams, he was driving his vehicle on […]
Late last week, environmentalist, Sharon Matola of the Belize Zoo said she had nothing to do with an illegal clearing recently discovered by the Belize Audubon Society at the pristine Victoria Peak that is likely to cause erosion and has destroyed a portion of its unique vegetation. On Saturday, Matola was joined by Alan Rabinowitz, […]
It is not a big sport in Belize as basketball, cycling or football, but the population of chess players and fans are growing steadily. And Saturday’s second annual Belize Chess Olympiad at the U.B. Gym proved that players drawn to the game are as young as lower primary school students. They filed in district by […]
The Belize Electricity Limited has been in the headlines for some time over a number of issues ranging from court battles with the Public Utilities Commission, a claim it is bankrupt and electricity rates. But tonight B.E.L. is finding comfort in a survey which says the utility company is charging the second lowest electricity rates […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Round three of the Belize Premier Football League competition brought the internecine struggle between F.C. Belize and the Belize Defense Force to the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday. And let’s just give recognition to this B.D.F. fan from who has come to offer full support to his […]
