In life, he was a well-respected businessman, a former senator and deputy party leader of the ruling party. And more recently he added to his credentials, his appointment as Ambassador to the Holy See. Oscar Ayuso Jr. was interned today at the Lord Ridge Cemetery after an official funeral service held at the Divine Mercy […]
But before the funeral service, Prime Minister Dean Barrow and Minister of Housing, Michael Finnegan, shared fond memories of Ayuso’s work in politics and his younger years. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “What I most recollect about him is the fact that when he was in politics, he was always humble in terms of dealing with […]
The settlement of disputes Essential Services Amendment Bill was introduced at the last house meeting in the capital and it is causing a firestorm. The National Trade Union Congress indicated they were against the amendment because it further reduces the avenues that they have to protest. They indicated that they would not let the rights […]
Portions of the Krooman Lagoon Reserve were parceled off and granted to a Belize City Businessman. The Lagoon is one point five kilometers square and five hundred meters wide at its widest point. It still sits snug by its borders of the Western Highway, Crewman Lane, Faber’s Road and Antelope Street Extension. On Tuesday Cabinet […]
It is said that water is life. But in modern day Belize, two rural communities water is a scarce commodity and there seems to be no solution on the horizon for either of them. Marion Ali visited Valley of Peace and Cotton Tree Villages to find out what life is like when water is scarce. […]
But turning north, Minister Nemencio Acosta and his wife Esther are home safe after a scare on Northern Highway on Tuesday night. Acosta was driving the government’s Isuzu D-Max when at around seven-thirty p.m., he experienced a tire blowout near mile forty-six in Carmelita Village, Orange Walk. The fifty-eight year old minister and his wife […]
A young woman who was accused of killing her brother over a pack of Ramen noodles and a ten dollar bill will have a long time to think about her deed. Today twenty-one year old Tiffara Smith was sentenced to life imprisonment for fatally stabbing her brother, Dale Lino, on April twenty-fourth, 2007. The incident […]
At least three cases of Attempted Murder were dealt with in the Supreme Court today. In the first, a sentence of twelve years was handed down to twenty-four year old Marlon Alfred Taylor, who on July sixteen was found guilty of the crime of Attempted Murder. Justice Michelle Arana presided over the case which goes […]
While Justice Michelle Arana handed down a twelve year sentence to Marlon Taylor for Attempted Murder, two men were freed of similar charges this morning. The Director of Public Prosecutions entered a nolle prosequi in the case against Wababa Noralez and Phillip Wallace—both twenty-one years old—who allegedly shot Andrew West on August fourteenth 2007. That’s […]
And in a third hearing, a jury of nine acquitted twenty-nine year old Dorita Wallace of an Attempted Murder charge after less than three hours of deliberation. The decision was unanimous and Wallace, who had no legal representation, walked home a free woman. She was greeted by her common-law husband who waited for her across […]
It seems that almost every week a house in Belize City falls off is pillars. A week ago, Arlene Banner left her nine children at home and when she returned the house was on the ground and the walls were also falling apart. She was desperate and neighbors also spoke of the need for swift […]
The dengue outbreak in the Cayo District has sparked concern countrywide and precautionary measures were implemented to control the illness. And our neighbours to the north have now stepped in to offer additional assistance to prevent further transmission of dengue in Belize. Secretary of Health in Quintana Roo, Juan Carlos Azueta Cardenas and the Mexican […]
The Belize International Film Festival is still showing at the Bliss. Last week, it was Jamaican actor Paul Campbell who arrived for the festival and this week it’s Michael Jai White, an American actor who is well known for his leading role in the movie Spawn and roles in the Dark Night and Why did […]
