A very successful music executive from New York arrived in Belize this evening. About four thirty this evening, Antonio ‘L.A.’ Reid, a Grammy Award winning songwriter and record producer, emerged from his jet to meet Shyne, the rapper who has become more bankable since his deportation to Belize. Reid is responsible for signing and taking […]
A large explosion sounded throughout Belize Sunday night. A few minutes after nine, people from all over the country were calling radio stations claiming it might have been a grenade attack or even comets falling from the sky. In truth it was the space shuttle Endeavor returning into earth’s atmosphere. While traveling at speeds over […]
The Department of Civil Aviation closely followed Endeavour’s re-entry into earth’s atmosphere as it headed for landing at Cape Canaveral. The shuttle moved directly over Belize’s path but by the time the boom was heard, it was already further north over Cozumel. Brian Dominguez, Operations Officer, Department of Civil Aviation “The Sonic boom is the […]
A taxi driver is recovering and is in stable condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after a traffic accident on the Northern Highway this morning. Police say the taxi driver, Daniel Itza, was injured in a collision involving his minivan and a Honda Passport, heading in the same direction and driven by Dion Robinson. […]
The Senate meets in Belmopan this Tuesday and it is expected to ratify the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution that was passed by the House of Representatives last Friday. Of the three changes to the amendment package, government proceeded with the two less contentious. Firstly, it passed the Caribbean Court of Justice as the final […]
The amount of money paid to the law firm of the Prime Minister’s ex-wife was also at the center of a feisty debate in the House. The Opposition has consistently raised questions about the amount of money Lois Young’s law firm has been collecting since the change of government. The issue was brought up in […]
There was a shooting in Belize City that has landed a repeat offender before the courts. In the wee hours of Saturday morning, residents of the Elston Kerr Street area were awaken by sounds of gunshots as two alleged gunman opened fire but missed their intended target, a city tour guide. One of the men […]
While Ham makes his second appearance in the court, Steffon Anderson, has appeared in Magistrates’ Court three times before and on each occasion he was convicted of drug related offences. It was déjà vu today as thirty-two year old Anderson was charged after being caught with weed for a fourth time. He pleaded guilty to […]
Last Thursday, we reported that the ordinarily quiet community of Sandhill was rattled when the only gas station was held up and the employees bound before being robbed of almost five thousand dollars in cash and items. By today police had bangled and escorted not one but three Sandhill residents to the Magistrate’s Court to […]
The vast expanse of the Caribbean Sea and Belize’s geographic location within the region has long made it an ideal watercourse for the transshipment of narcotics from South to North America. Along with the illegal trade comes the issue of crime and violence and while that may be the residual effect on land, law enforcement […]
The Garifuna Collective and the Umalali Women Singers are just back in Belize after a two week successful tour of North America. It’s an experience their producer, Ivan Duran of Stonetree Records, sees as a cultural exchange as the group continues to propel Garifuna music to the world. They toured for years with musical icon […]
It’s been one month and ten days since the seven point O earthquake ravaged Haiti, killing over two hundred thousand persons and leaving millions homeless. The global response has been quick and we found out that Belizeans are still doing their share to help our regional neighbours to rebuild their lives. Marion Ali caught up […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and we welcome you to Sports Monday. We take you immediately to the City center where all seven Central American countries converged Friday night for the staging of the Fifteenth Central American Karate Championship with Belize in role of host to this massive international event. Among the dignitaries present at […]
