The political thermometer is heating up on both sides of the political divide and if you were downtown today you’d have thought that the People’s United Party was staging a rally at the Battlefield Park. It wasn’t, but one of its own was protesting against the party leader. Leonard Chavarria Jr. has been on the […]
Although a good education was the focus of all involved in Friday’s dispute at Sadie Vernon High, the teachers and the administration clearly have not found a suitable middle ground in working towards that goal. Over three hundred students were sent home while the teachers complained of several injustices including the firing of two teachers. […]
According to the United Nations, nearly two point five million people from one hundred and twenty-seven countries are being trafficked around the world. The annual revenue derived from trafficking in persons is estimated to be in the billions. It is a brisk trade and victims are often sorted into categories of bonded labor, forced labor […]
A Chinese grocer is tonight lucky to be alive after being grazed over the head by a bullet during an armed holdup on Saturday night. Forty-five year old Jian Liang Li, proprietor of Liang Kee Fast Food near mile two and half on the Northern Highway, was the victim of an attempted robbery when a […]
Earlier we told you about Leonard Chavarria’s woes with the P.U.P.; on the other side of the political fence, Mark King was home safe. You will remember him as the whistle blower against Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya, and more recently, he took a swipe against the UDP for rejecting his application to run as […]
A police pursuit on Saturday morning caught the attention of many onlookers at the busy intersection of St. Thomas and St. Joseph Streets. It happened close to midday and a number of police officers were involved. But up until late this evening, there have been no official reports by the police in their daily blotter; […]
The second accident over the weekend was on the Western Highway between miles two and three. Twenty-six year old Braulio Esquivel, a bus driver of Belize City, was travelling in a 2000 Nissan Frontier pickup from Fabers Road towards Western Avenue at about three forty-four on Sunday. A green Jeep Grand Cherokee heading in the […]
A Belize City fisherman broke into a jewelry store and only got away with twenty dollars. It’s a small loot, but it was enough to land twenty-six year old Marlon Young in jail for five years. The Barrack Road resident entered C-Medina’s Jeweler Souvenirs at the Commercial Center on February eleventh after the owner, seventy-six […]
A Belize City woman, who has been in police custody for the past four days, was arraigned today for allegedly stabbing her neighbor. The police reports and charge sheet have the name of the accused woman as Stasha Lopez, which was taken from her Social Security Card. She says, however, that her name is Sasha, […]
Stephen Okeke is well-known as a painter, sculptor, author and fulltime entrepreneur. Okeke has donned another hat that many people aren’t aware of. For the past two years, Okeke has been a part of an organization intended to help fathers to deal with challenges of raising and protecting the family. It is called the Father’s […]
Exactly two weeks after he was shot by two men at his home, a money changer has died of the injuries. Thirty-four year old Jaime Headman who lived in San Joaquin Village, Corozal, was met by gunfire when he opened his door on the night of February seventh. He was shot to the upper chest […]
Sightseeing in the old capital is a favourite activity for visitors to the Jewel. The visitors learn about Belize’s colonial past as well as its modern history from tour guides, who take them through the city mainly on horse and carriage rides. To boost their knowledge of our history, the Belize Tourism Board facilitated a […]
Throughout the country students are participating in their local high school festival of arts. The shows are a precursor to the National Festival of Arts which is showcased at the Bliss in June. However, at the district level, the Belize District High School Festival of Arts is being hosted at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall. […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and we welcome you to this fresh dish of Sport’s Monday. For a 5th time the elite cyclists of this nation took aim at breaking the 1 hour limit set by the Belize Cycling Association to finish the 26 mile ride to Hattieville and back would Saturday February 19th make […]
