Marcel Cardona went ballistic against his own government last Friday in the House during the budget debate. While he did not support the budget, he abstained in the vote. His passionate presentation was remarkable for many reasons; he took direct shots at the two most powerful people in his government and party, that being Prime […]
In a letter sent to him and signed by the Minister Patrick Faber, the party chairman, the fate of Cardona’s party politics was sealed. While he has not tendered any resignation, he was told that by his actions, he has resigned. The letter also says that put he failed to attend Parliamentary caucuses and National […]
Shots rang out in the night a little after eight-thirty on Tuesday. It happened on a very busy Belize City Street. Police officers blocked one end of Freetown Road at its junction with the I.T. Vet compound and another near Li Chee. There was a barrage of gunshots and officers tagged at least fifteen expended […]
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Well, that’s how one angry woman from Independence Village is feeling tonight. She has a scorching land issue with the Ministry of Natural Resources. A portion of Julie Bonilla’s property has been affected by a road being built to service new lot owners in the village. Bonilla […]
On Tuesday the government said it had awarded Maranco Ltd. a production sharing agreement, giving the green light for oil exploration in northwestern Orange Walk District which includes the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management area. The Belize Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage, has reacted with disappointment to the award of the contract. According to […]
Forty-one year old Mark Conorquie, a resident of Carmelita Village who was found guilty of causing death by careless conduct after knocking down Maurice Sedacey in 2009 was today fined for the fatality. On July twenty-seventh, 2009, fifty-nine year old Sedacey was riding his bicycle along the Northern Highway in the area of Sand Hill […]
There have been constant reports of harassment of witnesses to crimes. As recent as a week ago, the police asked the media not to report that a murder witness had been threatened. But friends of a man accused of robbery have allegedly been persistent in their attempts to unlawfully end the case. It started as […]
No one will dispute that there is an abundance of violence on television and it is debated that the programs are influential to rogue behavior. But a nineteen year old resident of San Pedro Town is in critical condition tonight not because of the program he watched, but because he moved a TV. According to […]
In speech you can get away without crossing I’s and dotting T’s. However, you can’t get away with improper choices during a spelling bee. The Coca Cola Spelling Bee is an annual event in which primary school students across the length and breadth of the country look forward to make new friend and learn new […]
Since the beginning of March there have been a series of activities held in commemoration of Women’s Month. The events of the past few weeks have highlighted the role of women in Belize, but there was one issue that drew public condemnation. That was the publication of an uncomplimentary photograph of a P.U.P. executive member […]
The news spread through the grapevine on Tuesday that Joseph Marinan, the President of JD Financials, had said goodbye to his friends and Belize for good. Today a release was issued, announcing that the company and its popular game MegaBingo, which is aired exclusively on Channel Five, have a new management team. Majority owner of […]
Culture by definition is the knowledge and values shared by a society. But in Belize, you don’t need a dictionary to know what it is; you simply have to look around. That was especially evident today at a multi-cultural fair held by the University of Belize, where students and teachers sported their best cultural attire […]
Did you make it out to the Bliss on Tuesday night or catch the live broadcast of KTV Latino? Well, if you didn’t, you missed out big time. The three remaining singers from Groups A and B came together for the first night of the semi-final round and it is clearly going to be a […]
