On Wednesday, Marcel Cardona’s resignation from his own party was accepted, even thought he had not offered one. The Orange Walk East Representative was told that by his actions he had “constructively” resigned from the U.D.P. Signed by the party chairman, Patrick Faber, the letter came after his legendary remarks in the House last Friday […]
In an interview with News Five late Wednesday evening, Minister Faber said that the U.D.P. did not wish for Cardona to sit on the government side. But neither can he sit on the side of the opposition since he has not crossed the floor. So, how does the opposition People’s United Party weigh in on […]
Murder victim number twenty-seven for this year, was found inside his taxi on Prince Street not far from his station at the downtown taxi stand. The gunman sought Luis Ramos’ taxi just before midnight, and pulled the trigger on the cabbie. He attempted to get away but was killed behind the wheel with a single […]
Police are questioning a US sex offender, David McLain from Oklahoma, in connection with last week’s murder in Orange Walk of a Lebanese born artist Isis Nassar. She was killed at her home in Orange Walk on March twenty-fourth. Her throat had been cut and there were bruises on her hands. At the time of […]
An entire community of squatters was evicted earlier today. They had set up shop at an area near the Faber’s Road junction with the Western Highway where a road is being built for a bridge that would connect the south side to the north side of Belize City. Police showed up heavily armed and blocked […]
We told you about this morning’s mayhem when police blocked access to houses squatters had set up in a new area on the Western Highway. Marion Ali was at the scene late this evening when the squatters returned to the area. The squatters waited for hours on the side of the highway while three police […]
The United Democratic Party in its 2008 manifesto promised a senate that would be comprised of thirteen members, one more seat than the current that would include a representative from the N.G.O. community. It was a novel idea and the reform would have shifted the balance of power from government’s control and put it in […]
According to Senior Counsel Dickie Bradley, the U.D.P. has broken a promise it made to the electorate prior to taking office. Richard ‘Dickie’ Bradley, Attorney for COLA “The important matter in this is one: there is an outright breach of a manifesto. That is a political matter to be told to the voters that, just […]
A foiled robbery attempt earlier this week landed a pair of teenagers before the Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday evening. Eighteen year old Akeem Requeña, a resident of Morter’s Alley, was jointly charged along with a minor from Hattieville for attempting to rob a fourteen year old of his bicycle. On Tuesday evening the teenagers accosted […]
Twenty-nine cadets today received care packages from a US national who had earlier conducted a health clinic for them. Dr. Stephanie Sweet was touched by the lack of personal items during her first visit with the Cadets that she raised enough funds to provide the goodies. The items were well received by the cadets at […]
And while the topic of the week has got to be Marcel Cardona’s condemnation of his own party and his subsequent removal, the matter of the budget is still not dead. The youth arm of the People’s United Party, the Belize Youth Movement, has done its review of the document and came up with their […]
Smart is celebrating six years of success and for the past few weeks the company has been giving back to customers. It has had the usual promotions like triple up days and phone upgrades, but some lucky customers won cash and cellular phones just for using the service. The biggest prize of them all was […]
The clock is ticking away and today the first quarter of the year is up, it also means that Easter is only a few weeks ahead. And if you haven’t, now is a good time to get back into an exercise regime. There are a number of things that you can do to jumpstart your […]
