An American has come forward to claim the mystery plane which landed at the Municipal Airstrip on October twenty-seventh and was abandoned there. The plane is a US registered Piper PA 34 Seneca Twin-engine aircraft. There was no sign of a pilot or any cargo, and since the plane illegally landed before the facility opened […]
Police had reported, based on the findings of a very preliminary investigation right after the aircraft landed, a flight plan had been filed. That plan had the Piper Seneca routed from Aruba to the Phillip Goldson International on Sunday, October twenty-fifth. Instead, it landed at the Municipal Airstrip two days after, on Tuesday. An intensive […]
The courtroom of Justice Courtenay Abel was overflowing this morning for a special ceremony. The occasion marked the admission to the bar of the first B.D.F. soldier. The proud moment was shared by family, friends and colleagues. Having completed his legal training in the Caribbean, Lieutenant Lionel Olivera, will head a new legal department within […]
Is there a growing disparity in the recent number of police and B.D.F. intakes? It would seem as though there are presently more recruits enlisting in the police department than there are in the Belize Defense Force. Since assuming leadership in February 2013, Brigadier General David Jones has been exploring means of expanding the rank […]
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On Monday, CWU President Audrey Matura-Shepherd came out swinging in the wake of an amendment to the Essential Services Act. The revised legislation now includes stevedoring as part of services which when interrupted would endanger the lives, health or personal safety of the whole or part of the population. Needless to say, Matura-Shepherd took aim […]
Negotiations between the Christian Workers Union and the country management of CIBC FirstCaribbean are once again at a standstill. On Monday, CIBC issued a release stating that it is officially closing its doors on January twenty-ninth, 2016. That announcement however, did not mention the outcome of the ongoing discussions in respect of an exit package […]
While a consignment of imported rice from Guyana languishes at the port in Big Creek, the back and forth between businessman Jack Charles and the Government of Belize continues. On Monday, C.E.O. in the Ministry of Agriculture Jose Alpuche, accompanied by Foreign Trade Directorate, Doctor Leroy Almendarez, appeared on Open Your Eyes to discuss the […]
Today seemed to have been a day for accidents involving buses and the resulting traffic jam which made already congested roads unbearable. Early this morning it was a collision just off the Haulover Bridge between a Ramos Bus and another bus carrying commuters to Ladyville. It happened just after seven and while there were no […]
The last we heard about the Norwegian Cruise Line’s cruise ship port at Harvest Caye in southern Belize was earlier this year when environmentalists expressed concerns that boulders were being dumped on coral beds just off the caye. This was one of the many instances over which the multimillion dollar project came under fire by […]
Supporters of the project cited job opportunities and economic benefits to residents and villages in the immediate area as sound reasons to support the mega tourism project. Director Andrade says that systems are being put in place and that tour guides and operators are being prepared to deal with the expected increase in the traffic […]
There is another proposed docking facility which has gone under the radar. It is at Stake Bank located just seven miles off the coast of Belize City. For over a decade, the Fort Street Tourism Village has been the sole port of entry for cruise tourists entering into the country. The Feinstein Group, which is […]
Call it Community Policing, Christmas spirit or a combination of both – but whatever it is, it brought smiles to the faces of commuters pulled at random off rural buses today. That’s because the officers of the Rural Eastern Division decided to hand out some Christmas cheer of their own – the kind that folds. […]
If you thought that after Sunday’s blunder at the Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas, Steve Harvey won’t get to emcee another beauty pageant, well think again. Millions watched as Harvey crowed Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez as Miss Universe only to hand over the crown to Miss Philippines Pia Wurtzbach moments later. Well, as it […]
For the first time, the children in the peninsula have been hosted to a grand Christmas party. As you know, Norwegian Cruise Lines is investing heavily in a tourism port at Harvest Caye so it has partnered with local agencies to give a special treat to the children. Today, they came out in numbers to […]
