A Chinese bar owner was brutally slashed to death at his place of business in Teakettle in the Cayo District, early Saturday morning. Fifty-two year old Zhijuang Zhang was closing up Sixty-Nine Bar at around two a.m. when a lone assailant carrying a firearm entered. In the next few moments Zhang was dead, stabbed multiple […]
There was another sensational crime this weekend, in which two Canadian tourists were held hostage by armed robbers who then shot a man while stealing his vehicle to make their getaway. The first incident, the armed robbery, took place at the Tropical Education Center at mile twenty-eight on the George Price Highway. The shooting took […]
At ten this morning, P.U.P. Leader John Briceño was sworn in as the Constitutional Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives. The new leader will have an enormous task ahead of him – uniting a Party which has been fragmented and also tackling a government which has won an unprecedented three consecutive terms. […]
Briceño was joined at the swearing in by Cordel Hyde, formerly an opponent for leadership of the P.U.P. The parallel campaigns of both men were cordial and never traversed into hostile waters, and Briceño says that relationship will continue, and will even be enhanced in the days ahead. John Briceño, P.U.P. Leader “I’ve always […]
Early on in his interview Briceño may have been a little ambiguous on the planned changes in the party, especially where senators are concerned. But eventually he would confirm that he will be making changes to his roster of Senators; currently Lisa Shoman, Patrick Andrews and Anthony Sylvestre represent the P.U.P. in the senate. […]
The recent announcement of a twelve million dollar S.S.B. loan to the Guatemalan owned Santander Group is raising eyebrows. The company, headquartered in the Cayo District, is near completion of a mega-million dollar project to grow and mill sugar cane. The plan is also to produce power and sell it to the national grid. So […]
And while Briceño acknowledges the investment by the group, he questions the policy of Government…lending millions to a foreign company while refusing to lend to Belizeans. John Briceño, P.U.P. Leader “It makes me wonder what the policy of the government is. If you can recall a few years ago when B.S.I. was in a […]
So in the wake of a less than amiable convention in some quarters, will the grand old party be able to overcome the pervasive division which has characterized it even prior to 2008? Cordel Hyde says that the party has to if it is to ever become politically feasible in elections to come. Cordel […]
Honduran national, Orbin Reyes, who is an off and on resident of Orange Walk Town, claims he was used as a mule to transport over fifteen pounds of weed into Belize City and was paid a pittance. The twenty-five year old was detained on Saturday morning in a sting operation between miles eight and nine […]
A domestic dispute between a woman and her ex-common-law husband did not end well for both. The man was pepper sprayed and cut with a knife, while the woman is facing criminal charges for wounding him. Thirty-two year old Suzan Castellanos of Magazine Road, Belize City is accused of pepper spraying Martin Bahadur and injuring […]
There have been numerous incidents of violence against visitors which do not augur well for the tourism industry and serve to discourage potential visitors to Belize. As recent as this weekend, two Canadian visitors were robbed and assaulted at the Tropical Education Center on the George Price Highway. Then, there is the recent murder of […]
Kaya Cattouse, the well-known female cyclist, has been threatened with suspension and fine by the Belize Cycling Federation for comments she posted on her Facebook page. Today, Cattouse received major support in her cry against the decision of the federation to cancel the participation of female cyclists in the upcoming Digicell Valentine’s Cycling Tour scheduled […]
This past Saturday, students from the House of Shotokan Karate Academy competed and won in an International Taekwondo Championships in Chetumal, Mexico. The tournament was organized by Black Belt Taekwondo Master Manuel Torres of Eagle Park Taekwondo and saw the participation of young athletes of Taekwondo academies from Merida, Cancun, and various schools within Chetumal. […]
Education rules to come on stream in the new academic year will likely lead to the loss of jobs of about a thousand three hundred primary and high school teachers. But the Ministry of Education isn’t apologizing because teachers have had as much as sixteen years to get trained and licensed and still yet a […]
The Belize National Teachers Union supports licensing and says that over the years; teachers were constantly reminded that to keep their jobs, they have to have to obtain the appropriate level of education. Minister Faber as well as Chief Education Officer spoke this morning about the opportunities the ministry provided to teachers. Dr. Carol […]
Approximately five hundred primary and eight hundred high school teachers will be directly affected by the reform of the education system. But there are some exceptions. Teachers who are in the process of getting their education certificates or pedagogical training will be able to apply for a special permit to further allow them to remain […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sport Monday. It was a full schedule of PLB football over the weekend and we caught up with yesterday’s match-up between the Belize Defense Force and the Placencia Assassins inside the MCC Grounds. The visiting Placencia team threatens to open the scoreboard some 5 minutes in […]
