BELIZE CITY, Wed. Jan. 13, 2010. Andy Forbes, 26, a tour guide of #156 Neal Pen Road, became an inmate of Kolbe Foundation Belize Central Prison after he appeared in the #6 Magistrate’s Court and was arraigned on a charge ...

BELIZE CITY, Wed. Jan. 13, 2010 Police Constable Jaime Pena, 34, attached to the Caribbean Shores substation, was charged with bigamy and making a false declaration for the purpose of marriage when he appeared in the #1 Magistrate’s Court on ...

BELIZE CITY, Wed. Jan. 13, 2010 A fine of $1,000 was imposed on Cornel Gomez, 21, on Monday, January 11, when he appeared in the #3 Magistrate’s Court and pled guilty to harm for beating his 4 year old step-son, ...

BELIZE CITY, Wed. Jan. 13, 2010 Marsha Gabourel, 23, a domestic worker of #14 Johnson Street who allegedly stabbed her common-law husband Elvis Hope, 26, was charged with grievous harm when she appeared today in the #4 Magistrate’s Court. Gabourel ...

BELIZE CITY, Wed. Jan. 13, 2010 Desmond Thompson, 65, a security guard at Bowen and Bowen who allegedly stabbed one man and attacked another with a machete, was charged with dangerous harm and aggravated assault when he appeared today in ...

Elizabeth Pridgeon A problem cited by many as contributing to disintegrating social values within Belize today is a certain reluctance among younger generations to contribute to their communities and find gainful employment.  All of us know dozens of perfectly-abled teenagers ...

Elizabeth Pridgeon Thirty years ago, El Salvador was in the early grips of a crippling civil war which had been stewing for years, and hundreds of thousands of Salvadorans were increasingly desperate to seek refuge in nearby ‘safelands’.  Following the coup of 1979, Belize realised the urgency of assisting its regional ...

Santino Castillo wins 1st Red Bull Cat 4&5 race Belize City, January 10, 2010 Team Santino’s 53-year-old Santino “di Chief” Castillo won the 1st Red Bull Weekend Warriors cycling race for Category 4 & 5 riders co-sponsored by M&M ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. I start this year’s first bit of literary rambling by welcoming back our faithful readers - those who read in support, those who read for information, those who read for entertainment and even those who read just to get some ammunition to criticize us for the fulfillment ...

By glenntillett@yahoo.com Shortly after the UDP won the 1993 General Elections Evan Hyde put a picture of Dean Barrow in the AMANDALA over the caption “Plastic Man.” I was puzzled by the picture and caption and asked him why. As is his wont, he gave me both the short answer and ...