By glenntillett@yahoo.com By all accounts, particularly those from the people I care about who used public transportation to go out to the cayes over the weekend, Belize’s National Coast Guard did a terrific job of trying to ensure safety and security at sea. I want to publicly thank the ...

[caption id="attachment_7744" align="alignleft" width="350" caption="Guatemalan Luis Santizo wins the race"][/caption] Belize City, April 23, 2011 Sugar City Starz’ Guatemalan import Luis Santizo won the 2011 annual Cross Country Cycling Classic held on Holy Saturday, April 23. Santizo clocked 6:08:10 on the 140 mile ...

[caption id="attachment_7741" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Arvid tries to sneak one past Ernest Broaster"][/caption] Belize City, April 17, 2011 Germaine Audinette and Arvid Arnold won the 3rd stop of the 2011 Belize Volleyball Association National Men’s Beach volleyball tour sponsored by Smart Speednet at the ...

Belmopan, April 23, 2011 The Belize Defence Force was looking into the jaws of a 1-0 defeat, before they salvaged a 1-1 draw in their match with San Felipe Barcelona of Orange Walk at the FFB Football Institute in Belmopan on ...

BELIZE CITY, Wed. April 27, 2011 By Roy Davis A 17 year old boy, one of five persons charged with drug trafficking for 90 grams of cannabis, was sentenced to 3 years and was fined $10,000 yesterday by Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser after he pleaded guilty to the charge. The others who were ...

Orange Walk District, April 26, 2011 By Carmelita Perez Two men, allegedly from the Orange Walk District, have been detained by Mexican authorities in Cancun since Thursday, April 21st following a police raid which yielded a cache of illegal weapons. According to reports ...

BELIZE CITY, Wed. April 27, 2011 By Roy Davis Glenford Bermudez, 40, a.k.a. “bucket”, charged with the murder of his wife Racquel Requeña Bermudez, 41, was found guilty of the charge today in the Court of Justice Herbert Lord. The jury of 9 ...

[caption id="attachment_7726" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Lucilla Mortis"][/caption] Wednesday, April 27, 2011 A man who was known for his trade especially among cyclists was stabbed to death early on Easter Sunday morning during a dispute with the woman he had been intimately involved with over ...

[caption id="attachment_7723" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Trevor Neal"][/caption] Belize City, April 27, 2011 An early morning shooting on Cemetery Road, targeting a 16 year old who was not involved or related to any gang or notorious group in the old capital, has left the teenager ...

Labour Day is a good time to reflect on the key issues facing the Belizean worker as well as their employers.  Of course in this time of uncertainty it is easy to forget the great social and economic advances that were achieved for the workers of Belize through struggle and ...