BELIZE CITY, Wed. 25, 2011 By Roy Davis George Matthews Jr., 29, a.k.a. “Pete”, a laborer of 7 Pinks Alley, who allegedly fired shots at Calvin Osman a.k.a. “Pango”, was charged with aggravated assault when he appeared yesterday in the #6 Magistrate’s ...

BELIZE CITY, Tues. May 24, 2011 By Roy Davis Gian Staine, 19, who was charged with 2 counts of murder and 1 count of attempted murder, was acquitted of all charges today in the court of Justice Herbert Lord. The only evidence against ...

Over the past few weeks I have been writing about our economy but more specifically on the issue of jobs.  In last week’s article I promised to offer some suggestions about the importance of promoting the development of small business as a part of an economic strategy that will generate ...

Belize City, May 25, 2011 A female student was robbed on Tuesday night in the old capital, as she walked through the West Landivar Area. Keira Usher said she was simply walking when she was approached by a male person riding a green beach cruiser.  She reports that the man got off ...

People may have a variety of definitions for the word “Democracy”, but most, if not all of them, will resemble the democratic ideals found in the days of ancient Greece when power and rule began to gradually transfer from the powerful Lords to the commoners. Today, democracy is no longer a ...

Belize City, May 25, 2011 Today, Police charged five persons, including two minors, for the brutal attack on Dr. Enrique Guerra, who once served as the Medical Chief of Staff at the Northern Regional Hospital. 29 year old Crispin Moreno, 28 year old Richard Nuñez, Alejandro Berry, and two minors were charged ...

Dear Editor, Kindly save a little space for me to publish this letter.  Each time I bring my news to the streets of Belize, it’s strictly reality and personal to this Prime Minister and his clueless government. When the pain will ever stop? That’s what Belizeans want to know. Out of ...

Dear Editor: I cannot recall the first time I went to Dangriga but it was many moons ago. It is the roots of my Garifuna mother and as far back as I can remember I love there. My first memory of Dangriga was the beach and the river. Much later as ...

May 24th, 2011 Minister of Transport Belmopan Bus Terminal Belmopan City, Belize C.A. Hon. Melvin Hulse: We, the Members of the Belizean Bus Association, are calling upon you to immediately re-instate the Belize Bus Owners cooperative on the route they were executing on the Western Highway and to remove the newly formed Westline from the ...

Belize City, May 25, 2011 This story is a must read and as big as it gets. Truth is that the people of Belize have seen Barrow lie about almost everything, including getting caught with his sticky tentacles in the thick ...