On Monday night, we told you that the Alliance for Democracy, a faction of the United Democratic Party led by Tracy Panton, is seeking to mend fences with party leader, Moses “Shyne” Barrow. The party recently took a decision to deem four of the alliance’s
And, while the U.D.P.’s central executive committee says Panton, Faber, Beverly Williams and John Saldivar constructively resigned, those four view the move as an expulsion from the party. In fact, requests for applications for standard bearers in these constituencies are already out. But what does
This afternoon, a little girl was knocked down and seriously injured as she rode on the back of a motorcycle with an adult. The incident happened on New Road shortly after two p.m. The minor, in her school uniform, was not wearing a helmet when
A mother of a student attending Anglican Cathedral College has lashed out at the school for sending home her daughter on the first day of classes. The teenager was informed that she is not to return until her hair is cut shorter than the length
A policeman has been charged with four counts of rape of a child. The charges against thirty-four-year-old Anival Carillo were filed after the child, a fourteen-year-old girl from Corozal, accompanied by her mother, made a police report in August. The girl alleges that between 2022
A sixty-year-old man who pleaded guilty to stealing almost forty thousand dollars’ worth of drinks from his boss was fined today. Frederick Pitts, a resident of Caye Caulker Village, was fined three thousand dollars but begged for mercy, expressed regret, and said he has two
The government and the Inter-American Development Bank have come to an agreement to develop areas in San Pedro. Recently, Prime Minister John Briceño and representatives from the I.D.B. assessed areas in the San Mateo area of San Pedro to determine what areas can be improved
It’s been a long-fought battle to save the Will Bauer Flats from destructive development. The fishing community of southern Belize value the area as a prime location to fly fish; however, the threat of deterioration from proposed developers Angel Fish Caye LLC, threatened the livelihood
Seven applicants have been awarded permanent residency cards through Belize’s Amnesty Program. The program is a collaboration between the Ministry of Immigration and the UN High Commission on Refugees, created to regularize the number of immigrants living in Belize without legal documentation. The distribution of
It’s been six months since Le Petit Café in Belize City closed for renovations. And the public has since eagerly awaited the return of the beloved café. Now, the wait is finally over. From six am to one pm, Belizeans can stop by the new
