Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Headlines

159 teachers on the chopping block of Ministry of Education

The Guardian Newspaper is reliably informed that at least 159 dismissal letters have been prepared for teachers who will be relieved of their services...

UDP ready for municipals

Municipal elections are scheduled for March 3, just a few days away, and the United Democratic Party is battle ready. On Monday, February 15,...

Answers to Commissioner of Inquiry in a single box

The Commission of Inquiry into the sale of government assets got underway on Monday, February 15. The first witnesses to be called included, former...

DHS Marvin Manzanero just about jobless

The nation came to see Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director of Health Services (DHS), as a household name even before the first case of COVID-19...

Police facilitate theft of Grader

Police officers in the village of Mango Creek find themselves in the middle of what can only be described as the theft of a...

Legal battle for Comptroller of Customs position begins

Justice of the Supreme Court, Westmin James has ruled that Deputy Comptroller of Customs, Ian Haylock can proceed with a case of judicial review...

Fired for Valentine’s

The Guardian has again received confirmation that at least nine persons have been fired from a statutory body. This time the firings have taken...

RTA leaves 1 dead and 3 injured

The life of 26-year-old Arita Vanzie of Roaring Creek was cut short after she and three others were involved in a horrific road traffic...

Trial against robber who attacked 90-year-old man begins

The sensational case against a 23-year-old accused of overpowering and robbing an elderly man of $2,000 in cash has kicked off before Senior Magistrate...

Let the Witch-hunt begin

On Monday, February 1, the government officially empaneled a commission of inquiry to look into the sale of government assets between October 2019 and...

Politics

159 teachers on the chopping block of Ministry of Education

The Guardian Newspaper is reliably informed that at least 159 dismissal letters have been prepared for teachers who will be relieved of their services...

UDP ready for municipals

Municipal elections are scheduled for March 3, just a few days away, and the United Democratic Party is battle ready. On Monday, February 15,...

Answers to Commissioner of Inquiry in a single box

The Commission of Inquiry into the sale of government assets got underway on Monday, February 15. The first witnesses to be called included, former...

DHS Marvin Manzanero just about jobless

The nation came to see Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director of Health Services (DHS), as a household name even before the first case of COVID-19...

Police facilitate theft of Grader

Police officers in the village of Mango Creek find themselves in the middle of what can only be described as the theft of a...

Johnny says Belizeans have limited talent

On Friday, 19th February 2021 it will be exactly 100 days since the People’s United Party was swept into office by a landslide victory....

Crime

Weed found inside kitchen lands man in court

27-year-old Ansel Ciego has been fined $1,000 plus the $5 cost of court to be paid by May 31, 2021 after pleading guilty to...

Charges to be brought against driver in fatal RTA

On the night of Tuesday, February 9, 2021, a traffic accident which took place on the Stann Creek Valley Road claimed the life of...

Domestic dispute leads two men in court

A dispute between an uncle and his nephew ended in court for both men and the uncle made the decision to forgive his nephew...

Floyd Carter Jr. murdered three months after his father

Another murder in the Belize District has been reported and this time, the victim is Floyd Carter Jr. The name might sound familiar since...

21-year-old killed on Cleghorn Street

Police investigations into the latest city homicide are ongoing as they look to determine a suspect and motive in the murder of 21-year-old Jerome...

Police seeking two in relation to murder

There was a broad daylight murder which took place on Monday, February 8, 2021 in the vicinity of Tow Tow on Mahogany Street, Belize...

Sports

New coach for women’s football at the FFB

A new coach for activities concerning women’s football at the Football Federation of Belize (FFB) has been chosen. Coach Wayne Casimiro was born in...

Belizean footballers to participate in Evo Soccer

180 Belizean football players, including 150 U-15, U-17, U-19 athletes and goal keepers, have recently become involved in a 52-week online program focused on...

Football players affected with COVID

A total of ten persons, six players and four members of the coaching staff, of the Verdes Football Club, owned by FFB President Sergio...

New dates set for Tokyo Olympics, Paralympics in 2021

By OlympicTalk The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have been rescheduled for nearly one year later with the Olympics set for July 23-August 8, 2021. The...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics officially postponed until 2021

By Kelly Cohen, ESPN Never before had the Olympic Games been postponed or cancelled for something other than war, but rarely has the world come to...

San Pedro Pirates and Altitude FC play to a draw

The Premier League of Belize Closing Season competition continued over the weekend despite the wet conditions that prevailed. In fact, the wet conditions forced...

Other News

Pro Organic Belize hosts Dr. Rosita Arvigo

Well-known herbalist Dr. Rosita Arvigo, in a video conference with Pro-Organic Belize members last week, updated them on her 40 years’ experience of organic...

A student from Belmopan wins a writing prize

Kaylee Flowers, a fourth form student from Our Lady of Guadalupe High School (OLOGH) in Belmopan has shown great promise in writing. Kaylee Flowers...

Five persons escape from raging fire in San Ignacio

An early morning fire on Sunday destroyed the residence of Mercedes Carcamo from San Ignacio Town. The technician from the Climate Change Office escaped...

RTA leaves 1 dead and 3 injured

The life of 26-year-old Arita Vanzie of Roaring Creek was cut short after she and three others were involved in a horrific road traffic...

Noise pollution in Hillview, Santa Elena Town

A resident from the Hillview Area of Santa Elena Town in the Cayo District is complaining of incessant noise pollution in her neighbourhood. The...

Over 1.5 tons of cocaine seized after drug plane lands

Police have been able to successfully intercept as many as 28 bales of cocaine which were on board a twin engine plane which landed...

Columns

To the Men of Belize

By Thamar Jones Another young man got shot last night and that got me thinking about my own brother, my baby brother. My baby brother recently...

Say I love you

By Thamar Jones This one is for the lovers. V-day is fast approaching and what better way to get under the spell of love and...

Public Holiday for George Price’s Birthday

Contributed Making a public and bank holiday for the birthday of George Price is one of the most ludicrous decisions of this new PUP Government....

Valentine’s Day as a Single

By Thamar Jones If you’re not boo’ed up by now, chances are you’ll be spending Valentine’s Day as a single, which may seem like the...

Hope for the Hopeless

By: Thamar Jones You’re trying to find a job, but never got a call back after your last interview. You’ve had a string of awful situationships...

Get serious about having fun

By: Thamar Jones Someone asked me the other day, “So what do you do besides work?” “Well I like to…” And I drew a blank. What do...

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