New Year?s Day is normally reserved to be with family and friends to celebrate the beginning of a new year.However, today it was more like a serious battle to send some of your friends and colleagues on an early vacation out of the RFG Belize Premier Football League playoffs.
Judging by the urgency in which they played, Mango Creek FC rolled into the MCC Grounds needing to win by a margin of four goals.They played a very fast-paced game and at times were running off the field to get the ball back onto the field of play even when it was FC Belize?s possession.
Three days before Christmas, a grieving family is preparing to bury three generations of their own - a grandfather, Alfred Price, who used to be a star guitarist in the Vibrations Band in the 1980?s; his daughter, Primrose Logan; and her unborn child. They all lost their lives after being involved in a terrible traffic accident that occurred shortly before 7:00 last night on the Northern Highway.
Kremandala FC sweeper and BDF soldier, Erwin ?The Bird? Flores, is today recovering from a knockout he sustained from a blow to the head after being attacked while in Dangriga over the weekend.
Flores, 30, sustained multiple face injuries, which have his face disfigured, and his nose and lips swollen. He is unable to speak clearly because of his injuries, though he believes his condition is temporary.
It?s three days away from Christmas, and 318 employees of Novelo Bus Line Limited, currently the only national bus line in the country, have had their services indefinitely suspended as a result of an unprecedented shutdown of the 40-year-old company.
On Tuesday evening, December 20, 2005, the company?s receivers, Atlantic Bank and the Development Finance Corporation (DFC), pulled the plug on the operation they claimed had been on life support and needed a prompt rescue operation from the Government.
A jury of 4 men and 8 women deliberated for almost four hours yesterday before returning from the deliberating room shortly before 5:00 p.m. with a not guilty verdict for four men charged for murder, and a not guilty verdict for the charge of manslaughter for two of the accused, who had been on remand at the Hattieville prison since the incident.
We cannot overemphasize the importance of the municipal elections scheduled nationwide for March 1 of 2006. However it happened, and it was for the first time that we know of in this country, general and municipal elections were held on the same day ? March 5, 2003. So even though in 2005 the nation went through the worst turmoil we had experienced since the Heads of Agreement in 1981, March 1 next year will be the first opportunity the voters of Belize have to send some messages to the leaderships of the two major parties.
A few months ago Lord Michael Ashcroft published a book in Great Britain which provided an amount of autobiographical information about him while focusing on the fights Lord Ashcroft had in the middle/late 1990?s and early years of the new century with the prestigious Times newspaper of London and Tony Blair?s Labour Party.
In one of the most exciting events on the local semi-pro basketball calendar other than an actual ball game, the highly anticipated 2005 semi-pro draft, the first of its kind in Belize, went off without a hitch on Wednesday night at the National Sports Council conference room in front of a charged up audience.
In the outside world, predictions are a way of creating hype and excitement in sports. But in Belize, because our country is so small and everybody knows everybody, a lot of people take predictions personally and take offence. Please, these predictions mean no disrespect. We mean to promote.
The 2005 RFG Belize Premier Football League playoffs are all set and ready to go Saturday, December 24. The fourth and final spot in Group B was filled last night when Belmopan United went into the Michael Ashcroft Stadium in Independence and failed to get a win over BOCA. All BOCA needed to get in was a draw and they received their ticket to the playoff, playing to a scoreless tie in an evenly played match.
?I just like the idea that I could do something for somebody??
She?s over 80 years old, but herbalist, Barbara Fernandez, affectionately known as Aunt Barbara, makes her journey to the Queen Square Market 6 days a week to sell herbal medicines at her stall.
Mrs. Fernandez is the author of Medicine Woman (The Herbal Tradition of Belize), a booklet that has an extensive listing of the various herbs available in Belize and their medicinal purposes.
Permit me to express my admiration for what I saw during my journey from Corozal Town to Belmopan on Monday, December 12, 2005. Before I start, let me say that the last time I made this journey was in 1997. Just as how I use my constitutional rights in favour of the poor working class and those of us who are living in poverty, I think I should also give merit and admiration to the progress that I have experienced on my way from the deviation from Orange Walk Town to San Jose del Palmar.
Democracy versus hypocrisy, corruption and lies. Democracy is when the leaders know that they are servants of the people. Hypocrisy is when the leaders think the people are their servants.
Many, many years ago this country was called British Honduras, and we were ruled by the white man, the British. As far as I remember, these white people were very kind to the poor people. If you wrote them a letter, when they answered they put ?your most humble and obedient servant?. They were always there to respect and protect the rights of the poor man.
Today?s race was a 2.4-kilometer Circuit racein one of Managua?s main districts.The race started with the ORO (Gold) category taking off first doing a total of 15 laps or 36 kilometers, for approximately 22.5 miles, which was ridden in exactly 1 hour and2 minutes, averaging 22 miles an hour.
