In the past 10 days, police have taken 5 handguns off the street. Last night they did themselves one better: they found a loaded, fully functional AK-47, that's the kind of machine gun that the BDF uses!

The find was made during a joint operation staged this morning between 4:00 and 10:00 this morning in three city gang hotspots: Mayflower, George and Queen Charlotte Streets - where the Southside Gangsters are based. That's where at about 7:15am, a search was conducted on Faber's Road near the Dyke area, where police found this AK47 with a magazine and 9 live rounds.

Also in that area, police found a bullet proof vest. On Mayflower street at 5:15 am, six and a half ounces of marijuana was found in open lot. And at 6:20, police searched the home…

Rotaract writing competition for Primary School students

LEXI MORRIS

The century that started the new millennium, is bound to be etched by technology and development. So in an age where games and social settings are being redefined in electronics and cyberspace, the turn of a page, and the ink blotters of pen on paper are slowly fading away. The impact of television is also noted as a reason why scores in English and writing on standardized tests are plunging.   One N.G.O. is trying to make a difference.  Recently, the Rotaract held a story writing competition for schools of the Belize District to encouraging writing. The…