A woman is reported to have drowned on Sunday in a lagoon near mile 8 on the Western Highway. John Olivera told police he and his common law wife Thelma Pike better known as “Tun Tun” left home with a friend, Elba Montoya to go swimming around 4:30pm. Montoya says they swam across the lagoon […]
The Belize Cancer Society recently held it’s 3rd annual general meeting. In his keynote address, Dr. Neil K. Garbutt proposed that “attitude has a great deal to do with one’s health and the outcome of one’s survival, when afflicted by diseases such as cancer.” Special awards were presented to Dr. Greg Castillo for his outstanding […]
One in four people in Belize have jobs that are affected by tourism, that’s according to the Belize Tourism Board anyway, and they want to increase that percentage even more. This morning, as part of Tourism Awareness Week, the BTB gave its report to the industry, outlining its accomplishments this past year and its plans […]
This week is being celebrated as Tourism Awareness Week. Opening remarks were given by Minister of Tourism Mark Espat on Sunday. On Monday members of the BTB were featured on Love FM‘s Morning Show and held a Tourism Appreciation Day at various venues including the International Airport. Today, they were on Krem‘s Morning Show and […]
The Deputy Head of the German Embassy in Jamaica met with Ministry of Housing personnel this week, to discuss plans for the satellite city at mile 31 on the Western Highway and other projects in Belize. Dr. Bernard von Muenchow-Pohl met with project coordinator Carolyn Trench Sandiford and representatives of Adolp Lupp, a German company […]
A visit to Chetumal turned tragic over the weekend for one Belize City man. According to police, 42 year old Albert Dougal went to Calderitas and decided to go swimming. Unfortunately, Dougal jumped headfirst into shallow water, apparently misjudging the depth. When he did not appear, bystanders jumped in and pulled him out of the […]
A young boy drowned over the weekend after a canoe ride turned tragic. On Saturday afternoon, 10-year-old Philip Liang was in a canoe with other children in a pond near mile fourteen and a half on the Western Highway when the canoe tipped over. Liang’s father, Rong Liang, says the other children escaped uninjured but […]
An autopsy on a teen who collapsed and died during football practice last week indicates that she had an undiagnosed heart condition which lead to her death. 15 year old Monique Castillo fainted on Thursday afternoon at Holy Ghost School and died on the way to the Southern Regional Hospital.
A family hunting trip in San Estevan has left one son dead after his father mistook him for a deer in the bushes. According to police, on Saturday night, 61 year old Wilfredo Pott Sr., his two sons and a grandson were hunting in the bush off the San Estevan Road. Wilfredo Pott Sr. says […]
A student of Holy Ghost School in Dangriga collapsed during football practice and died on the way to the Southern Regional hospital on Thursday. The teacher Howard Melendez reported that around 4:45, he was training both his male and female teams when 15 year old Monique Castillo fainted. A post mortem is scheduled for Saturday.
In keeping with a city sister relationship, this week, Belize City is playing host to the Mayor of Evanston, Illinois. Lorraine Morton says her interest in Belize was stimulated by the Lighthouse Rotary Club in Evanston, which wished to help educate Belizeans about safer traffic guidelines. She formed a committee and unlike the “working committees” […]
The Inter-American Development Bank in Belize has announced the winners of the Youth Summit Competition. They are Cardine Coleman and Arthur Usher who were selected by an international panel in Washington D.C. They will join youth leaders from 25 other countries at the IDB/IIC Youth Summit in News Orleans later this month. Coleman is a […]
A fishing trip over the long weekend ended in tragedy after a boat capsized and a teenaged girl drowned. The incident took place on the Belize River by Never Delay. Police investigations reveal that thirty-six year old Eufemio Cruz and sixteen year old Vanessa Perillo both from Roaring Creek were out fishing on Sunday when […]
An American died on Thursday during a snorkeling trip off San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. Police say 57 year old James Brown from South Carolina was with a group of nineteen snorkelers around 11:00am at an area known as Coral Garden when he cried out for help. The passengers and the boat captain got him out […]
Tomorrow, Raleigh International’s biggest expedition ever gets under way at Camp Oakley, Burrell Boom. This is the 11th expedition in Belize and features 168 volunteers from around the world, including ten Belizeans, with five from the Belize Defense Force. Over the next ten weeks, the Belizean volunteers will join other Raleigh Venturers in sites across […]
Bad weather kept them from launching it last week but on Monday the first catamaran to be built in Belize was launched into the Haulover Creek. Alfredo Aldana has been building boats for 30 years and is excited that the 42 foot long, 18 foot wide vessel is ready, after three months of work to […]
The body of a Benque man was found Monday morning in the Mopan River. It was identified as 67 year old Majin Cario of George Price Boulevard in Benque Viejo del Carmen. A post mortem has determined the cause of death was drowning. There were no signs of injury.
In a few months they will have frayed edges, scratches, names and phone numbers scribbled all over them, but right now the new BTL phone books are in perfect condition and being handed out to offices and homes throughout the country. One thing you will notice right away is the increase in the cellular phone […]
The winning slogan for the 2000 census is “Every Woman, Every Man, Every Child, Counts.” The entry was submitted by BDF Captain Lloyd Jones on duty in the Orange Walk District. Jones won $250.00 from the Central Statistical Office as part of their public awareness campaign leading up to the census on May 12th. Specially […]
Last year when a Mexican circus brought polar bears to Belize people were amazed that these big animals so used to cold weather could stand the tropical heat. Well, if you thought that was impressive, another traveling show has gone one better. They have brought an entire ice rink and a team of ice skaters. […]
The Essence of Belizean Beauty Inc. has announced the second Miss Rainforest International Pageant to be held in March. This years’ pageant features contestants from thirteen countries: Aruba, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, England, Guatemala, Honduras, Malta, Mexico and Paraguay. There will be a press conference on February 29th in San Ignacio, […]
This afternoon, groundbreaking ceremonies were held at the Alejo Beni Park in Dangriga marking the official start of New Horizons 2000. Since January reserve officers of the U.S. National Guard have been in the Stann Creek district building schools and digging for wells. By the end of May, they would have also provided free, basic […]
The Belize Tourism Board is reminding visitors, travel writers and local private sector travel and tour organizations that there is still time to make nominations for the first tourism awards. To make the process easier BTB says a nomination form is available on their website at www.travelbelize.org. Awards will recognize individuals and organizations for excellent […]
The Philatelic Bureau has released its Animals Definitive Issue, or if you’re not a collector and need a translation: the post office has animal stamps. The twelve new stamps include the five cent green iguana, the ten cent gibnut, the fifteen cent black howler monkey, the twenty-five cent tamandua or ants bear, the thirty cent […]
Although the final fate of the company is not yet known, those holding life insurance policies with the Belize International Insurance Company Limited, BELINSCO, will be interested to know the latest developments. On Friday, the Supreme Court appointed the firm of Deloitte and Touche to act as judicial managers for the next thirty days. The […]
