The startling statistic that in Belize one Belizean dies every week from AIDS or an AIDS related disease has not managed to elicit the response it should. Maybe the newest numbers will. AIDS is now the 3rd leading cause of death in Belize, for people between the ages of 15 and 44, with the Belize […]
Next week CARICOM Secretary General Edwin Carrington will be in Belize for a 3-day visit. While here, Carrington will be consulting with Belizean officials on the possibility of holding the Third Sitting of the Assembly of Caribbean Community Parliamentarians (ACCP) in Belize, which would be held later this year. Prime Minister Said Musa, Minister of […]
It’s been promised in every party’s manifesto as far back as anyone can remember, but as the new millennium dawned there was still no place in Belize that could even remotely be called a national museum. That situation, however, may be changing. Janelle Chanona, Reporting In early January this year, the Belize and Mexican governments […]
If you’ve ever walked out of a pharmacy in Belize not so sure if the medication you’re holding is still “good” or feeling like you’re not quite sure how you’re supposed to take it, you might want to listen up. For the past 2 weeks, 5 Belizean pharmacists have been learning how to improve their […]
Today, Women’s Issues Network of Belize (WIN) held it’s first open day since moving into its new office on Mahogany Street. WIN-Belize was formed in 1993 to help women and their children achieve social and economic opportunities and focuses on areas such as employment and training. Today, the general public got an opportunity to find […]
A month ago, the Belize Red Cross held a Trainers of Trainers Workshop in disaster management. At that workshop the participants were trained to recognize the kind of disasters that might affect a particular community and mapped areas in that community that might prove hazardous during a disaster. Today those people got together again; this […]
He’s better known for his poetry than his music but the artist with a new cassette who visited us Thursday is not just your everyday wannabe rap star. The experiences he sings about are very much rooted in reality. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Sherman Gillett better known as Ras Sherman and a number of local artists […]
On Saturday, this year’s Festival of Arts comes to a close. The show started on May eight and included an Arts and Craft section and two weeks of performances. The school children who participated in the festival were awarded for their outstanding presentations. Director of Belize Arts Council, Beverly Smith Lopez says they have been […]
It’s the 3rd major bust for Maya artifacts in as many weeks and it’s keeping the police and Archaeology Department busy. The latest raid involved Abraham Wolfe of Spanish Lookout, who was found in possession of a hoard of 150 ancient pieces including clay pots, flints and jade beads. Wolfe was charged in San Ignacio […]
Three residents of Hattieville are still receiving care at the KHMH tonight after a traffic accident early this morning on the Western Highway. Police say around 7:30 this morning, Charles Belisle was driving his Ford Ranger from Hattieville to Belize City between miles 9 and 10 when the truck had a blowout and overturned on […]
The big hotel on the Barracks is undergoing a multi-million dollar expansion and attracting weekend visitors from as far away as Cancun and Merida. But while things at the Princess Hotel and Casino look bright and shiny, the view from behind the gambling tables is much less rosy. On Wednesday a group of five casino […]
Tonight we regret to announce the death of 77-year old Pedro Miguel Espat. Espat was the father of Mark Espat, Minister of Tourism and Jorge Espat, Minister of National Security. He is also survived by sons: Pedro Jr., Miguel, Jose, David, Carlos, Pablo and Phillip. He leaves behind one daughter, Mary, a sister Nazira and […]
If you are among those who enjoyed the rich flavour of full cream fresh milk from Cayo’s Macal Dairy, take heart; the financially troubled cooperative has been given a new lease on life. In ceremonies Wednesday at the processing plant in San Ignacio the company was officially put under the management of the Big H […]
If you’re tired of the weatherman saying it’s going to rain but it doesn’t until they say it’s going to be sunny, don’t give up just yet. This week, weather forecasters from all over Central America have been brainstorming to come up with ways to improve their service and as an added bonus, they say […]
Today is a big day for the Methodist Church. A flag raising ceremony was held this afternoon to honor the 8 countries represented in the church’s 32nd Connexional Conference, which Belize is hosting for the first time. And today the church laid the cornerstone of the John and Charles Wesley Educational, Social and Cultural Centre. […]
It is now such an important part of Belize’s educational scene that we wonder how we ever got along without it. But the Centre for Employment Training is not known for resting on its laurels…and once again it opened its doors for a public viewing. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Today the campus for the Centre for […]
It’s a big name that all too often is long on hope but short on power. The post of Ombudsman is an import from Scandinavia that’s supposed to provide a strong check on institutional arrogance and abuse of power. Today I spoke to Belize’s newly minted ombudsman to see if the job has met his–and […]
In recent years there has never been any shortage of police brutality to report in Belize. But as the pressure mounts for authorities to produce results in the war against drugs and guns it seems that some officers forget that the rule of law applies to criminals both in and out of uniform. Janelle Chanona, […]
In news from cabinet that body has expressed concern over the high rate of HIV and AIDS in Belize. The Ministry of Health reported that in 1997 and 1998 AIDS was the 3rd leading cause of death for Belizeans between the ages of 15 and 44. Road traffic accidents topped the list with externally caused […]
While cane farmers may be getting a break in the form of more duty-free fuel, the rest of Belize will enjoy a few more weeks of grace before their gasoline bills go up. Government announced on Tuesday that it could no longer continue to reduce taxes on imported fuel in order to compensate for spiraling […]
It took five years to wind its way through congress but the United States has finally updated the Caribbean Basin Initiative. Under the new U.S-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act preferential tariffs will be extended to include some textile and apparel products, made with U.S. fabrics, that had been previously excluded. The details of the bill […]
Today the Public Service Union got itself a new place to call home. Official ground breaking ceremonies were held on Kut Avenue this morning for a new building slated to become the Belize City headquarters of the PSU. On hand to do some of the shoveling was Minister of Housing and Urban Renewal, Dickie Bradley. […]
It’s a story we’ve told a dozen times but at least there’s always a happy ending. Today the Ladyville Evangelical Primary School officially opened two much needed new classrooms to accommodate their growing body of students. On hand for the ceremonies was Belize Rural Central Representative Ralph Fonseca who had the honour of cutting the […]
Since its privatisation in 1988 the Government of Belize and Belize Telecommunications Ltd. have enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship, with the monopoly telecom racking up record profits and GOB reaping hefty tax revenues. The only problem was that it was the consumers of Belize who have been left with empty pockets. But with Prime Minister […]
Unless you’ve been hiding in a cave for the last month you know that Belize’s once-in-a-decade census is now in progress. Today I visited Belmopan to see how things are going. On May 13th, the Central Statistical Office started the work of updating that information and launched Census Day 2000. The country was divided into […]
