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Chinese raise $7,000 for hurricane relief

On Saturday the Chinese Community in Belize got together for a worthy cause–the raising of funds for Hurricane Keith. But it was the way in which the money was accumulated that made the event special. Yao Ling Shi said the Chinese craft fair was well attended. Yoa Ling Shi, Taiwanese Community “We collected over seven […]

Diabetes clinics to be held Tuesday

The prevalence of diabetes and the many complications associated with the disease will be examined on Tuesday at free clinics in observance of World Diabetes Day. The day’s theme is “Diabetes and Lifestyle in the New Millennium.” Secretary-Treasurer of the Belize Diabetes Association, Katherine Santos, says that the day helps raise public awareness. Katherine Santos, […]

Manatee Week opens at Parish Hall

Belize traditionally has been known as the last remaining paradise for the West Indian Manatee, But a recent series of manatee deaths–both natural and man made–have caused the gentle creatures to become more endangered than ever. That’s why this year’s observance of Manatee Week is more relevant than ever. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Manatee week is […]

UNDP donates lobster traps

In other maritime news, Belize’s lobstermen stand to benefit from the generosity of the United Nations. Under the plan presented by the Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute, the UNDP will provide one thousand two hundred and fifty lobster traps to at least partially replace those lost as a result of Hurricane Keith. The traps, […]

BFL football returns after setbacks

Good evening I’m James Adderley and welcome aboard this big time ride on Sports Monday. The drought has been extensive, prolonged by constant feuding at the very top of the Belizean football structure, but now mercifully it’s over, the football drought that is. The BFL resumed regular season action over the weekend with six games […]

Guatemala disputes Belize version of evictions

While this week’s signing of an agreement to defuse border tensions between Belize and Guatemala appears to be a step forward, a quick read of the Guatemalan newspapers shows just how wide a gap remains in the perception of the respective parties. Several weeks ago we reported on an incident in which soldiers of the […]

Citrus production up, prices down

This season’s citrus harvest is in full swing and farmers from Cayo to Toledo are busy both reaping and planting. But while the industry is coming off one record year of production and headed toward another, the gloom of low world prices hangs over the fields like and early morning fog. Projected prices for the […]

Lois Forbes, dead at 37

It is never pleasant to report a death, but when the person in question happens to be a colleague, who dies in the prime of life, it makes it even more difficult. Lois Forbes began her career in 1983 as a secretary at Radio Belize and continued to work at the BCB until its demise […]

Credit Union League donates to Keith relief

The Belize Credit Union League has donated over fifteen thousand dollars to organisations that are assisting in the hurricane relief effort. The funds were originally designated for use during Credit Union Week, but the league thought the money would be best used for the rebuilding of other institutions. The funds were distributed to the Belize […]

Salvation Army kicks off kettle appeal

It’s as much a part of the season as apples, grapes and a roll of new marley. News Five’s Stewart Krohn was on hand as the big iron kettle was rolled out on Albert Street. Stewart Krohn, Reporting Never mind that we have yet to celebrate Garifuna Settlement Day, this morning we were reminded that […]

Cancer Walk set for Saturday

Close to one thousand Belizeans are expected to be up before the crack of dawn on Saturday to participate in the annual Cancer Walk from Ladyville to Belize City. The event, which is the biggest fundraising activity of Cancer Awareness Month, was launched in 1996 by the late Juliet Soberanis, who eventually lost her life […]

Post office introduces Express Mail

Its headquarters has recently undergone a facelift and now a venerable government institution says that its services are also stepping up to the next level. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting When you need to send a package abroad that absolutely has to make it on time, you usually think FedEx or DHL. But beginning […]

Beetle threatens Pine Ridge

It’s a tiny creature, but as we’ve already learned from mosquitoes and mealy bugs, when it comes to dangerous insects size does not matter. The latest pest to threaten Belize’s well being is called the Southern Bark Beetle and if left unchecked it could destroy one of our most popular recreation areas and most productive […]

Money missing from Medical Department

A burglary at the old Belize City hospital has left the Medical Department short of over twenty one thousand dollars. The money was left in the accounts office when some of the medical staff did not collect their salaries on October twenty-seventh. When Finance Officer Hugh Broaster returned to the office on Monday, he noticed […]

Female forger swindles merchants

Businesses should be on the lookout for a woman shopping in Belize City with bogus checks. Police have documented two similar incidents of forgery in the past two weeks. On the sixteenth of October the unidentified woman purchased household items from Vishu Paragrani’s “V-Mart” store on Albert Street. She paid with a Scotia Bank cheque […]

Hit and run driver still on the road

A couple of years ago it was standard procedure that when a driver was arrested and charged for a traffic accident in which a person was killed, his licence was usually suspended. If the evidence indicated that the driver was drunk and the accident was a hit and run, the suspension would be automatic. On […]

New recruits will strengthen police force

There is no shortage of crime these days and to help combat and prevent it, the police department has welcomed some new muscle. The seventy-three men and five women who make up recruit squad number seventy-three, survived twenty weeks of intensive training which included criminal law, evidence, traffic and community policing. Minister of National Security, […]

Details released of Belize-Guatemala agreement

More details have become available on the agreement signed Wednesday between Belize and Guatemala. The twelve point document, signed at OAS headquarters in Washington D.C., deals solely with confidence building measures that will be undertaken by both countries along their common border. Article one lays the groundwork by stipulating that the measures outlined in the […]

Tourism stats take a hit from Keith

It comes as no surprise, but officials of the Belize Tourism Board report that as a result of Hurricane Keith, tourist arrivals are way down. The latest monthly figures from the Philip Goldson International Airport show that arrivals declined by thirty percent compared to October of 1999. Minister of Tourism, Mark Espat is optimistic, however, […]

More donations to Hurricane relief

Two more donations have been made to help Belizeans in the wake of Hurricane Keith. IMMARBE, the International Marine Registry of Belize, along with its associates abroad, has supplied government with a cheque for eighteen thousand dollars. The management of the Smokey Mermaid Restaurant has donated three thousand seven hundred dollars to the Red Cross […]

Chinese host craft fair to help victims

While many donours have opened their wallets to provide us with relief in the wake of Hurricane Keith, the Chinese community in Belize has decided to contribute to the effort the old fashioned way… by working for the money. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting A group of Chinese macramé students are painstakingly preparing for a food and […]

Ex-Services League works for veterans

This coming Sunday will be observed as Remembrance Day, a time set aside to honour all those men and women who gave their lives in the world’s all too frequent wars. Earlier in the week I met with members of an organisation which is dedicated to both the memory of the dead and the welfare […]

Belize and Guatemala agree on border measures

In news out of Washington of a more immediate nature, the region’s diplomats are all smiles as delegations from Belize and Guatemala have reached agreement on the way forward for the resolution of their long standing dispute. At OAS headquarters today, the two countries adopted a comprehensive set of confidence building measures to avoid conflict […]

U.S. election still not resolved

It is not often we lead this newscast with news that does not originate in Belize, but when the most powerful country in the world is on the brink of a crisis… Belize needs to pay attention. In case you haven’t noticed, the race for the U.S. presidency is currently unresolved as officials in the […]

Fire destroys another house at San Pedro

It seems that bad luck continues to plague the hurricane stricken citizens of San Pedro. Around eleven o’clock Tuesday morning fire fighters were once again called out to the scene of a blaze in the Boca Del Rio area. Upon arriving they saw the upstairs of a two storey wooden house engulfed in flames. The […]