The Image Factory is launching an exhibit tonight featuring the works of Joan Duran. The exhibit features, paintings on canvas, paper and screen prints by the fifty-two year old Spaniard. Today News five spoke to Duran about his art. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Duran’s show Crescere is pockets of life that speak more about the moment […]
A young woman is lucky to be alive after being abducted Tuesday night. The nineteen-year-old student was making her way towards the Palotti junction around seven o’clock when she was attacked by a man identified as Albert Guy. However, thanks to a Novelos bus driver, she escaped with only minor injuries. Fitzroy Yearwood, P.R., Police […]
In keeping its promise to raise funds for the Red Cross, today Courts Belize Limited delivered cheques totaling over thirty thousand dollars to assist in disaster preparation and hurricane relief efforts. Anamarie Bennett, Advertising/Promotions, Courts “We pledged to donate twenty-five thousand in cash and products to the Red Cross. We knew that to arrive at […]
Fifteen thousand dollars worth of food, medical supplies, and assorted items have been given to the hurricane victims of the Orange Walk and Corozal districts. The donation, which is a gift from the Belize Friendship Association of Los Angeles, California, was presented to Deputy Prime Minister, Johnny Briceno by BFA’s Vice Chairman, Gilbert Marin. In […]
Since the Commercial Free Zone opened in 1995, it has been expanding very rapidly. Today approximately sixty trucks and over three thousand cars enter the compound daily. Shoppers are mainly Mexicans from the State of Quintana Roo, although it is open to all foreigners. As a result of the enterprise about nine hundred jobs have […]
“Revelation 2000”, rocks the BTL Park on Saturday, November fourth, starting at seven-thirty p.m. The annual concert by the Heavenlies Gospel Band takes on a new meaning as part of the proceeds will be donated to Hurricane Keith relief. The band’s public relations co-ordinator Ian Mariano tells us more. Ian Mariano, Public Relations Co-ordinator, Heavenlies […]
Nine years ago the Dental Health Quiz started in an effort to promote good dental hygiene among children, since then many students have entered the contest and walked away with some fabulous prizes. This year, however, for the first time the contest had to be held only at the district level due to Hurricane Keith. […]
The Post Office was once a hot, dark, drab place where one would go to buy stamps or even post a letter. That drab headquarters on North Front Street as Ann-Marie Williams found out has transformed itself. Ann-Marie Williams “The Belize Postal Service officially started in Belize in 1860 right here at the Paslow Building. […]
Two persons are lucky to be alive after the vehicles they were traveling in collided on the Western Highway. The accident happened around ten-thirty Tuesday night. According to reports, forty-eight year old Inez Gomez was driving a freight truck from Belize City to Benque Viejo Del Carmen. When it reached in the vicinity of Central […]
It will be almost one week since the body of taxi driver Roy Geban, was found on the Western Highway with several gun shot wounds. The police so far have not arrested anyone for the crime, but say they have been following up on some leads and it won’t be long before their investigation comes […]
Last week the Police Department conducted an operation in which they recovered numerous items such as TV’s and stereos, believed to be stolen during Hurricane Keith. While some people may have denied holding stolen items in their homes, police say that the true owners are coming forward to claim their possessions. Fitzroy Yearwood, Acting Press […]
Residents of San Antonio Village in the Cayo District now have a refurbished rudimentary water system in place. Work on the system started in May and in September the system started pumping water into the village. The villagers consume about twenty gallons of water per day and the new system, which is capable of pumping […]
Cabinet held a meeting yesterday in which it approved a five percent environmental tax on all imports of empty plastic containers and on the value of products packaged in plastic containers. While this tax is still being worked out, Bowen and Bowen, Belize’s largest producer of soft drinks and bottled water does not expect it […]
The environmental tax was not the only issue that dominated the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Also discussed was the problem that the professions of engineering and architecture are not legally regulated in Belize. The destruction caused by Hurricane Keith emphasized the point that there is a need for regulation of the professions to at least […]
A brand new set of musical instruments was recently handed over to the Orange Walk Drum Corps. The gift is a donation from the Governor General of Belize, Colville Young. As Manuela Ayuso of CTV in Orange Walk reports, the presentation could not have come at a more appropriate time. Manuela Ayuso, Reporting The Orange […]
the annual “Day of the Dead” exhibition is underway at the Institute of Co-operation and Culture Mexico/Belize. The weeklong event is a Mexican tradition, which dates back to around 1800 B.C. to days of the Aztecs. Institute Director Guillermo Gutierrez speaks of the tradition. Guillermo Gutierrez, Director, Cultural Institute “We can see this with Hispanic […]
The Angelus Press has published its first autobiography, the sixth publication of The Belize Chronicle Series. The book documents the life and work of Belizean Sadie Vernon. Ann-Marie was at the launching on Tuesday October thirty-first. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting It’s not everyday a book is launched in Belize and when it is, it’s not usually […]
