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She blazed onto centre court from an early age, and tonight female basketball star Tracy Garnett is getting ready to jump into the big leagues. The twenty-one year old has been offered a chance to strut her stuff for team coaches of the National Women’s Basketball League in the United States. On December tenth, the […]
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For the second time this year, the Belizean Studies Journal has released a collection of research articles in a special issue publication. Entitled “Colonialism and Nature in Belize”, editors say the latest anthology contains papers that explore the country’s colonial roots, as well as writings that examine contemporary environmental politics of today. But according to […]
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For the past three years, CARE-Belize has been quietly working in homes around the country, assisting parents of differently-abled children to help their loved ones live happy productive lives. But this week, the organisation went public, launching a campaign to send their message of hope to even more families. Sr. Beverly Hoffman, Coordinator, CARE-Belize ?We […]
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They call themselves Via Vocalite and come Friday night, they plan to present holiday tunes in a plethora of musical genres to concert-goers. The event, entitled “Sounds of the Season,” will be held at the Fordyce Chapel on the grounds of Saint John’s College Junior College. According to Director Enrique Pech, proceeds of the performance […]
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Today in Belize City, Government officials hosted Mexican representatives in a cultural exchange between the two countries. Licenciado Octavio Chavez Galvadon, director of the Quintanarroense de la Cultura and Dr. Jose Luis Pech Varguez, Secretary of Education and Culture in Mexico arrived in the country this morning for a one-day working visit to Belize. Over […]
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Tonight, bus drivers and the management of the Novelo’s Bus Company continue to buck heads over the cause of yet another breakdown in service, this time in routes from the southern part of the country. The employees in Dangriga contend that the buses are not road-worthy and have become safety hazards… But administrators maintain there’s […]
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