We don’t know the names of those left homeless in Honduras and they will never know ours, but the people of Belize are packing up donations as if they were sending supplies to their own relatives. The gathering of food and clothing is a countrywide effort, but somehow the items all seem to pass through […]
Plans for this year’s National Garifuna Settlement Day are well underway. The celebration which commences on Sunday, November eighth, will consist of daily activities that include the traditional events, like the Garifuna pageants and the re – enactment. But Matthew Martinez, the President of the Belize Branch of the National Garifuna Council, says while there […]
The Friends of Pediatrics is celebrating the successful treatment of one of their patients, but unfortunately also mourning the loss of another. Azael Vargas returned to Belize on October twenty-third after spending several months in the U.S. to have a brain tumor removed. But the family’s ordeal began after he became so ill he couldn’t […]
In other medical news, Belize Medical Associates announces that it is expanding its Thomas Street facility. They will be turning the clinic into a small hospital with room for eighteen beds, two operating theaters, fourteen consulting rooms for doctors and on-site x-ray and ultrasound diagnostic testing and an expanded lab. Current medical services will continue […]
The Salvation Army has released its schedule of activities for November and December. Next Friday they will launch their annual Red Kettle Appeal, but this year there will be a new twist. In addition to kettles in front of business houses and volunteers ringing bells, miniature kettles will be placed in banks and offices throughout […]
It’s the topic of the week: Belize’s miraculous escape. Tonight G. Michael Reid has his own spin on how Belizeans handled the one hundred and eighty mile an hour crisis, the frantic movements and decisions we all made and how the country will finally stand still and reflect this Sunday. “It is often suggested that […]
