Since 1993 they have become Belize’s biggest benefactor and indications are that the government of Taiwan shows no signs of slowing down. While the latest donation is barely chump change compared to the hundreds of millions of dollars in balance of payments support, infrastructure projects and housing funds, the two hundred thousand dollars presented Monday […]
On the local charity scene Courts has come forward with a unique plan to aid victims of Hurricane Mitch in the neighboring countries of Central America. The furniture and appliance emporium will donate two dollars to the Belize Red Cross Hurricane Relief Fund for every purchase made between now and Christmas. The commitment applies at […]
In case you haven’t noticed, this is Police Week… and while the press/police relationship is not always a love affair this morning the positive vibrations extended to journalists and the public as well. The occasion was a P.R. visit to some of the city’s more notorious neighborhoods. News Five’s Hyacinth Latchman went along for the […]
It will be one month and two weeks that nine year old Jay Karen Blades, a student of Lake Independence Methodist School, has been missing. According to the family, Blades left home on the morning of October seventh to go to school, but never did show up for classes. Blades, who had been having problems […]
The government has announced that the Small Farmers and Business Bank, an institution whose establishment was promised in the P.U.P. manifesto, has been created and will open its doors on December first. The bank, which will provide loans for farmers and small businesses, will specifically target women. The bank’s office is on Constitution Drive in […]
In more news from Belmopan the Belize Enterprise for Sustained Technology, BEST, today signed an agreement with government to manage the Terra Nova Forest Reserve in the Cayo District. What makes this deal unique is that the six thousand acres of Terra Nova are being set aside for the sustainable use of medicinal plants. BEST […]
In the days following Hurricane Mitch I reported from San Pedro on the damage that community suffered and the drama its residents endured. Tonight I’m back from a trip to an island far more isolated than Ambergris and one which came a whole lot closer to the threat of total devastation. On Monday morning, October […]
