It sounded like a pretty straight forward case of a baby drowning, but the postmortem on one year old William Cuellar from Lord’s Bank shows he didn’t die from water in his lungs. Instead the cause of death is being listed as suffocation because the medical examiner Dr. Mario Estradabran has determined the child choked […]
Despite efforts to increase tourism during the slow season, the figures for June arrivals at the Philip S. W. Goldson International indicate the level of arrivals last month was almost exactly the same as last year. The Belize Tourism Board reports that eight thousand two hundred and two pleasure travelers arrived by air last month, […]
An outstanding young softball star has been awarded the government’s first full sports scholarship to a tertiary level institution. 16 year old Keneshia Sutherland of Camalote Village in the Cayo District will be assisted with tuition and fees, books as well as lodging while she studies accounting at Belize Technical College. Sutherland has played with […]
In court news, the Court of Appeal has upheld an order that Atlantic Insurance pay 65 thousand dollars to policy holder Stephen Smith whose thatched house burned down in 1996. The house, which was five hundred yards from the Jaguar Reef Lodge, is believed to have caught fire when sparks from a bush fire ignited […]
If you love to dance, now’s your chance. The Belize Arts Council and the National Dance Company are inviting you to attend their traveling summer dance camp. The first stop this week is the Toledo District where Belizean and Cuban instructors are giving classes in Latin Folk, Black Folk, Modern and Dance Hall as well […]
Five Belizean 4H-ers representing three district associations returned on Tuesday from an annual exchange program in Michigan. This morning the 4H-ers spoke a little bit about the 4 Hs: heads, hearts, hands and health and their trip to Michigan. Madonio Cal, Belmopan 4H “We went there for cultural exchange, to learn some integration that we […]
The September Celebrations are just two months away, but while hardly anyone in the general public has started thinking about what to wear for the parades and jump-ups, those in the carnival bands are already hard at work making costumes. The problem is that the year after the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of St. […]
Whenever a child dies an accidental death there is always plenty of blame to go around. But experts say what we need to focus on is saving lives and preventing injuries. Needless deaths can be avoided through increased supervision and taking just a few minutes to hide a dangerous cleaning product, put a baby gate […]
