It may have taken a while, but police have got their men. Two Belizeans accused of a holdup on the Coastal Road in May have been brought back from Guatemala for trial. Since May 17th when the payroll for the Paradise Shrimp Farm was taken at gunpoint and several people in the vehicle fired upon, […]
Yesterday News Five brought you the story of a doctor who was suspended from the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after two babies died in less than 24 hours. Today another baby died shortly after delivery, but Pediatrician Dr. Egbert Grinage says the seven-month baby was “severely premature” and the lungs were not properly formed. The […]
In 1998, one point seven million gallons of petrol moved through the Corozal Free Zone into the Mexican market. This constant traffic of highly combustible material has triggered the management of the free zone to train nine of its new employees in fire fighting skills to prevent any major explosion from taking place. The course, […]
The Commonwealth Development Corporation has completed its layout of Belize’s citrus processing industry with the purchase of Belize Foods Ltd. The British based company, which had previously purchased the Citrus Company of Belize, also owns Barton Creek Farms and a large citrus plantation near Big Falls, Toledo. In recent years the rapidly expanding citrus industry […]
With four children murdered in Belize City, two more in the northern districts and sex crimes against children rampant throughout the country, a number of agencies that deal with families and children are hoping to focus national attention on the problem. An ecumenical rally will be held at the Pound Yard in Belize City this […]
He’s perhaps best known for his sculptures, most recently his larger-than-life “Citrus Worker”. But Stephen Okeke is also fascinated by machines and his latest invention has the poetic name “Silent Thunder”. The recycling machine is used to grind discarded plastics into pellets or granules which then can be sold or exported to manufacturing companies to […]
New York radio DJ Chris Dubbmaster is in Belize for a performance tonight in Belize City. He says although people have been telling him since his arrival that September is the hottest time in Belize for music, he fully intends to give the crowd a great show tonight. Chris Dubbmaster, DJ “Basically tonight is going […]
It used to be that if you called for an ambulance it might never come because there was no driver or maybe even no gas. So people found it more expedient to just hail a taxi and take an injured person to the hospital themselves. The Belize Emergency Response Team, BERT, has been working for […]
Before he died in 1996 Don Elijio Panti, Belize’s most renowned traditional healer asked Dr. Rosita Arvigo, the head of Ixchel Farms, a research center in the Cayo District, to pass on what she learned from him to future generations. In keeping with her promise, Dr. Arvigo invites children to Ixchel Farm every summer to […]
