Easter may be a few weeks away, but the warnings are already being issued reminding the public that holiday drinking can cause accidents. But this year there is a new dimension to the National Drug Abuse Control Council’s campaign: watch out for date rape drugs. Today News Five spoke to NDACC about this relatively new […]
Prime Minister Said Musa is in New Orleans for the Annual General Meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank. Over the weekend sessions were held on confronting natural disasters, maintaining high standards of environmental protection for sustainable development and business competitiveness, and why a healthy economy needs a healthy, strong political system. As part of the […]
Minister of Budget Planning and Management Ralph Fonseca will also be in New Orleans later this week, but for a different reason. He is part of a top-level delegation from the Caribbean attending the second annual meeting with US Secretary of State Madeline Albright. According to the Government Press Office, the meeting will set the […]
Former Family Court Judge Cynthia Pitts received the “Madam Liz” Award in honor of Gwendolyn Lizarraga this weekend from the Belize Women’s Political Caucus Convention. A statement from the Caucus today said that Pitts is one of the pioneers of the Belize women’s movement and she has done, and continues to do, outstanding work to […]
When dance and music come together, anything can happen. In the Oaxaca Contemporary Dance Company, that’s just what they want. In their dance training sessions, they encourage freedom of expression using different subjects and as many movements as possible to stir up personal creativity in every dancer. Their style might be different from what Belizeans […]
The question, “Cash or Credit” might soon be a thing of the past, that is, if Barclays Bank has anything to do with it. This morning the bank launched a VISA promotion that might have some lucky Belizean winning 50,000 U.S. dollars. The more times you whip out the plastic, at home or in distant […]
The message is definitely out about the Belizean “Jack the Ripper” but the reality of what he is doing still hasn’t sunk into many heads, large and small. Just this week, two young girls were reported missing. Thankfully they’ve returned safely home. But are we just holding our breath, hoping and praying that there won’t […]
