If you are one of the many Belizeans who got locked into the Lotto habit, the date December 29th, 1999 will remain indelibly etched in your dream book. That is the night that the familiar sound of the Lotto machine cranked up for the last time…and for the ensuing five months the little numbered balls […]
In an update to a story we first reported on Wednesday regarding a police raid at a home on West Collet Canal, tonight four men who were detained following the search have been charged. On Tuesday night police went to #51 West Collet Canal and detained 27-year old Sidney Ellis, his brother 33-year old Richard […]
The startling statistic that in Belize one Belizean dies every week from AIDS or an AIDS related disease has not managed to elicit the response it should. Maybe the newest numbers will. AIDS is now the 3rd leading cause of death in Belize, for people between the ages of 15 and 44, with the Belize […]
Next week CARICOM Secretary General Edwin Carrington will be in Belize for a 3-day visit. While here, Carrington will be consulting with Belizean officials on the possibility of holding the Third Sitting of the Assembly of Caribbean Community Parliamentarians (ACCP) in Belize, which would be held later this year. Prime Minister Said Musa, Minister of […]
It’s been promised in every party’s manifesto as far back as anyone can remember, but as the new millennium dawned there was still no place in Belize that could even remotely be called a national museum. That situation, however, may be changing. Janelle Chanona, Reporting In early January this year, the Belize and Mexican governments […]
If you’ve ever walked out of a pharmacy in Belize not so sure if the medication you’re holding is still “good” or feeling like you’re not quite sure how you’re supposed to take it, you might want to listen up. For the past 2 weeks, 5 Belizean pharmacists have been learning how to improve their […]
Today, Women’s Issues Network of Belize (WIN) held it’s first open day since moving into its new office on Mahogany Street. WIN-Belize was formed in 1993 to help women and their children achieve social and economic opportunities and focuses on areas such as employment and training. Today, the general public got an opportunity to find […]
A month ago, the Belize Red Cross held a Trainers of Trainers Workshop in disaster management. At that workshop the participants were trained to recognize the kind of disasters that might affect a particular community and mapped areas in that community that might prove hazardous during a disaster. Today those people got together again; this […]
He’s better known for his poetry than his music but the artist with a new cassette who visited us Thursday is not just your everyday wannabe rap star. The experiences he sings about are very much rooted in reality. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Sherman Gillett better known as Ras Sherman and a number of local artists […]
On Saturday, this year’s Festival of Arts comes to a close. The show started on May eight and included an Arts and Craft section and two weeks of performances. The school children who participated in the festival were awarded for their outstanding presentations. Director of Belize Arts Council, Beverly Smith Lopez says they have been […]
