It is not a new idea, but one which has worked in the past. Over six years after a private sector initiative succeeded in buying back and destroying over two hundred and fifty illegal firearms, Cabinet, concerned by a steep rise in violent crime, has given the go ahead to try the plan again. At […]
The Olympic Games will open next month in Sydney, Australia, but in Belize the biggest sport seems to be wrestling over who can broadcast the event on television. In a press release issued today, the Belize Cable Television Operators Association explained that while it fully supports government’s efforts to implement recently passed copyright legislation, it […]
In an effort to help create a computerised database of those Belizeans suffering from cancer, Belize Electricity Limited has donated a computer to the Belize Cancer Society. The Intel Pentium computer and printer, valued at four thousand, five hundred dollars, was today handed over by BEL’s Public Relations Officer Diana Forman. Accepting the donation on […]
News is slowly trickling in on Friday’s visit to Belize by Mexican president-elect Vincente Fox. Fox and a small delegation will touch down at 12:35 p.m. at the Philip Goldson International Airport and depart at 4:30 that afternoon. During his four hours on Belizean soil, Fox will meet with Prime Minister Said Musa, be hosted […]
The University of Belize has evolved from an idea into a legal entity and today it took the first step toward becoming a reality to those who matter most: the students. Jose Sanchez reports. Amauri Amoa, Student “It’s a transition, it’s different. The changes are different, because as a UCB student we had different priorities, […]
On some assignments for this newscast reporters must brave wind, rain, heat, mud, insects and even deadly snakes. Fortunately, the story I covered last night in San Pedro involved none of these perils and the only danger I faced was that of drinking too many Pina Coladas. Somehow, I managed to survive…and so did several […]
