For those who tune in tonight with just a bit of anxiety caused by this evening’s dark clouds and ominous rain, we’ll get it out of the way quickly. Yes, there is a tropical storm near Belize. Its name is Keith. Yes, it is expected to eventually grow into a hurricane…but no, it is not […]
Taiwanese Vice President Annette Lu and her hundred strong delegation left Belize this morning, but not before making it clear that relations between her new government and Belize are, if anything, even stronger than in the past. In a press conference held Thursday night Prime Minister Said Musa made his clearest commitment to date that […]
Last Friday, Belize Telecommunications Limited issued a release saying that the use of software or hardware devices to transmit voice over the Internet is illegal. Thursday morning, many people who either bought the I.P. Star box or went to DialPad and Net-2-Phone’s website complained that they could no longer make any calls. As it turns […]
She won her third Olympic medal in Sydney this morning, but the problem is that it was bronze and not gold. After topping the field in the one hundred and 200 metre sprints, Marion Jones had to settle for third place in the women’s long jump. Her last attempt was a heartbreaker as she easily […]
An 82-year old resident of Dangriga has died after being hit by a car on the Stann Creek Valley Road. Augustus Cayetano was riding his bicycle toward Dangriga Thursday evening when before reaching mile 3, he was struck by a gray Toyota. The driver, 25-year old Michael Ramirez, told police that Cayetano was riding across […]
Though the day was hot and rainy, it did not stop some young students of St. Joseph School from coming out on Baymen Avenue for the reopening of a much needed recreation area. The triangular shaped St. Joseph’s Park, neglected for quite some time, has been given a fresh coat of paint and some necessary […]
The Belize Organisation for Women and Development, BOWAND, has a new executive director. Lillette Barkley Waite feels that the job will be a challenging one, but it’s a challenge she embraces. Waite says there are a number of projects she plans to bring on board that will assist in the development of Belizean women. Lillette […]
It’s not exactly the kind of story I look forward to covering, but when the phone rings, I guess somebody has to answer it. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Imagine stepping inside your bathroom to take a well-deserved shower only to find a snake has beaten you to the tub. For the past two months residents in […]
Diplomats and politicians are experts in the art of talking much but saying little. And while the fast paced tour of Cayo by Taiwanese Vice President Annette Lu did little to change that impression, by the time she settled in at the Radisson on Thursday night, she was ready to reveal a little bit more […]
