A young woman is lucky to be alive after being abducted Tuesday night. The nineteen-year-old student was making her way towards the Palotti junction around seven o’clock when she was attacked by a man identified as Albert Guy. However, thanks to a Novelos bus driver, she escaped with only minor injuries. Fitzroy Yearwood, P.R., Police […]
In keeping its promise to raise funds for the Red Cross, today Courts Belize Limited delivered cheques totaling over thirty thousand dollars to assist in disaster preparation and hurricane relief efforts. Anamarie Bennett, Advertising/Promotions, Courts “We pledged to donate twenty-five thousand in cash and products to the Red Cross. We knew that to arrive at […]
Fifteen thousand dollars worth of food, medical supplies, and assorted items have been given to the hurricane victims of the Orange Walk and Corozal districts. The donation, which is a gift from the Belize Friendship Association of Los Angeles, California, was presented to Deputy Prime Minister, Johnny Briceno by BFA’s Vice Chairman, Gilbert Marin. In […]
Since the Commercial Free Zone opened in 1995, it has been expanding very rapidly. Today approximately sixty trucks and over three thousand cars enter the compound daily. Shoppers are mainly Mexicans from the State of Quintana Roo, although it is open to all foreigners. As a result of the enterprise about nine hundred jobs have […]
“Revelation 2000”, rocks the BTL Park on Saturday, November fourth, starting at seven-thirty p.m. The annual concert by the Heavenlies Gospel Band takes on a new meaning as part of the proceeds will be donated to Hurricane Keith relief. The band’s public relations co-ordinator Ian Mariano tells us more. Ian Mariano, Public Relations Co-ordinator, Heavenlies […]
Nine years ago the Dental Health Quiz started in an effort to promote good dental hygiene among children, since then many students have entered the contest and walked away with some fabulous prizes. This year, however, for the first time the contest had to be held only at the district level due to Hurricane Keith. […]
The Post Office was once a hot, dark, drab place where one would go to buy stamps or even post a letter. That drab headquarters on North Front Street as Ann-Marie Williams found out has transformed itself. Ann-Marie Williams “The Belize Postal Service officially started in Belize in 1860 right here at the Paslow Building. […]
