It’s been in the pipeline almost since the winds of Hurricane Keith crossed the border into Mexico…but now it’s official. On Tuesday evening in Washington, D.C. Interamerican Development Bank president Enrique Iglesias and Belize’s ambassador Lisa Shoman signed the documents for a twenty million U.S. dollar hurricane emergency loan. The loan was processed in record […]
While wealthy international organisations will be asked to haul out their chequebooks, there is one neighbouring country that is offering hurricane relief, which may be more meaningful than cash. News Five has learned that the government of Cuba will be sending a fifty-member team to help erect a hundred new Cubel homes. Housing Minister Dickie […]
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Renewal has a new chief executive officer. She is Celine Cleland. Cleland succeeds Manuel Lopez of D.F.C., who reportedly had been seconded to housing as a temporary assignment. Cleland says her new position offers great challenge. Celine Cleland, CEO, Ministry of Housing “Well it’s different, and that?s what excited […]
Belize Electricity Limited has declared victory in the battle to restore electricity in the wake of Hurricane Keith. In a release today BEL announced that as of November sixteenth, power had been fully restored to the communities of San Pedro and Caye Caulker, two of the most badly hit parts of the country. In San […]
We are led to believe that the highest levels of sporting accomplishment are reserved for the young; that once you’re past twenty-five, it’s pretty much downhill. Well if you watched Hilly Barrow finish this year’s Lion Man competition you know that that belief is false. The conventional wisdom was also defied over the weekend as […]
In addition to winning gold, this weekend Belizean athletes will be looking to raise some. On Saturday, the Belize Amateur Athletic Association road racing committee will be holding a relathon, a run for relief, in aid of hurricane victims. The relay gets underway at six a.m. in Benque Viejo and ends in Belize City. John […]
Today was “Red Ribbon Day” at Wesley College. The entire staff and student body attended a church service at Wesley Methodist on Albert Street, followed by a parade through the city. The students all wore a red ribbon as a symbol of solidarity in the fight against drug abuse. “Red Ribbon Day” forms part of […]
Just as colds and flu seem to surface during Christmas, so too do computer viruses. The Navidad virus, which travels through email programmes, has existed for a year but it has only recently made its way into the computer systems of home and business users across Belize and the world. This afternoon, after receiving a […]
This afternoon the fifty residents of the Sister Cecilia home for the elderly in Belize City were treated to a special Thanksgiving dinner. The activity is held every year at the home by the Mercy Sunshine Group. However, this year in addition to enjoying a meal of rice and beans, ham and turkey, the participants […]
