The news coincidentally follows on the heels of a story we ran last night on the blood bank and the need for donors in advance of the long holiday weekend. A release late this evening from the K.H.M.H. reports that three of the hospital’s patients may have been exposed to HIV infected blood. The release […]
The subject has been out of the headlines ever since the three illegal Guatemalan settlements of Machaquila, Rio Blanco and Valentin Camp were evacuated over a month ago, the residents paid off and presumably resettled across the border. But as I speak, another settlement of illegal Guatemalan farmers continues to flourish on Belizean soil. The […]
Officials in the Forest Department report that fires which threatened to devastate much of the Mountain Pine Ridge have been largely brought under control. This does not mean that they are no longer burning, but the spread has been contained and the areas still smoking–in this case near Devil’s Drive–are being monitored. Forest officers have […]
A Chinese shopkeeper being shot at in a robbery attempt is no longer major news, but on Monday the gun was in the other hand and the merchant who did the shooting has been arrested. Police say thirty-five year old Renel Sanker of Mahogany Street in Belize City went to buy an ideal at Bing […]
The Ministry of National Security has released its crime figures for March, reporting that major crime has declined seventeen percent over the same period last year. The categories of robbery, rape, burglary and theft all dropped significantly, while murder, which rose from five in March of 2000 to six in 2001 is the only major […]
Art exhibits come and go in Belize and if you were not fortunate enough to attend or perhaps purchase your favourite piece, you may have missed a real treat. But a new trend–for Belize at least–is to preserve Belize’s best displays of art, both for wider distribution and for future viewing. Ann-Marie reports from the […]
Consumers may not have felt it quite yet, but in the coming weeks a number of imported goods will soon sport higher price tags. The reason: a new tax which was supposed to help the environment is in the first instance just increasing the cost of living. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting It sailed […]
