As the Commission of Inquiry, charged with the responsibility to investigate the transfer of HIV blood to three patients at K.H.M.H., closes out its first week, eight people have testified. Ann-Marie has been following the proceedings all week. Ann-Marie Williams “The last witness to testify this afternoon before the Commission of Inquiry was Amalia Gonzalez. […]
The Ministry of Education has released the results of the Primary School Examination for 2001. Bea Jay Armstrong of Grace Primary School in Belize City attained ninety-six percent, the highest overall average of the five thousand, three hundred and thirteen students who sat the May seventh exam. Armstrong will be awarded the Jane and Michael […]
The Lower House met this morning in the nation’s capital to make some amendments to the supreme law of the land. Jose Sanchez was there. Jose Sanchez, Reporting A bill to amend the Constitution was introduced at today’s meeting at the House of Representatives. The primary changes will be to shift the composition of the […]
There were plenty of amendments today on Independence Hill; among them was the Sugar Industry Bill. Sugar Minister Valdemar Castillo says the changes to the bill will help to give future direction to farmers and the factory at Tower Hill. Valdemar Castillo, Minister of Sugar Industry “We have our preferential market with the European Union. […]
Belize is being represented at the eighty-ninth session of the International Labour Conference underway in Geneva, Switzerland. High on the agenda is the abolition of forced labour, health and safety in agriculture, co-operatives and Social Security. Achievements made by Belize last year, such as the Trade Unions and Employers Organisations Act will also be highlighted. […]
Close to twenty men converged on the Chateau Caribbean hotel this morning to talk about being responsible fathers and by extension parents. This is a first time effort by NOPCA to allow Belizean men to put forward their views in a round table discussion for solidarity and to get recommendations for a national conference in […]
If you have access to a television, radio or newspaper, then you should know of the current football controversy. Since Monday, footballers, coaches, managers and owners of football clubs have been protesting the departure of National Team Coach LeRoy Sherrier Lewis and asking for the resignation of B.N.F.A. President Dr. Bertie Chimilio. Last night, footballers […]
When the lights go down and the curtain goes up at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall this weekend, “The Magic Box” will open for two shows. Ann-Marie Williams has the story. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting It’s dance time for one hundred and one students of The Ballet Art School, ages four to sixteen years as “The […]
