For residents of the south side of the Belize District it’s been a long wait…and with only one more day to go until the National Health Insurance pilot project officially gets underway, a major health care facility has declared that it’s ready to go. Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The Belize Medical […]
While Prime Minister Said Musa was on hand to lend his support to the N.H.I. Project, we also took the opportunity to solicit his views on last week’s turmoil in Orange Walk. Jacqueline Woods “What do you believe could have been done to avert the violence there?” Prime Minister Said Musa “Well whatever I say […]
In crime news, police this morning were called to a farm two miles north of Santa Martha Village on the old Northern Highway, where they saw the lifeless body of a man. The corpse, suffering from chop wounds to the head, was later identified as Jose Patt, of San Jose Village. Police are looking for […]
Last week we reported on a road mishap in which a pickup truck packed with fifteen passengers went out of control near Bermudian Landing. Today we regret to inform viewers that two of those passengers have died of their injuries. They are twenty-eight year old Lizalou Dominguez and thirty-six year old Raymond Myvett. A third […]
There was no rest for the Prime Minister today as he met with Japan’s Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Taimei Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi, on a one-day visit to Belize, discussed with P.M. Musa ways of strengthening the friendly relations between Belize and Japan. Prime Minister Said Musa “We now have a group of Japanese volunteers working […]
In news from Cabinet, that body has approved a project to put unemployed young people to work. As many as three hundred youths, not enrolled in any school or vocational programme, will be able to take advantage of a six month paid apprenticeship with various business houses or tradesmen. Government will provide the apprentices with […]
The first ever Belize City Games opens on Friday night and in an effort to get the public energised, a motorcade took to the principal streets of the city earlier this evening. The Games’ co-ordinator, Councillor Austin Waight, told News 5 that various disciplines are represented in the motorcade. Austin Waight, Co-ordinator, Belize City Games […]
When Elsa Augustine moves into her new home at 6618 Police Street, she will have no shortage of stories to tell her friends and neighbours. After all, how many Belizeans can boast of living in a house built by the likes of Said Musa, Johnny Briceno and a dozen other diplomats and community leaders. It’s […]
