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Written on March 8, 2002 | Posted in Miscellaneous | No comment
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Fonseca: No raises for Govt. workers in budget
The occasion was the signing of an amended agreement to allow rehabilitation funds previously borrowed from the I.D.B. to be used for Hurricane Iris recovery. The four million dollars will be spent to repair and retrofit schools and community centres in Stann Creek and Toledo to better serve as hurricane shelters. But while Ministers Ralph […]
Written on March 8, 2002 | Posted in Economy | No comment
UDP loses on appeal; land reverts to Govt.
His party won a political victory on Wednesday in Benque Viejo, but today in the legal arena Dean Barrow and the UDP took it squarely on the chin. In a decision announced this evening, the Court of Appeal overturned last year’s Supreme Court verdict, which had upheld the UDP’s title to a valuable strip of […]
Written on March 8, 2002 | Posted in Trials | No comment
Skydivers descend on Belize City
It’s been home to athletics, football, cycling and carnival, but this afternoon spectators at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex witnessed a different type of event. Skydivers from the Aerial Circus Skydiving Team dropped in as part of their nationwide tour sponsored by Maya Island Air. The airline, which recently celebrated its fortieth anniversary, this week […]
Written on March 8, 2002 | Posted in Uncategorized | No comment
Pair of Punta Rebels release CD
With the technology for recording music and burning CD’s growing cheaper and more accessible, it’s no surprise that more Belizean artists are making their creativity available to the public. The latest guys to go commercial are no strangers to the Belizean music scene. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Lloyd Augustine and Felix “Reckless” Flores are the lead […]
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Scouts return to Holy Redeemer
This afternoon twenty students from Holy Redeemer Primary were invested into that school’s scouting group. The ceremony was significant because after six years without a scout banner, the school has revived its participation. Holy Redeemer has the distinction of establishing the first scout group in Belize in 1910, with the movement eventually spreading nationwide. Today, […]
Written on March 8, 2002 | Posted in Social Issues | No comment
Cuban artist exhibits for Women’s Day
The exhibition is called “Revelaciones”, and comes to us courtesy of the Cuban Embassy in honour of International Women’s Day. This morning Jacqueline Woods spoke to the artist as she prepared for tonight’s opening at the Mexican Cultural Institute. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Marod Simpson has been painting since she was a little girl. There are […]
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Ruta Maya goes high tech
The canoe race known as La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge has always been a curious mixture of well-muscled athletes with their well heeled sponsors and high tech canoes, side by side with starry eyed rookies armed only with rugged dreams and an endless supply of Bengay. If today’s opening leg is any indication, the […]
Written on March 8, 2002 | Posted in Sports | No comment
