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Written on March 28, 2002 | Posted in Social Issues | No comment
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U.S. sailor missing at sea
Yesterday we reported on the happy ending to the harrowing ordeal of two men from Dangriga who spent four days lost at sea. Tonight we have news of another missing seaman–but the circumstances leave much less room for optimism. Forty-four year old U.S. National Robert O’Neil left Hopkins Village on March sixth in his thirty-five […]
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Tourist injured in boating mishap
In another maritime tragedy, a U.S. tourist was injured when he was hit by a motorboat. Fifty-one year old Larry Kelly of the state of Oregon was among a group of six people learning how to dive Wednesday afternoon in the waters off San Pedro when a skiff entered the area and ran him over. […]
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Dangriga man killed in traffic accident
The Stann Creek Valley Road has once again been the scene of a fatal traffic accident. On Wednesday night sixty-four year old Phillip Benguche was killed when a car crashed into him as he stood on the roadside talking to a friend in a parked vehicle. Driver of the moving vehicle, twenty year old Clinton […]
Written on March 28, 2002 | Posted in Auto Accidents | No comment
Cayo teen dies 5 days after car wreck
Meanwhile, a Cayo teenager has succumbed to injuries sustained in a traffic mishap that occurred last Friday. Nineteen year old Gaylene Bahadur of Santa Elena died Wednesday at the K.H.M.H. She was one of five students of Mount Carmel High in Benque Viejo injured when their car ran head on to an oncoming pickup. According […]
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Belize joins regional tourism campaign
Belize is among the participants in an ambitious international marketing project to boost Caribbean tourist arrivals in the wake of September eleventh. The Regional Tourism Emergency Programme, budgeted at over eighteen million U.S. dollars, will use television advertising, public relations and promotional activities to stimulate demand for travel from Europe and North America. The Caribbean […]
Written on March 28, 2002 | Posted in Travel | No comment
Health authorities target tuberculosis
Today is World Tuberculosis Day, and it brings into focus a country like Belize where the high rate of TB is of growing concern. Since 1995 we’ve had an average of ninety to one hundred cases per year, mostly in adults over fifty years old, with malnutrition, chronic respiratory conditions or HIV. According to the […]
Written on March 28, 2002 | Posted in Health | No comment
Belizeans head out for holiday weekend
Traffic in town was at a standstill, the bus stations packed, airstrips crowded and marine terminal ram jam with Belizeans and tourists alike. It’s all part of this year’s Easter exodus. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods, who unfortunately had to work all day, has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Transportation services were working overtime today in […]
Written on March 28, 2002 | Posted in Travel | No comment
Cyclists ready for annual Cross Country
They are a fraternity of superb athletes who compete throughout the year in a series of punishing races, leading up to the granddaddy of them all. Ann-Marie reports on the upcoming Cross Country Classic. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The 74th Annual Cross Country Cycling Classic rides out of Belize City at 6:00 on Holy Saturday morning. […]
Written on March 28, 2002 | Posted in Sports | No comment
