Residents of Belize City woke up this morning to the sight of a corpse lying in the drain…and it wasn’t a case of death by natural causes. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports on the nation’s latest murder. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Thirty-three year old William Staine was a car wash man who loved to whistle and […]
A tourist on vacation in Belize has cracked an international parental kidnapping case, just by being observant. Barb Quinlan and her fiancé, residents of Minnesota, were visiting San Pedro in early February and spotted fellow American David Clenney and his four-year-old son Jake. It’s not clear what triggered Quinlan’s suspicions about the man and his […]
The twentieth meeting of the consultative council of the Institute of Nutrition of Central America opened this morning at the Radisson in Belize City. Over the next two days the Directors of Health Services from the region will review policies and plans for the respective countries and discuss strategies for improving the region’s dietary standards. […]
He landed in Belize just in time to meet the hurricanes and tropical storm that blew away not only homes, schools, and businesses, but also government’s economic plans. That Belize recovered so quickly was one achievement for which Hugo Souza, local representative of the Interamerican Development Bank, can claim no small measure of credit. On […]
A decade of environmental education has taught Belizean children that mangroves are important to the nation’s future. But that hasn’t necessarily stopped their destruction. Patrick Jones reports on a meeting in Belize City designed to assess the state of this important resource. Patrick Jones, Reporting The two-day workshop is putting some critical attention on the […]
It’s been described as a combination of boot camp, Peace Corps, and tropical vacation. But whatever you call it, for the last six weeks one hundred and twelve Trekforce volunteers and two dozen staff members have been working hard from north to south on a number of projects designed to harden the Trekker’s bodies and […]
